Young people are being conned again

Your just old and lame.Back in your day it was the same with hippy shirts and plastic sandals. Ha!

Did you ever considor that a lot of people find tattoos and piercings attractive? I think you may just be too old and set in your ways to understand. Maybe I will be one day too.

Hey Gary great to hear you are going to dress like that guy he looked great have you always waxed your chest, I bet it hurts like hell a few of my friends get waxed I shave mine every day its less painful just time consumeing, like you said chest hair is seriously out of fashion

Down boy rememeber I have a wife that makes me straight, thanks for the comment though.

Mmmm Gary you sound good wouldn't mind a look at you with your waistcoat with nothing on underneath

I don't think you can say we are being ripped off it is just the fashion I have a small tatoo of my wifes name on the back of my shoulder hopefully I will never regret that, I also have my eybrow piercedwith a bar in it, its fashionable. I am well toned, tanned and waxed chest, because chest hair is unfashionable, thinking about pete's comment I think I will wear my waistcoat without a shirt underneath and some jeans, driveing shoes sockless not conned just following fashion

I don't think you can say that young peopple are being conned now they have more disposable income and aren't getting married young so thye have nothing else to spend their money on. agree tatoos are unsightly we will have a lot of pensioners in the future with wrinckled tatoos that you won't be abel to make out what they are

I was in a bar last night when this gorgeous lookin young man came in wearing just a waitcoat, he had a huge tribal type tatoo all the way up one arm across one side of his chest onto his neck and across to his back. Now he was lovely looking great face and toned body, but that just spoilt him. Also he would never be able to wear a shirt to hide it because it would peak out at the top of his collar and be visible on his hand, that is probably why he was not wearing anything under his waitcoat. Also he should consider what he is going to look like when he is older.

I think people should have the freedom to look how they like, and some people do look fantastic with tattoos and/or piercings, but I think it takes a real individual to carry this look off, and sadly it has just become too fashionable. How many people can look back at their fashion taste as a teenager and not cringe? I don't envy these people having to wear the fashion decisions of their formative years on their bodies forever.

A lot of young people are going to bitterly regret what they have done to their bodies in later years, no doubt about it.

I think there is a wide variety of 'looks' amongst young people - males and females. Yes, a number do have piercings but so what? In most cases, they can enhance their looks - and they can always be removed later. Tatoos are another issue, and whilst they can be flattering when one is 'young', later in life I suspect many will be spending quite a lot of money on 'lasers' to have them removed - I don't know about you but tatoos for people over about 25 -30 years old make them look 'rough' somehow.

Being 'young' is so fleeting - it's over before they realise it. So, whilst they are young let them express themselves how they want to. Yes, the fashion industry will have some say in how this is done, but again I say the 'variety' of looks out there amongst young people is refreshing, sometimes amusing but very rarely ugly and deformed.

Surely the question here is what do people as individuals find attractive, or not as the case may be. The poster of this grip obviously has strong feelings on a number of fashion accessories but seems to be unable to grasp that not everyone shares the same tastes. Could the gripe poster not bring him/herself to simply accept other peoples idea of fasion without being harshly critical.

TBH not sure why you think 'the young' are being conned, fashions change and people follow, sheep like but hey...thats life.

I think this Gripe is about 30 years too late - dont you remember the sex pistols?