i can't believe i'm writing this ... ppl w/ tattoos
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Agree!One thing I will say about tattoos that drive me crazy, are almost all the tattoos my sister has. She has 4 tattoos, and they all look terrible because she got them from "this guy my friend knows who does them at his house, he gave me a really good deal." Just a word of advice, tattoos aren't one of those things you can get by with going cheap on! It's on your body for life, why wouldn't you go to a reputable artist, regardless of the price???0 -
My second Tattoo was done at almost 11pm and I found the only place open that late and the guy who tatted me was high as a kite and he frigged it all up. He kept saying "You're like trying to tattoo an armadillo" no other artist has ever had a problem tatting me. I now make sure I know the artist and know someone who has gotten tatts from them.One thing I will say about tattoos that drive me crazy, are almost all the tattoos my sister has. She has 4 tattoos, and they all look terrible because she got them from "this guy my friend knows who does them at his house, he gave me a really good deal." Just a word of advice, tattoos aren't one of those things you can get by with going cheap on! It's on your body for life, why wouldn't you go to a reputable artist, regardless of the price???0 -
I have drawn all of mine and they are some sort of whacked therapy for me. (16)0
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Mine is a jester head on my right arm by the shoulder, so yes it means something to me \m/0
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I have two, neither mean anything special, I just happen to like them. Plus, they're symbols of my middle age rebellion :devil:
My advice to people getting tattoos is not to make sure they mean something, but to make sure the tattoo is something you can live with for a very long time.0 -
Nope! Only 3 of my 9 mean something and 2 of those 3 go together. lol0
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Nope! Just 2 of them. The rest I got because I liked them.. or they looked cool on the picture.
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I have 8 tats... I love them all... some have meaning some do not. I have a spider web with a black widow that says "Beautiful but Deadly" on my right shoulder blade. It actually was a joke tat! I have been married 3 times and my friends call me the Black widow... ( No I haven't actually killed any of my ex spouses but by the time I got done they wished they were dead)! I also have B.A.I.B on my right ankle... Stands for Bad A** indian Bi*ch... Joke between my cousins and I. I think tats should show your personality at least mine do... Been thinking about getting the loch ness monster as a tramp stamp... Hey I like Paul Blart The Mall Cop... But I will probably hold off on that one lol!0
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I agree with you. What I find funny is that half the people that say their tattoos have to "mean something" to them usually have something cliche and overdone (in my opinion at least).0
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Currently, my tattoo is a plain outline of a star and to me it symbolizes being excited about turning 18 and not wanting to wait to get ink. Yeah, I like(d) it, but NOW I want it to mean something other than "rebellion"
I'm going to fill it in with (cursive) words of the things I want in my life: Love, Happiness, Peace, Positivity, Dreams.0 -
Why would you tell your kids not to get them?Everyone has a different opinion....Personally I have not.....and will not get a tattoo for the following three reasons....
#1 - It's not going to look very good when you are 60
#2 - It's really hard to tell your kids not to get them when you have them
#3 - Unless they are in very inconspicuous places they can definitely affect your professional career.
That said I have a friend who completed a triathalon and got the triathalon symbol tattooed on himself.....because this was a major accomplishment in his life.....I thought this was awesome and completely get why he would do it.
Good question. I just got my first one last Sunday and I used my son's tattoo artist. I'm already thinking about my second one. Oh, and I'm 55! You're never too old.0 -
I have a tattoo of a zombied-out my little pony.
'Nuff said, I think. :happy:0 -
That restraining order is still in effect you know.Mine is a jester head on my right arm by the shoulder, so yes it means something to me \m/0 -
I don't have one yet but when I get to a certain goal it's my reward. As for meaning, I just want something girly and feminine. If I could make it sparkly I would! Other than that, no meaning. Most of my jewelry doesn't have any meaning either, it's just purty.
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I don't have one yet but when I get to a certain goal it's my reward. As for meaning, I just want something girly and feminine. If I could make it sparkly I would! Other than that, no meaning. Most of my jewelry doesn't have any meaning either, it's just purty.
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Most of mine don't. lol A couple do. When I got my ship done on my foot this guy in the tattoo shop asked me what does a ship mean? I'm like nothing I just wanted a ship! Damn! LOL Honestly. It annoys the **** out of me when people think they need a meaning for every single tattoo.
AND it's even more annoying when the person saying things like that has nothing but ****ty tattoos.0 -
I have tattoos. both arms full sleeved. Among others.
I always end up reading tattoo threads (and stupidly piss myself off) and I always end up reading how people always advice to "get something that MEANS something".
WHY?
Sure, if it means something, awesome. You had something meaningful you wanted immortalize on your skin. Great. But why does it HAVE to? Can't *kitten* just be pretty? (or ugly, or scary, or whatever?) Some of mine do, most of mine, well, I just thought was cool.
When I was getting fitted for a pair of running shoes a couple weeks ago, this was the conversation:
Him: "So why sleeves? What do they MEAN?"
Me: "Why do you have a justin beiber haircut?"
Him: "Point taken."
okay, that conversation didn't illustrate my point or question at all, I just found it funny. My real question is ... those WITH tattoos - does all of your ink MEAN something?
If you didn't want the attention tattoos bring then you should not have gotten SLEEVES. You owe that guy an apology.0 -
Everyone has a different opinion....Personally I have not.....and will not get a tattoo for the following three reasons....
#1 - It's not going to look very good when you are 60
#2 - It's really hard to tell your kids not to get them when you have them
#3 - Unless they are in very inconspicuous places they can definitely affect your professional career.
#1 - why not? i think "old" ppl with ink look rad.
#2 - again, why not? i obviously like tattoos, i certainly won't mind if my kids get them. They'd be adults anyway.
#3 - I'm sleeved. And I have a very professional career. So yeah, unless you are talking face tattoos ...
but i guess those are great reasons. (for you)0 -
It always cracks me up when people say "it will look horrible when you're old". There are no guarantees in life, you don't know when your time is going to be up. When I am old, I will worry about what life brings when I am old. For now, I am going to enjoy the present and enjoy my tats now. Knowing me, I will still be getting them when/if I get old. So my take on the "old" arguement, enjoy the present and don't worry about the future, as it may never come.0
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I have one tattoo, but I really would like to get more after I lose weight (and get the first one I have fixed up after I lose weight too!). The tattoo was actually a gift from my cousin, who has all kinds of tattoos that mean loads to her. Me? I like mine. I just liked the symbol. I TELL people that it means something to me, just because it seems like just saying "I liked it" isn't good enough for them. The tattoos that I plan on getting in the future mean something to me personally, and that's fine for me. But I don't think that having a meaning behind them is important. If you like them, that's good enough.
My boyfriend's tattoo, the only one he has, also doesn't mean anything. It was just a demonic circle that he liked and decided to get tattooed.
As for those who post about not getting tattoos for reasons numerous, my opinion is this:
If you don't like them, you don't have to get them. But you shouldn't judge someone who has tattoos. Tattoos aren't drugs, or alcohol, or abusive. For some people they're simply a way of venting - whether what they're venting is creativity, or frustration. I don't think that tattoos are, in any way, detrimental to any profession. Tattoos do not inhibit a person's ability to do their job. Just because you don't like the way they look, doesn't mean that they're bad at what they do.
I think it's just silly to judge someone based on ink.0 -
It always cracks me up when people say "it will look horrible when you're old". There are no guarantees in life, you don't know when your time is going to be up. When I am old, I will worry about what life brings when I am old. For now, I am going to enjoy the present and enjoy my tats now. Knowing me, I will still be getting them when/if I get old. So my take on the "old" arguement, enjoy the present and don't worry about the future, as it may never come.
I'm gonna be the awesome old lady chilling out with the other inked old ladies. You can find us flirting with cute young firemen, playing blackjack in Vegas, and using our adorable old lady powers for evil.0 -
A tattoo that has genuine meaning to someone has a quality that goes way beyond beauty and aesthetics....my $0.02
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I totally get your point. And thank you, no they don't HAVE to mean something. I have stars and swirls and my foot. I like stars a lot and think the swirls are really pretty. So that's what it means to me - pretty! Plus my best friend helped me pay for my first star when I was 18 and rebellious so it's a great memory and that's more the meaning than the symbol itself.
The cross on my back though, that definitely means something - something BIG and I'm really excited for my favorite holiday this Sunday when we celebrate LIFE!0 -
I love tattoo's. I have 8... Love them or hate them, its MY choice of where I get them & why.
My parents are very old fashion, and they don't approve. Makes me mad when I hear someone say "look at all those tattoo's that person has, that's stupid"...0 -
I'm gonna be the awesome old lady chilling out with the other inked old ladies. You can find us flirting with cute young firemen, playing blackjack in Vegas, and using our adorable old lady powers for evil.
Can I be part of this cool old ladies club too? My boyfriend has told me that I have a naturally evil laugh. Diabolical, even. He consistently asks me how someone so cute can be so evil. 0 -
I got my first and only tattoo for now last summer. It's on my left hip and it says 2HOT2HANDLE. The O and the A are red lips. The only meaning is to remind my husband to stay up on his game! Lol. I've been thinking of getting one on the inside of my left ankle of hearts. No meaning just like hearts and think its pretty.0
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I got my first and only tattoo for now last summer. It's on my left hip and it says 2HOT2HANDLE. The O and the A are red lips. The only meaning is to remind my husband to stay up on his game! Lol. I've been thinking of getting one on the inside of my left ankle of hearts. No meaning just like hearts and think its pretty.
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It always cracks me up when people say "it will look horrible when you're old". There are no guarantees in life, you don't know when your time is going to be up. When I am old, I will worry about what life brings when I am old. For now, I am going to enjoy the present and enjoy my tats now. Knowing me, I will still be getting them when/if I get old. So my take on the "old" arguement, enjoy the present and don't worry about the future, as it may never come.
I'm gonna be the awesome old lady chilling out with the other inked old ladies. You can find us flirting with cute young firemen, playing blackjack in Vegas, and using our adorable old lady powers for evil.
Yeah, me too!!
My tats look just fine (tyvm) and when I reach my goal weight, I'm going to get a new one that will wrap from my waist down around the butterfly I already have on my hip and wander on down my thigh and curl around....etc. And I may get my navel pierced, depending on how flat my abs get. So there. :bigsmile:0 -
I'm gonna be the awesome old lady chilling out with the other inked old ladies. You can find us flirting with cute young firemen, playing blackjack in Vegas, and using our adorable old lady powers for evil.
Can I be part of this cool old ladies club too? My boyfriend has told me that I have a naturally evil laugh. Diabolical, even. He consistently asks me how someone so cute can be so evil.
Yeah, buddy. We will be accepting applications in 50 years or so!0
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