>>84881460Old wisdom puts them in with the punk demographic, mostly associated with rebellious troublemakers. Immediately after that era though they started becoming in-group signifiers with the hipsters which were near universally seen as cultural grifters who don't actually stand for anything. A spineless group of consumers. In the modern day they're seen 50% as a form of self expression and 50% as a form of gang signifier based on your area. It went from "violent rioter" to "husk of a person desperate to be unique" to "ms13 member" and the general concept of them as a piece of just some pretty art on a person is so incredibly self centered it puts people off. There are almost no incredibly well drawn tattoos that wouldn't look better as a print or on a canvas, putting them in your body is attention whoring.
