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| quote: | Originally posted by igottaknow
I usually try not to speak my feelings on the subject because ppl who have tattoos get all angry and defensive.
I think most ppl get tattoos to cover up their inadequates or are seeking attention. In reality they lead boring lives and their only way to prove to the world (and themselves) they are wild and crazy is to get a tattoo. If you're comfortable with who you are there's no need to get one. I know I must be coming off as superior, but I think there are better ways to assert your individuality than getting a Chinese character permanently imprinted on your body. Is there a right reason to get a tattoo? I don't know, I guess the same question could be asked about the motivations behind breast implants. |
I don't want to sound superior here either, but first there all lame people that will walk into a tattoo shop and just pick a tattoo of a wall or an artists book, and it has absolutely no meaning what so ever, like a picture of a butterfly (not because they like butterfly's but just because they have no imagination and it looked cool at the moment). Then you have a small portion that get tattoos on a dare which is even dumber. Then you have the trend followers, that would be like the Tribal done in black down a mans arm or a star on a girls wrist or breast or upper shoulder. These people have no imagination what so ever.
But, there are people like myself that get tattoos that have meaning to them, I got this tattoo the day my uncle died and we were very close and I'm going to get this one touched up and also get a tattoo for my Grandma who died in November. To me and many cultures they are like a right of passage and that is how I see my tattoos and the ones I want to get. Also as one of the small percentage of the US population I suffer from 290.70 Life has been rough when you can't even control your own mind. So I want to have a sleeve down that will describe my adventure with mental illness and how I am ending up over coming it, so it is not a 100% negative tattoo.....once again a right of passage for me.
But you are right, they are great conversation starters and they do give you a lot of attention and people who really think about their tattoos or draw them themselves kinda love to talk about their tattoos when asked. But with people we all need attention. What's that old quote 'It's good to be seen and it's good to see'.
But there are other people who completely disagree with tattoos like yourself, they see them as a form of body mutilation...kinda like when people cut themselves when they feel bad, and my sister-in-law is always saying why get more tattoos...you are just giving yourselves a label of whom you are, that can completely change in a couple of years but see my tattoos have to do with dead family and mental illness, which even though I am getting a whole lot better it will always be a part of my past and I feel it needs to be documented on my body(once again the last picture on this sleeve will be positive as I overcame the mental illness. And when I have the extra cash, I am going to get the Desiderata poem tattooed on my back as I feel that poem shows some really great ways to strive to live your life by, plus I have been fascinated with that poem since I was 13.
Anyhow that's my story and some of my beliefs on tattoos.
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