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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forumsquestion for those who do not have tattoos
Do you ever think about getting one?
What would you get? Where would you put it?
I would get one of these, under my left clavicle (the bottom one without the background).
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)"If you can read this you are too close."
Locut0s
(6,154 posts)Though as you age it might become impossible for anyone to read once it gets blurry.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)sammytko
(2,480 posts)OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)and my first would most likely be some version of my clan crest - a simple line drawing would be fine but maybe if I trusted the artist enough I would let him freestyle on it some if he was of a mind to. I wouldn't mind working in my clan tartan but I hear tattoo artists don't much like doing plaid...
Either the left side of my chest or on my upper arm.
or
Bertha Venation
(21,484 posts)MuseRider
(34,058 posts)but have not done it and probably will not do it. I would get a tat of my sigline. Probably about 3 inches long from my right wrist up
hlthe2b
(101,727 posts)Different strokes for different folks and all that, but just not my thing...
Iggo
(47,487 posts)Last edited Fri Aug 9, 2013, 06:01 PM - Edit history (1)
Jenoch
(7,720 posts)but not seriously enough to consider what sort of artwork it would be and that would have an impact on the location.
If I were you I'd also skip the "TM" on your tattoo. I don't think the ballclub would mind.
Bertha Venation
(21,484 posts)Made me smile, Jenoch.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)I really dislike the great big ones and hate the coloration of them. They just look like defacing the body to me.
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)femmocrat
(28,394 posts)I think it looks so ugly to see someone all dressed up... like in a gown.... and there is an ugly tattoo on her shoulder or arm. Looks like a big bruise, IMO.
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)Them a lot, though some people would not like them it is not something i worry about. Its down to the tattoo and if it looks good and if the other person appreciates it. Everyones mileage varies.
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)If I ever go to Japan to visit, one of the first places I want to visit are the Onsen /Rotenburo (public bathhouses) and they do not allow people who wear tattoos there. Its scares the customers, thinking there maybe Yakuza (Japanese mafia) bathing there. All those with Tattoos are not allowed to bathe at an Onsen or Rotenburo.
And believe me, more than anything..I want to go!!
olddots
(10,237 posts)" does that tattoo hurt ? it's killing me " I know not funny but I laugh at fart jokes
I don't have tats because the rest of the family has my share . OY my daughter Gillian OY !!!!!!!!!
Baitball Blogger
(46,575 posts)Tattoos have come a long way.
But, no, I have no desire to get one. Not even a little one.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)Except when I've been swimming in cold water, in which case it just reads "WeNDy."
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)cliffordu
(30,994 posts)Safetykitten
(5,162 posts)noamnety
(20,234 posts)I bought one of those epilators once. A few seconds with that cured me of any desire, ever, for a date with a tattoo needle.
I could see myself maybe doing a henna design, no pain, no real permanence although you have the option to touch it up if you want to keep it.
Or - I could just go with what I have now: thumb and forefinger on my left hand stained dark brown from smashing walnuts. That seems to be working for me. If nothing else, it keeps men from hitting on me - it looks like I've been playing in dog poop.
tabbycat31
(6,336 posts)My dad actually turned me off from tattoos from the time I was about 5-6 years old. He simply told me how they were applied and I was horrified (and still am as I'm afraid of needles).
Xyzse
(8,217 posts)I don't have one either.
Still, if I ever do... I want something that only shows up when my body heats up.
Maybe I'll design something.
panader0
(25,816 posts)"Must be this tall for this ride."
Kidding. we're both ink free.
fizzgig
(24,146 posts)but haven't pulled the trigger.
this painting on the side of one of my legs so that she reclines with me. it's just such a sensual painting, i love it.
i also want to get one of one-eyed willing from the goonies on my shoulder with a banner that says 'goonies never say die'
my husband, otoh, has so many that i can never remember all of them. i think he has 14, but i can't say for sure. one of them is a pyramid of six different flags, so maybe you can say he has eight.
GCP
(8,166 posts)So, no, never thought of getting one and never will.
Aristus
(66,095 posts)I like them, and wish I had gotten one at some point. But I wonder if I might be too old to get one now.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)just sayin'
Aristus
(66,095 posts)Not sure anyone would say the same about me...
But if I were to get one, I thought about getting a replica UPC symbol on my arm, or something; as a sort of existential protest. The code numbers would be my birth numbers, time, day, and date.
Chan790
(20,176 posts)find and go to the right person for that.
There are artists that do those so well that they can be read by UPC scanners (it entails using magnetic ink for one thing, not because it's magnetic but because it's extremely-permanent and doesn't diffuse or bleed-out. Otherwise the tattoo doesn't remain sharp enough to read.) and who do the research to find the right UPC code to make it read-out what you want it to. I figure anything worth doing is worth doing in the coolest ways possible.
Aristus
(66,095 posts)That's cool, thanks!
... all one would need to do is scan you.
You have awesome bicepts. The right tat would look good there.
Thanks, I think you've seen photos of all of 'em.
Aristus
(66,095 posts)Thank you...
They're not as awesome as they used to be. Need to pump the dumbbells a little more often...
Staph
(6,245 posts)But I like the idea of something I heard in a Groucho Marx concert recording -- he talked about a starlet he had known back in the day, a lovely young woman who usually wore an anklet. The words on the anklet sound like a clever idea for an ankle tattoo -- "heaven's above"!
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)warrior1
(12,325 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)I don't especially like them on anybody; I can't think how one could possibly enhance my already unimpressive appearance; and I really, really don't like pain. And I wouldn't want to adorn myself with something that I might not like in a year or two or ten.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)mrmpa
(4,033 posts)got prices on it ($250-$400), it would be an Irish Cross on the side of my right calf area.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)them some times when a friend shows up with a new one but, after looking at it for a couple of minutes I am bored with it.
Haven't seen anything that needs to be on my body forever. whatever people want to do, is cool just not my thing is all.
LWolf
(46,179 posts)No one ever sees it. I've never contemplated another. I think I might, at some point, play with temporary tattoos, but nothing permanent.
If I did, it would involve natural things and natural symbols. There are so many beautiful options.
raccoon
(31,091 posts)olddots
(10,237 posts)and people like me with none ----life is odd .
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)those beautiful henna tattoos on my right hand and a little ways up on my arm. Like women in India do. I would have my sons names hidden in there.
edit to add - Both of my sons have a few. They are beautiful and have meaning.
HarveyDarkey
(9,077 posts)mythology
(9,527 posts)Partially because it would have to be something I wouldn't mind seeing on me for the rest of my life and partially because I give blood (the Red Cross would hunt me down if I didn't as I donate double reds and I'm type O negative).
Callmecrazy
(3,065 posts)But I would put a woman devil on my left shoulder and a woman angel on my right shoulder.
The devil I would name Christine and the angel would be Julia. And they would be my love life advisers.
Habibi
(3,597 posts)Maybe to celebrate a milestone birthday in a few years. Have had quite a few henna designs and love looking at them; always sad to see them fade.
Locut0s
(6,154 posts)But not very seriously. If I every got anything it would likely be science, math, or in some way related to academia. Or maybe a nerdy tat. But again I've never thought of it very seriously.
Morning Dew
(6,539 posts)though the idea of
" DO NOT RESUSCITATE"
on my wrist is appealing.
Denninmi
(6,581 posts)I have no clue what it would be, but I might do it eventually. Just one small, discrete one, probably on my triceps, left arm.
malthaussen
(17,066 posts)Tattoos are on the opposite end of my aesthetic, which tends to the minimalist. And I also have that "disfigurement" thing going on. One man's disfigurement is, of course, another's adornment. But I would be a liar if I said the cringe wasn't there.
-- Mal
DebJ
(7,699 posts)in the 1920s, then regretted it all his life.
And now my husband lives with his second wife's name tattooed on his arm, LOL.
IdaBriggs
(10,559 posts)Ridiculous. I like myself. I am not the same person I was ten years ago, and God willing, I will continue to grow and change and be different ten years from now. My taste and style evolves; trying to save a moment in time on my body (which also changes) seems foolish.
I even find the "in memory of" ludicrous. If someone or some event is important to you, you should be able to remember them without a piece of string on your finger or a tattoo. If you can't remember them, then you have bigger problems that a tattoo won't solve.
Plus the colors fade and the bodies make things just look like a waste of money.
But what other people do to themselves is their business (unless one of my kids comes home wearing one, in which case if they have money to waste on such nonsense, they had best be paying their own bills).
sammytko
(2,480 posts)And yes, agree with everything else you said!
rrneck
(17,671 posts)but I've never settled on an image appropriate enough to be etched into my skin. That, and good tattoos are expensive and I'm a legendary cheap bastard.