The couple normal guys I know with tons of tattoos are both from a background where they would benefit from standing out in such a way and also well off in their present lives in fields that the look is not likely to hurt their future prospects. They are really exceptions. The rest of the tattooed men I know have at some point been, if not still are, deadbeat drug addicts with jail time.

I do think this article gets a lot right. There's something weird about the desire for a lot of people. I've never understood it myself and I've never wanted a tattoo. Want to talk even more unhinged? Weird piercings. They are even more guaranteed to be fucked in the head.