I was just curious to know if anyone here has gotten a tattoo or two or may be three or even a sleeve?
Me you will not catch me having ink injected into any part of me, but how about the rest of you.
I have a tattoo on my dick, but that's it
I was going to get my name tattooed on my penis, but it wouldn't fit.
Quote from: bugo on January 25, 2015, 07:18:49 PM
I was going to get my name tattooed on my penis, but it wouldn't fit.
Quote from: corco on January 25, 2015, 07:09:21 PM
I have a tattoo on my dick, but that's it
Reminds me of an old joke in which someone had "Joe" tattooed on their manhood when soft, but when erect it read, "Eat at Joe's Steakhouse, Chattanooga, Tennessee."
Quote from: roadman65 on January 25, 2015, 06:27:44 PM
I was just curious to know if anyone here has gotten a tattoo or two or may be three or even a sleeve?
Me you will not catch me having ink injected into any part of me, but how about the rest of you.
Nope, and I have no plans to do so. My dislike of needles plays the biggest role in that decision.
Quote from: hbelkins on January 25, 2015, 08:33:00 PM
Quote from: bugo on January 25, 2015, 07:18:49 PM
I was going to get my name tattooed on my penis, but it wouldn't fit.
Quote from: corco on January 25, 2015, 07:09:21 PM
I have a tattoo on my dick, but that's it
Reminds me of an old joke in which someone had "Joe" tattooed on their manhood when soft, but when erect it read, "Eat at Joe's Steakhouse, Chattanooga, Tennessee."
Reminds me of this one:
This fellow was so deeply in love that just before he was married, he had his bride's name tattooed on his love muscle. Normally, only the first and last letters were visible, although when he was aroused, the tattoo spelled out W-E-N-D-Y. Now they're on their honeymoon at a resort in Montego Bay. One night, in the men's room, this fellow finds himself standing next to a tall Jamaican at the urinal.
To his amazement, he notices that this man, too, has the letters W-Y tattooed on his penis. "Excuse me," he says, "but I couldn't help noticing your tattoo. Do you have a girlfriend named Wendy?" "No way, mon, I work for the Tourist board. Mine reads, "Welcome to Jamaica, mon. We have great beaches, great ladies, and great sun, mon! Have a nice day.'"
Just like hb, the reason that I have no tattoos is due to my dislike of needles. Personally, I like them and I know what and where I would get if I were willing to endure the pain.
Actually, even if I didn't dislike needles, I wouldn't get one.
Quote from: hbelkins on January 26, 2015, 11:01:20 AM
Actually, even if I didn't dislike needles, I wouldn't get one.
Pretty much this.
A twist to the old Geoffrey Holder
7-Up commerical tagline (in reference to caffiene):
Never had one (a tattoo)
. Never will.
I have no issue with needles, but I don't want one. I have no problem with people having them; I just don't want one.
I do not have one and will never get one. It wouldn't go over well in my line of work and just isn't my style anyway.
No, I don't. I'm not Ricardo Montalban, and this is not Fantasy Island (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_Island).
The fear of permanently attaching myself to something is much greater than my fear of needles.
I personally hate tatoos. I also don't date girls with tatoos, because I think think they look ugly and a bit slutty.
Quote from: US 41 on January 26, 2015, 06:54:24 PM
I personally hate tatoos. I also don't date girls with tatoos, because I think think they look ugly and a bit slutty.
Good luck finding one. Most girls I know have at least one. I'm with you - I don't like them on girls either but I've learned to accept them, as long as they aren't too big or in certain places.
My Lateralus flaming eye didn't hurt, but the Razorback stung a little. If anybody is not getting one because of a fear of needles then you have nothing to fear.
Quote from: hbelkins on January 26, 2015, 11:01:20 AM
Actually, even if I didn't dislike needles, I wouldn't get one.
You should get a Kentucky Wildcats tattoo to match my Razorback.
Quote from: bugo on January 26, 2015, 07:44:04 PM
Quote from: US 41 on January 26, 2015, 06:54:24 PM
I personally hate tatoos. I also don't date girls with tatoos, because I think think they look ugly and a bit slutty.
Good luck finding one. Most girls I know have at least one. I'm with you - I don't like them on girls either but I've learned to accept them, as long as they aren't too big or in certain places.
This. I know way, way more women that have them than don't.
Quote from: Takumi on January 26, 2015, 08:44:41 PM
Quote from: bugo on January 26, 2015, 07:44:04 PM
Quote from: US 41 on January 26, 2015, 06:54:24 PM
I personally hate tatoos. I also don't date girls with tatoos, because I think think they look ugly and a bit slutty.
Good luck finding one. Most girls I know have at least one. I'm with you - I don't like them on girls either but I've learned to accept them, as long as they aren't too big or in certain places.
This. I know way, way more women that have them than don't.
I think the difference is the occasional tramp stamp vs the whole fucking face covered by a snake.
You can say I really, really, really don't like tatoos. :-D
For some of the reasons listed: Terrible pain from a needle, something that is permanent, and I just don't like them and it is definitely not my style.
Agreeing with US 41, I also do not find a tatoo on a girl attractive at all. No offense to anyone, but it just looks really tacky and sometimes creepy. That might turn me off more than almost anything.
Blech. Tattoos are trashy. I have none and would be embarrassed to be seen in public with someone who has a particularly visible one. To my eyes that shows an utter lack of self-respect and dignity.
Do any of you get a dotted or squiggly red line while typing if you spell it like "tatoo"? I see that in Firefox, Chrome and Safari.
Kind of a double standard, but... people who would look good without ink also look good with it. I remember a woman I saw in SF last fall, with ink on the arms, shoulders, neck, and part of the face. Looked stunning. But she was good-looking anyway. I don't know how that will all look 30 years from now, but that's not my concern :-)
As for me, I just have an XIV on the neck and five tears... just kidding. I don't have any, probably for similar reasons I don't have bumper stickers. Nothing that I feel I need to say right away, before I even start talking to someone.
I like tatos. I prefer mine in cheese curds and gravy.
I don't have any. Not my style, and I don't find them particularly attractive either. I don't understand the current craze.
Quote from: kurumi on January 27, 2015, 12:25:21 AM
Do any of you get a dotted or squiggly red line while typing if you spell it like "tatoo"? I see that in Firefox, Chrome and Safari.
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That's because the correct spelling is "tattoo."
Quote from: Takumi on January 26, 2015, 08:44:41 PM
Quote from: bugo on January 26, 2015, 07:44:04 PM
Quote from: US 41 on January 26, 2015, 06:54:24 PM
I personally hate tatoos. I also don't date girls with tatoos, because I think think they look ugly and a bit slutty.
Good luck finding one. Most girls I know have at least one. I'm with you - I don't like them on girls either but I've learned to accept them, as long as they aren't too big or in certain places.
This. I know way, way more women that have them than don't.
Must be a generational thing. Most women I know do not have them.
Quote from: 1995hoo on January 27, 2015, 03:23:36 PM
Must be a generational thing. Most women I know do not have them.
It is. I always say that with my generation it isn't just accepted, it's expected. Also it's especially common in certain cities (Richmond, for example, I once read has the highest amount of tattoos per capita of any large city on the East Coast). Off the top of my head, my brother's girlfriend is the only woman under 30 that I know that doesn't have any and has no plans to get any.
Quote from: 1995hoo on January 27, 2015, 03:23:36 PM
Quote from: kurumi on January 27, 2015, 12:25:21 AM
Do any of you get a dotted or squiggly red line while typing if you spell it like "tatoo"? I see that in Firefox, Chrome and Safari.
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That's because the correct spelling is "tattoo."
Quote from: Takumi on January 26, 2015, 08:44:41 PM
Quote from: bugo on January 26, 2015, 07:44:04 PM
Quote from: US 41 on January 26, 2015, 06:54:24 PM
I personally hate tatoos. I also don't date girls with tatoos, because I think think they look ugly and a bit slutty.
Good luck finding one. Most girls I know have at least one. I'm with you - I don't like them on girls either but I've learned to accept them, as long as they aren't too big or in certain places.
This. I know way, way more women that have them than don't.
Must be a generational thing. Most women I know do not have them.
You're my age and most girls of the same age have them. We must run with different crowds. Do you hang out with churchgoers or something?
I didn't have any until I was 38 or 39.
I don't really want one, but if I would, it would be an I-10 CA shield.
Quote from: bugo on January 27, 2015, 07:41:42 PM
You're my age and most girls of the same age have them. We must run with different crowds. Do you hang out with churchgoers or something?
It certainly varies in terms of background but lacking tattoos is not by any means limited to "churchgoers".
Neither of my sisters nor any of my female cousins have any tattoos, and only one of them could be described as a "churchgoer". We just consider ourselves too classy for such things.
My girlfriend also has none and isn't about that sort of thing. Again, not a churchgoer, she just doesn't see it as her style.
But it is certainly true that getting a tattoo has in some cases become a bit more accepted. Used to be if you ever wanted to work in an office you wouldn't dare put ink in your skin anywhere. Now you occasionally see people in professional settings with a small tattoo in an easily hidden place - on the foot, the inside of the wrist, the upper back/shoulder/upper arm... apparently now such things can be artsy rather than simply trashy, at least among yuppie-types.
Quote from: 1995hoo on January 27, 2015, 03:23:36 PM
Quote from: kurumi on January 27, 2015, 12:25:21 AM
Do any of you get a dotted or squiggly red line while typing if you spell it like "tatoo"? I see that in Firefox, Chrome and Safari.
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That's because the correct spelling is "tattoo."
You're right. (http://thatsthejoke.net/)
Quote from: bugo on January 27, 2015, 07:41:42 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on January 27, 2015, 03:23:36 PM
Quote from: kurumi on January 27, 2015, 12:25:21 AM
Do any of you get a dotted or squiggly red line while typing if you spell it like "tatoo"? I see that in Firefox, Chrome and Safari.
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That's because the correct spelling is "tattoo."
Quote from: Takumi on January 26, 2015, 08:44:41 PM
Quote from: bugo on January 26, 2015, 07:44:04 PM
Quote from: US 41 on January 26, 2015, 06:54:24 PM
I personally hate tatoos. I also don't date girls with tatoos, because I think think they look ugly and a bit slutty.
Good luck finding one. Most girls I know have at least one. I'm with you - I don't like them on girls either but I've learned to accept them, as long as they aren't too big or in certain places.
This. I know way, way more women that have them than don't.
Must be a generational thing. Most women I know do not have them.
You're my age and most girls of the same age have them. We must run with different crowds. Do you hang out with churchgoers or something?
No, but I do work in the legal profession, which is generally conservative in appearance even with the move to business casual attire. No doubt the demographics in Tulsa are also quite different from here in the DC area.
To consider it another way–if you work in a profession where you frequently need to convince other people of your position (such as convincing a potential client to hire you, or a judge to rule for you), nobody will look askance if you don't have a tattoo, but some people will if you do. I prefer not to close doors for myself.
Quote from: Duke87 on January 28, 2015, 12:02:32 AM
Quote from: bugo on January 27, 2015, 07:41:42 PM
You're my age and most girls of the same age have them. We must run with different crowds. Do you hang out with churchgoers or something?
It certainly varies in terms of background but lacking tattoos is not by any means limited to "churchgoers".
Neither of my sisters nor any of my female cousins have any tattoos, and only one of them could be described as a "churchgoer". We just consider ourselves too classy for such things.
My girlfriend also has none and isn't about that sort of thing. Again, not a churchgoer, she just doesn't see it as her style.
But it is certainly true that getting a tattoo has in some cases become a bit more accepted. Used to be if you ever wanted to work in an office you wouldn't dare put ink in your skin anywhere. Now you occasionally see people in professional settings with a small tattoo in an easily hidden place - on the foot, the inside of the wrist, the upper back/shoulder/upper arm... apparently now such things can be artsy rather than simply trashy, at least among yuppie-types.
It is also a regional thing from what I understand- tats being most common in the west and least common in the northeast.
Quote from: 1995hoo on January 28, 2015, 07:58:35 AM
No, but I do work in the legal profession, which is generally conservative in appearance even with the move to business casual attire. No doubt the demographics in Tulsa are also quite different from here in the DC area.
To consider it another way–if you work in a profession where you frequently need to convince other people of your position (such as convincing a potential client to hire you, or a judge to rule for you), nobody will look askance if you don't have a tattoo, but some people will if you do. I prefer not to close doors for myself.
How do you
know they don't have tattoos? I have two but you'd never see them unless I showed them to you (and no, they're not in "private" places, they're in completely normal places.) You can even hide a sleeve with long sleeved shirts. Speaking of professions and tattoos: my doctor has full sleeved tattoos on both arms. It doesn't make him any less of a doctor.
Quote from: bugo on January 28, 2015, 04:05:55 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on January 28, 2015, 07:58:35 AM
No, but I do work in the legal profession, which is generally conservative in appearance even with the move to business casual attire. No doubt the demographics in Tulsa are also quite different from here in the DC area.
To consider it another way–if you work in a profession where you frequently need to convince other people of your position (such as convincing a potential client to hire you, or a judge to rule for you), nobody will look askance if you don't have a tattoo, but some people will if you do. I prefer not to close doors for myself.
How do you know they don't have tattoos? I have two but you'd never see them unless I showed them to you (and no, they're not in "private" places, they're in completely normal places.) You can even hide a sleeve with long sleeved shirts. Speaking of professions and tattoos: my doctor has full sleeved tattoos on both arms. It doesn't make him any less of a doctor.
Why so defensive?
Quote from: 1995hoo on January 28, 2015, 04:35:54 PM
Quote from: bugo on January 28, 2015, 04:05:55 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on January 28, 2015, 07:58:35 AM
No, but I do work in the legal profession, which is generally conservative in appearance even with the move to business casual attire. No doubt the demographics in Tulsa are also quite different from here in the DC area.
To consider it another way–if you work in a profession where you frequently need to convince other people of your position (such as convincing a potential client to hire you, or a judge to rule for you), nobody will look askance if you don't have a tattoo, but some people will if you do. I prefer not to close doors for myself.
How do you know they don't have tattoos? I have two but you'd never see them unless I showed them to you (and no, they're not in "private" places, they're in completely normal places.) You can even hide a sleeve with long sleeved shirts. Speaking of professions and tattoos: my doctor has full sleeved tattoos on both arms. It doesn't make him any less of a doctor.
Why so defensive?
How is that defensive? I was just asking questions.
Sounds very defensive to me: "It doesn't make him any less of a doctor."
I never said it did. I said some people look askance at tattooed professionals. I think the truth of that statement is indisputable.
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I like tattoos, but 95% of them are a lot of effort and commitment for what ultimately becomes visual background noise to everyone else.
They're fashion like all fashion–I suspect in most of them there's a big element of wanting to look and be like the kind of people one believes wears tattoos.
I don't have a single one, nor do I ever plan on getting one.
BTW, I have to say I don't really understand the appeal of getting a "hidden tattoo." I'm not criticizing people who do it simply because they like a design or whatever, but to me it doesn't make a lot of sense to spend the time and money (and, from what I understand, to incur the pain) for something nobody's going to see.
(If it were done for religious reasons, that of course would be a different situation.)
Quote from: 1995hoo on January 29, 2015, 11:46:31 AM(If it were done for religious reasons, that of course would be a different situation.)
Actually, there are some religions that either discourage or flat-out prohibit getting tattoos.
FYI & FWIW, if one reads the Tenakh/Old Testament; Leviticus 19:28 lists a flat-out prohibition of tattoos.
QuoteDo not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord.
Entire Leviticus Chapter 19 for context (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus+19&version=NIV)
Quote from: PHLBOS on January 29, 2015, 01:30:47 PM
FYI & FWIW, if one reads the Tenakh/Old Testament; Leviticus 19:28 lists a flat-out prohibition of tattoos.
QuoteDo not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord.
Entire Leviticus Chapter 19 for context (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus+19&version=NIV)
In the context of the larger reading that particular quote belongs to, God prohibited tattoos so as to not lead people away from him (the tattoos had a connection to another group nearby). There's no particular connection to modern day Christianity and tattoo prohibition.
(FWIW, 1995hoo might have been referencing the several African tribes who are known for decorating their body).
Quote from: jakeroot on January 29, 2015, 01:40:14 PM
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(FWIW, 1995hoo might have been referencing the several African tribes who are known for decorating their body).
Partially, but I was also just theorizing in general in the sense that if your religion requires you to tattoo your left butt-cheek, for example, then that's a reason to have a hidden tattoo.
I don't really understand putting tattoos on your back where you can't see them without a mirror (and even then it's hard). If tattoos are supposed to have meaning to you, how can they have meaning when you yourself can't look at them and be reminded of why you got it?
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on January 29, 2015, 03:08:27 PM
I don't really understand putting tattoos on your back where you can't see them without a mirror (and even then it's hard). If tattoos are supposed to have meaning to you, how can they have meaning when you yourself can't look at them and be reminded of why you got it?
A lot of people have "another side" they they'd prefer to only have their partner see. This explains hidden tattoos. They aren't for the tattoo'd to view, but for their significant other.
Quote from: jakeroot on January 29, 2015, 04:09:17 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on January 29, 2015, 03:08:27 PM
I don't really understand putting tattoos on your back where you can't see them without a mirror (and even then it's hard). If tattoos are supposed to have meaning to you, how can they have meaning when you yourself can't look at them and be reminded of why you got it?
A lot of people have "another side" they they'd prefer to only have their partner see. This explains hidden tattoos. They aren't for the tattoo'd to view, but for their significant other.
What you're describing is commonly called a "tramp stamp."
Quote from: hbelkins on January 29, 2015, 07:35:11 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on January 29, 2015, 04:09:17 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on January 29, 2015, 03:08:27 PM
I don't really understand putting tattoos on your back where you can't see them without a mirror (and even then it's hard). If tattoos are supposed to have meaning to you, how can they have meaning when you yourself can't look at them and be reminded of why you got it?
A lot of people have "another side" they they'd prefer to only have their partner see. This explains hidden tattoos. They aren't for the tattoo'd to view, but for their significant other.
What you're describing is commonly called a "tramp stamp."
Not necessarily.
So I'm the only person on this entire forum who has a tattoo? That's surprising.
By the way, my tattoos are what you would call "hidden" (both of them are on my upper arms near my shoulders) and you can't see them even with a short sleeved shirt. A potential job interviewer wouldn't be able to see them. I got them because I wanted them, not for the benefit of anybody else. I will show them off at certain times (say I meet an Arkansas Razorbacks fan, I'll show them my Razorback tattoo) but I don't want a sleeve for various reasons and I only want my tattoos to be visible when I want them to be. I've thought about getting more tattoos, but I don't really have any other places I want to put them. I've thought about an Arkansas I-49 shield and a Ford Thunderbird "390" logo among others but I have a lot of body hair which limits the places I can put them.
Quote from: hbelkins on January 29, 2015, 07:35:11 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on January 29, 2015, 04:09:17 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on January 29, 2015, 03:08:27 PM
I don't really understand putting tattoos on your back where you can't see them without a mirror (and even then it's hard). If tattoos are supposed to have meaning to you, how can they have meaning when you yourself can't look at them and be reminded of why you got it?
A lot of people have "another side" they they'd prefer to only have their partner see. This explains hidden tattoos. They aren't for the tattoo'd to view, but for their significant other.
What you're describing is commonly called a "tramp stamp."
No. A woman with a tattoo on her lower back is generally going to be wearing clothing to show it off. Hardly reserved for one's SO. Usually the ultra-secret tattoo is a butt tattoo though it could also be a tattoo on the torso or thigh if the person who has it never goes out in public wearing anything that reveals those spots. But a tramp stamp is by definition flaunted, not hidden, so in any case it's two different things.
Quote from: bugo on January 29, 2015, 11:26:32 PM
So I'm the only person on this entire forum who has a tattoo? That's surprising.
Not everyone reads every thread, much less responds to every thread.
Quote from: 1995hoo on January 30, 2015, 07:37:34 AM
Quote from: bugo on January 29, 2015, 11:26:32 PM
So I'm the only person on this entire forum who has a tattoo? That's surprising.
Not everyone reads every thread, much less responds to every thread.
Especially Off-Topic. I generally don't read several of the regional forums, or the Road-Related Illustrations board.
Quote from: 1995hoo on January 30, 2015, 07:37:34 AM
Quote from: bugo on January 29, 2015, 11:26:32 PM
So I'm the only person on this entire forum who has a tattoo? That's surprising.
Not everyone reads every thread, much less responds to every thread.
Some people that have them, but are otherwise reserved in nature, don't like to show them off or talk about them. Before she moved to another department, one middle-aged co-worker in my office was wearing something that revealed a tat on her upper back and I commented about it. She was embarrassed that it even came into view. And yet, she got it to remember someone in regards to an illness they had. Definitely nothing wrong about it. She eventually grew to be less embarrassed about it, and it just became part of her when we saw her.
I'm sure there's others that frequent this board that do have them, so something like that could be the case...
Personally, while I don't really care for someone who's heavily tattooed because I don't think that works well in a professional office setting, and will probably hurt them in terms of getting some jobs if they desired those jobs, a few tats here and there (including visible ones that are otherwise discreet in nature) are fine.
Dont have one...personally not keen on them, primarily i never saw the point behind them.
Quote from: hbelkins on January 30, 2015, 11:36:35 AM
Quote from: 1995hoo on January 30, 2015, 07:37:34 AM
Quote from: bugo on January 29, 2015, 11:26:32 PM
So I'm the only person on this entire forum who has a tattoo? That's surprising.
Not everyone reads every thread, much less responds to every thread.
Especially Off-Topic. I generally don't read several of the regional forums, or the Road-Related Illustrations board.
Same here. I only read the western ones if the list of recent topics on the main page has a subject line that catches my eye. Otherwise I generally don't have anything to say about that part of the country because I have not travelled through much of it.