Tattoos

I love me tats :)

You forgot "I have them, and I don't care whether or not you get any."

haha, that's good. I wouldn't necessarily recommend unless someone also wanted one. Also I don't consider it body art. I need a new one. It's about three years now. . .

That's the thing for me, too. I never recommend that anyone else get one -- it's a personal choice, and I really don't care if anyone else gets one.

"I have them, and I don't care whether or not you get any."

Bingo.

Imagine what you'll look like when you're old and wrinkly?

You'll look old and wrinkly regardless of whether you have a tattoo! Also, tattoo comparison in the nursing home will be a fun activity of the future.

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I've gotten to where I don't even like people asking about mine, what they mean etc. I used to like talking about them but they are really personal and I don't like dissecting it for strangers. I usually try to give a generic answer but sometimes they keep pushing for more and more detail. I should start making up random shit.

Yeah when I get old and wrinkly most of my peers will also have old and wrinkly tattoos. who cares?

lol @ the idea that i'm going to even make it to old and wrinkly

I don't think I can vote in this poll. I don't have them and don't care whether or not you get any. I probably won't get one because I am afraid of Teh Pain. Also can't think of an image that I want on me permanently. That being said, I do have a scar on my back I'd like to cover...

(ha, but covering a scar might not be so easy, as Ally instructed me on Satuday night!)

I'd never get one but I like tasteful ones on others

some people pull them off! they would look reallly bad on me because i am too much of a nerd.

HAHAHA i was just about to post an explanation of why covering scars sometimes doesn't work, thank god someone remembers anything i said saturday :D

Teh Pain is not worse than childbirth, Sara... if that helps. (I judge everything by that now... "well, it hurts less than having a baby...")

xpost I only wish I could have stayed to hear/see the rest of the party!

luna - okay, but how MUCH less...???

have a tattoo, mildly amused by it, mostly dont like tattoos, dont care if others get them

I think that's a very good measure Luna. (not that I've experienced it but I'm sure it's useful if you have.)

I kind of enjoy the pain. For one it cements the connection you have to the tattoo and what it represents in your life. Only my first tattoo was a random "oh that's pretty" one. The other seven are permanent reminders of events/things/people that are very important to me. The pain of getting it etches in this importance and makes it almost spiritual.

Sorry for getting almost "body art" on you there.

Lots less, Sara. For me it was kind of like an extended cat scratch (and it also depends on where you get it.) It hurts, yeah, but not as much as the needle for the epidural did (I don't know if you had one, but that, for me, was the defining moment of pain in my life.) Also hurts less than breaking your arm.

I have one and I like it but I would never call it "body art"

I can't wait until octogenarians with tramp stamps are a common sight.

Ok, please explain - what *is* a tramp stamp?

LOL

Actually I find the needle is not really the most hurty part. It's when they wipe the blood off with a towel. Your skin is raw and bleeding and it's like they're scraping you with sandpaper. *That* sucks.

tramp stamp also = cum catcher

kind of like an extended cat scratch

That's exactly what my sister said!

For me contractions were way more painful than the needle for the epidural. I think they gave me something to try to numb that needle, though and it still hurt - just less than contractions. Breaking my arm didn't bother me at all! (Also, I think I have easy labors.)

Sam, thanks for the explanation. Not too "body art." ;)

Tramp stamp is a common way of referring to the lower back tattoo, Kate.

Yes, the contractions sucked ass, you're right. It's less painful than that.

I know a boy who has one of those! Does that mean he's a tramp? excellent!

Your skin is raw and bleeding and it's like they're scraping you with sandpaper.

Okay, I'm too wimpy for sure!

That part has never bothered me (never felt it, never thought to notice it).

The pain ranges from pressing a fingernail into a sore mosquito bite to something a lot more "thrilling", as my dentist calls it. Depends on where on the body and the artist. My first one was small and I had expected it to be *much* more painful than it ended up. You can get a good adrenaline rush from it, which helps bring you into the moment.

When I see good work on someone I'll ask where they got it done. I adore my tattoos and am currently planning to get another one. I'd only advocate someone getting a tattoo if they want one but are a little scared of it (mostly from not knowing about the process).

xpost: whee! I'm officially a tramp!

I think what it boils down to is not so much the pain or anything else you'll scare yourself with - it's all down to whether or not you really want one. If you do, you'll find a way to deal with the pain (take ibuprofen beforehand, eat candy during, take ibuprofen after are just some examples). I have found 98% of the time that people psych themselves up into thinking it's going to be the worst pain ever and come away thinking "you know, that wasn't as bad as I thought it was gonna be..."

It sounds like the pain issue is pretty individual. Hmmmmm.

luna - I kind of think "it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be" about natural childbirth (I didn't have anything w/my second because she came so fast). (All this being said, I still tell people "don't be afraid to go for the epidural!")

That part has never bothered me (never felt it, never thought to notice it).

Maybe that's only with the 4-hour type jobs. . .

Yeah what Luna said about the pain is right. It only lasts for a little while and what you get in return lasts a lifetime. Not a bad tradeoff.

Maybe that's only with the 4-hour type jobs. . .

That could very well be. None of mine have lasted longer than 2 1/2 so far, so that is very possibly why.

I want a new one, too - my tattoo guy is supposed to be here sometime this month from Hawaii, so I'm hoping to see him this time.

luna - I kind of think "it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be" about natural childbirth

Yep, that makes sense. It's sort of the same kind of thing in that it's a fear of the unknown -- you haven't done it before, so you have no idea how bad it will or won't be. Also, when it's over, it's kind of a relief.

You forgot "I have them, and I don't care whether or not you get any."

-- luna, Friday, September 7, 2007 12:37 PM (43 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

That would be I have tattoos but I wouldn't recommend them because since you don't care whether someone gets one, why would you recommend it?

Also, I've heard a different one for tramp stamp, but I forget what it was now...

To me, "I wouldn't recommend them" makes it sound like my experience was so terrible that I would urge all and sundry to stay well away, which is why I said what I did.

Also, I've heard a different one for tramp stamp, but I forget what it was now...

Arschgeweih?

I have two and I'm a complete wuss when it comes to pain. It really wasn't that bad. I do want more but I'm not sure what or where yet.

Also, I've heard a different one for tramp stamp, but I forget what it was now...

cum catcher?

low bak tatty

I think he means that he's heard a different meaning for tramp stamp?

no, it was a synonym for tramp stamp. it wasn't those things you said, though.

Not all tattoos in that general regain are tramp stamps and not all ladies that have them are tramps. Not that I would um know or anything.

ass antlers

http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/thumb/2/29/Assantlers.jpg/180px-Assantlers.jpg

Ass antlers?

still no. it was basically "tramp stamp" except the rhyme was different... i could be remembering something non-existent, though.

as in, it followed the (woman who has sex more often than usual and/or for money) (rhyming word) scheme.

I think I've heard it called a "Slut Licence Plate" or something like that.

Trollop dollop?

hooker zooker

I like that one Michael, but that's not it... it was probably jsut tramp stamp, and it no longer sounds familiar.

Oh, sorry.

I have also heard: California license plate, back bullseye, slag tag, and slut stamp.

slag tag is good but I think ass antlers is the best for that particular style.

the one i am thinking of, if it actually exists, might be "hag tag." the tag sounds familiar.

AH WELL. I am totally derailing the hell out of this topic

whore drawer

prostie embossed-y

ok huk

Damn. I can't think of a good rhyme to go with hetaera.

I got one young, now I'm older, I'm tattooed all over, my wife is tattooed too.

Getting a tattoo doesn't hurt at all. i'm in the "I have them and don't give a shit whether you get one at all" camp.

strumpet rump-bit

"where the hetaera occasionally requires aloe vera"

hetaera mascara?

there are enough of them here to cover the hetaera sahara...

so what pain is worse than childbirth?

I don't ever want to find out.

And neither do you.

I don't want to know either, BUT I've had a couple of people tell me that passing kidney stones is worse. (drink lots of water and don't find out)

Don't men say that? They're just trying to keep up.

Not to offend anyone, as I know a lot of people get tattoos for personal reasons, but I don't get when people come in on LA Ink and are like "I am getting a pin-up girl on my arm to remember my mom/how happy I am right now/new career/the Alamo/etc." Everyone has their little personal story on that show...it makes me feel weird like if I were to get one all I could say would be (for example): "Oh, I just got this tattoo of nachos because I like to eat nachos," or, "I just thought this was a neat image." Do people expect you to say, "Yeah, I got this horse because I could never own a horse, but they also represent courage, majesty, and grace" when they ask about your tats?

People should expect a slap in the face when they ask you about your tats. It's seriously annoying.

When people (strangers) ask me about my tats I want to tell them to fuck off b/c it's really none of their business.

I do believe those shows require some sort of story to make it interesting television. Some are probably more shallow than others.

My boyfriend says he wants to go on there and get a tat of a cock and balls just because. I reminded him that Steve-o has no doubt already done this.

I think Miss Manners would be against it. "I would prefer you didn't ask. But I just happened to like this clip art of Abraham Lincoln kicking a tire. That is all." (My friend had great tat of such.)

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Then there are people who are more than happy to explain their tats whether you want to know or not: "I got this tattoo of Kermit holding a cross because I love KERMIT and I love JESUS."

I have many clever and exciting ideas for tattooing myself. I am also a big wussy who is scared of needles.

Everyone has their little personal story on that show...it makes me feel weird like if I were to get one all I could say would be (for example): "Oh, I just got this tattoo of nachos because I like to eat nachos," or, "I just thought this was a neat image."

This is basically what I do. I think something is interesting, ponder it for a while, then get a tattoo. Not as a joke or anything, but there's no real deep significance to any of mine. Like this one, my most recent:

http://www.hu.mtu.edu/~jlkuure/board/30.jpg

I just thought it'd be funny to have a tattoo of an old-timey bike.

I don't think they really hurt that much. Some hurt more than others - insides of upper arms and my elbow hurt the most so far, but I've heard ribs are worse. I get a crazy endorphin rush which kind of numbs the pain anyway (and makes me super goofy afterwards). The worst part is when you think you're done and they go back and fill in missed spots or tweak things, going over spots for a second or third time after letting it sit untouched for a while.

And most people I know with tattoos don't care others have them or not, it's just not a big deal.

If you have someone else do it, they can use professional equipment instead of the sewing needly you'd have to use yourself.

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xpost to Oilyrags-Again-it doesn't hurt. The needles make pretty superficial cuts. The gauge on the needle is nearly infinitesimal.

"People should expect a slap in the face when they ask you about your tats. It's seriously annoying."

This has never bothered me. Then again, none of mine have any spectacular backstories. There are even a couple I can't for the life of me remember getting.

Then there are people who are more than happy to explain their tats whether you want to know or not: "I got this tattoo of Kermit holding a cross because I love KERMIT and I love JESUS."

My brother-in-law met a dude with a tattoo on his arm of Alan Thicke with a word balloon coming out of his mouth containing the phrase "FUCK OHIO". He said he got it because he loves Alan Thick and hates Ohio.

I don't mind compliments ("nice colors!") or inquiries like "where did you get that done?" But when they ask what it means and I give them a general answer ("It's a tribute to a friend") I hate it when they start pushing for details.

My stepson was showing us his newest tattoo (he and gf got matching ones which are basically orphan annie eyes on their hands so they can do the senior wences thing, wtf?) and was saying never again, because DAMN, IT HURT! He's got a beautiful one covering his shoulder and this giant ? on his back (that he saw in a dream), so maybe they hurt more as you get older?

hands would fucking hurt like hell. (back or front?)

> it doesn't hurt

That's not the point. It's a phobia, not a rational response. Flu injections don't hurt either, not really, but I can't even watch it on tv, I have to turn away and I clench up involuntarily anyway.

It's like that side bit directly across from your thumb (xpost) Sort of like the side of the lowest joint on your index finger and then just past the knuckle. Then when you close your hand, your thumb is senior wences lower lip and jaw.

(Oilyrags, I hear you - I walked into the grocery once and they were giving flu shots RIGHT THERE, and I collapsed)

I gotcha, there have been some times I wish I had needle phobia.

I'd never get one but I like tasteful ones on others

More people should have weird dada "FUCK OHIO"-style tats.

I met a dude once with a tattoo of a redneck fucking a chicken. On his leg. Wrongest shit ever.

Holy shit, I am imagining the fuck ohio tattoo in my mind and I love it.

Ms Misery: "It's a tribute to a friend" seems like an answer that encourages probing, so if you don't want people to press, you should probably phrase it another way!

right, like, "It's none of your fucking business."

Again-it doesn't hurt.

I think this is a little misleading - it may not hurt YOU, but there is no way on god's green earth that there is no pain involved at all for anyone.

Ms Misery: "It's a tribute to a friend" seems like an answer that encourages probing, so if you don't want people to press, you should probably phrase it another way!

I'll start saying something like "It's to remember all the kids I gunned down during that one massacre in junior high . I was going through a rough patch at the time."

Best comeback to nosy question ever - My students ask me if I have any kids I reply completely straight faced "Just the ones buried in my backyard." hahaha

MORE PICTURES!!

(I will add some soon)

Do your students ask you about yr tats, Ms. Miz, or are they all pretty much covered by clothes? (The tats–I should hope your students are wearing clothes.)

You should just tell people who ask about yr tats that your mom made you get them & then *shrug.*

I like that answer.

I didn't make any extra effort to cover them up. The particularly liked the big colorful one on my arm. Some would want to draw it. It was no big deal for me too have tattoos while teaching. Some of their parents I met would have cat claws on their boobs or ghetto gang tats up and down their arms.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Again I request photos of your tattoos. And I guess would like to say I'll show you mine if you show me yours.

I want a tattoo so bad, but the only one that I've wanted long enough that I'm comfortable going through with it is going to be impossible to find.

Clarification: It's the very first picture Eadward Muybridge took that showed a horse with all four hooves off the ground in full gallop. He didn't publish the damn thing in "Animal Locomotion". It might, might, be in an issue of Field Magazine from 1875, but aside from that, I'll have to find the original glass plate (pretty much impossible) if I want it.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Jesse, e-mail me your tattoo, I want to see it.

OK, so I have already posted this on the Chicago thread accidentally, but here you go

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1382/1394915504_a248de7e0e_o.jpg

man tattoos are crazy, it's like writing on yourself with permanent marker

http://ugliesttattoos.com/

(Oh, some NSFW stuff there)

Anyone ever get a finger tattoo? Do they take longer to heal? Do they hurt more than others because of proximity to the bone?

I always said I'd get "love" and "hate" on my knuckles if forced to at gunpoint bcuz it would be thuggish and would also prevent me from ever working in an office, ever.

Then there are people who are more than happy to explain their tats whether you want to know or not: "I got this tattoo of Kermit holding a cross because I love KERMIT and I love JESUS."

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this just made me lol

want to get http://images.uulyrics.com/cover/d/descendents/album-milo-goes-to-college.jpg
but I can't figure out where - forearms are out as long as my grandfather's alive, and there aren't really any other places to get small pieces done on guys

just over the shoulder on the back, a little in from either shoulderblade?

ive got 10. due for another in two weeks on my sailor jerry leg sleeve...my next piece:
http://www.houseospeed.com/catalog/true.jpg

my friend has a wedding ring tattooed on his ring finger, he said it was tolerable. Heck they all hurt, by far the worst one i got was the swallows tattooed on my chest...6 hours of intense pain.

The first tattoo I got I was in a lot of pain because I was holding in uncomfortable amounts of gas the whole time (3-4 hours). I didn't realize I could have asked the guy to pause for a moment so I could take care of it.

awesome. ive got a horrible tribal tattoo on my arm (my first) i want it covered up, unfortunately my artist told me good luck.

This is just incredible.

http://www.11points.com/images/simpsonstattoos/thrillhouse.jpg

haha. dont get why someone would do that though...thats going to look awesome at 60.

I'm thinking inside of my elbow, above the fold so that it's covered by a short sleeve t-shirt for the most part.

I'm pretty sure I'll never have a job where arm tattoos would be an issue (couldn't be covered with a shirt), but I think it would give my 86yo grandfather a heart attack

thats a really painful place to get tattooed.

love this guys stuff
http://www.nikkohurtado.com/index.php
he shows up on the kat von d show sometimes. i have no idea what i would get or if i even would get anything but i like this dudes style.

yes, nikko's stuff is unreal. Not my style but pretty damn awesome.

http://copperbeehive.wordpress.com/about/

Love love love this guy's stuff

very nice traditional sailor jerry inspired stuff. ive become fascinated with traditional work for the past few years and have gotten quite a few pieces of sailor jerrys done. my favorite is the pinup i had done of my wife.

got it done on saturday

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5213/5384221465_7944cd3688.jpg

haha. dont get why someone would do that though...thats going to look awesome at 60.

oh psh I am just teasing. it is a p nice tattoo!

haha stevie, most of my tattoos are in that style...they are all going to look awesome at 60.

how many others do you have/what/where are they?

wait you have ten, nvm

I really want to get this drawing that Abbott just did for me done but I can't figure out where. It wouldn't go with the ones on my back and that's kind of crowded anyway. Arm is the obvious answer but I'm not sure.

yeah 10, lets see...i've got a pin-up of my wife on my leg, swallows on my chest, my sons footprint and nautical stars on my forearm, another pin up on my arm and a whole bunch of craptacular tribals on arms/back that i did when i was young and picked flash off a wall.

I hate the things, they're disgusting. Why do that to yourself? Imagine what you'll look like when you're old and wrinkl

i'll look like an old sailor.

when i was getting this done a couple came in to have my dude check to see if he could fix the tattoos they just had done two days prior. AT A FUCKING TATTOO PARTY. They were horrendous, completely messed up.

I think my mom-in-law was 60 when she got her tattoos!

I know in some people's eyes this is like saying "I wish I could be a line cook" or "I wish I could GRAFFITI THE TEMPLE" (to use the example from my childhood) but I think I could be a good tattoo artist. I am just too risk-averse to do it as a first career. Maybe I will do it when I retire.

You totally should.

Also idk a big fear is sometimes guys are creepers! No offense, guys. But I don't think you can say "here is my tattoo parlor radical lesbians only plz."

though that would be....awesome.

http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/pp9/newtattoodesigns/Animals%20Tattoo%20Designs/Spider/1209002917ufG2ViV.jpg

No. Bad.

The shading and perspective on that are amazing!

thoughts on tattoos seen thru chest hair?

if you get a chest piece but chest hair grows over some of it, is this:

a) maybe a lil awkward looking but no big deal either way
b) VERY ugly, DO NOT WANT
c) sorta masculine and, er, "classic"
d) hawt

I've seen this work really well with certain kind of sailor-ish/USMC-ish designs, and I've seen it look really awful too. What say ye? I'm neither pro nor con about tattoos- I have six of them myself and like them when they're well done, but lots of the tattoos that I see out in the world are really tacky and awful. But I can't make up my mind about this tattoo + body hair issue.

The shading and perspective on that are amazing!

C, usually, depending on amount of hair. If it's a rug, then maybe a.

like this dude's combo of chest hair and tattoo works for me:

http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh6id07xzA1qzw3gpo1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2&Expires=1300203699&Signature=R8Mss5FKixwQ6iKWyzEJacjpIfg%3D

(but that has more to do with him and the angle and lighting of the photo, than the chest hair/tatt combo itself)

but I've also seen "hairy tattoos" look really horrible, like what-were-you-thinking bad

I think it looks good b/c of the light density of the hair over the tattoo.

to return to this thread, I took the plunge and got a chest tattoo:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5263/5644499458_f48fb9691a.jpg

Nice, tune!

let the "shore leave" jokes begin

i like that one, dd. i've been thinking about anchors, too, but i also am thinking about other designs. given the fact that this boy i'm seeing is a tattoo artist, think it's going to happen soon.

hello, sailor

How much chest hair do you normally have? I'd be interested in seeing a picture of what it looks like grown in. (That sounds a little creepy, so I would like to explain that my question and request are apropos your question about chest hair + tattoos above.)

No, I getcha, and I will try to remember to post a followup- I don't have a lot of chest hair, and what grows is mostly above the area where the tattoo is, so it will only be over the top of the image- hope it doesn't look weird, as I don't want to shave it

oh, and DAMN the sternum is a painful area to get tatted, I have had tatts in other places but whoah, this was kind of excruciating I gotta say

if you commit a homicide, maybe don't tattoo the entire crime scene on your chest:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/04/22/national/a125246D86.DTL&tsp=1

oh crap guys I murdered someone with an anchor and now the feds are gonna get wise

Are the heels a painful place to get tattooed?

http://i55.tinypic.com/2gww87m.jpg

oh, and DAMN the sternum is a painful area to get tatted, I have had tatts in other places but whoah, this was kind of excruciating I gotta say

When I saw the pic that's what I was going to say; getting your sternum tattooed sucks. I have a chest tattoo that covers most of my left pec, and when he hit the sternum it felt like he was tattooing my throat. Thought I was going to be sick, etc. I guess that puts me in the "I have tattoos but I wouldn't recommend them", at least I'd never recommend anywhere near the sternum.

Is sternum tattooing more of a dull sort of pain?

I always thought I was tough or other people were whiners b/c I had gotten four tattoos, none of which hurt - I described the feeling as just kind of annoying, like a minor rug burn. Those tattoos are on my shoulder, outer upper arms, and hip. Then I got one on my inner upper arm/armpit and that fucker hurt so bad I almost cried. It was a sharp, searing, stinging pain.

Looks like someone works out . . . er, that is to say, nice tattoo placement!

thanks! I am hoping that the placement makes me work out more, but my job doesn't give me a lot of time to do that

xpost re pain

I guess everybody's pain scale is different, I have never broken a bone or given birth so i can't compare it with those pain milestones, but I found that the sternum was much more painful than the tattoos I have on my biceps, stomach, ankle, and hips. It wasn't a different *kind* of pain- it was that same sorta cat-scratch-meets-cigarette-burn kind of feeling, but just a much more intense version of it. At times I was just scrunching up my face, not able to breathe, with my mouth wide open and no sound coming out, just kind of looking like a demented Butoh dancer dude or something. You know you're being a total wuss when the tattoo artist keeps saying "you're doing great" in that fake reassurance voice . . .

the sternum hurts, yes, but does it hurt as much as the ribcage? my Wojnarowicz tat was excruciating, and it only took like 15 minutes. i was drenched in sweat and nearly hyperventilating by the end of it.

my Wojnarowicz tat

photo please.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/33897_438404961916_592086916_5781122_8346424_n.jpg

i also have Rimbaud on my right bicep:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/33718_1619761891085_1147535933_1788575_5936363_n.jpg

i will say that Jesse has it right re: the armpit area. the one i have right below my clavicle didn't hurt EXCEPT when he was getting close to my pits. then i was like 'holy shit i'm never getting work done there'

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/62568_122655777788733_100001329337105_124687_7038575_n.jpg

This tattoo is very painful.

Posted on Reddit with the headline My friend thinks this is "cute". I think it is WTF.

yeah the hands AND the feet is the weirdest part for me- like either, maybe, but both? though, actually, no, those feet are *scary* anyway you slice it

wav file tattoo, y/n?

Chest tattoo I have across both collarbones sucked to holy hell.

Which one of you has the rib tat? I wanna tat on that area but am not sure about the pain? Of course I suffered through he chest piece and the inner arm...

wav file tattoo, y/n?

Y!

You'll look old and wrinkly regardless of whether you have a tattoo!

Old, wrinkly with a bunch of silly tattoos. I don't know, I like'em a lot on young people. But not so much when it's on a 70 year old person. Especially when it's faded. Meh. As I said, I quite like some tattoos. But I hate the small ones, or the ones on legs or like the woman at the clothes' shop today. On her finger. I mean, seriously, wtf is up with those random little ones?

Rimbaud tattoo is AWESOME. I mean, seriously, how much better can you get?

I like'em a lot on young people. But not so much when it's on a 70 year old person. Especially when it's faded.

can't think of anything more charming than tattooed grandparents. like you fade and wrinkle and become comically obsolete, why should ink be any different?

re: earlier in the thread - I understand people being frustrated by strangers asking about their tattoos, I suppose, but I have tattooed hands and am asked about them a couple times a month ... and I'd feel like an absolute asshole if I brushed people off or got pissed about it. They're tattoos on my hands - if I wanted to make a big secret about it, I'd put them somewhere else. Of course people are going to ask. I'd feel like the kid who doesn't want anyone to notice him but wears a Superman cape and moon boots to school.

Also, I've heard a different one for tramp stamp, but I forget what it was now...

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― Will M., Friday, September 7, 2007 1:25 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark

3.5 years later and I remember what I was tlaking about. It was whale tail. And it has nothing to do w/ tattoos.

wav file tattoo, y/n?

Describe? Of a particular file? Colors? Etc.

I mean, overall, yes, but I'm curious about details.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6134/6000851892_dc5e4b8307.jpg

That one's hard to Google.

For my boyfriend's birthday I got his initials, M.S. tattooed on my ankle

it's the Anglo-Saxon/Elder Futharc runes Mannaz, humanity (M) and Sowilo, sun (S)

Wow, you're targeting all the purportedly excruciating zones to get tatted.

Making some groundwork on my very first one. Already did a consultation and am now waiting for some art to come back.

it's kind of an in joke between us, as Martin and I were supposed to get matching tattoos on our ankles ten years ago (of the number .23 in a weird old font taken from a coat check ticket used in a Kurt Schwitters collage) and i got mine and he didn't because he saw how much pain I was in and chickened out. So I have that on my right ankle, and ten years later, I got another Martin-oriented tattoo on the other ankle in the same place, same size . . .

decided i'm gonna treat myself to one of these in september for my birthday

Hah, mine's a b'day present to myself too, only I misjudged how long it was going to take to set this thing into motion.

So, ankle really was the most painful spot?

No, I would say that the sternum has hurt me the most- but see tabes upthread about the ribcage, he said that hurt more.

I think you should just get a tattoo on the place on your body where you want one and not think about the pain part. The pain is temporary and the art is what counts.

Yeah, doing arm(s), regardless of the predominate lack of pain thereon.

I just got the second to last part of my half sleeve done a couple weeks ago and it shot "over your collarbone" to the top of the most painful list. Other things have hurt to some degree but this one actually felt really unpleasant and I didn't get enough of an endorphin rush to counteract how much it hurt.

Pain goes away and it's always worth it.

Sternum by far.

I think you should just get a tattoo on the place on your body where you want one and not think about the pain part. The pain is temporary and the art is what counts.

I'll second that, though I haven't had my clavicle or sternum done. It hurts, it sucks, but you've probably had worse pain.

Also the inside of my arm was terrible but no where near the sternum. I could feel my teeth rattling for four hours

TBH they all fucking hurt.

The inside of my arm, up near my armpit was bad. I'm very happy that don't want anything on my sternum!

So, ankle really was the most painful spot?

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I got one on the inside of my ankle a couple months ago and I swear that I didn't hurt at all. It sort of . . . tickled? I was sitting up and watching and everything and the guy kept asking if I was OK and it really was. It hurt way less than my others which are all on my back and had me in tears. A+ experience, would ankle tattoo again.

I'm in the process of doing a leg sleeve and let me tell you that getting your shin tattooed is not pleasant

How high up do you go with a leg sleeve?

Considering tattoos again -- something that has come and gone over the years but languished for lack of the perfect art/material. Might be more serious this time...I have to mull it over.

Ankle to below knee

in process soon
http://contrastmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/sj_manifestweb.jpg

not to change anyone's vote but this is a p hard hitting editorial i think peeps should read. food 4 thought

"why put a bumper sticker on a ferrari?"
http://www.ubspectrum.com/opinion/why-put-a-bumper-sticker-on-a-ferrari-1.2755789?MMode=true#.TynfbyMke5L

haha yeah my opinion on bumper sticks and my opinion on tattoos has a lot of overlap. why put a bumper sticker on any car?

Holy shit that article is 10 kinds of terrible

that article makes me want to get a giant tattoo of a looney toons character on my face, just out of spite

horrible article but i wish some of the people commenting and criticizing it weren't doing stupid things like calling the girl ugly...

(like on the comments inside the article. although to be fair, it's not most of them).

You read comments on a news publication website, man, you got what you asked for.

hahahahahahahaha

I can't even.

totally passing this on to a friend who gets tattoos

Was going to invoke the 'your body is a temple' saw BUT the author herself beat me to it. HOW many times did I hear that in church? "Why would you get a tattoo on your beautiful and scared body that we fought Satan to get? WOULD YOU SPRAY GRAFFITI ON THE TEMPLE???" I wonder if she is LDS.

Or do a lot of other religions have rich extended metaphors about human bodies and temples

My mom used to say shit like that and she's not LDS. In fact that whole article sounds like something my mom could have written.

Yes I especially loved this part:

But at the end of the day, are you really a happier person? Has this tattoo, for instance, caused you to learn something new about yourself? Has it challenged you? Has it led you to self-growth? Nothing comes out of getting a tattoo. You get a tattoo, and that's it.

i think most all my lady friends have tats and most of em are pretty awes (the tats...and the ladies)

I for one learned just how long I could hold in a fart during a tattoo session, por ejemplo.

But at the end of the day, are you really a happier person? Has this Belle and Sebastian cd, for instance, caused you to learn something new about yourself? Has it challenged you? Has it led you to self-growth? Nothing comes out of getting a Belle and Sebastian cd. You get a piece of morose bland music, and that's it.

OMFG abbotttt hahahaha

I am a happier person because of my tattoos for several reasons!

ain't any different than any other form of fashion sensibility other than you can't take it off when you go to sleep...big whoop!

IT'S JUST A HAIRCUT. AT THE END OF THE DAY, ALL YOU DID AWS CUT YOUR HAIR. DO YOU FEEL BETTER ABOUT YOURSELF CUZ OF THIS HAIRCUT

I am a happier person because of my tattoos for several reasons!

+1. they make my arms heaps nicer to look at for one

I regret zero of my tattoos and well over half of my haircuts.

tbh I marked great changes in my life with some wicked scars and a police record so tattoos seem not bad

I was in therapy for a long time and we talked about tattoos at one point and my therapist (not herself the tattooed type at all) gave her take on them, which is that each tattoo is sort of a picture of who you were at the time you got it. thinking of them this way is really rewarding and rich to me, they're kind of more honest & direct & richer than say diary entries.

i've been perusing getting one for like 11 years but I've chickened out

I for one learned just how long I could hold in a fart during a tattoo session, por ejemplo.

And I, for one, learned just how limitless my shared experiences in this life will be.

...you won't find yourself in a rut when your future grandkids ask you what's up with the angel wings on your upper back as you're in the middle of giving them a life lesson on the importance of values and morals.

God knows the last thing this world needs is another generation of kids questioning their basic values and morals.

I usually think of "questioning" as "examining" and not taking for granted, so I'm disagreeing w/ her here.

And anyway, why are you giving your grandkids lessons on morals with your top off.

each tattoo is sort of a picture of who you were at the time you got it

I remember exactly where I was and what I was thinking when I got each of mine. All my tattoos were pondered for a long time to some degree and seeing them reminds me of what it was that made me finally say DO IT and actually get a particular thing tattooed on me.

I've never been one for journals or diaries but tattoos are a daily permanent reminder of what I valued aesthetically (and philosophically, I guess) at points in my life, what decisions I made and if they turned out to be good ones, and makes me think about what I decided to get and what I discarded as bad ideas and how I should deal with other such things in the future.

Exactly, which is why I think that the un-sarcastic answer to these questions

But at the end of the day, are you really a happier person? Has this tattoo, for instance, caused you to learn something new about yourself? Has it challenged you? Has it led you to self-growth?

is, Yes, in a way.

I used to write down my thoughts all day long in what I guess was a journal (now I have ILX and FB for that*) and just like photographs interact with those written memories, so do tattoos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GBVF8FzPI0

welp

wselp

that is such an ultimate guilty ws

lol yea

How long before someone posts her to WSoS?

omg x-post

YOU GUYS

pretty sure that is an attention-seeker with an IQ of about 80, can we stop mocking the those with intellectual disabilities

lol are you serious?

the ANGEL on my BACK with BROKEN WINGS is CURLED INTO A BALL

can you BELIEVE the CRAZY stuff in MY LIFE?!? i have TWO GUYS names on MY ASSHOLE

HOW do you TATTOO "DEEJ" on to MY BUTTHOLE? is it D-E and E-J on the OTHER SIDE?

Is this your sister or something?

droppin a deuce deuce

I think I just mocked the hell (god, it is sort hard not to type some sort of joke with the word "shit" here but that is such an easy hit) out of this woman and her bizarro way of speaking. I was joking.

no qualms about mocking this video but seriously, that girl is way dumb

REALLY? YA THINK?

She's definitely something that's for sure.

Girl Celebrates Successful PhD Defense by Getting Butthole Tattoo

dropping a deuce deuce, or as we call it, "besmirching his name"

i also like repeatedly needling my anus

im sorry but crazy / stupid tats are hot for all the reasons sensible normal people dont get them, b/c the are ridiculous tasteless and stupid & show poor judgement

I don't know if I can watch that again because she is sort of scary but did I understand her correctly in that she had two dudes names on her anus and was getting it covered up?

um

http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/articles2/a97057_g035_8-croissant.jpg

I just think we all need to know that there's someone out there with an ass tattoo of a croissant reading the paper wile drinking a coffee. That is all.

I thought she was getting two dudes' name on her anus

its hard to interpret

i think i should just post links to Michelle “The Pass Around Girl” and let you prudes go ham for a few hours

show us yr tats

i think i have a crush on asstatgirl

I was in a rednecky bar in the middle of nowhere back when I had my septum pierced and it made everyone either want to beat me up or come up to me and show me all about their tattoos.

One was a woman who was very, very much like buttattoo girl (other than the butthole tattoo, at least to my knowledge). She had a terrible tattoo of a witch stirring a cauldron on her arm with SHADY LADY under it, and one of her son's name that she refused to show me because it was spelled wrong.

that's kind of awesome

^^^

So a friend of a friend has a tattoo I am still trying to wrap my head around: a halved avocado, with the legend NEVER FORGET.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx5l2yDwXd1qzabkfo1_500.jpg

nsfw

Looks like there are lots of avocado tattoos out there. Fine by me. Nowhere near as many as goddamn bacon at least.

everyone is gonna think it's

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8b/PearlJam1.jpg

Tattoos are quickly becoming the best way to get people I don't know taking their shirts off for me at gay bars.

i kinda resent tattoos for sustaining and popularizing the most wack fucking art styles

uggggg

this type of shit:

http://artcentergallery.com/tattoos/gallery-1/busy-living-tattoo-art-99.jpg

get busy dieing

Found butthole tattoo girl on facebook and, well, https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151459675466132&set=vb.699621131&type=3&theater

Any NY recommendations?

Am I the last man on earth without a tattoo?

Classic or dud: reading posts you don't remember writing

https://imgshare.io/image/XC25K

I love it so much.

https://imgshare.io/image/XC25K

I love it so much.

So much I had to post it twice!

not showing up?

https://i.ibb.co/NSLb9pz/A3-E89250-46-FE-4559-859-A-F6-E36-AECFCCA.png

Now? Also this is a screenshot from IG stories immediately after I got it cause now it’s too angry at me and red to photograph.

nice!

that is nice!!

i haven't had one in 22 years -- was talking to a friend about getting slice of watermelon tattoos -- then i thought, a slice of watermelon tramp stamp would be kinda awesome -- then i thought -- that might give ppl the impression that i was super into anal ... (which I'm not) ... my friend says i'm overthinking this, but I disagree, as it is pretty permanent

Thank you! Those aren’t butt bruises btw I think they’re ink smudges or something lol. It’s edelweiss and Erica flowers. The artist was great and I’m really pleased.

Wait is there some anal/watermelon connection I’m missing?

i mean, it's a food item that is juicy and that you eat -- maybe it's just me, but if you had a tattoo of watermelon near your butt, I would think, that person might be into ass-play? ... inner thigh might be better?

I think you’re over thinking it.

beautiful! xpost

ok what about the fact that my butt is kinda big?

Aw thanks, Y! :D

Still - I’d just think it was a cute tattoo and leave it at that and I have a pretty dirty brain so I think you’re fine.

I would think at most, people would think to bite it?

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Good tattoo of one of the vampires from Buffy

I guess I should get one of these because I don’t want to be the last person who doesn’t have one