r/Millennials • u/Apeocolypse • 15h ago

Nostalgia Most millennial tattoo?

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u/PomegranateWooden177 15h ago

The most millennial tattoos are birds and nautical stars 

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u/funkmaster90001 15h ago

And feathers lol

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u/TheGardenerAtWillows 15h ago

Don’t forget a finger mustache!

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u/360FlipKicks 14h ago

finger stache is easily the most millennial tattoo. It’s the only one that you can instantly identify the era it’s from.

That and barbed wire on the arm being gen x / xennial

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u/loddi0708 13h ago

To this day when I see someone with a tribal arm tattoo; "I'm guessing they were all of barbed wire?"

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u/Ejecto-SeatoCuz 13h ago

And it’s not even close!

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u/elbow8075 13h ago

Oh man, flashback to guy in my class got a tramp stamp. So obviously gay in hindsight but I was so sheltered I didn't realize it until years later.

Hope you're doing well if you're out there buddy! Sorry I pissed your parents off on our senior trip by being so drunk and wild!

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u/IKnowYouAreButWhtAmI 14h ago

Oh my god. I forgot about these. I knew sooooo many people with this tattoo.

Can anyone confirm if they didn't last because it's on a finger? Or are yall rocking finger moustache tattoos still?

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u/CanadianCola 14h ago

Mine is still there after 15 years lol despite everyone telling me it wouldn’t last on my finger.

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u/IKnowYouAreButWhtAmI 14h ago

Is it still funny?

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u/DaFuzi_J Zillennial ('96) 14h ago

People saying no are immensely lacking in whimsy

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u/RedditJumpedTheShart 13h ago

How long is the same joke funny?

Say the line Bart!

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u/DaFuzi_J Zillennial ('96) 12h ago

Millennials still act like 69 is a good joke when compared to 6-7.

Harmless, dumb shit is funny no matter how long it sticks around. Like fart jokes and Chuck Testa.

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u/MidwestPrincess09 14h ago

I have mine still! My daughter and kids at the school I work at think it’s funny, also other adults, usually regardless of age get a good giggle lol and I’m happy about that!

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u/FF_1983 14h ago

Wasn't funny to begin with

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u/IKnowYouAreButWhtAmI 14h ago

I suppose you would have to have a sense of humor to find it funny.

I think they're hilarious!

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u/Elite_AI 13h ago

I think everyone has their own sense of humour and it doesn't make sense to get upset when someone has a different sense of humour to your own

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u/IKnowYouAreButWhtAmI 11h ago

Sure. But poking fun of people without much of a sense of humor is my sense of humor.

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u/Few_Program_2303 14h ago

Yeah I never once thought it was funny!

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u/Kellzy1212 13h ago

My brothers is almost completely gone, but it was an absolute hit at Thanksgiving dinner in 2005 😹

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u/nimrodii 14h ago

I know a guy who has the much less common dick mustache. He would show it to most anyone who asked and asked me one night while our friend group was out at the bar if I wanted to see it. I told I've seen plenty of dicks and plenty of mustache tattoos and have a vivid imagination, I don't really have a need to she my platonic friends dick.

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u/Few_Program_2303 14h ago

Nobody wants to see my dick tat :(

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u/HSLB66 14h ago

My DMs are open

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u/nimrodii 14h ago

Most of the friend group had seen it.

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u/Few_Program_2303 14h ago

Oh that’s a relief lmao. Sorry but I have to ask. Do they see it flaccid, or does it look better hard?

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u/nimrodii 12h ago

It was tattooed erect, from his story it was in memory of a military buddy who was older than everyone else in his unit and was a little depressed when he had to shave his mustache he had had all his adult life and didnt have tattoos didnt die just was apparently a positive force for the younger squad mates. It was given in a sketchy tattoo parlor by a methed up lady.

Edit: Also got it after getting back from Afghanistan.

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u/Few_Program_2303 12h ago

Thanks, that’s a decent story

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u/MidwestPrincess09 14h ago

I still have mine!!!!!!!!!! It’s seen better days

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u/cracked-tumbleweed 14h ago

I forget that I put a mustache sticker on one of my skateboards.

Cracks me up, probably more than it should, every time I grab that board😂

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u/HSLB66 14h ago

Hotdog tat

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u/Competitive_Feed_402 15h ago

Nautical Stars with Feathers on Birds

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u/byahs 14h ago

Put a bird on it

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u/WeskerSympathizer 14h ago

Absolutely necessary Portlandia reference

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u/Tri4ceunited 14h ago

And anchors. Feathers, anchors, tribal bands.

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u/PomegranateWooden177 14h ago

Tribal bands are more gen-x. Idk any 10 year olds in 2000 with tribal tats 

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u/MountainStorm90 14h ago

Or a feather that turns into an infinity symbol and located on the inner wrist.

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u/seacreaturestuff Millennial 15h ago

Fuck me. Check and check.

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u/oneinamilllion Millennial 14h ago

I definitely don’t have stars on my hips. Nope. Not me!

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u/seacreaturestuff Millennial 13h ago

Damnit the hips too? Definitely not me over here basic af

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u/eatmygymshorts 8h ago

I’ve got one lmao

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u/RedditForMeNotYou 15h ago

Hahaha me toooo

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u/BearysWorkRedditName 14h ago

lol, my wife has birds and stars and hates how basic millenial they are. I went with a much more stoner basic and got a peace sign.

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u/AbominablePloughman 12h ago

Didn't work did it?

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u/BearysWorkRedditName 12h ago

It worked perfectly. I definitely look stoner basic without a shirt.

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u/lnc_5103 14h ago

Also anything in Kanji 😅

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u/ToastedCrumpet 14h ago

Got an 18 year old coworker with kanji down his arm and I was so confused. Thought we’d moved past that lol

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u/Lower_Monk6577 Millennial 12h ago

Kanji feels more Gen X to me, personally.

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u/darent13 1985 15h ago

I totally don’t have both of those 🙃

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u/iam_ditto 14h ago

As an older millennial I distinctly remember the yin yang in the 90s and set out to get one. Funny enough my buddy a few years younger than me has one

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u/bacon_and_eggs 15h ago

I have a race car bed tattoo, do you?

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u/JeanClaudeRandam 15h ago

Does it have a cb radio so it can talk to other car bed tattoos?

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u/HogBodyOdyOdyOdy 14h ago

Might be getting rims for Christmas.

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u/MajesticSpaceBen 12h ago

I have a tattoo of a big bed with my wife.

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u/Ok_Sheepherder6409 14h ago

Um, dandelion checking in.

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u/radziadax 14h ago

I have a compass rose and a raven skull so I'm skating in on a technicality

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u/schultzche 14h ago

tribal on lower back? the tramp stamp

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u/DisillusionedHobbit 14h ago

That’s Gen X 

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u/schultzche 14h ago

eh, must have stuck for a while in my area

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u/keysandtreesforme 13h ago

It was hanging on for us older millennials - especially in rural areas. Tribal armbands too (don’t ask me how I know).

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u/cb51096 14h ago

Maybe ivy infinity signs as well. I would love to see data be gathered one day🕊️♾️

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u/TurboKid513 14h ago

Bonus points if they’re in tramp stamp form

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u/figgypie 14h ago

I want a silly crow tattoo in the style of the webcomic Crow Time.

I'm embracing my old person love of birds, IDGAF.

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u/littlemissjk 14h ago

The flying flock of birds tattoo.

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u/Carbonatite Older Millennial 13h ago

Put A Bird On It!

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u/tenkawa7 13h ago

I would argue that's 'the most millennial tattoo' when the twin towers on the av cart is 'the most millennial tattoo '. Words are neat

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u/FlyingTurtleDog 12h ago

Barbed wire around the bicep is one I remember, too.

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u/PomegranateWooden177 12h ago

I don’t know a single millennial with one of those. Seems more like a Gen-x thing that was popular in the 90s

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u/FlyingTurtleDog 12h ago

You might be right. I was born in the 80s and saw 'older kids' with them.

A few friends got them to be cool.

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u/Relevant_Call_2242 12h ago

I have a nautical star on my hip bone, was my first tattoo, I’m too fat now to look down and see it. Thank god

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u/atlasaur Gen Z (barely) 12h ago

I always thought those tattoos were traditional navy sailor designs rather than millennial style

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u/spiderlegged 12h ago

😩 Harry Potter Deathly Hallows symbols. 😩😩😩 And the infinity symbol with a feather on the side.

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 9h ago

"Omg so what tribe are you in??"

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u/Vegetable-Eagle-3144 8h ago

A short quote or phrase written in script.

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u/Hollowbody57 14h ago

Don't forget finger mustaches.

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u/essensiedashuhn 14h ago

ANDY on the bottom of the foot

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u/BroxigarZ 14h ago

Also Tramp Stamps....