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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsDo you have tattoos?

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| Nope | |
70 (74%) |
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| I used to but I had them removed | |
0 (0%) |
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| Yes I have one | |
12 (13%) |
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| Yes I have more than one | |
6 (6%) |
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| No I don't like pain | |
5 (5%) |
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| OTHER | |
2 (2%) |
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Easterncedar
(5,112 posts)I like skin plain!
PatSeg
(51,252 posts)Though I don't think anything would have ever motivated me to get any tattoos.
hlthe2b
(111,822 posts)I really do NOT like them. The ones above are colorful and unique. I get that, so those who feel differently, it is your body.
I see no reason to make the identification of my carcass easier.
CrispyQ
(40,350 posts)If I can't come up with a design I'll search for an artist. Those tatts pictured are awesome!
Silent Type
(11,583 posts)permanent alterations to my body lightly.
But, hey, I liked Queequeg in Moby Dick.

milestogo
(22,056 posts)
milestogo
(22,056 posts)They're attractive, BUT the tats block your sweat glands. And when this much skin is covered, that can affect body temperature.
Also, I've heard that the tattoo ink (certain colors) can end up in the lymphatic system.
I never really wanted one. But go into a yoga class, and there is hardly anybody without one. Younger women are big on tattoos.
EYESORE 9001
(29,197 posts)Years of naval debauchery in various ports never managed to convince me to get a tattoo.
Nittersing
(7,788 posts)LudwigPastorius
(13,649 posts)...an old joke.
cloudbase
(6,084 posts)I was a career merchant mariner, and I've seen a few tattoos. None for me, though.
Tetrachloride
(9,192 posts)Mos Eisley
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Tattoine
a kennedy
(34,684 posts)3rd is a 4 Rose bracelet on my right wrist, and my 4th and last??? Is a rose ring on my right pinky finger.
Only one im Disappointed in is the G. I had to have it enhanced by the guy who does the real Packer players tats. The guy who originally did it was a San Francisco fan, and I swear he did it on purpose. 😡
electric_blue68
(24,497 posts)a kennedy
(34,684 posts)eShirl
(19,842 posts)seems to have worked very well
irisblue
(36,342 posts)In solidarity with a female patient who was upset at the idea of the tattoos, I gave myself one on my left wrist, just under my thumb so she could see how small a positioning tattoo is.
She was a cool lady
Never regretted that.
Nittersing
(7,788 posts)I was in line to buy some coffee and a young woman in front of me had her hair pulled back and there were three little musical notes behind her ear. I complimented her on them and found out she was a professional musician.
electric_blue68
(24,497 posts)AllaN01Bear
(27,760 posts)AllaN01Bear
(27,760 posts)this was a tribute to his daughter rose . on his right arm he had all the mountain peaks that ring tic toc base . (tuolumne county)
Marthe48
(22,123 posts)On the
palm of my right hand. I am unique with it
Oeditpus Rex
(43,050 posts)Specifically, the beam of light bending through the prism from the cover of The Dark Side of the Moon. (I hadn't decided where.) But this was just as seemingly everyone was getting one or more, so I dropped the idea.
bif
(26,362 posts)"I wonder when they got out of prison."
Skittles
(168,230 posts)but now? I have noticed in animal rescue videos that some of the most heavily tattooed folk are the biggest softies on the planet
electric_blue68
(24,497 posts)🤔 I think a white to light turquoise blue Moon with some stars around it. 🙂
And possibly some music notes, maybe with (a) wavy line(s).
enid602
(9,573 posts)You dont put bumper stickers on a Ferrari.
True Dough
(24,819 posts)are certainly, uh, cheeky!
No tatts here!
WmChris
(451 posts)A permanent statement of a passing fancy. I guess it might prove interesting in the nursing home trying to figure out what that one was supposed to be.
Iggo
(49,317 posts)But if I did, they definitely wouldnt be nazi tattoos. Even when I drank (and I DRANK), I could never get drunk enough to get a Nazi tattoo. And if somehow I did, I definitely would have sobered up sometime in the ensuing 20 years long enough to notice I had a Nazi tattoo.
But no, I dont have any tattoos.
LogDog75
(940 posts)I knew a lot of men and women in the AF who had them and I think it was just to stand out form the others. I never cared for tattoos because they look, IMO, hideous, and they cost too much to get. I'm retired living in San Diego, a Navy town, and I a lot of young sailors and their wives have tattoos and then they complain about how little money they have. I really can't sympathize or empathize with for spending hundreds to thousands of dollars on tattoo instead of they immediate and future needs.
Mad_Dem_X
(10,054 posts)My sister has a similar one on her wrist. We decided to get matching tattoos a few years ago.
irisblue
(36,342 posts)Source-https://projectsemicolon.com/the-semicolon-tattoo/#:~:text=A%20Global%20Symbol%20of%20Survival,but%20chose%20to%20keep%20living.
snip-" In grammar, a semicolon is used when an author could have ended a sentencebut chooses not to. In life, its used when a person could have chosen to end their storybut chose to keep living."
Mad_Dem_X
(10,054 posts)catbyte
(38,108 posts)A few years later, she got pregnant and that little fish looked like Moby Dick. No thank you.
I've also never dated anyone with a tattoo. I don't find them attractive, but YMMV.