I was just thinking about tattoos the other day and how they're so insanely popular in the past decade or two, that it's almost comical how similar every guy/girl looks. Especially summer where every guys "special/unique/meangingful" leg tattoo in the exact same place, with generally the same dimensions, looks exactly the same to everyone due to the sheer volume of them, to the point where they don't even register as anything anymore.
Seeing a leg/calf tattoo is like seeing someone wearing a white T shirt, it's nothing because they're all the same and everywhere.
And heaven forbid you get into a conversation with them about the meaning behind their tattoos. There's no choice but to walk away when somebody starts in on that ####. Thankfully, I'm at an age now where my peers don't really do that, but my kids and their friends are probably going to start with that BS in a couple years and it's going to be nauseating to listen to.
Have offered each kid money (can't remember if it's $10k or $20k) to remain tattoo free until 25 to hopefully wait until their brains are fully developed before they start adding school desk graffiti all over their bodies. Most tattoos are so cringey at this point and look like absolute trash.
Person by person choice, I only wave to other bikes (no trikes, mopeds or especially those canam spyders...wtf), doesn't matter if it's a sport bike or a cruiser.
I just lift up my fingers up, but no big wave.
I do dislike when you pull up next to another biker at a light and they try to talk to you as if you can intelligibly have a conversation with the bikes idling and your helmet on. Saying “hi” or “hey” is fine, but keep it at that.
And heaven forbid you get into a conversation with them about the meaning behind their tattoos. There's no choice but to walk away when somebody starts in on that ####. Thankfully, I'm at an age now where my peers don't really do that, but my kids and their friends are probably going to start with that BS in a couple years and it's going to be nauseating to listen to.
Have offered each kid money (can't remember if it's $10k or $20k) to remain tattoo free until 25 to hopefully wait until their brains are fully developed before they start adding school desk graffiti all over their bodies. Most tattoos are so cringey at this point and look like absolute trash.
Meaningful tattoos are like break up poetry. No one gives a #### but you.
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With the tattoo trend, I find it funny to imagine the 80-90 year olds of the future sitting in the nursing home doing cross stitch, or needing help crossing the road or carrying their groceries, but they've got full on neck tattoos or ink all up the side of their face.
__________________ "We are no longer living. We are empty of substance, and our head devours us. Our ancestors were more alive. Nothing separated them from themselves."
With the tattoo trend, I find it funny to imagine the 80-90 year olds of the future sitting in the nursing home doing cross stitch, or needing help crossing the road or carrying their groceries, but they've got full on neck tattoos or ink all up the side of their face.
I'm finding it funny even at 46. Most of the tattoos people got in their 20s and even early 30s look terrible now. Like, nothing that was cool in 1997 is still cool today, obviously. But the younger people now are, like, tripling down on size and quantity of their tattoos. They have to be looking at people in my age group and thinking all our tattoos are lame...how can they not see they'll be us but worse in a blink?
I do dislike when you pull up next to another biker at a light and they try to talk to you as if you can intelligibly have a conversation with the bikes idling and your helmet on. Saying “hi” or “hey” is fine, but keep it at that.
Yep I don't want to chit chat unless I'm in a group. My exhaust isn't crazy loud and I generally keep my music quiet (always quiet in the city) and I don't want to yell at someone to say "beautiful day for a ride eh?". No thanks.
I'm finding it funny even at 46. Most of the tattoos people got in their 20s and even early 30s look terrible now. Like, nothing that was cool in 1997 is still cool today, obviously. But the younger people now are, like, tripling down on size and quantity of their tattoos. They have to be looking at people in my age group and thinking all our tattoos are lame...how can they not see they'll be us but worse in a blink?
I don’t know if motorbikes are cool anymore. I think they’re like tattoos, which are basically cool-agnostic at this point. Like, you could be cool or lame, and riding a motorbike or having tattoos doesn’t make you look any cooler or lamer.
Unless you’re driving a trike.
Or have a full sleeve that looks like “generic japanese-inspired sleeve purchased during peak tattoo-focused reality TV phase” or a Star Wars/Marvel tattoo or something.
Those both definitely make you look more lame than you would’ve otherwise. Which was probably pretty lame to begin with.
Motorcycles and tattoos are definitely not cool anymore. Stuff is only cool cause your parents hate it when you're young, and everything your parents like or have is lame.
Now all the young people's parents have tattoos and ride motorcycles. They're lame old people stuff.
Well, I'll try to bring some sanity to this conversation. First, about Trikes, some guys who just really liked riding motorcycles got a little older and wanted more stability. So, a trike is a pretty natural progression.
And on tattoos and motorcycles. I don't have a motorcycle anymore, but I really don't care if people thought I was cool. There were a lot of times riding when I would think to myself that it was the best purchase I ever made. So awesome to be cruising along, and just enjoying the ride. But here's the important point; I didn't get a motorcycle to impress anyone or anything. I bought it for me. Same goes for tattoos. I'm not interested in talking about them and explaining their significance because I didn't get them for other people.
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I tried talking to a couple jerks who chose not to clean up after their dog this morning. They threatened me and I left - I'm too old to throw down with two people and two big dogs. Point is, jerks still exist and continue to be bad.
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Well, I'll try to bring some sanity to this conversation. First, about Trikes, some guys who just really liked riding motorcycles got a little older and wanted more stability. So, a trike is a pretty natural progression.
And on tattoos and motorcycles. I don't have a motorcycle anymore, but I really don't care if people thought I was cool. There were a lot of times riding when I would think to myself that it was the best purchase I ever made. So awesome to be cruising along, and just enjoying the ride. But here's the important point; I didn't get a motorcycle to impress anyone or anything. I bought it for me. Same goes for tattoos. I'm not interested in talking about them and explaining their significance because I didn't get them for other people.
I always went through that with the Mustangs I've owned. "A Mustang?!" Yeah, a fkn Mustang. They're super fun and sound awesome. Sorry I don't own a Honda Civic, I guess?
And burnouts...not trying to impress you. They're just fun AF to do.
