but every time I hear negative things said about tattoos, its nearly always from the older generation.
Of course it is; but the reality is that people who decide whether to offer a job are likely to be slightly older.
You can't discriminate against someone just because they have tattoos.
Yes, yes, we know all that. But it happens; why provoke discrimination? Try as I might, if I were faced with two candidates for one job, each perfectly suited in every way, but one tattooed and one not, I'm likely to give it to the one without tattoos.
That's how grumpy old farts work; get over it. If you want a GOF to give you a job, hide the tattoos.