WRC is so badass that knuckle tattoos are appropriate

"Fred (FreddsterExprs)" (freddsterexprs)
02/14/2015 at 13:49 • Filed to: None

The gentleman you see is Andersson Jonas, co-pilot of Mads Östberg, and he decorated his body the same way Latino gangsters do in stereotypical TV series.

DISCUSSION (10)

DipodomysDeserti > Fred (FreddsterExprs)
02/14/2015 at 17:28

What sort of sheltered world did you grow up in where only Latino TV gang members have hand tattoos?

Fred (FreddsterExprs) > DipodomysDeserti
02/14/2015 at 17:45

Germany.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Fred (FreddsterExprs)
02/14/2015 at 18:09

I see he's a member of the Illuminati.

DipodomysDeserti > Fred (FreddsterExprs)
02/14/2015 at 20:00

That makes sense. I have a friend who's a high end realtor with tattoos on his hands.

Fred (FreddsterExprs) > DipodomysDeserti
02/14/2015 at 20:24

Oh yeah, I've been living in the US for 4 months now and tattoos are far more accepted as "normal". Not that people don't have tattoos in Germany, but it's usually the lower classes who gets standard stuff like tribal on the biceps. You'd have a hard time finding a job with customer contact if you'd have ink permanently on your hands, a few years ago tattoos generally were something reserved for "outlaws" and blue collar workers.

DipodomysDeserti > Fred (FreddsterExprs)
02/14/2015 at 20:29

Yeah, I first went to Europe when I was 21. I got my first tattoo when I was 18, and mine are fairly large and colorful. I got quite a few looks.

Fred (FreddsterExprs) > DipodomysDeserti
02/14/2015 at 20:35

I can always recognize the US soldiers in nightclubs of my town by two things: a) the pants (we Euros wear what America considers tight pants) and b) size, position and color of tattoos. :D No wonder people were looking.

DipodomysDeserti > Fred (FreddsterExprs)
02/14/2015 at 22:59

And most guys in the military wear baggy pants even by US standards. My friend was stationed in Baumholder for four years. They did some terrible things in that little town. I grew up in the punk rock/hardcore scene where everyone has tattoos. During my first trip to Europe I dan into some punk kids in Spain who had tattoos and asked me about mine. They were the only other people I saw during that trip who had tattoos. I just went back last winter, and there are definitely more people with them now.

Fred (FreddsterExprs) > DipodomysDeserti
02/14/2015 at 23:05

Yeah, the troops tend to misbehave quite a bit. My town has some airbases near to it which served as last stations before leaving for Afghanistan or first stations back from the war. The result was that the GIs were out to party and often got into fights. I've seen the military police way to often, some clubs and bars would refuse to admit US citizens because it's such a hassle with the German Police not being allowed to arrest them and what not.

DipodomysDeserti > Fred (FreddsterExprs)
02/14/2015 at 23:18

Yeah, that's pretty fucked up. My buddy was eighteen and did several tours in Iraq. Throw a bunch of uneducated eighteen year old kids together who know they're going into a war-zone and give them alcohol. Recipe for disaster. I feel bad for the Germans living in the small towns that had to deal with that.

On the first trip I went on I ran into a group of Swiss soldiers at a bar while Luzern. They asked if I was American, and bought me a bunch of drinks. That was a first. Those guys loved Americans for some reason. They kept yelling at the Italian high schoolers drinking at the same bar.