>>9984729Nerds think having tattoos makes you cool and tough looking. It's a reaction to being bullied for being weirdos when they were younger.
They subconsciously think that if they cover themselves in piercings and tats, that the big bad bullies won't fuck with them.
It's a cope. Tats and piercings went from being the mark of badasses, to being the mark of coping weak faggots.