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YES.

I would know, like 3/5 exes have all had it done. Go figure.

i believe your age is showing there, buckaroo. that's a fairly generalizing statement. i dated a girl for about 5 years who was covered in tattoos. she owned her own business doing consultation and rehabilitation for privately owned raptors. raptors are birds of prey. anyway, she traveled all over the world getting paid obscene amounts of money to offer veterinary care to rich people's falcons and shit. i remember a woman in italy paid her 5k A DAY to fix her 15 sick peregrine falcons. it took her 2 weeks and the lady was like, "oh sure lol here you go"

and that's not just an isolated example. i also had an OBGYN fellowship (yeah yeah laugh it up) and the doctor i worked for was insanely hot, and had giant colorful tattoos. i know plenty of extremely successful women who have piercings and tattoos. you're right, i also know plenty of sluts and airheads who have plenty of tattoos but that's why relying on someone's actions is much more important than just glancing at them and assuming they're a slut or a "weirdo".

the times they are a-changin'

I am not the president, but I am a member in good standing of the over 35 club.

I have a tat and do not regret it. Call me your statistical aberration if you like, only thing I don't like about it is how it's faded over the years. An hour or two in the chair again, and it'll look good as new.

I can also tell you the other over-35s I know do not (at present) regret their decision to get inked.

Much as I can see your point Boredalt. I have a feeling that the tattoos that they got, didn't mean much to them and they just used it as a way to rebel. I am quite proud of my tattoo so far, and absolutely love what it looks like and I want more of them to complete my theme.

Each tattoo to me will symbolize something that I believe in, so they will retain their meaning over the years.

I'm on board with Jubbergun here...doing something that can't be undone is not wise. To Boredalt - "a reason why it was done" - I've had a lot of terribly profound experiences in my life - putting a mark on your body, to me, seems to be debasing the experience. Using the word "emo" seems appropriate here. It seems to me hot air, or a juvenile response. Real experiences don't need to be inked into your body, they become part of who you are. Making it an image on your skin cheapens the experience.

Ironically, I have prominent scars on my face and left hand, with interesting stories behind them, but deliberately deforming oneself seems to be just viscerally disgusting, looking at pierced nipples turns my stomach.

There is a reason tattoos are called things like "tribal" and associated with more primitive cultures, or even the fictional primitive world of this and other fantasy genre games we play, and why civilized peoples have historically not gotten into the whole body art thing. It's a debasement, it's culturally atavistic.

I mean this is all totally my opinion and value system. People are free to do whatever they want for now. Still, I feel particularly strongly about this.

Aestu of Bleeding Hollow...

Nihilism is a copout.

your opinion is your opinion, and that's fine, but thousands of cultures have ritualized and deified permanent marking and not all of them were "primitive" as you say. japanese culture has some of the most incredible works of art tattooed on their people. piercings are another thing, i got those when i was young (to impress a girl) and also had pierced/gauged ears, and a septum ring at the time. when i joined the army i had to take them out, and that was fine, but i still look back on those days fondly. it's the same with tattoos. when people ask about tattoos or comment on them, you are forced to relive the associated memory. it's different than occasionally glancing at a picture of a lost friend and remembering fondly. every time i look in the mirror i remember my dear friend that i lost, and although im sure she would be upset that i had one of her doodles permanently etched onto my body, it isn't technically for her. i can't speak for anyone else but i would hope their ink is as important to them as mine is to me. otherwise it's a waste and a desecration of a sacred art.

not to mention the actual process of the application. i've gotten massages, aromatherapy, acupuncture, shit- i've even jumped out of a sauna into a Finnish snow drift for the sake of therapy, but i will say this: there is nothing on earth more therapeutic than getting a tattoo. i do not enjoy pain, but the fact that the constant pain does not allow your mind to wander to anything else except that pain. your brain gets a complete break for 1-2 hours. there is nothing else that can give you that much peace that effectively.

i'm not trying to convince anyone to get a tattoo, it's purely a personal decision, but it does hurt my feelings a bit that you think we're all primitive, low-class, white trash, slutty, emo, attention-starved, juveniles.

The only tattoos I am genuinely annoyed by (both genders, though this seems more common on men) are Chinese characters on people who definitely don't know what they mean, and tribal tattoos/celtic rings on people who are clearly neither Maori nor European northwesterners.

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you forgot barbed wire around the bicep. totally HxC meng.

Like eyebrows.


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Please?

These people got tattoos for the same reasons that people get them now. I certainly hope you all love yours for the remainder of your days. That's just not been my experience, overall. Ask anyone over 35 this question when you see their tattoo: "If you didn't have that, would you go out and get it, today?"





You know I'm a questioner. I like to hear what motivates people. When I see a tattoo that says, "Maude" , or "Fucking Hostile", whatever... I want to know what drove this person to ink themselves. And, usually, if someone lets you see their tattoo, they want you to ask. If I saw the mark you spoke of on your face, I wouldn't ask because it might not be there by choice. But, since you brought it up, how did you get those marks?


EDIT: Eturnal makes a valid point. This isn't the place for stories. I'd be happy with an email, E. I just want to know.

Boredalt - 80 Dwarf Priest - Dissension

I couldn't care less if anyone shares a story in this thread... I just like hearing stories about Aestu, from Aestu, so I'm just pointing him to his story thread so he can share more. Or he can post them here.

I think a tattoo such as the one Dotzilla has is a great way to memorialize someone and carry a pleasant reminder everywhere you go on yourself to remember a happy time, or a positive quirk about that person.

The whole AZN CHARACTER ON MAH NECK thing is hella gay though, not gonna lie.

I've debated back and forth between getting two really small well placed and somewhat concealed tattoos in my children's honor.

I'd rather steer away from initials and would rather represent them symbolically, such as something they enjoy.


Tattoos of SO's initials is a BAAADDDDD IDEA.

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Taking an extended hiatus from gaming

Sounds pretty great. Supply and demand, mofo.




I looooovvveee it when people defy the expectations I set for them, but it doesn't happen very often. For every person you can name that lives a successful life with tats and piercings I can name 10 fuck ups.

2 out of 10 fuckups is pretty standard for the human race. i believe it goes the same for people who own train sets, or bakers, or pencil eraser manufacturers. you could say that about anything really.

wut?

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