Poll: Tattoos - I just dont get it.

[SHWiMM]

Tattoos are bitchin'...if they're done right. A good artist rendering something semi-tasteful and at least partially sentimental usually ends up as a good tattoo. One gotten in a drunken stupor from a hack tattoo artist will most likely result in regret. So...it depends. As for myself, I'm getting a tattoo so unique and incredible that revealing it prematurely over the internet would diminish its glory. Let's just say it involves a (yet-to-be-invented) mythical creature and my life motto. I promise I'll put it online when I get it this summer. Your heads may explode out of sheer amazement.

 

[Resin213]

Well, I have full sleeves and like them.
My tattoos are awesome. But everyone elses suck.
They're all just copying me.

 

[AwesomeExpress]

My friend Ashleigh just got hers colored. It's a Chinese dragon and it covers her whole back. I think I'd get a tatoo once I get a job that pays enough for me to afford that luxury. But I do have in mind what I'd like to get.

 

[xHipaboo420x]

I've got one tattoo already, and I've already got another one planned (the Mandalorian skull symbol).

Tattoos aren't for everyone - and even if you do want one, what you deem to be acceptable may be too far for someone else. They are entirely subjective, and that's one of the appeals.

As to all the "you won't necessarily like it 20 years" arguments; I like to think of each one as like a snapshot. Sure, I might not be that much of Star Wars fan in 20 years (you never know), but I can have the tattoo and remember all the associations I had of it.

 

[Tharwen]

Tattoos are like avatars but permanent.

 

[ProfessorLayton]

I don't really care about them. I probably won't get them because there is no way I will like the same stuff I like now when I'm older. I was thinking about getting gauges in my ears because my friends told me I should but then I thought about when I'm an old man and my grandkids are all around I'll look like a crazy person and they probably wouldn't look good at all. Plus, I'm going to be honest if I was hiring people for a job and for an interview they came in with gauges in their ears and eyebrow piercings and tattoos all over the place and it wasn't a job at Hot Topic, I would probably have a bad first impression of them.

These things are permanent, and I don't dig permanent.

 

[CakeDragon]

I recently got a tattoo of a dragon on my back - I've always thought dragons are awesome so it wouldn't be something I regret.
Also me and my uncle (who was also the tattoo artist) designed it together, so it's a little more special than just something I got off the Internet or out of a book.

Edit: thought I'd post a pic
http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/7360/photo0644z.jpg

 

[JanatUrlich]

I'm a massive fan of tattoos and piercings. I just like the way they look, like you said, it's all about personal preference.

Of course I have some myself haha. But I accidently tore my nipple piercing out about 6 months ago so I'm a bit nervous about them at the moment lol

 

[That's Funny]

I'm not really a fan of tattoos, sure some look really cool, but others just look dumb, for example if you covered your whole arm with a tattoo of lets say random images, would you look cool, no you'd look stupid, or perhaps you got a tattoo of Albus Dumbledore on your back, is that cool? No its very sad.

All that said I'm still having thoughts about whether I should get a tattoo or not, at the moment I'm gonna say no, but in the future I might reconsider.

 

[theunreliablecritic]

OH GOD. That last one is priceless.

I like 'em. But not all over.

I plan on getting this as a tattoo one day...

OBLIVION BABY!!!!!!!!

 

[Trivun]

I'll never have tattoos. I don't mind them on other people, as long as they aren't excessive. Same goes for piercings. If a girl has the odd tattoo on, say, her shoulder or ankle or something, or ear piercings, then that can be attractive. Loads of tattoos or loads of piercings is a massive turn off for me. And I especially hate things like tongue piercings and the like.

As for me, I'll never get piercings or tattoos. Partly because of my aforementioned attitude to them, and partly because I am actually afraid of needles. Ironic since half my short stories include characters who are sadists and enjoy torturing people...

 

[sean.A7x]

I would consider getting the A7x death bat across my back when im older or MCFC badge on my arm

 

[PrimoThePro]

Gonna get a 5 on mah tongue.

 

[Treefingers]

It depends. Some are meaningful and symbolic. Some are cultural. I like that a lot.

However, getting some kind of fashionable fad... or something silly just for lulz... is really, really lame.

 

[Ignignokt]

Can you even find a girl without a tramp stamp anymore?

 

[historybuff]

I don't really see the problem with tattoos. I'm not really interested in having one personally because I know that interests can change. But I certainly have nothing against people who have them.

Except for people who get "tramp stamps"....those look stupid.

 

[Qualko]

I can't understand why you would get large tattoos, like the sleeve ones. Maybe a little one, if you really wanted. What I hate are those stupid 'munroe' piercings that make you look like you have a spot on your upper lip. Oh, and those bullring ones also look trashy and hideous.