But who apart from you is laughing?
I grew up in Brighton when it was a town, 30 years ago loads of people had tattoos and I don't remember seeing people standing and laughing at them.
Apart from in the summer you wouldn't see tattoos on most people.
So you think tattoos make people look like thugs, chavs or idiots.
Questions for you.
What if a tradesman came to your home to fix your electrics, boiler, plumbing or whatever. The tradesman was wearing overalls so you couldn't see their arms, they did a good job, were polite, tidied up and...
Man walks into a tattoo shop.
"How can I help you? " asks the tattooist.
The man says " I would like my football team tattooed on my knuckles "
" No problem " says the tattooist " what do you want exactly? "
The man says. " N-O-R-W-I-C-H on this hand"
" And C-I-T-Y-F-C on this hand"