Tattoos and your tool level: Deep vs. cool?
Tattoos with meaning (ie. <3mom, bloods, crips, etc.) are baller as hell.
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Tattoos without meaning that look really cool are baller as hell.
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| There's a lot of talk of tattoos being "unprofessional" in here. Does everybody here just aim to become corporate drones where anything "colorful" is frowned upon? If you want tattoos, find a job that will embrace you and your tattoos. If you don't want tattoos, just say so and move on. |
| I don't think you understood what I said, but okay. |
| Can't get a tattoo because of my religion (no, nothing so overly strict or things like that. They just say that I won't be "barried properly" with a tattoo). But they're alright if you get one with a meaning. My older friend has one in memory of her aunt who passed away. Though, in other stories, the way I see a biker group with tattoos is different then the way I see guys studying in a library. Tattoos make people seem... uneducated? Depending on the image. |
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ParisainGoldfish said: +2. Very nice. Too bad Fable was an immense disappointment and an unbelievably short game. Maybe. I still ended up playing it more than 3 times. Ontopic, I may get a small tattoo one day. I wouldn't want one that is too imposing. Possibly with a religious, or magic meaning. |
MarisaKirisameZe said: Though, in other stories, the way I see a biker group with tattoos is different then the way I see guys studying in a library. Tattoos make people seem... uneducated? Depending on the image. I know it's strange, just a couple of weeks ago our surgery teacher was showing us her new tatoo (a tiger, on the lateral surface of her back) |
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| Tattoos with meaning (ie. <3mom, bloods, crips, etc.) are baller as hell. (your vote) |
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antitype said: There's a lot of talk of tattoos being "unprofessional" in here. Does everybody here just aim to become corporate drones where anything "colorful" is frowned upon? If you want tattoos, find a job that will embrace you and your tattoos. Says the guy who doesn't have a job. In all honesty, most "corporate drones" don't give a shit if you have tattoos or not, with the possible exception of something on your neck or face. As I mentioned, most of my friends that have tattoos work as accountants or computer programmers for Fortune 500 companies, in hospitals as radiologists or anesthesiologists, etc. It's not a legitimate problem for working in any of those fields, as long as it can be covered up. |
| Neither... I don't think a tattoo has to have a special meaning, but "meaningless" tattoos are not "baller". I believe that tattoos are a form of art. While they don't have to have meaning, they should still be special. I want a tattoo of a blooming cherry blossom tree just because I think they are extremely beautiful. I want a tattoo with an Alice in Wonderland theme because Alice has always been my favorite. Those don't really have a "deep meaning" but they are special to me and an expression of who I am. |
| It depends on one's tastes. I'm fine with a small tattoo, like on the shoulder or on the arm but the large ones are *ugh*. Unless you are in Yakuza, those dragon ones are kickass xD |
Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny- Lao-Tze. |
| I don't think tattoos made without any perticular reason looks better or worse thn another ones. People do give it a deep though before deciding to go and have their tattoo done because of whatever reason. But it's only their own choice, if someone wants to have a art piece which will remind them something till the end of their life, I think this is the best way to do it :3. |
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| Those obnoxious ones that run all over the body are utterly repelling to me. I'd never get an outlandish one. Or one just to have one. Mine would be small, and the color of a birthmark. So when I get old, I don't have some purple lump somewhere on me. -shrugs- |
 Gonna Catch 'Em All |
| Honestly, I think all tattoos are idiotic. No mater how gorgeous or meaningful the design might be, it looks better on a canvas or a wall than it does on your skin. |
| I'm not really a big fan of them, though I've seen some pretty cool tattoos. I wouldn't consider getting one because they're bad for your skin, expensive, and cost a lot to remove. Plus, I hate needles. |
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Someone said: I have a really shitty chibi Sailor Jupiter on my ankles that I got when I wasn't mentally stable. I hate it, it was done sooo badly. The face is crooked and the lines are all thick and icky and...ugh. I want it removed, but don't have $2000 to spare. See? Give it a deep thought. |
Waratte Oemashou Sore ha Chiisana Inori |
| I've got half a dozen tattoos and a steady job. A couple of them were done on the spot without any thought because I went in to get piercings and said, 'fuck it, I want ink too' and the rest were well planned. They're all part of my body and I love all of them. Sure, I don't think that Flamingos are hot shit anymore [ I have on on my hip ] but it's reminiscent of a time when I did think they were hot shit. No one at my work cares that I have tattoos and one of them is even on my wrist- always visible. Times, they are a-changin'. |
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| I bought some temp tattoos with hello kitty's head on fire the other day..It's on my arm :] Temp tattoos, yeah I'd wear them if I think it looks cool w/e. But when I'm older, I'd get some meaningful tats. Not too many though, maybe a letter or small dragon on the back of my neck but that's it. That stuff don't look too good when your skin starts to sag >_> So I'd limit them..I don't care if anyone else has them though, that's your own body I say, do whatever you want. |
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| I think you can get a tatoo for practical reasons (say you live in a flood plain or tornado alley, or in an earthquake zone, and if the worst should happen you want your body to be able to be identified). But I think that tatoos should have some special meaning to the person getting them, too, because otherwise if you just get one that 'looks cool', well, what looks cool today might not two or twnety years from now. |
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| In my opinion tattoos are attractive as long as they aren't done horribly. I've seen some absolute horrible tattoos in my day and if you're going to go through the money to pay for a permanent thing on your body then pay it to the right person for christ's sake. |
| Tattoos have always been a fad. I, for one, do not care for them. I don't think they're very attractive, either, because most people I've talked to can compare them to Pringles chips, in that "once you pop (the cash) you just can't stop (getting more)". Obviously they take the time in deciding what they want because it will mean something to them, but I still don't care for 'em at all. As an artist, I think the human body is beautiful without additional art. After all, if something means something to me, I'd like to have something drawn or draw something myself and display it somewhere I'll always see it (like nicely framed and preserved on a wall), compared to getting something on my back or something where I'll have to see the backwards version in a mirror - then get it touched up every now and then. Plus, workplaces and the military and stuff frown upon easily visible ones, so that's also swayed my opinion. tl;dr: Get as many tattoos as you want. Just don't expect me to get any. |
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| I find people who wear tattoos to look kinda dumpy... I don't know why. Anyway, if I did ever get one, I'd want a pair of wings on my back like Hyde, but I don't plan on ever getting one. They cost too much, and I'm not sure I want to scar my body like that. |
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| I don't mind them but I'm disgusted with people that over do it like having them all over their body where it's hard to see the actual skin. If it looks good, it's fine. If it looks good and has meaning, +1. |
| i want a cute tattoo so women dont run away from me in dark alleys anymore |
| 'no tattoos at all are baller as hell' i prefer piercings.. |
| I used to want tattoos and piercings. Dunno what changed about me, but now it feels like you're just mutilating your body when you get stuff like that. I don't think tattoos, especially on women, are attractive. |
| I'm the kind of guy who can't stand to have even ordinary marker ink on his skin. Seriously, people have written things on my hand or something so I would remember them, and I cannot stand it. So, a tattoo, for me, is lunacy. That said, I'm completely apathetic about other people getting them. I don't find them particularly attractive, but I don't care. Actually, rather than attractive, they're distracting. They draw my attention when I want to be looking at... other things... Although, interestingly, if I were to happen upon some symbol or icon that becomes a deep part of who I am, down to the very fiber of my being, I wouldn't see much problem with a small tattoo as a constant reminder. Fortunately (or unfortunately), I'm not much one for symbols or icons, so this is very, very unlikely. "He who tries to define himself, will never know who he is." (from the Tao Te Ching I believe) Bottom line: I generally disapprove of tattoos, but ones that have deep (<-- key word) meaning are kind of cool. |
| "Only an idiot would think other is an idiot just because it looks cool" .......sry i think I misread the title "Only an idiot would get a tattoo just because it looks cool" |
| In my country people do not like tattoos. They think that only bad people get tattoos and when they see a person with a tattoo, they will assume that he/she is in a gang or something like that. |
| I do not see the point of going through physical angruish for the need to "Look cool". That said I would never get a bad looking tatoo. Getting "I seek perfection but wear my scars with pride" either between the shoulders blades or somewhere . Also intend on getting an arm sleve once I build my body to a point where I'm at a reasonable size. A arm sleve, with the generic black lines; but with words built in. Trust, faith, Love, Logic. |
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| Tattoos are not my kind of thing especially the ones with the name of your partner on it - that's lame. Ok you can remove them (it will cost a lot btw) but they still leave scars. |
| tats with meaning |
| who gives a shit about other people's body (exception on some certain people) it's their body they can do w.e they want just like crabs once you getem u cant get rid of them or aids and other harmful shit |
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| One of the main reasons why people get tattoos is because they look cool! It's a statement, just like your hair or your fashion sense. If you didn't get one because of how they looked, they'd be pretty pointless, unless they had some kind of secret meaning. |
curiouser and curiouser :) |
| I think I would rather have something visually appealing tattooed onto my skin than something that you need to explain the meaning to everyone that sees it in order for them to appreciate it. |
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| Stupid or not, I don't care. It is superficial to judge one just because they have tattoos. People does things only just because it looks cool, so what? People smokes sometimes just to look cool too. People can do whatever they want, as long as their action won't harm me or annoy me. |
| The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The nameless is the beginning of heaven and Earth. The named is the mother of the ten thousand things. I do not recall, Jesus ever saying "build churches, temples, and kill those who doesn't follow christianity..." nor he said "christianity is religion". News for VN immigrants in EU: vietinfo.eu |
| people who judge other people for getting tats are tools. thinking tattoos look like shit is completely fine, don't get one. but if you're gonna criticize people for getting them, then you need to find a hobby or something to make you less of an angry person. i want to get a shitty tattoo just to piss people off. like, david hasselhoff giving an indian dude a high five with meaningless chinese letters above it. then i'm gonna spend the next 3/4ths of my life shirtless in the bball court. |
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| Ignore this forum and go to this one instead http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=158445 (p.s. you can edit your polls and edit your posts) |
| Wtf? Both threads refer to eachother; btw replace forum with thread. I don't like tatoos. |
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| I like tattoos in general. I have a few planned out that I want and I will get as soon as I get the money, and all of mine will be designed by me, so thats the meaning thats in mine. I'd never ever ever get my significant others name tattooed on me. Ever. Not a chance. |
| You should get a cross-shaped scar that you should! |
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Confucius said: On your left cheek, perchance?You should get a cross-shaped scar that you should! |
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