Tattoo
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Do you often forget it or something?
Personally I'm not a fan of tattoos, if you like them and want one then fine. Just be sure you really want it, but can you really be sure you'll not change your mind once you have it?
Well I usually forget how to spell my middle name.
If I change my mind once I have it Ill just colour over it with a black marker pen and say I have some kind of disease.
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Blah blah...you are scum...blah blah...never succeed in life with a tattoo...blah blah...'If' you must have a tattoo it needs to be hand drawn by yourself and have a deep and meaningful connection to your soul.
Right, now that's 90% of the replies out the way, I'll add this...
If you personally like it and you have given it a fair amount of thought then go for it, if you still aren't 100% sure then just wait a little more time until you can make the decision yourself without having others decide.
Right, now that's 90% of the replies out the way, I'll add this...
If you personally like it and you have given it a fair amount of thought then go for it, if you still aren't 100% sure then just wait a little more time until you can make the decision yourself without having others decide.
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The two things at the top of my list are;
1) Get something unique to you.
2) Do not under any circumstances get a 'tribal' design, which basically sends out the message "I want to be cool but I have no imagination or any degree of individuality whatsoever".
1) Get something unique to you.
2) Do not under any circumstances get a 'tribal' design, which basically sends out the message "I want to be cool but I have no imagination or any degree of individuality whatsoever".
I think they look horrible lol.. meh
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Legitimate reasons to have a tattoo...
1) You're a concentration camp survivor.
2) You're a lardy bird who wants to distract her partner during doggy with the 'look at the base of my spine, not my hoojarse!' tattoo... though you could always try missionary, or losing weight instead.
3) You have a birthmark in the shape of Charlie Chaplin's face. It would be criminal not to add a moustache to it.
4) You are hyper-allergic to nuts, bees, pollen, perfume, antibiotics, water, oxygen, women, hospitals, and breathing. You'd be mad not to have this tattooed on you somewhere, because those medic-alert things might get lost in a horrendous accident where your tongue and all your limbs are ripped off, leaving you incapable of communicating this vital information, except by using your shoulder's bloody stump to scrawl on the bedsheet.
5) You are incredibly ugly. I mean, really, gobsmackingly, 'jeez, I wouldn't want to be you!' type ugly. Children cry when you walk past, women scream, priests fall to their knees with their hands clasped, praying to be delivered from Satan's incarnate earthly presence, type ugly. Anything that's a distraction has to be an improvement.
Staying in would be cheaper though.
6) You're an albino and can't produce melanin. A beige, whole-body tattoo would be cheaper in the long term than sunscreen.
6) You can't count.
7) You have no class whatsoever.
8) All of the above.
Tattoos, like high house prices and flares, are currently fashionable. Unlike flares, tattoos won't help you win a Garry Glitter look-a-like competition or stop your toes getting sunburnt, so are clearly pointless. They're still more acceptable than high house prices and incest though, so they're not *all* bad.
Andrew McP
PS I'm not a big fan of self-mutilation, but I'm happy for others to do it. It makes the rest of us look a bit better.
1) You're a concentration camp survivor.
2) You're a lardy bird who wants to distract her partner during doggy with the 'look at the base of my spine, not my hoojarse!' tattoo... though you could always try missionary, or losing weight instead.
3) You have a birthmark in the shape of Charlie Chaplin's face. It would be criminal not to add a moustache to it.
4) You are hyper-allergic to nuts, bees, pollen, perfume, antibiotics, water, oxygen, women, hospitals, and breathing. You'd be mad not to have this tattooed on you somewhere, because those medic-alert things might get lost in a horrendous accident where your tongue and all your limbs are ripped off, leaving you incapable of communicating this vital information, except by using your shoulder's bloody stump to scrawl on the bedsheet.
5) You are incredibly ugly. I mean, really, gobsmackingly, 'jeez, I wouldn't want to be you!' type ugly. Children cry when you walk past, women scream, priests fall to their knees with their hands clasped, praying to be delivered from Satan's incarnate earthly presence, type ugly. Anything that's a distraction has to be an improvement.
Staying in would be cheaper though.
6) You're an albino and can't produce melanin. A beige, whole-body tattoo would be cheaper in the long term than sunscreen.
6) You can't count.
7) You have no class whatsoever.
8) All of the above.
Tattoos, like high house prices and flares, are currently fashionable. Unlike flares, tattoos won't help you win a Garry Glitter look-a-like competition or stop your toes getting sunburnt, so are clearly pointless. They're still more acceptable than high house prices and incest though, so they're not *all* bad.
Andrew McP
PS I'm not a big fan of self-mutilation, but I'm happy for others to do it. It makes the rest of us look a bit better.
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9) You aren't a moron that judges people purely on looks.
Come on, no class whatsoever, can't count?
Can you say stereotypes?
Wow... just wow...
To the OP, I think you're going the right way about it. Give yourself to the end of the summer to decide if you really want it, you never know you might change your mind.
My mate is a tattooist and wanted to give me my first tattoo for my 18th birthday present. I didn't decide what I wanted till I was 20, cos I wasn't sure about what to have and we kept changing the design.
Make sure you go to a tattooist who is willing to go over your design with you, and IMO a studio with the least amount of flash is better. This means you will end up with a more personal design.
I think they look garish, when you ask people what the Chinese symbols mean on their arm they will either shrug or say, "fire, wind, power blah blah ect...". To me they all look the same all the other drones getting the same thing printed onto their skin.
Don't bother with it, looks cheap.
Don't bother with it, looks cheap.
Chinese symbols do look gash, with that I agree, and unfortunatly hiroglyphics look like the new chinese symbols.
Go with whatever you like the look of though - don't let small minded people on an internet forum put you off if you really want a tat.
I love tattoos, but think long and hard. I've been thinking what to get for my next one for about 4 or 5 years and still haven't decided!
I wouldn't say tattoos are any more fashionable at the moment than they've ever been, I know far more people aged 40-60 with tattoos than I do aged say 18-30.
Unfortunately I don't fit in to any of Andrew_McP's criteria so my reasons for getting tattoos must be illegitimate
I wouldn't say tattoos are any more fashionable at the moment than they've ever been, I know far more people aged 40-60 with tattoos than I do aged say 18-30.
Unfortunately I don't fit in to any of Andrew_McP's criteria so my reasons for getting tattoos must be illegitimate
You clearly have never had sex with a fat bird, if you had, you would realise things look better from behind than in missionary!
*cough*
Is this man Jesus?
Jesus never said 'blah' tbh...