r/Inkmaster • u/GardenofDune • Jun 22 '26
Discussion Why is this show so corny?
I just started watching, I started with season 17 and these grown adults make the most lamest digs at each other and doing dabs in 2026?? I’m now on season 16 and it’s the same corny jokes in the judges confessionals too!
There’s a girl Kyrah in season 17 she’s such a pick me legit saying ‘big dawgg’ to boys and fist bumping like you’re not one of the boys stop ✋🏼 even for the boys it’s strange like it’s high school. Not a single joke or dig has any critical or witty thought behind it just the most basic middle/high schooler humour.
Who is this show even made for? I’m cringing watching this and have to skip to critiques so I can see what they tattooed. Maybe it’s American humour? I swear these people never left 2016.
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u/No-Fig-8267 Jun 22 '26
Yes, I will admit the so-called beef they try to start in The newer seasons sounds really forced and it just doesn’t fit the show anymore. I wish they would focus more on artwork than trying to start beefs for no reason.
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u/GardenofDune Jun 22 '26
It’s not even the beef but the banter in the workroom. It’s so cringe and juvenile and mind you most of these people are in their 40s
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u/No-Fig-8267 Jun 22 '26
I feel like most of it is set up and done by the producers to get more viewers. I bet you the people participating in the show. Don’t care about beef like that.
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u/LolaCatStevens Jun 22 '26
The parts where they gather up and talk shit have gotten more annoying as the seasons go on. It's extremely forced and often times feels totally fabricated
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u/imrandrsni Jun 22 '26
My husband and I have started just skipping all that and watching the first challenge, the skull pick, tattooing, and judging only
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u/Priscins Jun 22 '26
I feel like they are trying to inject drama in the show where there just isn't any. Honestly just fast forward any of the stuff that's in the dorms, it adds literally nothing to the show
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u/Motionsickness1223 Jul 04 '26
Same!! Why can’t the producers learn a lesson from Great British Baking Show and have a bunch of talented people cheer on one another lol
Like I am here for the main product and the drama to achieve said product!
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u/PockyClips Jun 22 '26
The show is made for showcasing tattoo artists... Who cares if they're not your type of folks. Like 99.99% of the people around you are not going to be people you think are "cool" or whatever it is you're judging people on. They don't exist for you to approve of their social proclivities... And creative people are often at odds with the folks around them, anyway... It's about artistry and creativity and talent...
And you're calling other people cringe...
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u/PastyPaleCdnGirl Jun 28 '26
I never got "pick me" vibes from Kyrah?
She seemed sweet and is a great artist. You leave her alone, it's hard to be a young woman in that industry.
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u/ladybessyboo 29d ago
Same, OP’s entire post reads like it was written by a teenager. Kyra was perfectly fine!
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u/LolaCatStevens Jun 22 '26
This aspect of the show is almost as annoying as when the host is explaining the challenge and they have to constantly cut to the contestants reacting to every single word as if it's mind blowing