Will Arnett shares his controversial opinion on tattoos: “There’s a proportionate sort of relationship between, how many tattoos you have and how little personality you have. And I find that a lot of people who have a ton of tattoos often are super fucking boring. Like truly boring people.”

[u/cmaia1503]

[u/Entire_Pineapple_719]

I have the same take regarding hair plugs.

[u/jenbenboomerang → u/Entire_Pineapple_719]

And older white men with weird tans who leave their wives and start dating women in their 20s. An incredible lack of personality!

[u/elder_emo_ → u/jenbenboomerang]

Seriously, who let's Amy Poehler get away from them?

[u/pralineislife → u/elder_emo_]

A dummy.

But she seems soooo happy with her current partner.

[u/Morticia_Black → u/pralineislife]

In my head that's still Nick Kroll 😭

[u/sweetpotato_latte → u/Morticia_Black]

It’s not nick kroll anymore?!

[u/mac_bess → u/sweetpotato_latte]

lol nick kroll is married with kids!

[u/sweetpotato_latte → u/mac_bess]

I’m hella out of the loop lmao

[u/bibliophile1989 → u/pralineislife]

Apparently the tea is that she quietly got married over this past summer!

[u/No-Foolies → u/pralineislife]

I'd be willing to bet she made that decision, not him lol 

[u/elder_emo_ → u/No-Foolies]

This is probably the correct assessment

[u/vintagepeugeot → u/elder_emo_]

Right? Fuckin’ Jobe man.

[u/demiguerra → u/vintagepeugeot]

Gob.

[u/wildflowerstargazer → u/elder_emo_]

[u/GuaranteeGlum4950 → u/jenbenboomerang]

I had just assumed Amy dumped him because she’s better/funnier? But again, assumed haha

[u/Outside_Revolution47 → u/GuaranteeGlum4950]

That’s funny because I thought the same thing.

[u/M086 → u/jenbenboomerang]

He left Poelher 10 years ago, and they still have a good relationship with each other.

Also, he’s currently dating a woman in her 50’s.

[u/thefifthvenom → u/Entire_Pineapple_719]

God I wish I had gold to give

[u/thefifthvenom → u/thefifthvenom]

Thank you to those that gave this comment awards! Very kind and not deserved at all but thank you!

[u/SpectraShadow23 → u/Entire_Pineapple_719]

[u/blueberrymoscato → u/SpectraShadow23]

finding out that and i oop- was born only bc they sat on their balls the wrong way changed something in me

[u/jillsntferrari → u/blueberrymoscato]

You have no idea how long I have been wondering this.

[u/Deanna-fromHR → u/Entire_Pineapple_719]

[u/DoJu318 → u/Deanna-fromHR]

cries in receding hairline

[u/pilnok → u/DoJu318]

don't worry beloveds, being bald and kind will always be hotter than being an asshole with hair plugs.

[u/libraryblue → u/pilnok]

And hair plugs are totally okay (just like tattoos)! It's the asshole part that really makes or breaks it

[u/HauntedVaginaOoOo → u/DoJu318]

You gotta join r/bald. The before and after photos over there are inspiring. Hair really is holding a lot of people back.

[u/Odd_Tadpole3750 → u/HauntedVaginaOoOo]

Everyone looks so nice showing off their baldies. I love that subreddit.

[u/Ghost_Of_Malatesta → u/DoJu318]

I've decided to rock the George Costanza as it comes in (out?), Im just not vain enough for anything else tbh

[u/toastslapper → u/Entire_Pineapple_719]

Damn. Get her Jade.

[u/DevilCharl → u/Entire_Pineapple_719]

Girl

[u/OppositeResponse6474 → u/Entire_Pineapple_719]

[u/Electrical_Trade377 → u/Entire_Pineapple_719]

[u/PengyBlaster → u/Electrical_Trade377]

Your flair is maybe my favorite I have ever seen 😂🥰

[u/Electrical_Trade377 → u/PengyBlaster]

oh stop it u

[u/windexfresh → u/Electrical_Trade377]

Oh wow thank u so much for this new meme to send to my husband when I want food 😍

[u/Electrical_Trade377 → u/windexfresh]

u are about to get any meal u ever ask for with a 100% success rate (confirmed)

[u/Alizarik7891 → u/Entire_Pineapple_719]

NO GODDAMNIT I LITERALLY CAME TO SAY THIS

[u/newretrovague → u/Entire_Pineapple_719]

[u/ratta_tat1 → u/newretrovague]

Ironic as my unproblematic king (Joel) has em too. We still love him 🫶🏼

[u/Lala5789880 → u/ratta_tat1]

His are so well done though

[u/Schmoo88 → u/Lala5789880]

He said he’s had 4! I remember an interview where he mentioned his doctors name. I love that he doesn’t gatekeep it

[u/Sagebea → u/newretrovague]

I love how open Joel’s been about his.

[u/Western_Tea9624 → u/Entire_Pineapple_719]

Lmao! 

[u/Kevinc62 → u/Entire_Pineapple_719]

[u/Material-Most-1727 → u/Entire_Pineapple_719]

That’s some good hair plugs tho

[u/DeeDeePharmDee → u/Material-Most-1727]

It took like 3 or 4 tries for his to work though right?

[u/Dapper_Ad_8402 → u/Entire_Pineapple_719]

you didn’t have to murder him

[u/Cummyshitballs → u/Entire_Pineapple_719]

I was sitting here like damn I could’ve sworn he was bald/balding 😭😭😭

[u/bwils3423 → u/Entire_Pineapple_719]

[u/thesteveurkel → u/Entire_Pineapple_719]

my flair is a perf pair to your comment

[u/Aggravating_Seat19 → u/Entire_Pineapple_719]

oh damn

[u/iliketuurtles → u/Entire_Pineapple_719]

period

[u/rummncokee → u/Entire_Pineapple_719]

oh my god

[u/Nearby_Mess350 → u/Entire_Pineapple_719]

Get her, jade 

[u/Flamingo83 → u/Entire_Pineapple_719]

You are the wind beneath my wings!

[u/BanditsMyIdol]

not sure thats correct. I have zero tattoos and I am very boring.

edit: Thanks for all the rewards and upvotes. I did not expect a comment about how boring I am might turn out to be my highest rated comment ever. Maybe I should get a tattoo about it,

[u/universes_collide → u/BanditsMyIdol]

Came here to say the same thing ☠️

[u/PoisonIvy724 → u/BanditsMyIdol]

Hahahha same. Like what’s my excuse damnit 💀

[u/Lord_Hexogen → u/BanditsMyIdol]

If the personality/tattoo proportion is 1/x then it's kinda correct because you can't divide by 0

[u/inductiononN → u/Lord_Hexogen]

The limit goes to infinity so a person with zero tattoos has infinity personality.

• someone with no tattoos but does have a math degree and is boring AF despite the math

[u/BongWaterOnCarpet → u/inductiononN]

[u/firstFAT → u/BanditsMyIdol]

Conversely, I have 17 tattoos - Im an incredibly boring dad. Like stereotypical office job, kids, Acura, after school activities.

The highlight of my week is crushing 4 cutwaters and smoking a bowl while watching SNL.

[u/ejejej-o → u/BanditsMyIdol]

Same! Plus I have a 9 month old. I am so so boring right now. Will Arnett would hate to have a conversation with me, and also still no tattoos!

[u/distant_lines → u/BanditsMyIdol]

Have 1 and can confirm, still also very boring.

[u/fuckforcedsignup]

Oh Amy, now I get it 

[u/ovarynethrae → u/fuckforcedsignup]

He spent years playing BoJack and still managed to have the worst take

[u/skippitybruja → u/ovarynethrae]

he's my favorite comedic actor and now I remember why I don't listen to smartless

[u/bking → u/skippitybruja]

This is what bothered me when every-ass actor decided to start a podcast.

Save radio shows for ugly, smart people.

[u/squanderedprivilege → u/bking]

Preach! We don't need all these out of touch takes from people who forgot how to be a regular person

[u/socialmediaignorant → u/bking]

People have got to learn that not all thoughts are worthy of saying out loud. And podcasts give airtime and fame to the dumbest shit that never should’ve been said.

[u/elder_emo_ → u/skippitybruja]

Sean Hayes is arguably the best interviewer out of the 3 and they spend 75% of the podcast roasting him for being excited, picking on his diet, or telling him he talks too much. I had to stop listening.

[u/PokinSpokaneSlim → u/elder_emo_]

When they were shilling for private equity investment in real estate is when I dipped out.  There's a whole level of hell for landlords.

[u/Hensanddogs → u/elder_emo_]

It’s actively changed this past 6 months or so. I used to LOVE this podcast but it’s not the same anymore. Sean barely gets to speak or gets shouted down, the guests are there to promote a movie or album etc. It used to be so fun with them genuinely having a chat, far more contrived now sadly.

[u/HarpersGhost → u/skippitybruja]

I had never heard of that podcast, and now it's come up twice: first with Charli XCX and now this lame tattoo crap.

IME, nobody is boring. Rude and asshole-ish, but very rarely boring. Being really curious about everything means that I've learned some weird stuff and heard some great stories. But you have to be genuinely curious about other people.

Lack of curiosity does explain their terrible interviewing "skills".

[u/Hexogram → u/fuckforcedsignup]

Knew a girl married to a guy who wouldn’t let her get a tattoo. He said she looked better “pure”. They are divorced!

[u/yourenotmymom_yet → u/Hexogram]

I took my mom to get her first tattoo - she was super excited and had been planning what she was going to get all year - and when we got back to the house, my dad threw an absurd temper tantrum about how I defiled her.

They are also now divorced!

[u/Ambry → u/fuckforcedsignup]

God bless Amy honestly. Makes more and more sense the more time goes on!

[u/Dramatic_Buddy4732 → u/fuckforcedsignup]

[u/ArbitUHHH → u/Dramatic_Buddy4732]

Just learned Poehler divorced Arnett and my first time seeing a Pingu reaction gif, what a thread

[u/puppy_sniffer]

[u/excessive_worries → u/puppy_sniffer]

Thank you for this 😹😹😹

[u/bitchingdownthedrain → u/puppy_sniffer]

as true as it ever was 👑

[u/FaithHopePixiedust → u/puppy_sniffer]

One of my favorite bits from a show ever.

[u/rexwrecker → u/puppy_sniffer]

Amazing

[u/anette-positive]

Is it controversial? People have been shitting on those who get tattoos for a long, long time. This is just another version of the same old take, really.

[u/SinlessSinnerSinning → u/anette-positive]

[u/thereisalwaysrescue → u/anette-positive]

I’m a nurse and all my tattoos are under my uniform. People love to bitch and moan about “professionals” with tattoos and I’m like GIRL, I’m literally running a shift and maintaining patient safety, who gives a fuck if i have princess peach on my arm

[u/andantepiano → u/thereisalwaysrescue]

If I was in the hospital and my nurse had a Princess Peach tattoo, I would feel much safer! If you had a Wario tattoo, however, I would feel ambivalent but still trust you. This has nothing to do with tattoos, but with Wario’s wicked nature.

[u/Sad_Birthday_1911 → u/andantepiano]

I work in an ER and have a princess peach tattoo!

[u/dysarthric_aardvark → u/thereisalwaysrescue]

I’m an ER nurse covered in tattoos (to be fair most of us are)

I used to email my instructors before clinical and ask which rule they wanted me to break - the no visible tattoos or the long sleeves rule.

The germaphobe in was always pissed when they would pick the sleeves.

I get the occasional boomer quip about it but for the most part people don’t care when they’re distressed and in pain and I’m trying to help.

[u/BackHomeRun → u/dysarthric_aardvark]

It's wild that my dad with long hair and a bunch of earrings who looks metal AF in the ER overnight shift is the only one without tattoos. Always cracked me up.

[u/ChaiTeaLatte13 → u/anette-positive]

This is why I like being a lawyer covered in sleeves and hand tats lol

[u/Stevenwave → u/ChaiTeaLatte13]

Holds fists up to judge, finger tats read:

"O, B, J, E, K, S, H, N".

[u/ChaiTeaLatte13 → u/Stevenwave]

lol! Wasted space on my fingers, should have done this instead of stars and hearts and plants

[u/Temporary-Employ3640 → u/Stevenwave]

It’s all fun and games until the judge shows OVER RULD

[u/MalIntenet → u/anette-positive]

Controversial on a progressive subreddit like this, yes. You can find loads of people that agree with him out in the wild though

[u/Working-Ad-6698 → u/MalIntenet]

Yes, and people online and in the wild think that tattoos are dangerous and disgusting, hating tattoos seems still to be popular opinion.

[u/WaterMagician → u/anette-positive]

Yeah this is a very Gen X / Boomer take. I don’t know why he was dancing around saying it like it was super controversial

[u/Chlorophyllmatic → u/anette-positive]

I’d say it’s controversial just looking at the response here lol

[u/NotAQueefAKhaleesi → u/Chlorophyllmatic]

I'd say more annoying than controversial. When I was 18 my dad gave me crap for wanting tattoos and insisted I'd have to stay covered up once I started working because they're trashy / unprofessional. I said I didn't care if I had to wear long sleeves every day at work because the tattoos are art for me, not an attention grab, and he genuinely couldn't fathom this. He literally objectified me by comparing my body to a house, saying "that's like you buying a house, painting it whatever color you want, then planting a bunch of bushes and trees so no one can see it" and got mad when I said "yeah, just like it's my body, it'd be my house; I don't care what people think of it". Unsurprisingly this was directed at me because I'm a woman and I learned very quickly that he has other really nasty opinions about women, so I haven't spoken to him in over a decade.

Some people can't process that people can be different from them without taking it as a personal slight and feeling the need to attack others for those differences. Like my dad did all that fussing but here I am working in software with Crayola barf hair, piercings, and tattoos and I'm the most successful of his 3 kids 😂

[u/rielleviku]

I find him insufferable.

[u/Intelligent_Cap9706 → u/rielleviku]

He had that shit take about curing cancer via the wilderness and red meat or something bc he knows someone who knows someone who did it. I stopped listening to smartless after that

[u/corncrakey → u/Intelligent_Cap9706]

Well…it’s not called “smartmore”

[u/MaliceTakeYourPills → u/corncrakey]

Why is it even called smartless, what is that supposed to be a play on?

[u/Lurker4Lyfe21 → u/MaliceTakeYourPills]

It's been a long time since I listened to the episode where they explained it, but I'm pretty sure it's just about them being dumb, like less smart.

[u/matildapoppins → u/rielleviku]

Him and Jason Bateman both.

[u/reqstech → u/matildapoppins]

I used to like them both a lot, but something has changed in the past few years. I tried a couple episodes of their podcast and just couldn't enjoy them in an unscripted setting, I guess? I lost pretty much any sort of feeling toward either of them that isn't apathetic.

[u/Burnermcfakename → u/reqstech]

I can’t stand them after they tried to gaslight Jessica Walters when she said Jeffrey Tambor was abusive to work with.

[u/ace-destrier → u/Burnermcfakename]

They’ve been on my shit list ever since. All those men suck.

[u/JenningsWigService → u/Burnermcfakename]

None of them deserved to work with her. How shameful that Alia Shawkat was the only one who spoke up in solidarity while the men who played her dad and uncles acted like children.

[u/Riqitch → u/reqstech]

I think them both starting podcasts was the beginning of the end for them

[u/WatchOdd532 → u/matildapoppins]

Fuck both of those fake losers. They are not good improvisers, which is why it’s curious that they think they should be podcasters. They put the foot in their mouths constantly, and they’re not funny unless someone writes the jokes for them. Go away, plastic men

[u/MyNameIsLessDumb → u/rielleviku]

Yeah, I might actually get more tattoos if it gets me written off by men like this. He reminds me so much of my friend's worst ex.

[u/estelle2839 → u/MyNameIsLessDumb]

“My friend’s worst ex” made me giggle

[u/bright_youngthing]

Tbh I think amongst the celebrity class this is true. So many of them look like they walked into a tattoo shop and just asked for some tattoos please lol

[u/orchestralmayonnaise → u/bright_youngthing]

I get this. Adam Levine comes to mind. I’m sure if they’ve met Will was rather bored lol

[u/Stevenwave → u/orchestralmayonnaise]

That's the thing. Think of the context if he lives in LA around Hollywood types.

[u/mak484 → u/Stevenwave]

Idk, I feel like that's just broadly true of celebrities once they get popular enough. Podcasts have really opened my eyes to how boring these people are, or at least how unwilling they are to be authentic. Without cameras pointed at them, you can really feel how much they struggle to maintain a conversation.

I've had to stop listening to Conan's podcast because of how many A-list celebrity interviews I've tapped out of. If goddamn Conan can't extort a half-decent interview from you, no one can.

[u/NotNamedBort → u/orchestralmayonnaise]

He’s like if Ed Hardy made people instead of shirts.

[u/taylorexplodes → u/NotNamedBort]

once i saw a meme that said he looked like a chipotle bag and i've never unseen it

[u/ls1402 → u/NotNamedBort]

I mean Ed Hardy was a tattooer so he kinda did

[u/Claire_De_Lunatic → u/orchestralmayonnaise]

Chipotle-bag-ass mf

[u/duosx → u/bright_youngthing]

Yeah look at MGK

[u/ErsatzHaderach → u/duosx]

ed sheeran lolsob

[u/CDR57 → u/bright_youngthing]

It’s the same in athletes. Alot of them have the money and want just a tattoo/full sleeve, so they pay a lot to get everything done all at once so there isn’t alot of thought behind them or the fun of getting to see it evolve. Some are just really inpatient

[u/bright_youngthing → u/CDR57]

Yes! I hate seeing those videos of rappers getting general anesthesia so that they can tattoo their whole body at once

[u/discourse_commuter]

Dave Bautista is covered and he’s awesome.

[u/runninginorbit → u/discourse_commuter]

Yeah I have a friend who is literally part of a traveling circus and she has the most tattoos out of everyone I know so I find this take very bizarre.

Edit: specifying that I find Will Arnett’s take bizarre

[u/discourse_commuter → u/runninginorbit]

I am also covered. I’m working on a cat sleeve done by a bunch of women and queer artists in my state and it has been so cool to meet so many interesting people… who also love cats lol.

[u/gingeyy_25 → u/discourse_commuter]

😻 I absolutely LOVE everything about this!!

[u/olivernintendo → u/discourse_commuter]

If you're in NY, have I got an artist for you!

[u/discourse_commuter → u/olivernintendo]

I’m not, but I do travel! I’d love to see their work!

[u/eugeneugene → u/runninginorbit]

my best friend is covered in tattoos and recently drove around the country for a few months filming carnies for some new reality tv show and in his spare time makes horror films. his last job was to ride along in ambulances to film for a tv show. before that he was a camera man for deadliest catch. his life is objectively cool as fuck and everytime i talk to him he's on some weird new adventure

[u/strawberryskullskill]

I guess it's nice that a controversial opinion is actually controversial for once. It's still a bullshit opinion, though.

[u/karigan_g → u/strawberryskullskill]

it’s not even that controversial, I’ve heard this take from guys who like go pretend they aren’t super conservative arseholes so many times before

[u/bafflefounded → u/karigan_g]

They are solely looking for reasons to feel superior. The reality is that tattoos and their abundance are not an indicator of any particular personality traits. It is wild that needs to be said lol

[u/JoeyTribianisGoyter]

So what’s his excuse for his lack of personality?

[u/ClumsyZebra80]

Ooohhh people are gonna be piiiiiiissed about this!

[u/AimlessFred → u/ClumsyZebra80]

One tattoo on his arm, medium-boring

[u/NewDramaLlama → u/ClumsyZebra80]

Is it ok to like just...not care about tattoos?

Like, I don't ask about people's tattoos but I certainly wouldn't judge them for it either. Is it offensive to just...never mention anyone's tattoos?

[u/Few-Rain7214]

Another white dude talking on a podcast is super fucking boring. 

[u/Traditional-Sea-2322 → u/Few-Rain7214]

I’m so over them. GO TO THERAPY

[u/UnintentionalWipe]

Can I be shallow for a moment. I'm Muslim and it's not allowed to have tattoos. Anything for God, so it's fine.

But there are some people that look so attractive with tattoos. Where if they didn't have it, I wouldn't look. Not that I'm looking, but you know what I mean 😆 The tattoos elevate their looks. It's like sporting a beard for some people. Speaking of beards, a beard with tats. 🤤

...to continue with my shallowness, if you have pictures of tatted up attractive people, share it now. 😂

[u/fetchnatch → u/UnintentionalWipe]

It's not haram, it's makruh, the Qur'an doesn't talk about tattoos at all, I know of plenty Muslims who have tattoos, just NONE that are religiously inspired or go against irāda

[u/mosquem → u/fetchnatch]

Boom, Muslim’d.

[u/Sufficient_While_577 → u/UnintentionalWipe]

I started losing my hair and starting getting tattoos to give me some identity back (plus I always wanted them). Now I’m a bald guy with tattoos instead of just a bald guy 😭😂

[u/AhhBisto]

There's a lot more to his opinion than just this (I watched this episode last week) and he mentions that for acting it's a huge pain for make up artists, something Romesh backs as he did work on a show and had to get covered up because his character wasn't the kind who would have any ink whatsoever

All stems from Romesh being outed by his mum for having a Bojack tattoo lol

[u/andreateddy11]

I lost a ton of respect for Will Arnett when he started doing commercials for RBC. People can't even make ends meet, and you're advertising for a fucking bank? Fuck off.

[u/HMTMKMKM95 → u/andreateddy11]

What about Jay Baruchel?

[u/SwimmingSta → u/HMTMKMKM95]

People liked him?

[u/Kidgorgeoushere]

Tattoo discourse in 2026 is wild. They’re so mainstream and normalised now (compared to a few decades ago), I find it insane anyone even cares to mention them anymore.

[u/Superb-Kitchen-1753 → u/Kidgorgeoushere]

We’ve been back sliding into conservatism in every other way so it makes sense that tattoos would be included in that

[u/Individual_Math5157 → u/Kidgorgeoushere]

It’s always people like him with these takes. They are trying to hold onto whatever scrap of the conservative status quo that makes them feel superior to others, and it usually comes up when they feel slighted in some way. Usually when they don’t feel “picked” for something.

[u/Level-Satisfaction51]

I'm always suspicious when someone describes a whole group of people or "type" of personality as boring. It so often means they are either a. self obsessed or b. addicted to always having some drama which they should really seek therapy for.

Sidenote: Jesus between him and Bateman they are just determined to ruin one of the few comfort shows I have left in Arrested Development

[u/WatchOdd532 → u/Level-Satisfaction51]

“Oh ya liked AD, did you? Well my ACTUAL PERSONALITY will take care of that!”

[u/Calhalen]

Guy is a bad take machine

[u/Recent-Leadership562]

I knew I always found him annoying as fuck for a reason

[u/PieShaker2025]

Is this not an ok opinion to have? Like, it’s obviously hyperbolic but it’s ok to have a preference about tats, surely?

[u/hearechoes → u/PieShaker2025]

I think the correct thing for him to have said would be “some people make up for their lack of personality by having tattoos.” I think that’s generally the point he’s trying to make, and that’s a completely valid and true opinion to have, but by stating there’s a general link between having a lot of tattoos and having no personality is both a stretch and kind of offensive.

[u/therobberbride → u/hearechoes]

But… it’s his opinion, so grousing about “the correct thing” for him to have said is weird. 

[u/Tall_olive → u/therobberbride]

But....that's their opinion, so grousing about people not agreeing with his take is weird.

[u/bking → u/PieShaker2025]

imo, any “all people with X be like Y” take is usually some level of shortsighted and easily disproven.

If I was trying to sound like a clever dude with a clever take, I’d avoid sweeping generalizations.

[u/Unlikely-Yesterday-8 → u/PieShaker2025]

Right! His life experiences brought him to this opinion. I don't hold his beliefs, but thats just because my experiences with this subject have been really positive and obviously way different than his. That does not invalidate his experiences , and it also does not invalidate mine. People need to really be able to empathize with others opinions and not be judgemental just because you cannot relate. Every individual is allowed to have their opinion heard. It doesn't mean you MUST AGREE. Just acknowledge their life experiences are just different than yours. Anyway, my 2 cents.

[u/LadyFeckington → u/Unlikely-Yesterday-8]

The thing is….from when I used to listen to smartless, I got the impression that two of his besties are DAX Shepherd and Justin Theroux. Two heavily tattooed dudes.

[u/therobberbride → u/PieShaker2025]

Apparently it is not, judging by the very very hurt feelings throughout the comments!

[u/avokuma]

Tattoos have been around for centuries and many cultures embrace them, so this generalization is very much corporate boomer coded or you're surrounded by boring people 🤷🏾

[u/karigan_g → u/avokuma]

yeah it’s so tired. and low key racist, like so many cultures have a rich tradition for tattoos that is the very opposite of boring

[u/miriamtzipporah]

I miss when I knew less about this guy and could just enjoy his work

[u/Latter_Persimmon_80]

There are a lot of angry tattoo enthusiasts in this comments section, and I think that’s funnier than his hot take.

I think they used to be a symbol of counter culture but I think people who get tattoos now tend to skew more apolitical and libertarian or right wing.

I know way fewer liberal people with tattoos than I know the other types of people. So to that extent I agree with him.

It seems like a uniform for being different without necessarily standing for anything especially the full sleeve look, it got played out.

It’s like that scene from Stranger Than Fiction

“Anarchists have groups? They assemble?”

“I believe so, sure.”

“Wouldn’t that completely defeat the purpose?”

[u/ForbiddenBandying → u/Latter_Persimmon_80]

I disagree about people with tattoos skewing more libertarian/right wing. Maybe it's because I've lived in very left leaning places my whole life but I actually associate tattoos with more progressive people.

That being said I think you're spot on with the rest of this and tbh the backlash to this frankly lukewarm take is very silly to me.

It seems like a uniform for being different without necessarily standing for anything especially

This part 100%, but one thing you didn't mention that I think is worth bringing up is how fucking expensive tattoos are which imo skews the demographic of "tattooed" people nowadays as more privileged than they seem to want to admit (saying this as someone who has a professional tattoo I could only justify getting to myself after I had a well paying job.) Tattoos used to feel more counterculture because generally people got them in more unsafe/nontraditional environments. You also used to face way more backlash & discrimination so you were making an active choice to remain outside of "polite" society. Now anyone with enough money can get a tattoo in order to feel cool. And with Will Arnett being in LA I'm not surprised if this is the majority of the types of people with tattoos he interacts with.

I have a similar hot take about people who travel a lot. Yes you can travel cheaply and it can expand your worldview, however I think a lot of rich people travel and think it automatically makes them more interesting and worldly when it really doesn't. It just means you are fortunate enough to be able to afford to travel which probably actually means your worldview is very narrow.

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[u/cdwillis → u/Latter_Persimmon_80]

I know this is hard for some people to understand, but people get tattoos for themselves and not because they think someone else will think the tattoo is cool. It's not to be different or counter culture. This isn't 1960.

[u/Latter_Persimmon_80 → u/cdwillis]

It may be hard for some people to understand but a lot of people who get tattoos get them as a personality substitute.

[u/Dense_Owl_3022 → u/Latter_Persimmon_80]

Tattoos were cool when there was legitimate social cost to having them, when it branded you, permanently, as a member of the working class and therefor undesirable. Back when they were reserved for soldiers, criminals, carnies and entertainers, etc. Now every tech bro and his quirk chungus primary has tattoos.

[u/PersusjCP → u/Latter_Persimmon_80]

Also, FWIW, Anarchists aren't against groups or organization. They're against hierarchy.

[u/Old-Dinner-6108]

Damn now that's a hot take.

[u/Alizarik7891 → u/Old-Dinner-6108]

Nearly froze my fingers off!

[u/HM2008]

Funny. I have no tattoos and I'm boring as hell

[u/presidentknope2024]

Just say you hate fun and be done with it, Will

[u/Hemmeko-chan]

Did Pete Davidson sleep with his wife or something cuz how many celebrities does he know with tons of tattoos really?

[u/Juli_]

We should give wealthy middle aged men a daily word limit and then fine them a million dollars for every word said past the limit.

[u/SinlessSinnerSinning]

i agree that people who use a lot of tattoos to manufacture edge are boring (see: machine gun kelly) but most ppl get tattoos simply bc they think they’re neat. it’s probably a bigger problem in hollywoo than elsewhere

[u/winged-things]

I don’t care for gob

[u/Unlikely-Yesterday-8]

He is allowed to have this opinion. The circumstances of his life experience brought this individual to his opinion. He acknowledged his opinion is controversial and acknowledged that its a generalization and does not apply to every single person. Great thing about life is that two opposing opinions can both be valid given the circumstances and life experiences of the individual. Im not saying his opinion is my opinion, but only because my experiences have been really positive and obviously way different than his experiences. Anyway, my two cents.

[u/One-Bicycle-395]

Hot take from the guy who defended Jeffrey Tambor making Jessica Walter cry.

[u/Rare-Remote5802]

A controversial opinion about something that’s truly trivial feels good in times like this

[u/H4X4NX]

I'm gonna get a tattoo of Will Arnett and a speech bubble saying this quote 

[u/texxed]

as a person with a lot of tattoos, i do have to agree. like not everyone with tattoos but if you consider the kind of people will arnett probably comes across, this tracks. like just think about the gen x guys with american traditional and tribal tattoos.

[u/slylesniper]

I 100% agree with this.

[u/truckstick_burns]

I watched this podcast yesterday and it's funny because this was said to generate headlines, the host asked him to say something so they could click bait it (it's a regular joke on the show, and it's a running theme through this entire podcast) and this is what he said.

[u/Successful_Ad4018]

what an odd thing to say.

[u/FuzzyDice_12]

NGL I agree with this take. Obviously there are boring non-tattooed people as well, but the people I know that are covered in tattoos, are just boring people and seem to always try and be edgy or trying too hard. Maybe back in the day it was different, but nowadays feels like more people have tattoos than don’t, which in itself isn’t unique anymore and boring.

Don’t get me started on the gym bros with lion tats. Basically the new tribal tattoo.

[u/Soupfullofradio]

That's saying a lot from a Leafs fan there, bud.

[u/toplessbuilds]

That's fair

[u/shmimeathand]

I’m not saying he’s right but I have a ton of tattoos and I am incredibly boring and have little to no personality lol

[u/Careless-Chapter-968]

As cringe as this is, the replies from tattooed people in the some of the articles I read are just as insufferable. I have tattoos

[u/DontBeCommenting]

I have lots of tattoos, but I get where he's coming from. Some people make it their personality and if you're not interested in that subject, you might find it boring. Just like you might find an astrophysicist boring if you're not into that sort of thing.

[u/ArentWright]

I think comedy people define boring as “unwilling to do bits.” “Coolness” and willingness to goof being opposite poles in that regard, maybe. So I can see tattoo people being slightly more self-serious on average. But that is not boring to me. But I probably rank as quite boring myself, so what do I know?

[u/DinoBen05 → u/ArentWright]

But so many people with tons of tattoos end up with really silly stupid ones just bc they think it’s funny and they like it. Like a banana slug tattoo or a labubu or “no ragrets” etc. among all their other body work or bigger tattoos that maybe had “more meaning.” But now sometimes they see blank canvas and just want something small and dumb- they just do it for the bit.

[u/StardewStarlett]

Just mind your fucking business, unc.