Tattoos?
Your thoughts please . The current generation seems to be inked from stem to stern. Growing up ,I am 68,they were highly frowned upon in my rural eastern slice of NC. The only people seen with them were ex service men usually navy vets for some reason and carnival workers.So comments please what does the group think?
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My thought is that the profusely decorated will come to realize, as they age, that it was probably a bad idea.
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Not for me, but thats a personal decision.
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Cannot help but think, especially when I see them on a young and pretty girl, that twenty years from now when age and gravity have done their thing she (or he) is going to look like a newspaper left outside during a thunderstorm.
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Not for me.
I have seen some that are beautiful, and I've seen graffiti
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To each his own. I have none
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I kind of see tattoos in the same way I do clothing or dyed hair. Wear what you like, and as much as you like, wherever you like.
If it makes a person feel good about themself, I think that is a small win in a world that tends to otherwise beat folks down.
As for me, no tattoos to date. I like the idea, but never have thought enough of one particular thing to commit to it. Besides, they're expensive and I'd rather spend the money on my kids (....or guns).
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To each his own. I have none
Same for me.
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If a woman thinks she needs one it should be a little rose on the bottom of her foot!
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My mom said, It makes a man look like a bum, and makes a woman look like a *****.
Mom was right.
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One small tattoo I could understand. In the army some had their unit tattooed on their arm , nothing big. Wife had her eyelash’s tattooed maybe ten years ago, doesn’t have to put on eyeliner now, you wouldn’t even know they were tattooed. But some of these young girls with all these tattoos remind me of the tattooed lady you would pay to see at the county fair, disgusting.
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My thought is that the profusely decorated will come to realize, as they age, that it was probably a bad idea.
I've read in several medical articles where some newer body scans, radiation/chemo treatments and other medical procedures can be seriously affected by tattoo's. Not sure if that's correct or not but I do believe in "live and let live". I have no problems with people having them but it's just not my style.
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Agree live fee do what you like to your skin,hair or body
My DIL has several from her late teens maybe early 20's nothing outrageous
I have seen some on the internet that were stunning looked better than some photographs and I am sure were not cheap
I had old buddies all Departed now that had the redneck back room self inflected and looked that way
i have some other family members with the range from prison To professional done tats
My departed brother had a decent one done by a local shop he traded the owner of the shop (they werebuddies ) a weekend use of his motorcycle to have him do it .
I have thought about it many times but could never come up with one I wanted for life .
but now I am getting up in age the life long thing may not be so long or part pf the consideration lol
I do agree JHHO their body their choice but some are just too much over the top the face tattoo's are just too much along with splitting their tongue inplanting things under their skin dying their eyeballs and more
And also agree some years down the road some will regret them
I know they can remove them maybe they will come up with a better painless way at some point
L
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No Regerts
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Sage thoughts above. Never found anything I liked enough to make it permanent. Closest I’ve come is my wife…she has my heart so I see no need to get her name inked on me.
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No Regerts
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I have none. Don’t know what a regert is! Probably don’t have one of those either….
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Not a big issue with most I see. their choice.. I have one professionally from 1977 while in the ARMY of a bikinied girl with six shooters on her hips and a cowboy hat, on my right fore arm always said that was the only girl that would not leave me and so far that is true... played around with a ink pen in junior high and have a few dots here and there that were a girls initials back in the late 60's. Now a days it ain't much of a deal but for 30 plus years in corporate America, I wore long sleeve shirts to avoid issue with clients. No regrets or ragrerts... either... LOL.
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I think it's very unbecoming... Men can get away with some... Women, it makes them cheap and hard core there is no beauty in it.
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I've seemed to have added enough scars through the years not much room left for any Tattoos.
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On a woman, from any distance beyond about 5 feet, after a couple years, it looks like a nasty bruise.
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None here..... If you want one, get one.. I have seen some really artistic ones. My buddy's son makes a good living as a Tatoo artist and I have admired some of his work, but not on this old saggy body of mine !
The only negative thing I am going to say is during my working days, there were a lot of clients focused on getting new ones and seemed to put that ahead of everything else including taking care of their kids and other expenses.. If you can afford them, fine...
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If I could find some of those guys that paints on boxcars I might consider it 😀........those guys are very talented from what I see.
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Always wanted one. When I finally found the flash I wanted, that was good enough, never got the ink. But, I ain't dead yet.
I have a very good younger friend with a number. I asked why, he said to show my individuality. Like eveyone else of my generation. Funny guy.
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Dad was a medic in WW2. Had a small tattoo that read "Mother" on shoulder. Dad really had no secrets and now that you brought it up, I wished that i had asked him why he had it. I don't have a clue and suppose I will never know. -------------------------Ray
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I have seen and heard many say they use them as reminders of events in their life may not make sense to just see the tats with out the story
Have seen many with memoeials to family and children
Why I have held off I guess it's a personal thing not to make some statement which is relevant toady down the road people will think ..what was he thinking
My. FJB. flash will just have to wait lol
K
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I have several tattoos and regret everyone of them. I was young and following the crowd. Now that I am 60, I absolutely hate them and try to cover them up. My son never got any and I'm glad he hates them. Most you can't see, but the one on my forearm is hard to hide. I always wear long sleeve shirts, just to cover it up.
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Not a fan. Some of these folks I see that are covered in tats just makes me think they're broken somehow.
Edit to clarify;
I'm not opposed to smaller tattoos commemorating life events, military service, and such.
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I see nothing wrong with one or two small tasteful tattoos on a guy but I am not a fan of women being tattooed. Double standard, I know but that is my opinion.. The folks with full sleeve tats and the doofess's that get face tats are another matter. It is their right to get them and my right to have a negative opinion about their choice. Bob
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I think they look great on most people that have them. I don't think the face ordeal is a good move, but I'm good with whatever someone wants to do to themselves as far as tats go.
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