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milestogo

(22,056 posts)
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 12:14 PM Wednesday

Do you have tattoos?


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Nope
70 (74%)
I used to but I had them removed
0 (0%)
Yes I have one
12 (13%)
Yes I have more than one
6 (6%)
No I don't like pain
5 (5%)
OTHER
2 (2%)
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Do you have tattoos? (Original Post) milestogo Wednesday OP
I am so glad I was past dating before this fashion became so nearly universal Easterncedar Wednesday #1
Same here PatSeg Wednesday #2
"Different strokes for different folks..." but hlthe2b Wednesday #3
No HappyH Wednesday #4
47 years ago. Now I'm looking to do a complete re-do. CrispyQ Wednesday #5
My WWII vet dad had a relatively small tattoo on his forearm. He tried to hide it years later. I don't take Silent Type Wednesday #6
This person appeared in the X-files... milestogo Wednesday #8
The tattoos in the photo are Japanese. milestogo Wednesday #7
It's not for lack of opportunity EYESORE 9001 Wednesday #9
I knew a cop who got a flag (I think) tatooed on his pecker (while in the service) nt Nittersing Wednesday #14
It didn't say, "Shorty's Bar & Grill West Springfield, Massachusetts"? LudwigPastorius Wednesday #16
No. cloudbase Wednesday #10
wretched hive of scum and villainy Tetrachloride Wednesday #11
My first was a Shamrock on my right ankle, my 2nd is a Green Bay Packer "G" on my left wrist, my a kennedy Wednesday #12
The rose ring sounds so pretty! electric_blue68 Wednesday #25
Ha ha, it's pretty faded now, but I still really like it. a kennedy Wednesday #26
3 dots on thigh to help aim radiation treatments at the metastasis on my femur eShirl Wednesday #13
When I was the radiation therapist doing the set up studies for Radiation Therapy treatments irisblue 9 hrs ago #34
My favorite tattoo Nittersing Wednesday #15
Oh, nice! electric_blue68 Wednesday #23
nope. AllaN01Bear Wednesday #17
one of my faves was when i was in the er. my attending nurse had a rose on his left for arm. AllaN01Bear Wednesday #18
I was born with a port wine birthmark Marthe48 Wednesday #19
I used to really want one Oeditpus Rex Wednesday #20
Whenever I see someone with tattoos my first thought is bif Wednesday #21
oh maybe back in the day Skittles Wednesday #22
No. As an artist good ones appeal to me! OTOH - Pain; so nope. I designed at least one small one... electric_blue68 Wednesday #24
Bumper stickers enid602 Wednesday #27
The tattoos in the OP photo True Dough Wednesday #28
Not likely WmChris Wednesday #29
Nope. Iggo Wednesday #30
I don't have any and never will LogDog75 Yesterday #31
I have a small one on my right wrist Mad_Dem_X Yesterday #32
I have considered a semi colon tattoo on my wrist off & on for years irisblue 9 hrs ago #35
I like that! Mad_Dem_X 3 hrs ago #37
One of my friends in college got a cute fish tattoo on her lower abdomen. catbyte 10 hrs ago #33
Not a chance. (nt) Paladin 8 hrs ago #36

Easterncedar

(5,112 posts)
1. I am so glad I was past dating before this fashion became so nearly universal
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 12:22 PM
Wednesday

I like skin plain!

PatSeg

(51,252 posts)
2. Same here
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 12:28 PM
Wednesday

Though I don't think anything would have ever motivated me to get any tattoos.

hlthe2b

(111,822 posts)
3. "Different strokes for different folks..." but
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 12:30 PM
Wednesday

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.

CrispyQ

(40,350 posts)
5. 47 years ago. Now I'm looking to do a complete re-do.
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 12:35 PM
Wednesday

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)
6. My WWII vet dad had a relatively small tattoo on his forearm. He tried to hide it years later. I don't take
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 12:36 PM
Wednesday

permanent alterations to my body lightly.

But, hey, I liked Queequeg in Moby Dick.

milestogo

(22,056 posts)
7. The tattoos in the photo are Japanese.
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 12:51 PM
Wednesday

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)
9. It's not for lack of opportunity
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 01:05 PM
Wednesday

Years of naval debauchery in various ports never managed to convince me to get a tattoo.

a kennedy

(34,684 posts)
12. My first was a Shamrock on my right ankle, my 2nd is a Green Bay Packer "G" on my left wrist, my
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 02:36 PM
Wednesday

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 i’m 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. 😡

eShirl

(19,842 posts)
13. 3 dots on thigh to help aim radiation treatments at the metastasis on my femur
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 02:37 PM
Wednesday

seems to have worked very well

irisblue

(36,342 posts)
34. When I was the radiation therapist doing the set up studies for Radiation Therapy treatments
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 09:54 AM
9 hrs ago

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)
15. My favorite tattoo
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 03:13 PM
Wednesday

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.

AllaN01Bear

(27,760 posts)
18. one of my faves was when i was in the er. my attending nurse had a rose on his left for arm.
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 03:28 PM
Wednesday

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)

Oeditpus Rex

(43,050 posts)
20. I used to really want one
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 04:43 PM
Wednesday

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)
21. Whenever I see someone with tattoos my first thought is
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 05:45 PM
Wednesday

"I wonder when they got out of prison."

Skittles

(168,230 posts)
22. oh maybe back in the day
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 06:00 PM
Wednesday

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)
24. No. As an artist good ones appeal to me! OTOH - Pain; so nope. I designed at least one small one...
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 07:44 PM
Wednesday

🤔 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).

WmChris

(451 posts)
29. Not likely
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 09:53 PM
Wednesday

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)
30. Nope.
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 10:17 PM
Wednesday

But if I did, they definitely wouldn’t 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 don’t have any tattoos.

LogDog75

(940 posts)
31. I don't have any and never will
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 01:33 AM
Yesterday

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)
32. I have a small one on my right wrist
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 08:10 AM
Yesterday

My sister has a similar one on her wrist. We decided to get matching tattoos a few years ago.

irisblue

(36,342 posts)
35. I have considered a semi colon tattoo on my wrist off & on for years
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 10:05 AM
9 hrs ago

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 sentence—but chooses not to. In life, it’s used when a person could have chosen to end their story—but chose to keep living."

catbyte

(38,108 posts)
33. One of my friends in college got a cute fish tattoo on her lower abdomen.
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 08:48 AM
10 hrs ago

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.

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