Are Tattoos things that boring people get to try and make themselves more interesting?
NO!Are Tattoos things that boring people get to try and make themselves more interesting?
You often see people with tattoos saying I got this to remind me of XYZ, but surely if it is something that is that important to you, you dont need it written on you so you don't forget.
And that is why you will never fully understand itI enjoy watching the INK tv series, and think that some do look good, but it is not something I would want to have myself.
There are many ways of people expressing themselves, whether it be tattoos or photography. It's not about forgetting it, its about expressing it to others and doing so in a different way.
Some people have tats just for the art, and it has no meaning.
And that is why you will never fully understand it
I have 9 tattoos so must be extra boring
To me they are just a different way of expressing who we are, makes us slightly different to everyone else.
I got most of mine during my early teens, after my parents marriage break up we were forced into living on the roughest of council estates, i got into all sorts of trouble with the law after mixing with what you might call "a bad lot" i got involved in some pretty extreme violence and other sorts of stuff im not proud of, the tats are the home made variety and include gang markings on my left hand, the stuff on my arms have been covered up with other tats.
The gang markings ive never done anything about covering up as they always act as a reminder of where i came from and where i dont want to return to, those times and the tats also remind me whats the most important thing in the world, family.
The tats are something i regret immensley but in a strange way it was something i had to do to fit in at the time or i would have been eaten alive by the others
First one went on in 1973 at the age of 13, last one at 19, 32 years since my last tattoo and 32 years being one of the good guys.
I have 9 tattoos so must be extra boring
To me they are just a different way of expressing who we are, makes us slightly different to everyone else.
I'm just trying to understand it, and trying to see what others points of view , pro or con, are?
I'm not having a go at people who have them, or outright saying that people are boring, but there must be a certain amount of that with some people, surely?
I guess some of it does come from the upbringing I had. But my main memory of tattoos when I was younger was in the changing rooms of the swimming pool, when a fat bloke had loads of tattoos, including one of a naked lady, with her legs open and his belly button carefully placed at the top of her legs. Having seen that horrific sight, it does leave a bit of a mental scar.
But does it? So many more people have them now, I almost feel more individual by not having anything drawn/written on me.
On a scale of 1to10 how much do they hurt ,and for how long .
wish I didn't have to work tomorrow
Depends where you get them...
Some places really hurt, other places are just uncomfortable... Depends on your pain threshold as well
Depends where you get them...
Some places really hurt, other places are just uncomfortable... Depends on your pain threshold as well
I'm actually looking for a tattooist at the moment. I have my design chosen but I am very picky with choosing the artist for this one. I got my first tattoo when I was 18 and wish I had chosen better because its just a pattern. This time, I know how I want it, where I want it etc... I also very much have the opinion of its my body and I'll do what I want with it. If someone thinks I'm boring because I do or don't have a tattoo...well I really couldn't care less nowadays
Not that I have any but I watched Rhod Gilbert's work experience the other night....(tattooist apprentice)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00zq1gj/Rhod_Gilberts_Work_Experience_Series_2_Tattooist/
contains adult humour
...hope the link works btw
I can recommend one if you fancy travelling to Yorkshire to get it done
I have 2, getting my next one next month. I am in my 30's, first one was done in my 30's and I will continue to get them done, Of the 2 I have, one is a skateboarding related piece and the other is a tribute to my grandmother.
They are personal. They mark significant things in my life and things that make me the person i am. My next one is a record player to represent how music has played a key point in my life. Without it I would have been a different person. I am making one arm a series of points on my journey through life. The other arm I am having a half sleeve (down to elbow) of the owl and the pussycat. Several reasons. My favourite poem of all time, the first (and only really) thing i can remember my dad reading to me and the reading I had at my wedding. It is very personal to me.
I dont care if people don;t like my tattoos, Some of my friends laugh at a 30 year old man having the words "Skate and Destroy" tattooed on his arm in a hard to read font. I don't care. I lived my life by those words for a long time, and in many ways still do!
The piece for my grandmother is based on her favourite things birds and flowers, and a phrase she told me when she was dying. "Never Regret" I have the on my skin now, not because of some attempt to be "Crazy" or "Less Boring" but because when I get down, when I worry myself over things or my depressive tendencies kick in, I can look at my arm and remember those words and the woman who helped shape me.
You think that's soppy I don't care, you judge me purely because of them, you are a person I would not want to know.
Recommend away guys Its worth searching for the right person in my opinion.
lawrie29 said:I'm not judging, I know too many wierd people to judge on image! i'm just curious as to reasons and to what people think.
Interesting that it is people who have tattoos, or want them, that are posting.
squizza said:Recommend away guys Its worth searching for the right person in my opinion.