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i've always been interested in tattoos I'm particularly curious about how/when people want to get tattoos from other cultures I don't think that's _bad_; but it does seems like there are some ways to do it which "pass", and some ways which are cringe https://t.co/6JE3QCkk7K
I've spent 29 years in a country full of chinese dudes but I don't think I've ever seen any of them with a a set of chinese characters like this. this is the white guy style of chinese tattoos not saying it's bad, just that it is what it is https://t.co/MTkl07sUGb
what do actual chinese guy tattoos look like? well first of all there are many different kinds of chinese people and cultures and so on, so, It Really Depends but in SG, this is the kind of thing I've seen https://t.co/HAf2yCrPRr
in China, it seems like dragons, koi, etc are more popular. mythical and historical figures and so on https://t.co/yvq1qBp2qx
From Young and Dangerous, movie series about Hong Kong Triads https://t.co/gMkopdEPC4
From chenjie.newtattoo, a tattoo studio in Beijing. These are the sort of tattoos hip young Chinese people are getting https://t.co/4DqrBvDrUr https://t.co/nUfoxEgyzF
beijing style classy-feminine flower tattoos https://t.co/0JzOVErRYL
a few more https://t.co/1IvGacfo2c
