So I'm thinking of getting a tattoo...

[Fightgarr]

I have one quick question to ask. Do you really want those things or do you just want a tattoo?
I ask this because if they are both things you want then you would be getting both of them. As someone who loves tattoos and has a lot of pride in his own decisions about them, I've found a lot of people just want a tattoo because of what it is. It's the wrong way to go about it. You want the tattoo so you spend your time looking up images you might want. That's a good way to find something you won't be happy with a few years down the line. The key is to let the image find you. If you see an image and you say: "I want that on me" without the whole searching for a tattoo thing going on, and you still like it a year or two later, chances are that's a good thing to done.

It seems to me like you should either be getting both, or getting neither. If it's that you really want those specific things then okay. But if you just want a tattoo and happen to think those are designs that you'd be fine with then I strongly urge you to reconsider. As stupid or cliche as it may sound, you don't look for tattoos to get, they find you.

 

[Get_A_Grip_]

If you want a tattoo, get one.
Just make sure you find a decent artist, that uses good quality ink. You don't want it fading to gry in a few months.

 

[SovietSecrets]

Get a tattoo. If its something that you want you can always look on it with happiness and it doesnt have to be anything big anyways, long as you like it. I got my first one day a couple of weeks ago and have no regrets whatsoever about getting it done and am very excited for my next one. Just be sure its something you want because really this is gonna be on you forever. You don't want to look at it a couple of years later and say I should not have gotten that.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs087.ash2/37668_421154132015_569602015_5226782_2762555_n.jpg <3

 

[Eternalsun]

Im getting a tattoo for my 18th i dont think there stupid aslong as your sensible about them. Ive seen countless homeless people with tattoos on there face as they must of been unable to get jobs cause of the tattoo on there flipping face.

But im getting
'This is your life and its ending one minute at a time'
Its a depressing Live your life to the full slogan from fight club, i want it because i love the book and film and its a good line which suits me Morbid.
the real message to it is this is your life no one elses dont let someone else control your life and its ending one minute at a time so dont waste your life doing things you hate.

 

[ChaoticKraus]

I'm suprised to see how many people are planning to get tatoo's. Pleasantly so. Just don't get one on the face or neck, that pretty much limits your career options to celebrity, musician and organized crime.

I plan on getting several myself, but i'm still juggling ideas so it will have to wait a while.

 

[omega 616]

I would suggest not getting either of those. You may like them now but by gosh are they geeky and you don't want to be chatting to a member of the opposite sex and they say "nice tattoo, whats it from/of?" and you reply "it's from lord of the rings" there walking away quickly after that, unless there mega nerds aswell.

I would strongly suggest not getting a tattoo from a film or game though.

This is coming from a guy with a full tribal sleeve though.

Spoiler: rant

Although I have quite a list of tattoos I think make people look like tools, such as stars ... what is the fascination of getting stars?

I think girls are the worst for them, try getting something other than a bird, butterfly, tiny tribal (on the side of your hand ... copying a certain celeb), heart or flower. All the millions of things to have done and you get one of five things.

Edit.

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Have to ask you the same question, pick something you think is cool or attractive and think why do you find it to be.

You come across as a major sheep, "I am not going to stand out in anyway from anybody so nobody will pick on me, I must be exactly like my friends".

Just read your profile, 360 the "I bought one to play with my friends" machine and you like the 3 of the biggest sports in the world to like the most, if you would have put baseball in there aswell it would have been a clean sweep.