saw some hipster on his fixie with the outlines of something along his back, so that when he biked by with his butt crack showing, it looked like a tramp stamp. there is a god after all. lol.
Registered: Feb 2007
Location: Hugging Whales And Saving Trees
quote:
Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
I just find the whole concept of drawing something on your skin, forever, to be very bizarre...
This.
I just don't get it. A number of my friends have gotten them in the last few years and seem completely shocked that I have absolutely no desire for one. I suppose the one weekend in High School that I listened to Rammstein I thought it would be cool to get one, but otherwise I've always been firmly on the No Thank You side.
The one tattoo I sort of understand is a number of friends who got them together to symbolize their friendship and how they all met, but even that seems a bit odd. Does branding themselves really help them stay together as a group?
With girls, it really depends on the specifics, as usual. A few girls I've had flings with have had them, which may have added to my interest in having a fling, but I've never had a serious interest in anyone with one. Not on purpose - it just seems to be a correlation.
Makeup is designed to minimize "flaws" or highlight good points that a person's appearance has naturally. A tattoo is an ink blob drawn on the skin. Not sure they are really the same thing.
Jun-25-2014 04:03
PivotTechno
senseless
Registered: Feb 2008
Location: Citizen, World
quote:
Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
I just find the whole concept of drawing something on your skin, forever
It isn't forever - you're just renting this shape, and you're going to end up as fertiliser. So, you can decorate your casing while you're in it - I'd hardly call that myopic. Worst-case scenario, 100+ years later, your preserved hide ends up in a museum or as part of a research project.
whatevs they're pretty hot on the right person hehe
Jun-25-2014 04:49
Spacey Orange
still loves trance.
Registered: Jul 2004
Location: California
quote:
Originally posted by Vector A
Makeup is designed to minimize "flaws" or highlight good points that a person's appearance has naturally. A tattoo is an ink blob drawn on the skin. Not sure they are really the same thing.
i'm sure the people covered with tattoos can argue the same thing. same thing. the difference is commitment.
Originally posted by PivotTechno
It isn't forever - you're just renting this shape, and you're going to end up as fertiliser.
That's not really relevant when discussing cosmetic motivations, is it? As long as you have that skin you also have the ink. The cosmetic effect is permanent, although both skin and ink slowly but surely degrade. I find it myopic because tastes, aesthetics, values change over the course of your life - if you don't think they will you're effectively admitting you're someone who will experience no notable personal growth for the rest of your life.
quote:
Originally posted by Spacey Orange
...the difference is commitment.
