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-- To be blunt: Any and all of them.
And frankly, I think something similar is true of most guys tattoos as well... it's a foolish "fashion/fad" (and an expensive one at that) which began as a sort of "faux-macho" thing (not sure that's really true any more with how insane it's gotten across genders) -- and I'm fairly certain that most of them will at some point (and given how quickly time passes, soon enough) regret having done (both the waste of money, AND the overall foolishness of it).
-- NOTE: I understand & accept an "exception" around the traditions of certain military units, especially those related to long deployments (particularly on submarines, or boots-on-the-ground/under fire in war zones, etc). And of course there are certain tribes & ethnic groups where tattooing and/or scarification are a traditional-historical "rite of passage" going back (uninterrupted) for several generations of their family. But for the majority of guys getting tattooed, neither of those applies; for the majority, it's a 100% pure "impulse" and "look at me" kind of thing.
Likewise with all of the "piercing" bullshit.
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EVERY "trendy" thing goes out of fashion eventually. If only because a subsequent generation decides to "rebel" and NOT follow in the footsteps of its parents and/or older siblings.
I think that's especially true of things like tattoos... which simply don't "age" very well.
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A small SUBSET of the overall population did, and likely always will. It has seldom been a "mainstream" thing before.
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