I think a tattoo lovers thread would be a good idea. I would love to hear about the thought process behind some of this body art (why did you originally want it, do you still like it, have people commented on it, do you offer an explanation of it's meaning to onlookers) The "no body shaming" would be difficult to police with some of the highly opinionated members here though.

Me thinks the vin doth protest overmuch.

hahahha..

but it's gonna happen even without that wonderful tat.

haha..

this..and this is a topic that affect them in no way at all.

Getting tatted is like riding a motorcycle. For most people these are matters of risk management.

It will be interesting to watch the epidemiology of hepatitis, skin and lymph cancers. I cringe when I see heavily tatted skin. This cannot be good.

At this point, most of us are reading what the person's skin says into what we surmise the person underneath it is. Hopefully people's tats tell their stories. I'm presuming they do.

As such, to me tats are a statement or several statements that I have to deal with even before I know anything else about the person. Like green hair. What are you telling me and why are you telling me this?

'Oh, can I have salsa instead of ketchup?' is more likely a question I'd have for a tatted person than 'So, how are you financing this surgical center?' Small-minded ornery old coot thinking getting in the way again.

So kill me now for I have sinned.

You mean I might ask how the tattoo needle got through the forest of hair, and what's the point when it's obstructed by back hair and rolls and rolls of fat? Nawwwww....