Tattoos just look trashy. Even the fun innocent butterfly ones. And honestly I think that's part of the reason a lot of people get them. There's often a fine line between what's trashy and what's considered "cool". People want to let others know that there is an element of danger or mystique about them. Tattoos make this easy. The person don't doesn't really have to demonstrate their crazy side or mystiqueness to prove themselves, the tattoos communicate that for them. It's basically the lazy short cut to being cool.

FTFM

AnubisMan: Tantrum: Nah. It's true that there's a lot of ugly work done out there. I only go to artists that I trust to do good work, and I'm not ashamed of anything I have on me.

Aside from that, some of my best friends work at tattoo parlors and could blow away any stereotype people have about people with tattoos.

It sounds like you might be a little more open-minded than most, but remember what I was saying about how people with tattoos are less judgemental than those without? I think every Fark thread about tattoos pretty much supports my theory.

Yeah, but for everyone of those out there there are 50 tattooed morans that are reenforcing the negative image.

A moran is a moran, tattoos or not. Trust me, there are plenty more out there without ink than with. I've seen more yuppies and frat boys ruining my image of mankind than morans with tats. Of course, that could be a regional thing; tattoos are far more acceptable here in Seattle than elsewhere.

chechcal: It's all about the interactive tramp stamp

Doesn't that mean you fail unless you can keep your balls, one at a time, bouncing around her shoulder blades?

/except for multi-ball

whidbey: Never thought Angelina Jolie was much, either. Big lips bought by medical science.




Not so much, sorry.

I hate tattoos because I don't have any, and any reason you might have for having tattoos is stupid. You are stupid if you even think about tattoos. I hate you because you have different ideas than I do. Every single tattoo you could possibly have is nothing more than a clear indication of what an idiot you are.
That tribute tattoo you got to commemerate your dead grandmother? ...yeah, it sucks, and you suck for having it.

...Anyone wanna invite me over to hang out?
...yeah, thats what i thought.

/someone with the fark handle skinink should probably not have such nazi-like opinions about ink on skin. just sayin...
//grow up, comicbookguy.

whidbey: Whatever.

Apology accepted.

thereisnospoon: someone with the fark handle skinink should probably not have such nazi-like opinions about ink on skin. just sayin...
//grow up, comicbookguy.

Think about what you just wrote. Now think about it some more.

Wait for the light bulb.

Ink approves


/Ink from Young X-Men
//best image I could find
///GIS-fu is off tonight

Only this tattoo...



Oh... and:



/hotlinked.

whidbey: I keep thinking that someday I'll see a tat (or might even want to get one) I really like that isn't just some clever sight gag and has both beauty and personal meaning, but it hasn't happened yet.

woonahoss: chechcal: It's all about the interactive tramp stamp

Are those pinball flippers?

If you look closely, there is a button high on her hip as well. Just about where your hands would be if the circumstances were right.

Gonz 2010-03-11 07:23:33 PM
thereisnospoon: someone with the fark handle skinink should probably not have such nazi-like opinions about ink on skin. just sayin...
//grow up, comicbookguy.

Think about what you just wrote. Now think about it some more.

Wait for the light bulb.

...I'm just sick of these tattoo threads being a virtual piniata for my trade, which I am quite passiotate about. But, yeah, arguing on the internet... special olympics, yadda ...

There has never been an instance of a tattoo making someone more attractive.
Nope.

...oh and look! I made a spelling mistake!!
...to arms, squares!

free_xenu: Thakh: I'd be more worried about that dude's lobster claw hands than his tattoos.

Approves

skinink: Tattoos are a failure at self expression. They are reflective of our shallow culture and shallow behavior. The sentiment runs along the the lines of "Oh, I'll have someone draw a picture on my body and that will reflect my life experience. Therefore my life has validity."

My Army of Darkness tattoo reminds me that I like Army of Darkness.

whidbey: Am I the only one here who finds tats a total turn-off?

No. Hate them.


Sorry folks... tattoos will always be a mark of lower class. Regardless or not of your current statue.

Tsar_Bomba1: whidbey: Am I the only one here who finds tats a total turn-off?

No. Hate them.


Sorry folks... tattoos will always be a mark of lower class. Regardless or not of your current statue.

There you go bringing class into it again!

The tattoos, dey give me POWA!!!

thereisnospoon: I hate tattoos because I don't have any, and any reason you might have for having tattoos is stupid. You are stupid if you even think about tattoos. I hate you because you have different ideas than I do. Every single tattoo you could possibly have is nothing more than a clear indication of what an idiot you are.
That tribute tattoo you got to commemerate your dead grandmother? ...yeah, it sucks, and you suck for having it.

...Anyone wanna invite me over to hang out?
...yeah, thats what i thought.

/someone with the fark handle skinink should probably not have such nazi-like opinions about ink on skin. just sayin...
//grow up, comicbookguy.

You sound like you just might have a tattoo.

Just in case you need to find Mt Everest.

Are those pinball flippers?

Why, yes! Yes they are.

Man, that Oriental Adventures Prestige Class was *so* over-rated.

My husband and I went to a tattoo parlor to celebrate our anniversary.

He got the Delta Force symbol on his arm (he served with the Rangers), so his is meaningful, and frankly looks sharp as hell.

Since I wanted to join in all the fun, I got a piercing.

Think I should've gotten a tat instead?

skinink: Tattoos are a failure at self expression. They are reflective of our shallow culture and shallow behavior. The sentiment runs along the the lines of "Oh, I'll have someone draw a picture on my body and that will reflect my life experience. Therefore my life has validity."

Tattoos are cheap self indulgences to help people believe they are important or have had significant experiences. Mostly, they are expressions of a lack of confidence in one's own experiences if the personal history is so cheap that it is expressed in a drawing on the skin.

This is nothing new. It's simply the new manifestation of pathetic humanity.

Well, there are good tattoo and bad.
The bad part is when people say it's a profound form of self-expression, and then pick some stock artwork, or worse yet, Chinese/Japanese characters when they're not Asian and can't even read them. Basically something which doesn't have anything to do with you.



This one's a classic. What does it say about you? You sought to define and express yourself and all you could think of was your own name??

I find it curious that young people get tattoos to be break away, be rebellious and "free", yet find that as the years go on they're trapped in appearance by these decisions made long ago. Eventually that band becomes lame and you wonder why you ever liked them, "tribal" tattoos become recognized as douchebaggery, and basically you'll change as a person, but be confined by these decisions your younger self made.

In essence, that sort of rebellion ultimately traps you, which was kind of the opposite of the point.

"The tattoo represents the birth, death and enlightenment of Lord Buddha,"

Didn't we just have a thread about Buddhism being the new atheism?

kelisu: My husband and I went to a tattoo parlor to celebrate our anniversary.

He got the Delta Force symbol on his arm (he served with the Rangers), so his is meaningful, and frankly looks sharp as hell.

Since I wanted to join in all the fun, I got a piercing.

Think I should've gotten a tat instead?

You can always get a tattoo. I have seen so many beautiful pieces of art on people. Why not have both the piercing and a tat?

This one's a classic. What does it say about you? You sought to define and express yourself and all you could think of was your own name??

I got a crystal-tipped barbell in my cleavage. The top crystal peeks out (I think it's pretty).

It's unusual, I know - didn't wanna be trite. Plus I needed to stay employable.

I have no pics of mine, but check this out - mine's very similar:

http://tattoo.about.com/library/bl030505w.htm

CygnusDarius: I'll take faux superpower tattoos over tattooing your farking retina (new window).

/Although I much preffer the 'no tattoo' policy I have on my body
//Getting a tattoo before was a thing for outcasts, a punk thing if you will
///Nowadays, everyone wants or has one, so the punk thing to do is not have one

What if you want to look like Philip J. Fry?

Thakh: Oblig:

awesome, my ex got a "Wild Things" tatoo on her ankle. At 44yo.

/can you c why we're not together anymore?
//maybe she heard the movie was coming out
///I didn't see it

No reference to Tattoo Assassins?

Only if the tattoo looks like this:




/obvious
//hot

Tattoos show a distinct lack of class. Now excuse me, good chaps while I retire to the parlour for some Wagner and a glass of Brandy. Cheerio, excelsior and so forth (wipes off monacle with silk handkerchief)

People without tats place way too much meaning in them. Experiences? Sure some people get them for that, others get them because they like them and want to decorate their body. And it's really not hard to put on a button up long sleeve shirt.

As far as picking on Levi's tat... what's so "unmeaningful" about one's family? I mean hey that sure won't ever change. I have two friends who have their family crest on them.

Least Extreme Elimination Challenge: Only if the tattoo looks like this:

/obvious
//hot

Ah, "Heroes". Such a great show with so much potential until it turned into the sci-fi-soap-opera-of-the-week with five new premises and twists added each episode with never any resolution at all.

I had hopes for Battlestar Galactica too until it went down the same path that Heroes chose to go later. Totally disappointed.

/Sci fi fan!
//Not an ENDLESS SOAP OPERA fan!

Gives the power of disintegration, exploding people's skulls, and absorbing imperfect Philosopher's Stones.

And, BTW, no, it won't work for you, no matter how exactly you reproduce it on your arm

/Terra a
//ndan
///colla

I wonder what they think of the Yakuza, then?

/this far and no mention of them?

Aww, jeez, for the last time... ANIME TATTOO POWERS DO NOT WORK ON REAL PEOPLE.

Yeah, somebody you're gonna have to explain to your grandkids what "Fullmetal Alchemist" was... not that they'll care in any way whatsoever.

Oh, almost forgot:

Oznog: The tattoos, dey give me POWA!!!



Unimpressed.

/hot

These will allow you to fly off a building. I promise.
Just be sure to start with at least 6 stories, otherwise you won't build up enough speed to glide away.

A great story/movie that features tattoos as a part of the plot:



There have been others, The Illustrated Man being one, but I like the whole memory aspect of Memento and the tattoos as a way to track facts, or lies. A story from Omni Magazine (new window) in 1989 stands out too, about a man who wakes up each day with expanding tattoos and no memory of how he got them. He later finds that based on the patters of the tattoos he's able to become invisible, or more accurately blend into any textured background. I wish I had that story today. I read it in 1989 and never forgot it. If nothing else Omni featured some great short stories.