Poll: Tattoos - I just dont get it.
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As having a tattoo myself, I guess I fall under the I-am-douche category. Never mind that I got my tattoo as a piece of art that comemerates a significant aspect of my life that has made in to who I am today. Tattoos are gotten for several reasons. Fallen friends, retarded bets, artwork used to accentuate ones one beauty, everybody has their own personal reasons. What it really comes down to is it your body, do what you want with it.
One of my friends got a tattoo on his leg that is of Yoda holding a lightsaber. It is pretty awesome.
On Topic: Tattoos are alright, I mean I have wanted to get one but I have a very low pain tolerance.
If people want to get tattoos they have every right to do so.
On Topic: Tattoos are alright, I mean I have wanted to get one but I have a very low pain tolerance.
If people want to get tattoos they have every right to do so.
I sort of want a tattoo, but am having difficulty coming up with something I'll still like 10 years in the future. My parents recently got tattooed wedding rings, since my mom works in food prep and can't wear a regular ring. My little sister got a large one on her hip in memory of our grandmother, so I'd want something significant like that. My cousins, on the other hand, are addicted to tattoos, and are getting random things. One has the Twilight Princess Triforce symbol on his calf, and the other has the Autobot and Decepticon symbols on his calves, a half-naked robot snake woman on his arm, and a stick figure on his chest pointing to his nipple that says "Nipple." I believe the last one was a drunken bet/mistake.
I kinda like them. I mean some of the are interesting. I'm not going to exclude getting one in the future, but i have no clear plan, so at the moment no. I have much more important things to think about now.
But, like i said, some are interesting, and there are people who look good with tatoos.
But, like i said, some are interesting, and there are people who look good with tatoos.
Now here's the thing. I have tattoos. I love my tattoos. I have many more planned out that I have yet to get. Now, I don't come up with some kind of inner meaning to any of these things, they are images. I'm not going to get anything that looks kinda lame just to have the deep meaningful aspect to my tattoos. On the other hand, all of the images I have are in some way close to my heart, I get a lot of images from children's books I loved as a kid, I have one on my arm from my all time favorite artist. Finding an image is a long process for me. I don't actively seek out what I want to get tattooed, I actually discourage actively seeking out tattoo imagery because it strikes me that that person just wants a tattoo, not the actual image. When something jumps out at me in terms of tattooing I will sit on the image for upwards of a year, never less. At the end of that year, if I still love the idea of that image as a tattoo, I will make plans to make room in my budget for the tattoo, then I will make plans. It's a long process, I don't rush it at all and as a result I have images that I'm incredibly happy with.
Now see, I do have problems with people who get tattoos because they want tattoos. That, I think, is fucking stupid. I've seen a lot of stupid tattoos, it's true. Just like in anything there are stupid people who get stupid tattoos and there are people who make decent decisions and never regret them.
Then there's the people who talk about regret. Now I've known a lot of people with tattoos. I happen to know a good many people 40 and up with tattoos. The only people who I've ever heard of having regrets about their tattoos, got really stupid tattoos. I'm not talking about skulls or junk like that, I mean like: something that looks vaguely like a pot leaf, with "get high" scribbled above it. In fact, most of those over-40s who I've talked to about their tattoos still love them. I understand where the people who chant "regret!" in light of tattoos are coming from, but, the thing is, they seem to chant out their own extrapolation, not out of experience with people who have tattoos and have had tattoos for a long time. That's the confusion, for me.
So, yeah, I like my tattoos. I like good tattoos. I don't like stupid tattoos. I don't like stupid people. Ya dig?
Now see, I do have problems with people who get tattoos because they want tattoos. That, I think, is fucking stupid. I've seen a lot of stupid tattoos, it's true. Just like in anything there are stupid people who get stupid tattoos and there are people who make decent decisions and never regret them.
Then there's the people who talk about regret. Now I've known a lot of people with tattoos. I happen to know a good many people 40 and up with tattoos. The only people who I've ever heard of having regrets about their tattoos, got really stupid tattoos. I'm not talking about skulls or junk like that, I mean like: something that looks vaguely like a pot leaf, with "get high" scribbled above it. In fact, most of those over-40s who I've talked to about their tattoos still love them. I understand where the people who chant "regret!" in light of tattoos are coming from, but, the thing is, they seem to chant out their own extrapolation, not out of experience with people who have tattoos and have had tattoos for a long time. That's the confusion, for me.
So, yeah, I like my tattoos. I like good tattoos. I don't like stupid tattoos. I don't like stupid people. Ya dig?
I have a tattoo of the foxhound symbol on my arm and I love it plus I got a feeling when I get to be 30 to 40 years old that I'm still going to be playing video games so I don't see myself regretting it. Hell I'm planning on getting a few more done.
I got some wording done that was special to me, so that I would never regret it. I'd wanted to get it done for years and the week I turned 18 I got it sorted. I then got some design around it for purely aesthetic reasons, to make it a little more unique.
I appreciate tattoos for a number of reasons. Commemoration mostly, but also in turns of art, creativity, even just making a statement. I love them, and would love to get another. I'm just waiting for the right idea that would be worth the money, worth the commitment and impossible to regret.
I appreciate tattoos for a number of reasons. Commemoration mostly, but also in turns of art, creativity, even just making a statement. I love them, and would love to get another. I'm just waiting for the right idea that would be worth the money, worth the commitment and impossible to regret.
