Tattoo&piercing

[CDailey]

Originally posted by streetracer780
.........I also thought about getting a tatoo but uh I won't like it when I'm 30 so I can do with out it.

Exactly.

 

[CDailey]

Originally posted by Klostrophobic
Everyone has some stupid dragon on them. I hope to laugh at them all in 25 years.

Hey. I happen to like dragons alot. I wouldn't get the stupid tatoo just too look cool and be able to say, "Look at ME! I have a giant dragon winding all over my arm!!!!!"

I don't do those kind of things.

 

[-Fred-]

Originally posted by Klostrophobic
Everyone has some stupid dragon on them. I hope to laugh at them all in 25 years.

I don't have a dragon, just a spider on the back , and 2 letters on a biceps (my longtime friend's initials, actually... he died in a street racing accident a few years ago)

I tatooed things that i want to remember, in the future... well, except the spider, i don't even remember why it's there.

 

[Klostrophobic]

Oh and those tribal tattoos? Do they mean anything? And do the people who have them know what they mean?

Those are even worse than the stupid dragons.

 

[Concept]

I might want to get a barb wite tatooed across my upper arm someday. It's nice and simple. I'm thinking by the time I'm 70, it'll be at my elbow. So maybe a tatoo isn't so appealing anymore.

 

[Josh]

Why is everyone so afraid of what their tattoo will look like when they're old? When's the last time you saw some 80 year old running around in shorts and t-shirt showing off all that excess skin? Besides, having a tattoo on your wrinkly ass is going to be one of your least problems when you're that old.

I figure I won't even live past 30 so why not get one?

 

[DGB454]

No to both. Why mess up a good thing?

 

[DGB454]

Originally posted by Josh
Why is everyone so afraid of what their tattoo will look like when they're old? When's the last time you saw some 80 year old running around in shorts and t-shirt showing off all that excess skin? Besides, having a tattoo on your wrinkly ass is going to be one of your least problems when you're that old.

I figure I won't even live past 30 so why not get one?

I didn't think I would live past 30 either. Most of my friends and my family didn't think I would make it to 25. They thought I would die in a car accident. I use to road race a lot and totaled 3 cars my first year of driving.

Anyway here I am and I'm past 30.

 

[milefile]

Originally posted by dredknot_420
Do you have any? if so what and where? As soon as i get some $$$ im going to get my tung (i think) pierced eyebral im going to strech my ear's and some tattoos. I cant wate!!

You should get your brane peerst.

 

[Pupik]

Left ear lobe when I was 17. Haven't put anything in it since '94. I have no desire for a tatoo; the human body should be beauty enough.

 

[Red Eye Racer]

Bulldog on my right shoulder and Tribal dragon skull on the back of my right calf.

I was considering getting one on my johnson. When it's small it'll say's "brian's". When big, it'll say "brian's bar and grill all you can eat buffet open 24 hours"

 

[Pupik]

My buddies and I got drunk one night and we discussed the idea of tatoos.

I said, "It should say: 'What's done, is done' on my back..." They just sort of stared at me for a moment!

 

[milefile]

Piercings and tatoos are a status symbol. Rich old men buy Mercedes Benz and Cadillacs. Teenagers get branded with piercings and tatoos.

I dislike anything that is meant to visually advertise an affiliation like piercings, tatoos, brand name labels on clothes, etc. It's a fad and it will go the way of the ducktail hair-do. I guess it's something everybody's got to try out.

Those for whom it is not just a fad, but are really part of the lifestyle/movement, are so very fringe, so very out-there, so as to not even be seen very much by anyone else. And for them I say "good for you."

And remember, if your ever in hiding or on-the-lamb, that tatoo can blow your chances.

Oh... yes. I had my eyebrow and ears pierced and I have three tatoos that I forget about until somebody asks me about them. All three are hidden unless I am either wearing no socks or take my shirt off. At least I had the good sense to consider that.

 

[milefile]

Originally posted by pupik
My buddies and I got drunk one night and we discussed the idea of tatoos.

I said, "It should say: 'What's done, is done' on my back..." They just sort of stared at me for a moment!

Intelligence is rarely well received.

 

[Pupik]

Well, they were drunk. They're a fairly intelligent bunch whom makes stupid mistakes like the rest of us.

 

[Red Eye Racer]

Self expression in it's oldest form,....

 

[milefile]

Originally posted by Red Eye Racer
Self expression in it's oldest form,....

Self expression? That's a laugh. It's conformity in it's oldest form.

 

[Red Eye Racer]

What in the hell is that supposed to mean?,... conformity to what?

 

[Pupik]

Tattoos were first given to slaves or members of a fraternal order. That's conformity.

 

[Red Eye Racer]

Slavery came way later,.... not even close to the beginning of humanity........ cro magnons are a perfect example....

 

[milefile]

Conformity to what? Conformity to the idea that tatoos and piercings are cool, the way it affiliates you into a group based on nothing but the way you've modified (damaged depending who you ask) your body. It's not self exression for almost everybody. Go ask a tatoo artist what he or she thinks of most of their clients. "A bunch of mindless followers" is the answer you'll get. Anybody can do it. There is nothing about it that expresses "self." It only expresses "group."

But like I said, people who are seriouisly into the lifestyle are very serious about modifying their bodies and do things that are not reversible or concealable like skull reshaping and prosthetics.

 

[Red Eye Racer]

Originally posted by milefile
Conformity to what? Conformity to the idea that tatoos and piercings are cool, the way it affiliates you into a group based on nothing but the way you've modified (damaged depending who you ask) your body. It's not self exression for almost everybody. Go ask a tatoo artist what he or she thinks of most of their clients. "A bunch of mindless followers" is the answer you'll get. Anybody can do it. There is nothing about it that expresses "self." It only expresses "group."

But like I said, people who are seriouisly into the lifestyle are very serious about modifying their bodies and do things that are not reversible or concealable like skull reshaping and prosthetics.

Dude,... you need to jump off the friggin FAD wagon and wake up.

That's the most ill-concieved answer I've ever read from you. Quite dis-appointed to be honest.........

 

[milefile]

Originally posted by Red Eye Racer
Dude,... you need to jump off the friggin FAD wagon and wake up.

That's the most ill-concieved answer I've ever read from you. Quite dis-appointed to be honest.........

Okay.

 

[Pupik]

I don't care whether someone wants to get pierced or tatooted or not, honestly. But I do get the idea of some one who makes rash decisions when I see someone who wears a tattoo or has a lot of piercings.

And if someone asks me if they should get one, I calmly say, "No, unless you really don't mind having it for life...it's your body."

 

[Red Eye Racer]

It's all about "self-expression" for me. Ya, there are people who think they need to be cool, there are people who are confused and need too follow,...... BUT,...

I know it's a form of self-expression to me because I could give a flyin-friggidy-frack about what people think about me.

I like the band TOOL, I like the the different ways you can interpret the word and apply it to every day life. That's why I have a gigantic white sticker plastered across the front windshield of my truck that says TOOL. Ya, I know the word can also be viewed as a slang term, but it gets right back to my point. I have these forms of expression because I LIKE THEM and they reflect MY personallity.

If I gave a flyin-frack about what people thought, I would've gotten my tattoo's because I wanted to be a mindless follower as MILE suggested. It's not like that at all,...... mybe some of you need to re-evaluate how you see yourselves in society,. and quit thinking so much about what OTHER people think.

JMO,.....

 

[milefile]

Originally posted by Red Eye Racer
It's all about "self-expression" for me. Ya, there are people who think they need to be cool, there are people who are confused and need too follow,...... BUT,...

I know it's a form of self-expression to me because I could give a flyin-friggidy-frack about what people think about me.

I like the band TOOL, I like the the different ways you can interpret the word and apply it to every day life. That's why I have a gigantic white sticker plastered across the front windshield of my truck that says TOOL. Ya, I know the word can also be viewed as a slang term, but it gets right back to my point. I have these forms of expression because I LIKE THEM and they reflect MY personallity.

If I gave a flyin-frack about what people thought, I would've gotten my tattoo's because I wanted to be a mindless follower as MILE suggested. It's not like that at all,...... mybe some of you need to re-evaluate how you see yourselves in society,. and quit thinking so much about what OTHER people think.

JMO,.....

What? You obviously feel pretty strongly about this and seem to have blown it out of proportion.

Some people do it for meaningful reasons. Most do not. And it's not my fault that they'll be lumped in with the ones who are mere followers. Blame them.

As far as my comment about "mindless followers"... When I was getting my tatoo, which I designed myself and brought with me, I asked the tatoo artist: who just walks in and picks one off the wall or out of the books? I asked because to do that seems to me like instead of having something important to express on your skin, you are expressing nothing besides the fact that you got a tatoo. The message, the "expression," if you will, is null, it came from a catalog, it expresses nothing except that you are a follower of the tatoo fad... and it is a fad. His response was what I quoted: "mindless followers." He told me he much prefers consulting with a client and coming up with something unique for them, or just doing what they drew themselves and brought with them. But he makes money either way. It's his job.

Now, if you are not this follower type, then there is no reason for you to become defensive about it. Furthermore, I'd expect you to agree with me and wish you're "expression" wasn't dilluted by this "hip" mob. Instead, your response seems to associate you with them. Although I don't think that's what you intended. Right?

 

[KosmikFool]

I plan to get a tatoo when I get older. Not sure where, though. Or what.

 

[milefile]

See?

 

[KosmikFool]

Are you saying that I'm just a tool of the media? Or something of that degree? Because you're DAMN right!

I mean...oh crap.

Just kidding.

 

[Red Eye Racer]

Originally posted by milefile
What? You obviously feel pretty strongly about this and seem to have blown it out of proportion.

Some people do it for meaningful reasons. Most do not. And it's not my fault that they'll be lumped in with the ones who are mere followers. Blame them.

As far as my comment about "mindless followers"... When I was getting my tatoo, which I designed myself and brought with me, I asked the tatoo artist: who just walks in and picks one off the wall or out of the books? I asked because to do that seems to me like instead of having something important to express on your skin, you are expressing nothing besides the fact that you got a tatoo. The message, the "expression," if you will, is null, it came from a catalog, it expresses nothing except that you are a follower of the tatoo fad... and it is a fad. His response was what I quoted: "mindless followers." He told me he much prefers consulting with a client and coming up with something unique for them, or just doing what they drew themselves and brought with them. But he makes money either way. It's his job.

Now, if you are not this follower type, then there is no reason for you to become defensive about it. Furthermore, I'd expect you to agree with me and wish you're "expression" wasn't dilluted by this "hip" mob. Instead, your response seems to associate you with them. Although I don't think that's what you intended. Right?

We'll as to the first paragraph, you never said SOME or this-or-that,... you said, and I quote,.... "It only expresses group",.. meaning "mindless followers". Of course I'm gonna get defensive,.... you have even spoken in defense of freedom to peoples opinion in the past,.... we'll, isn't a tattoo similar to an opinion, something that should be accepted a someones personal belief? I think your being more contradictory than me here, though we may just not see on the same level. Maybe were both hypocrites,.... but I sure as hell know what I mean and what I meant to say.

And as far as BLAMING people? Blame for what? I'm blaming you for being incensitive to the subject matter,.... in fact, It's MY OPINION that you feal guilty about your tattoo's now that your 'older & wiser',.. and that is contributing to this assumption that it's a following. Maybe you followed, and thats your reconsiliation for why you did it,... I don't know,... but you can't deduce my personality from a simple image as you intially did,.. it's just not fair,... that why I was suprised to hear your view.

BTW,.... taking the comments of a supposed proffesional (tattoo artist) to heart like that, and pushing his theory on me is pathedic. Ya, your right, there are people out there who want to be accepted. And yes, they pick them right out of a book, and this guy see's it happen all day. Does that mean that the whole idea of a tattoo NOT being a personal form of 'self-expression' isn't true? It dosnt make sence that way. It's being stereotypical,.... and that's my biggest pet-peve.......

JMO,.......