Why don't you have a Tatoo?

[The Synergizer]

Tattoos and nose piercings. No thanks.

I am always curious as to how people even decide what to put on their skin permanently.
I can see the military, if a marine in Afghanistan, like a guy I work with (he's a scary dude). And he's got sleeves up his arms.

But the average Starbucks dude or dudette?? No.
A tattoo of a cup of java on their shoulder?

[speeder]

Originally Posted by A930Rocket

Our son was a swimmer at Yale and many teammates had a Y on the inside of their upper arm or back of the shoulder. The team was always tight knit And remain so. He was thinking of getting one, but it never happened.

But he has talked about getting some arm tattoos at some point. Hopefully he doesn’t, but that’s up to him.

My nephew was on the crew at Yale and I haven't noticed any tattoos on him or any of his teammates...swam in the ocean with him and a few of them before his wedding.

Originally Posted by Starless

My wife's niece has a tat of her husbands name on her right shoulder. Now they're going through a divorce. Good times!

That is an absolute guarantee that a relationship will take a schit, getting a partner's name embroidered on your skin. Johnny Depp has had to cover over several and still hasn't learned, apparently.

My favorite is women who have their BF's name right above their beaver. I know of one extremely beautiful woman here in town whose husband has to look at someone else's name in that location, or at least he did in the beginning of the relationship, (she might have had it removed since). My favorite thing about it is that the name is Denis, not me but a good friend with the same rare spelling of our name. Her husband is/was a real tool, so it was satisfying.

They are probably divorced by now and Denis has been dead for a decade but it's still one of my favorite tattoo stories. Thinking about a BF/GF tattoo? Just don't do it...especially if you really like them.

[cockerpunk]

i love them on other people. piercing, tattoos etc, love it.

i just have never found something that i couldnt just buy the tee shirt for?

if i did get a tattoo, it would be some kind of dada art or something.

[Icemaster]

Originally Posted by The Synergizer

I am always curious as to how people even decide what to put on their skin permanently.

Everyone's got their reasons, I'm betting a lot are just stupid peer pressure, dumb drunk decisions or crimes of passion.

Taste is subjective. Quality is obvious.

[Icemaster]

[GG Allin]

"No fear", "bad boy club", barb wire around the arm....etc. These are a few reason I don't have any.

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by Bugsinrugs

The only tattoo I have ever considered is to emulate the numbers tattooed on my father’s forearm. A remnant of his time in Auschwitz. Thinking about that I came to the conclusion that he didn’t have a choice. I do… so I didn’t.

Just....wow! I can't imagine how you must feel about some of today's "protestors".

[targa911S]

I have never been able to think if anything I wanted tattooed on my body for the rest of my life. Maybe "Exit Only" across my ass. However, my late wife and I have fed the seasonal hummingbirds our whole life together. As of two days before she passed we hadn't yet seen our first hummer of the season. Being that I believe that our spirit remains on this earth and we come back as part of the natural world, I told her the day before she died that she would come back to me as the first hummingbird I would see every spring. Although she was unable to speak at the time I knew she could hear me. She died that night. The next morning when I opened the drapes, there was the first hummer of the season at our feeder. And it was a female. She has been back several times a day since. I believe it's her. So as a homage to her and my love for her, I had a hummingbird tattooed over my heart as a lasting reminder that she is always in my heart. It's the only tattoo I will ever have.




sorry for the old man body..

[Shaun @ Tru6]

A story as beautiful as your life together with MJ David, God bless you! Which he clearly already has.

[dad911]

None now, but our 40th anniversary is this year. Since I don't wear a wedding band, I was thinking of getting a tattoo band.

If she hasn't dumped me in 40 years, I figured it's a safe bet..... lol

[Dixie]

Originally Posted by Icemaster

Everyone's got their reasons, I'm betting a lot are just stupid peer pressure, dumb drunk decisions or crimes of passion.

Taste is subjective. Quality is obvious.

Per a study published in the Sept 2019 Psychology Today, none of these conjectures were given as reasons . Instead,

The primary motivation for those who got a tattoo (25%) had to do with its personal meaning (such as to mark a significant experience or struggle). Participants reported reasons such as “to keep my mother’s memory,” “a way of honoring my first child,” and “presented what I was going through at a certain time of my life.”

Quality, and the lack of it, has nothing to do with tattoos.

[juanbenae]

Just a couple I have had done in the last year.





Also have images of my Jeep, my old 911, my old racecar number in the font it was on the car. Getting a crow next. Different strokes.

[juanbenae]

Never had a tatoo. I'd not get one if I could not spell either...

I think Tatoo was the guy who welcomed the plane on Fantasy Island...

[Bugsinrugs]

[pwd72s]

^Never forget!

[Dixie]

Originally Posted by targa911S

So as a homage to her and my love for her, I had a hummingbird tattooed over my heart as a lasting reminder that she is always in my heart. It's the only tattoo I will ever have.

OMG, thank you for posting. You brought tears to my eyes.

[Jeff Higgins]

I remember what Brian Setzer once said about the best advice his father had ever given him:

"Never get a tattoo where the judge can see it."

[911 Rod]

I think most people just want a tattoo. They go in the parlor and see what they have and then decide.
But having said that. My mom always sent my daughter a card for her birthday and would sign it "Nonna". When she passed my daughter took the card to an artist and had him duplicate the signing on her ankle. Brought tears to my eyes and still does thinking about it.

[M.D. Holloway]

Here is one I got a few years ago...I'll buy a round of whiskey to the ones that can ID the mechanism...

[M.D. Holloway]

Better angle