Have you got any tattoos or considered getting them?

KaneToad · 07-03-2021 05:47PM

AlejGuzman68 wrote: »

I currently have 26 tattoos, each one represents events in my life. Both good and bad.

Everyone has events in their life. But feeling the need to inscribe it permanently on your body...meh, I don't get it....

Never understood this thought process. But plenty of people have it...so I guess it's a lack of understanding on my part.

07-03-2021 05:53PM

Never really been mad about tattoos. Particularly cringey when it's a generic random tattoo that a tattoo shop just gives to anyone who'll hand them over some money. That said, I do like when someone has a tattoo that's unusual or has a sentimental aspect to it.

Friend of a friend has a musician's face tattooed on her upper back. Quite big. I felt so sorry for her husband. Imagine riding her and that looking back at you.

Tom Mann Centuria · 07-03-2021 05:54PM

Don't have any tattoos, might get one, one day.

Odhinn · 07-03-2021 06:26PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Never really been mad about tattoos. Particularly cringey when it's a generic random tattoo that a tattoo shop just gives to anyone who'll hand them over some money. That said, I do like when someone has a tattoo that's unusual or has a sentimental aspect to it.

Friend of a friend has a musician's face tattooed on her upper back. Quite big. I felt so sorry for her husband. Imagine riding her and that looking back at you.

Who, dare I ask, is it?

Bobblehats · 07-03-2021 06:49PM

Odhinn wrote: »

Who, dare I ask, is it?

AlejGuzman68 · 07-03-2021 09:32PM

KaneToad wrote: »

Everyone has events in their life. But feeling the need to inscribe it permanently on your body...meh, I don't get it....

Never understood this thought process. But plenty of people have it...so I guess it's a lack of understanding on my part.

I understand that, but I get them for me to remind me of things in my life for myself. Maybe also a bit of vanity. But all of them are easily covered in work.

Arghus · 07-03-2021 10:02PM

I have one. On my shoulder, well hidden, it's enough for me to know it's there. I haven't felt the desire to get more since, but I'd never say never.

the beer revolu · 09-03-2021 02:24PM

Arghus wrote: »

I have one. On my shoulder, well hidden, it's enough for me to know it's there. I haven't felt the desire to get more since, but I'd never say never.

When I got my only, small tat, the guy doing it said that no one stops at one tattoo.
This is possibly the reason I only have one!

Quantum Baloney · 09-03-2021 02:46PM

Kingfisher wearing a crown on my pelvis.

Bobblehats · 09-03-2021 02:55PM

the beer revolu wrote: »

When I got my only, small tat, the guy doing it said that no one stops at one tattoo.
This is possibly the reason I only have one!

I never even got “started”

Let me tell you how old school my buddy is he got an anchor on his arm at 14 and is now a seafarer.

EmmetSpiceland · 09-03-2021 03:11PM

Quantum Baloney wrote: »

Kingfisher wearing a crown on my pelvis.

That would make me too nervous. I once saw a tv show where a Wall Street “type” got cursed with a snake tattoo appearing on his body and it would work its way up closer, and closer, to his neck.

Having a kingfisher, crown or no crown, perched in that “area”, I just wouldn’t be able to relax.

Gregor Samsa · 09-03-2021 03:52PM

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

That would make me too nervous. I once saw a tv show where a Wall Street “type” got cursed with a snake tattoo appearing on his body and it would work its way up closer, and closer, to his neck.

Having a kingfisher, crown or no crown, perched in that “area”, I just wouldn’t be able to relax.

I wouldn't worry about a Kingfisher, they're pretty shy.

A Woodpecker would be much worse.

nicholasIII · 09-03-2021 06:41PM

I don't think they'd suit my skin colour to be honest.

voldejoie · 09-03-2021 10:24PM

I used to swim at quite a high level and I got a wave tattoo on my ankle when I was 20. Funnily enough I don't regret it (even though it was VERY sore getting it!) or want to get rid of it, but at the same time if I was back there again I probably wouldn't get it if that makes sense!

Quantum Baloney · 09-03-2021 10:48PM

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

That would make me too nervous. I once saw a tv show where a Wall Street “type” got cursed with a snake tattoo appearing on his body and it would work its way up closer, and closer, to his neck.

Having a kingfisher, crown or no crown, perched in that “area”, I just wouldn’t be able to relax.

You should see the look on the ladies' faces when I strip off and they first catch site of the tat Em. If its my first time with the girl I always show them the tattoo first and then let them strip off the trunks themselves to see the full package.

L1011 · 11-03-2021 10:13PM

Hellrazer wrote: »

The same thing has been said since they became popular in the 50s and it hasn't gone away yet.

They went away to practically nothing from the 60s to the late 90s; and then only 'came back' to a much lower level until maybe eight years ago.

There were previously popular in various waves going back to the Victorian era and have existed for millennia before that

The current popularity will end and they'll be deeply unfashionable for decades after that.

Dial Hard · 11-03-2021 10:33PM

I have six. Got my first when I was 14 and the most recent at 37 so not really sure how you'd dismiss it as a phase or jumping on a trend.

People get *really* weird about tattoos for some reason, some people have an almost visceral hate of them and the people who get them. A colleague of mine went off on an absolute diatribe about "the type of people" who get tattoos at our Christmas party one year. When I told him I have several he nearly died.

youtheman · 11-03-2021 11:56PM

Odhinn wrote: »

Who, dare I ask, is it?

Reminds me of the joke about the lass who got her favourite rock stars tattooed on both of her inner thighs. She wanted to surprise the boyfriend by asking him could he recognise them. He answered "I half recognise the one on the right, and the one on the left is also familiar. But the one in the middle is definitely the Fury Brothers".

grassylawn · 12-03-2021 12:00AM

I would look silly with a tattoo. I'm not someone who could pull off "alternative" stuff. See - I mean I just put inverted commas around the word "alternative".

bnt · 12-03-2021 12:21AM

I have thought about a small one on occasion, but a bit more thought led straight to “no”. Why make a permanent change to your appearance on a whim?

Heckler · 12-03-2021 01:03AM

Yup have just the one. Big enough but very high on my upper arm close to shoulder that not even visible in a t-shirt. Most people I know don't know I have it at all. Thought about it for a long time and have it now 16 years and never regretted getting it. Its personal to me.

I would agree with some mentioned. I see these work experience 18-20 yr olds coming in with full sleeve/hand tattoos and it reeks of trying to be cool. But each to their own.

Heckler · 12-03-2021 01:04AM

bnt wrote: »

I have thought about a small one on occasion, but a bit more thought led straight to “no”. Why make a permanent change to your appearance on a whim?

Lot of people don't do it on a whim. They put a lot of thought into it.

Heckler · 12-03-2021 01:06AM

grassylawn wrote: »

I would look silly with a tattoo. I'm not someone who could pull off "alternative" stuff. See - I mean I just put inverted commas around the word "alternative".

Getting a tattoo for the sole purpose of having other people see it is the wrong reason to get one.

grassylawn · 12-03-2021 08:25AM

Heckler wrote: »

Getting a tattoo for the sole purpose of having other people see it is the wrong reason to get one.

Not getting a tattoo because you would look ridiculous is a good reason not to get one. Didn't say anything about other people one way or another.

12-03-2021 08:33AM

grassylawn wrote: »

Not getting a tattoo because you would look ridiculous is a good reason not to get one. Didn't say anything about other people one way or another.

Agree. Some people can pull off a tattoo, others not so much.

Don’t have any myself and didn’t realize quite how ubiquitous they are until I was traveling in SE Asia a few years ago. A few strangers on the beach actually said to me how surprising it is to see somebody who is not ‘inked’ these days.

Have to say, seeing 60-70 year olds parading around with faded designs covering their sagging bodies, was enough to banish any thoughts I ever had of getting a tattoo.

Ave Sodalis · 12-03-2021 08:43AM

I have ink prints of departed pets down my leg. The only regret is that one tattoo artist wasn't fully honest about their line work or was having an off day, and their script is messy. Otherwise, I love it.

Katgurl · 12-03-2021 09:08AM

I find it weird anyone would worry about looking the part. I thought tattoos were completely mainstream now.

I've got two, I like one more than the other. I would prefer not to have them (just think it's more unique) but I won't remove them as I don't dislike them and they are a good reminder of consequences of foolhardy decisions.

nicholasIII · 12-03-2021 02:47PM

Katgurl wrote: »

I find it weird anyone would worry about looking the part. I thought tattoos were completely mainstream now.

I've got two, I like one more than the other. I would prefer not to have them (just think it's more unique) but I won't remove them as I don't dislike them and they are a good reminder of consequences of foolhardy decisions.

Eh, not really.

I think personally having a tattoo is like looking cool by wearing pajamas to the supermarket. Only really attractive people can do it as looking 'shabby' doesn't make them cross a threshold of looking like rif-raff.

Most tattoos in my opinion make women look terrible but I've seen a posh girl from Blackrock get a nice tattoo on her wrist. Was really cute. But it worked because 1.) she was attractive and 2.) it wasn't so big.

laoisgem · 12-03-2021 03:22PM

I have more than a few, my last two were cover ups of my first two tattoos that were really ****ty workmanship. All of my tattoos are only visible if I care to show them.

Like others, I don't get the barely 20 year old's with full sleeves. Its not the same as being older and adding to it bit by bit marking out different passages of your life or phases if that's what you want to call it.

I have two daughters with tattoos also but I've warned them they are not to get visible ones such as hands, wrists, neck etc...

freshpopcorn · 12-03-2021 04:14PM

Steve Jones wrote: »

Tattoos are so mainstream now I wonder do young people consider them cringey?

I think it depends on your social circle!

Have you got any tattoos or considered getting them?

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