Tattoos.

chicorytip · 18-08-2014 05:02PM #1

Why do people get Tattoos ? I have always been perplexed as to why some
have this desire to self-mutilate.Is it regarded as a form of adornment or enhancement or merely a means of self-
expression?

failinis · 18-08-2014 05:03PM

Quite a few reasons.
If you don't want one, don't get one.
It harms no one if some has a tat.

Sunnyisland · 18-08-2014 05:04PM

I love me tattoos ,it's my body and I will cry if I want to..

smash · 18-08-2014 05:04PM

why not ask in the tattoo forum?

Packrat · 18-08-2014 05:04PM

Following fashion. Be a rebel and don't get one...

Super-Rush · 18-08-2014 05:05PM

Yay this thread again.

FloatingVoter · 18-08-2014 05:08PM

I've wondered myself. Its something you will literally take to the grave. And when you see the choices of tat you start to know "didn't think that through, did you" or "How ****ed up were you when you did that".
If you happen to be middle aged and you've lost you loved one - I completely understand turning part of your body into a memorial.
If you're 17 and have "Justin Bieber is God" tattooed on your ass, what will that mean when you're 80 and being taken to the bathroom by the nice people in the nursing home.
No answers, just confusion.

Nino Brown · 18-08-2014 05:09PM

chicorytip wrote: »

Why do people get Tattoos ? I have always been perplexed as to why some
have this desire to self-mutilate.Is it regarded as a form of adornment or enhancement or merely a means of self-
expression?

Why do you get your hair cut? Isn't that self mutilation?
There's lots of reasons to get tattoos, I have some, I wouldn't get more, but don't really regret the ones I have. I don't understand why people get them in stupid places like the neck, hands, face or any other place they can't be covered though. Unless they like the dole that is.

18-08-2014 05:11PM

Let's cut to the posts which will be contained within this wonderful thread, shall we?

People with tattoos are scumbags
People with tattoos are stupid for destroying their body
It might look good now, but it will look stupid when they're 50
People with tattoos lack self confidence
Tramp stamps are aptly named
They're ruining their job prospects
I don't mind the ones that mean something, but stars and butterflies are tacky
It's my body and I can do with it what I want
I'm going to be old and wrinkly anyway, I may aswell be old, wrinkly, and interesting
I wouldn't work somewhere that judged me on my tattoos so it makes no difference
I prefer people with tattoos to people who judge others on how they look
It's art
My tattoos are nice, but other peoples aren't

Think that's the most of it.

FloatingVoter · 18-08-2014 05:15PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Let's cut to the posts which will be contained within this wonderful thread, shall we?
People with tattoos are scumbags

People with tattoos are stupid for destroying their body

It might look good now, but it will look stupid when they're 50

People with tattoos lack self confidence

Tramp stamps are aptly named

They're ruining their job prospects

I don't mind the ones that mean something, but stars and butterflies are tacky

It's my body and I can do with it what I want

I'm going to be old and wrinkly anyway, I may aswell be old, wrinkly, and interesting

I wouldn't work somewhere that judged me on my tattoos so it makes no difference

I prefer people with tattoos to people who judge others on how they look

It's art

Think that's the most of it.

Is the "Kurt Lives" tattoo getting a bit itchy at this point ?
Seriously, I know its been done and dusted but its Leaving Cert season. Lots of our young glorious future leaders of society are getting wasted and considering a tattoo as a Cool Thing Which Has Never Ever Been Done Before.

_Redzer_ · 18-08-2014 05:15PM

What's more shocking to me is how obsessed some people are about other people and what they do with themselves.
It's my ultimate pet peeve and reminds me of the busybody and local cúnt in every village who talks and judges everyone. Sure who cares?

And no, I don't have tattoos either if it seems like I'm being defensive.

MistyCheese · 18-08-2014 05:15PM

All tattoos are awful. Except mine. Mine are cool.

The Diabolical Monocle · 18-08-2014 05:17PM

D'anybody else read dat as tayto's.

Maximus Alexander · 18-08-2014 05:18PM

Self mutilation? Jesus wept.

FloatingVoter · 18-08-2014 05:19PM

The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »

D'anybody else read that as tayto's.

Idea of the day. I am now going to buy some serious levels of vodka and have a bag of Taytos tattooed on my arse. It will be a post modern work of art that makes a change from Chinese words of wisdom,

o1s1n · 18-08-2014 05:23PM

'Tats' - must be one of the most annoying abbreviations in existence.

Robbo · 18-08-2014 05:23PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Let's cut to the posts which will be contained within this wonderful thread, shall we?
People with tattoos are scumbags

People with tattoos are stupid for destroying their body

It might look good now, but it will look stupid when they're 50

People with tattoos lack self confidence

Tramp stamps are aptly named

They're ruining their job prospects

I don't mind the ones that mean something, but stars and butterflies are tacky

It's my body and I can do with it what I want

I'm going to be old and wrinkly anyway, I may aswell be old, wrinkly, and interesting

I wouldn't work somewhere that judged me on my tattoos so it makes no difference

I prefer people with tattoos to people who judge others on how they look

It's art

My tattoos are nice, but other peoples aren't

Think that's the most of it.

You left out "I pity those who get a faddy, déclassé tattoo like some Chinese script. My Mexican sugar skull shall forever be relevant".

KungPao · 18-08-2014 05:24PM

I like the way some English say this word. Like "Tatt-oooh"

18-08-2014 05:25PM

FloatingVoter wrote: »

Is the "Kurt Lives" tattoo getting a bit itchy at this point ?.

I'm not that old

Ah who am I kidding

SaoirseRose · 18-08-2014 05:25PM

It doesn't really matter why they get them, they're on their body - not yours.

FloatingVoter · 18-08-2014 05:27PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm not that old

Ah who am I kidding

It was meant in jest:P...and I too was showing my age.

P_1 · 18-08-2014 05:30PM

I think Whoopsie covered it quite well but meh tis my body, I quite like how they look on me and me having tattoos isn't exactly causing massive harm to anybody else now is it.

Yet again people finding it their sudden business to comment on the appearance of others in this image obsessed society of ours...

kneemos · 18-08-2014 05:31PM

Don't much care as long as nobody anywhere within earshot ever explains the reason for their tattoo.

FloatingVoter · 18-08-2014 05:33PM

kneemos wrote: »

Don't much care as long as nobody anywhere within earshot ever explains the reason for their tattoo.

Christ, yes....its like looking at baby photos or holiday snaps. The urge to doze off is overwhelming.

Yer Aul One · 18-08-2014 05:35PM

o1s1n wrote: »

'Tats' - must be one of the most annoying abbreviations in existence.

It fills me with a pretty serious rage.

I would question a friendship with someone who uses the term

FloatingVoter · 18-08-2014 05:36PM

Yer Aul One wrote: »

It fills me with a pretty serious rage.

I would question a friendship with someone who uses the term

In speech its annoying, on a keyboard its convenient. That's why I used it.

Yer Aul One · 18-08-2014 05:41PM

FloatingVoter wrote: »

In speech its annoying, on a keyboard its convenient. That's why I used it.

I totes agree. I h8 typing stuf dat is 2 long, lik tatoo

FloatingVoter · 18-08-2014 05:41PM

Yer Aul One wrote: »

I totes agree. I h8 typing stuf dat is 2 long, lik tatoo

Missed the all important 3rd t. Which is why tat is easier.

Frosty McSnowballs · 18-08-2014 05:44PM

My tattoos are ****. Do I give a fiddlers? Nope

Yer Aul One · 18-08-2014 05:45PM

FloatingVoter wrote: »

Missed the all important 3rd t. Which is why tat is easier.

Irony is...

long range shooter · 18-08-2014 05:45PM

chicorytip wrote: »

Why do people get Tattoos ? I have always been perplexed as to why some
have this desire to self-mutilate.Is it regarded as a form of adornment or enhancement or merely a means of self-
expression?

I am sailor,its our trademark and tradition,and i am proud of it.

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