VictoryCabal: Well my tattoo is deeply meaningful. All my frat brothers in my pledge class got matching Taz tattoos because the older brothers said we were the craziest pledge class they had ever seen. We'll be brothers for life after graduation, and you're just jealous that I'll have connections and networking opportunities all across the country that you'll be shut out of. That's what my tattoo means to me, and you can make your lower class jokes while my brothers are getting me an upper management position on Wall Street right out of school. Have fun being poor, I'll be rich with my tattoo.

Only a moron thinks that having class has anything to do with having money. How very Jersey Shore.

crotchgrabber: People always say that it's only people without them that judge people with them, but it's only the inked that say that... Usually in a self righteous manner. No. I really don't care that you don't care. But, if you have the finger mustache tattoo I will wish a lawnmower accident on your hand. I will wish it so hard!

That would fall under "people who think their stupid tattoos are funny" category.

crotchgrabber: People always say that it's only people without them that judge people with them, but it's only the inked that say that... Usually in a self righteous manner. No. I really don't care that you don't care. But, if you have the finger mustache tattoo I will wish a lawnmower accident on your hand. I will wish it so hard!

I don't really care that much as I am pretty far from the kind of stuffy work environment where tattoos matter, but anyone that has tattoos from the wrists out or the neck up just makes me think they have poor judgement.

Very poor judgement.

I have two, on opposite shoulders. One is the symbol from my first command. The other is Arch-Angel Michael, representing the warrior spirit.

crotchgrabber: Glenford: farkeruk: El Freak: Having a tattoo DOES have meaning. Getting a tattoo tells the world you're an easily led, sub-moronic twit with poor decision making skills.

Not necessarily. I'm not a military guy but I understand that some people get tattoos as a way to say, bond in a group. You fight along side people who put their life in your hands, and you in theirs, and it means something.

And if someone can come up with a tattoo that really means something - like someone getting his Phd in genetics and deciding to getting a double helix, that's cool too.

Celtic tattoos and chinese characters though. Yeah, twits.

^This.

The only tattoo I would consider getting is this:
[glovesoffsports.com image 150x200]

/Hopefully next year!

Good luck! You on the lottery?

No, am training for a 70.3 in September. If that goes well then I'll aim for a full next year.

gravebayne2: going back next week to get the rest of the coloring done.

I love it. Even incomplete, that's still some awesome artwork!

That tat could stare down anyone. Now if only there were some way you could make the eyes light up...

SilentStrider: Nogale: The only tattoo I can ever imagine getting would be a small 42.2 after I complete my first full marathon. But I think the marathon itself would entail more than enough pain to be going on with; not sure I'd actually go ahead with the ink.

Getting a tattoo doesn't reallybhurt that much, depending on what part of your body you get it on. Get it on muscle, like your bicep, and there's not much pain. On bone like an ankle, that hurts more.
Wile it heals, it feels a bit like a sunburn. And it really itches more than hurts.

Also, size matters. My first tattoo was fairly small and didn't take long, just a little tender around my bicep. My second and third tattoo took a few hours a piece. After being in the chair for so long, it turned to a bit of a burning sensation. Not unbearable, but certainly not comfortable. But, that's the price you pay.

VictoryCabal: Well my tattoo is deeply meaningful. All my frat brothers in my pledge class got matching Taz tattoos because the older brothers said we were the craziest pledge class they had ever seen. We'll be brothers for life after graduation, and you're just jealous that I'll have connections and networking opportunities all across the country that you'll be shut out of. That's what my tattoo means to me, and you can make your lower class jokes while my brothers are getting me an upper management position on Wall Street right out of school. Have fun being poor, I'll be rich with my tattoo.

This was hilarious. I'm a little scared at how many folks are taking it seriously.

Taz? priceless

Fark, I am disappoint.
http://www.magnetowasright.com/pages/misc/faq.php#question_9

/the only tattoo I would consider getting

oh it has meaning to have a tatoo alright. it means that you are a mindless bandwagon- jumping trend addict.

This thread needs more art.

crotchgrabber: Glenford: crotchgrabber: Glenford: farkeruk: El Freak: Having a tattoo DOES have meaning. Getting a tattoo tells the world you're an easily led, sub-moronic twit with poor decision making skills.

Not necessarily. I'm not a military guy but I understand that some people get tattoos as a way to say, bond in a group. You fight along side people who put their life in your hands, and you in theirs, and it means something.

And if someone can come up with a tattoo that really means something - like someone getting his Phd in genetics and deciding to getting a double helix, that's cool too.

Celtic tattoos and chinese characters though. Yeah, twits.

^This.

The only tattoo I would consider getting is this:
[glovesoffsports.com image 150x200]

/Hopefully next year!

Good luck! You on the lottery?

No, am training for a 70.3 in September. If that goes well then I'll aim for a full next year.

Great, now I feel like a weenie. Doing a sprint distance this year. My first tri. Kinda just for the hell of it, and I got a hell of a deal on a nice bike.

That's awesome! Good luck with the race. I've only done a couple of duathlons so far, and committed to triathlon this year. I had a health scare the last coupe of years I've thrown myself right into training since getting clearance from the doc. I'm starting with a sprint race in June, an Olympic in July and then the 70.3.

pivazena: Nogale: The only tattoo I can ever imagine getting would be a small 42.2 after I complete my first full marathon. But I think the marathon itself would entail more than enough pain to be going on with; not sure I'd actually go ahead with the ink.

Um... 26.2?

Protip - the rest of the world has embraced the metric system.

Not likely to ever get a tattoo, but I've always thought that if I did, it would be cool to get the Jedi insignia on my shoulder.

raygundan: kiwimoogle84: HailRobonia: The main difference between people with tattoos and people without tattoos is that people with tattoos don't care that you don't have one.

This.

This isn't any more true than the rest of the stereotyping about people with tattoos going on in this thread.

Yep. No tattoos, no piercings, no judgments on those who do (except in egregious cases). I will admit to finding the larger gauge earrings to be funny; I once made it a point to watch an entire lecture through one. I've heard the larger ones don't usually heal if you decide that they aren't for you, and that you may need surgery.

kiwimoogle84: Just cuz my account is only three years old- lurking for a decade. Drew just got the drop on me this time.

I would think someone from New Zealand would be more alert about this sort of thing, what with the drop bears and all.

SkinnyHead: A tattoo is the mark of the lower class. It's doesn't matter whether your whole body is covered or you just got a tiny little butterfly that no one ever sees, you're still low class.

As a guy who has no tats, I would love it if Slate could drown.

In a fire.

Repeatedly.

Look on the plus side... these days, NOT having a tattoo means you're a creepy anonymous basement-dwelling outlaw hacker sociopath. So your inks made you special when you were young and energetic, and faded into the mainstream when you got old enough to know better. WINNING!

I hired a girl as my autistic son's therapist because she had a tattoo. I saw it on her foot and thought "tough chick, she's no pussy". Walked in one day and my son was sitting on her butt colouring in the full back tattoo of an angel as a reward for finishing his therapy without problems.

She's been with us for over 6 years and I made the right choice.

NorCalLos: I'm thinking extra long sleeves with tight cuffs?

Can you cover with a watch or are they too big/ awkwardly placed for that?

It's probably a good idea. I think tatoos are stupid but hey whatever. I shave my head and people think that's stupid. Maybe you can hide them with make up or something when those times come that you absolutely don't want them to be seen such as in interviews and meetings with executives. Or just wear mittens and tell them you're a hand model on the side and are protecting them.

Thanks for the suggestions. I've tried long sleeves and make-up. Maybe if I add the watch, it'll do the job. I worry mostly about my handshaking wrist because the sleeve tends to ride up when I extend my arm. Also, just knowing they're there and that I don't want them to be seen is distracting.

I hear you say you tried makeup, but did you try specifically long-wearing makeup?

Dermablend (new window)

I haven't used this product, but this is the kind of heavy-duty coverage you'd need. The thing about long-wearing makeup is it's more like paint---you have a primer, concealer, and then the makeup (paint) over the top, and it's made stay on your skin and not just wash off until you use a solvent cleaner to take it off.

This means it doesn't rub off on the cuffs of your sleeves, too.

If you don't want to shell out for tattoo cover-up, then you could try long-wearing foundation products. Good housekeeping did a review of products you can Google.

I've only ever worn long-wearing lipstick, when I got headshots done--the color is painted on and then you just keep re-applying a glycerin stick as needed to make it glossy. It made me a believer. Once my friend painted the "right" shape of color on my lips, that color was going nowhere.

So same thing with the tattoo cover up or long-wearing foundation. Once the paint is dry, the covering color is going nowhere. I just don't know if with the foundation you can get a good match to the skin of your arms or you can get opaque enough coverage to cover a tat. If you get the purpose-made stuff, you should be okay.

I don't understand the judgey-mcjudgerson attitude of some people. What needs to be studied is the avulsion to choices that others make which don't affect them, or anyone else, negatively.

My artists, and more importantly, my friends: The first 3 are by Jamie, and the last three are by Sylvie. Sorry about the size. (None of these are on me. I have three tattoos, but I need to take better pictures of them before I post them.)

kiwimoogle84: MoronLessOff: I've got ink, but no one would know it unless I told them. Everything I have is covered with a t-shirt.
What I don't understand is all the hate. Fark seems to be pretty accepting of alternative lifestyles. It's practically a safe zone for LGBT, pro-marijuana and atheists. But bring up tattoos and suddenly everyone who has one is a mindless low-life dirt-bag whore.
Everyone has their own reasons for getting inked. Yes, there are plenty of people that regret them. Yes, there are idiots that think their bad tattoos are hilarious. But it's been said before, some tattoos help people. Some people get them to commemorate loss or accomplishment.
I'm just saying, why don't we put away that wide brush everyone keeps painting with?

...And use one of these instead!


/hurts so good

I AM always at my horniest right after getting some ink.

/how YOU doin'?

Doing fair today. Want to go bleed with me?

Wow, that writer has a severe persecution complex. I hope he gets the psychological help he needs someday, or at least is never forced to learn about a mysterious thing called "fashion" that sometimes changes and sometimes changes in a way that leaves you behind.

Krymson Tyde: [i615.photobucket.com image 300x413]

I'm bad. I would be way too tempted, if this guy got blind, passed out drunk, to wax his armpit.

weiner dog: I don't understand the judgey-mcjudgerson attitude of some people. What needs to be studied is the avulsion to choices that others make which don't affect them, or anyone else, negatively.

My artists, and more importantly, my friends: The first 3 are by Jamie, and the last three are by Sylvie. Sorry about the size. (None of these are on me. I have three tattoos, but I need to take better pictures of them before I post them.)

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That pin up is fantastic!
/have 2 pinups
//plans for more

kiwimoogle84: MoronLessOff: kiwimoogle84: MoronLessOff: I've got ink, but no one would know it unless I told them. Everything I have is covered with a t-shirt.
What I don't understand is all the hate. Fark seems to be pretty accepting of alternative lifestyles. It's practically a safe zone for LGBT, pro-marijuana and atheists. But bring up tattoos and suddenly everyone who has one is a mindless low-life dirt-bag whore.
Everyone has their own reasons for getting inked. Yes, there are plenty of people that regret them. Yes, there are idiots that think their bad tattoos are hilarious. But it's been said before, some tattoos help people. Some people get them to commemorate loss or accomplishment.
I'm just saying, why don't we put away that wide brush everyone keeps painting with?

...And use one of these instead!


/hurts so good

I AM always at my horniest right after getting some ink.

/how YOU doin'?

Doing fair today. Want to go bleed with me?

Wish I could afford to

Yea, me too. I think I'm going to set a piggy bank aside just for ink money.

// for me, a tattoo is just art, and like any piece of art, I judge it based on aesthetics. IE, I've seen some awesome pieces with good placement, and I've seen some ridiculously ugly shiat.

In short

Something like these two == cool to me.




But something like these two == lame to me.

Babwa Wawa: Indeed. The term "permanent bell bottoms" is perfect.

I've always called tattoos permanent leisure suits.

I'm not a judgmental person.

My only advice to anyone contemplating getting a neck tattoo, would be to think long and hard before getting inked. Is this something you really want??

Think long and hard, make the right choice for you...

And now for the teachers edition:
//don't get the farking tattoo..

dforkus: My only advice to anyone contemplating getting a neck tattoo, would be to think long and hard before getting inked. Is this something you really want??

This goes for ANY tattoo. It's a long term commitment. I can't remember where I heard this, but someone once said if you're thinking about a tattoo, have it drawn up / printed and hang it on your fridge. If 1 year later, you still want it, go for it.

That's not how I picked mine, and a year might be overkill, but think about it first.

CAREER ADVICE FOR THE AMBITIOUS FARKER: Open a tattoo removal shop.

Figure 1 session at $60 to put it on, 10 sessions at $150 to take it off.

Figure 50 million idiots out there with a minimum of 5 tats per idiot,

That works out to. . . . . .

Holy freakin' dog crap, $375 billion!

Ray_Peranus: [bodyartmaster.com image 550x412]

That's were SageC 's chart comes into play

Well, I'm glad to see the tide is turning on this. I absolutely hate tattoos, especially on women.

Why would anybody get a tattoo on themselves that they can only see in a mirror?

20/20: Well, I'm glad to see the tide is turning on this. I absolutely hate tattoos, especially on women.

Why would anybody get a tattoo on themselves that they can only see in a mirror?

I have one that I can only see in a mirror, but I like where it's at. My next will go on the opposite shoulder, and I'll only be able to see it in a mirror. But it's mine and it's for me. You don't have to like it.

ph0rk: crotchgrabber: People always say that it's only people without them that judge people with them, but it's only the inked that say that... Usually in a self righteous manner. No. I really don't care that you don't care. But, if you have the finger mustache tattoo I will wish a lawnmower accident on your hand. I will wish it so hard!

I don't really care that much as I am pretty far from the kind of stuffy work environment where tattoos matter, but anyone that has tattoos from the wrists out or the neck up just makes me think they have poor judgement.

Very poor judgement.

I know college professors and and a couple doctors I've met that have their wedding bands tattooed on their fingers. Was that poor judgement, or just you being judgemental?

fanbladesaresharp: ph0rk: crotchgrabber: People always say that it's only people without them that judge people with them, but it's only the inked that say that... Usually in a self righteous manner. No. I really don't care that you don't care. But, if you have the finger mustache tattoo I will wish a lawnmower accident on your hand. I will wish it so hard!

I don't really care that much as I am pretty far from the kind of stuffy work environment where tattoos matter, but anyone that has tattoos from the wrists out or the neck up just makes me think they have poor judgement.

Very poor judgement.

I know college professors and and a couple doctors I've met that have their wedding bands tattooed on their fingers. Was that poor judgement, or just you being judgemental?

Poor judgement.
*snert

20/20: Well, I'm glad to see the tide is turning on this. I absolutely hate tattoos, especially on women.

Why would anybody get a tattoo on themselves that they can only see in a mirror?

What, American women walk around wearinkg bhurkas? You need to get out more and learn something.

MoronLessOff: I've got ink, but no one would know it unless I told them. Everything I have is covered with a t-shirt.
What I don't understand is all the hate. Fark seems to be pretty accepting of alternative lifestyles. It's practically a safe zone for LGBT, pro-marijuana and atheists. But bring up tattoos and suddenly everyone who has one is a mindless low-life dirt-bag whore.

I consider myself to be a very tolerant, open-minded "live and let live" sort of guy. But I'm one of the haters. Maybe I should extend my tolerance and understanding toward this area, too (not being sarcastic about that).

But I, dunno, man there's just this kind of knee-jerk reaction I have toward tattoos. On the superficial level, I really think the "medium" is very unappealing aesthetically. I don't think ink looks good on skin. Even the most beautiful tattoos still look kind of gross to me.

More than that, though, I remember when tattoos were becoming mainstream back in the early 90's, and I thought it was such a fad. This was when I was in my late teens /early 20s, so I just thought my peers were just doing something stupid because they were young, impulsive, and foolish. And no matter how meaningful a tattoo was for all my inked-up friends, I still was thinking "it still looks ugly, that shiat is permanent, and people WILL instantly judge you for it." Plus, yeah, I got (and still do get) sick of people talking about their tats for hours, talking about their next one (you people always seem to want a NEXT one -- there's no stopping), and thinking they were all cool or spiritual or whatever just because they forked over a few bucks to someone to put crappy looking ink on them. It does seem quite attention whorish to me.

OK, so now it's been 20 years. I guess it's not as much of a fad after all -- it just keeps getting more and more mainstream. Obviously, I rarely rant in public about how stupid my friends' tattoos look -- I am hard-pressed to think of any friends who still don't have one (or five). Heck, I even humor people, ask about their tattoos, and even try to see the beauty in them. Try. Because I still think the medium looks gross.

So yes, I do take some pleasure in making fun of all of you with ink, because it makes you look like some kind of trashy carny or STD infected sailor. But I still love each and every one of you.

/would still hire someone with ink
//but no one with neck tattoos -- that I can't abide
///don't care if you're an awesome candidate -- there's 10 other resumes in the pile with your same qualifications sans neck tattoos
////you don't want to work for me anyway, you free spirit, you