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Title: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Darren Avey on August 31, 2016, 05:01:36 AM
They seem to think it makes them look tough and dangerous! Especially tribal tattoos! I look at someone with tribal tattoos and flaming skulls and shit and think you re an insecure bastard. Yet so many think hey I'm a badass, I have tattoos! I don't see the point of tattoos, I suppose I can half understand people have the names of children who have died and stuff as a emotional attachment but TATTOOS DO NOT MAKE YOU TOUGH!!
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Mr Anabolic on August 31, 2016, 05:06:05 AM
Because it's trendy, they're young/stupid, they want to fit in, and/or mentally ill.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Dr Dutch on August 31, 2016, 05:06:47 AM
I think tattoos are ugly, some days ago I saw some 60-something woman with a wrinkled tanned skin and a bunch of fading tatts on it. Made my stomach turn.
Old sailors with a meremaid or anchor on their arm are cool, rest is disgusting for people over 50...
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: oldtimer1 on August 31, 2016, 05:21:25 AM
Saw a guy with Chinese symbols on his arm and a Asian man walk by laughing hysterically. Still wonder what it said.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Croatch on August 31, 2016, 05:28:46 AM
Tattoos are cool and get you pussy.  It's the only reason to get them.  Ever since a young lad I always liked tattoos.  It has nothing to do with being tough, but let's just say...the guy with a few tattoos is much more likely to kick your ass than the banker wearing suspenders.  And probably more likely to get more pussy.
A similar conversation occurs on fitness guys vs. a non lifter.  A non lifter wants to believe it's a waste to spend time in a gym and that a ripped juicer is retarded....maybe so, but that ripped lifter probably gets more ass at the end of the day.
You can't pigeon hole every guy with a tattoo as an unintelligent prison inmate.  Today, they are even more popular.  Face it, it's as cool as you can possible get in life.  Facial tattoos are also the number one coolest thing you can do....I'm debating on one tomorrow.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: phreak on August 31, 2016, 06:05:23 AM
Tattoos are cool and get you pussy.  It's the only reason to get them.  Ever since a young lad I always liked tattoos.  It has nothing to do with being tough, but let's just say...the guy with a few tattoos is much more likely to kick your ass than the banker wearing suspenders.  And probably more likely to get more pussy.
A similar conversation occurs on fitness guys vs. a non lifter.  A non lifter wants to believe it's a waste to spend time in a gym and that a ripped juicer is retarded....maybe so, but that ripped lifter probably gets more ass at the end of the day.
You can't pigeon hole every guy with a tattoo as an unintelligent prison inmate.  Today, they are even more popular.  Face it, it's as cool as you can possible get in life.  Facial tattoos are also the number one coolest thing you can do....I'm debating on one tomorrow.
Well done, had me falling for it until the last few sentences.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Boban on August 31, 2016, 06:21:17 AM
They seem to think it makes them look tough and dangerous! Especially tribal tattoos! I look at someone with tribal tattoos and flaming skulls and shit and think you re an insecure bastard. Yet so many think hey I'm a badass, I have tattoos! I don't see the point of tattoos, I suppose I can half understand people have the names of children who have died and stuff as a emotional attachment but TATTOOS DO NOT MAKE YOU TOUGH!!

I have a tattoo and I made it in order to remind me of something, it has a meaning and it's wort it (for me). I don't want to look tough, I just want a part of my life to be on my body to remind me of the hard times I've been through and to see the good time that I am in today. It's a mark for life, not something that will make me look dangerous.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: 240 is Back on August 31, 2016, 06:23:53 AM
Well done, had me falling for it until the last few sentences.

Croatch was a jacked dude back in the day, probably still is.  He was covered in ink back then.  badass look, probably pulls more ass than most.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Redux on August 31, 2016, 06:24:03 AM
because people are dumb
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: WannaBePro on August 31, 2016, 06:34:24 AM
I have a tattoo and I made it in order to remind me of something, it has a meaning and it's wort it (for me). I don't want to look tough, I just want a part of my life to be on my body to remind me of the hard times I've been through and to see the good time that I am in today. It's a mark for life, not something that will make me look dangerous.

Unless your memory is fading, is this really a good reason?
A close friend of mine died 2 years ago. I don't need a tattoo to remind me of his friendship or the fact that he passed. I just remember. The day I can't remember will be a whole lot easier.

Finally, I go back to the analogy of "if you drive a Ferrari, would you put a bumper sticker on it?" Unless you view your body as a 1990 Honda Civic, its hard to mark it with something permanent you may regret in 10 years.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Eric2 on August 31, 2016, 06:43:11 AM
I got a tattoo near 30 years ago when I was in the Marine Corps. Seemed like the thing to do and thought it was really cool. Had a bunch of biker friends as well that liked it. At the time tattoos where not trendy like they have be come. When I came home on leave there was no one that had them outside of other service men. Now they have become over done and ugly. Today I cannot think of a single reason to get another one. I do not regret the one I have.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Croatch on August 31, 2016, 06:46:07 AM
Unless your memory is fading, is this really a good reason?
A close friend of mine died 2 years ago. I don't need a tattoo to remind me of his friendship or the fact that he passed. I just remember. The day I can't remember will be a whole lot easier.

Finally, I go back to the analogy of "if you drive a Ferrari, would you put a bumper sticker on it?" Unless you view your body as a 1990 Honda Civic, its hard to mark it with something permanent you may regret in 10 years.
The funny thing is someone considering their body to be a Ferrari.  Reality is, most bodies are a Corolla.  Mike O'Hearn...Ferrari, rest of world...not.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: WannaBePro on August 31, 2016, 06:52:47 AM
The funny thing is someone considering their body to be a Ferrari.  Reality is, most bodies are a Corolla.  Mike O'Hearn...Ferrari, rest of world...not.

Haha very true! I guess we just see things a bit differently. Of course I don't look like O'Hearn, but I work hard for my physique and would like to not stamp it with permanent ink.
I have an ex who I ran into by chance last year. She gained quite a bit of weight and got tatts on her arms, calf, and back. She was a pretty slim girl when we dated, but as soon as she started putting on weight, instead of hitting the gym or changing her diet she decided to "distract" people from her weight with her tatts. At least that's the way I see her decision to get tatted up. I could be completely wrong, of course, but I can't help but think she wouldn't have gotten those tattoos if she stayed relatively slim.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: 240 is Back on August 31, 2016, 06:55:29 AM
Haha very true! I guess we just see things a bit differently. Of course I don't look like O'Hearn, but I work hard for my physique and would like to not stamp it with permanent ink.
I have an ex who I ran into by chance last year. She gained quite a bit of weight and got tatts on her arms, calf, and back. She was a pretty slim girl when we dated, but as soon as she started putting on weight, instead of hitting the gym or changing her diet she decided to "distract" people from her weight with her tatts. At least that's the way I see her decision to get tatted up. I could be completely wrong, of course, but I can't help but think she wouldn't have gotten those tattoos if she stayed relatively slim.

it's so weird seeing ex's get heavy, and we (as getbiggers) just keep getting leaner and richer each year. 

ya know they be hating our asses for it.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: viking1 on August 31, 2016, 06:59:31 AM
"Hey, Look at Me"
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Powerlift66 on August 31, 2016, 07:02:28 AM
The same reason why people ask about it on bodybuilding forums, mental illness and insecurity...  ::)
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Dr Dutch on August 31, 2016, 07:03:54 AM
Saw a guy with Chinese symbols on his arm and a Asian man walk by laughing hysterically. Still wonder what it said.
Probably "egg fu yong with fried rice and noodles"..
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: SF1900 on August 31, 2016, 07:04:44 AM
Unless your memory is fading, is this really a good reason?
A close friend of mine died 2 years ago. I don't need a tattoo to remind me of his friendship or the fact that he passed. I just remember. The day I can't remember will be a whole lot easier.

Finally, I go back to the analogy of "if you drive a Ferrari, would you put a bumper sticker on it?" Unless you view your body as a 1990 Honda Civic, its hard to mark it with something permanent you may regret in 10 years.

No, that's the day you stop being human.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: WannaBePro on August 31, 2016, 07:04:55 AM
it's so weird seeing ex's get heavy, and we (as getbiggers) just keep getting leaner and richer each year. 

ya know they be hating our asses for it.

Haha that sounds like a joke, but I'd bet that's the reality. People who lift weights, at least in my experience, want to be better at everything, including their career. I'm not talking about delusional "bodybuilders" who think they're gonna go pro and live off a MuscleTech contract. I'm talking about people who stay in shape and work office jobs or own businesses. I work as a software dev, each year I've steadily been getting raises in salary, and each year I've steadily been improving my body. Whereas my ex, the one I'm talking about, got fat, got tatted up, works a minimum wage job, and lives with a complete loser who I bet you will end up in jail soon.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: kh300 on August 31, 2016, 07:07:42 AM
Boys have tattoos. Men have scars.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: WannaBePro on August 31, 2016, 07:08:10 AM
No, that's the day you stop being human.

Dimentia, sclerosis, and other causes of long term memory loss are part of the human experience. Sorry to break that to you, but its true. Nothing you or I can do about it. So the day you lose your memory is not the day you stop being human. Its the day you become a different kind of human. A sick human.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Dr Dutch on August 31, 2016, 07:08:14 AM
I never understood why black people get tattoos.
You can't see the tatts clearly, and they never use lighter colours....why don't they got white coloured tatts ?
Can someone explain this ?
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: rocco-x on August 31, 2016, 07:09:41 AM
Some of us are into art in different ways.
    I love Japanese themed folklore and have a chest plate going into a full left arm sleeve of a Koi and waterfall.
    I do admit most ppl get anything just to have some ink, random pics of nothing. Mine have personal meanings to them.

  Do i regret some of my earlier pieces...sure I do. Like a few on my legs but with a great artist they can all be covered up with something I like, something that pertains to my life story.
   It's not for everyone.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: WannaBePro on August 31, 2016, 07:12:29 AM
Some of us are into art in different ways.
    I love Japanese themed folklore and have a chest plate going into a full left arm sleeve of a Koi and waterfall.
    I do admit most ppl get anything just to have some ink, random pics of nothing. Mine have personal meanings to them.

  Do i regret some of my earlier pieces...sure I do. Like a few on my legs but with a great artist they can all be covered up with something I like, something that pertains to my life story.
   It's not for everyone.

That's very reasonable. In reality I don't care if people have or don't have tattoos. I'm a libertarian in a lot of cases. If it doesn't harm me then I don't care lol. Do what you want, its your body, its your life. I'm just speaking out of experience and what I think would cause someone to get a tattoo. I may be completely off base with my thinking, though.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Dr Dutch on August 31, 2016, 07:22:45 AM
Boys have tattoos. Men have scars.
haha like this one.  ;D
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: SF1900 on August 31, 2016, 07:36:01 AM
Dimentia, sclerosis, and other causes of long term memory loss are part of the human experience. Sorry to break that to you, but its true. Nothing you or I can do about it. So the day you lose your memory is not the day you stop being human. Its the day you become a different kind of human. A sick human.

Your statement implied that it would just be easier to forget. You never implied it would be due to some disease. That, just forgetting painful things will be easier if not remembered, hence my metaphorical statement (that once you forget painful memories and lessons, you stop being human, barring certain human diseases).

No shit that Alzheimers will make you forget all sorts of things.

My point was lost.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: SuperTed on August 31, 2016, 07:46:17 AM
If tattoos were not permanent, I'd probably get a few. However, the fact that they are is what puts me off.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: El Diablo Blanco on August 31, 2016, 07:47:37 AM
When I see moms with tats I have to think they're stupid whores.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: HTexan on August 31, 2016, 07:51:22 AM
If tattoos were not permanent, I'd probably get a few. However, the fact that they are is what puts me off.
commitment issues? ;D
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: falco on August 31, 2016, 08:05:29 AM
Tattos are consider a skin defect for serious bodybuilders.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: viking1 on August 31, 2016, 08:05:43 AM
(http://www.ghettoredhot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/stop-starring-bitches-tattoo.jpg)
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Erik C on August 31, 2016, 08:33:15 AM
I've never seen a good looking tat in my life, and the sag with age doesn't make them look any better. I remember a girl in high school got a winged fairy tattoo on her stomach. A few years later she got pregnant, and the winged fairy morphed in to a pterodactyl!
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Deadpool on August 31, 2016, 08:52:19 AM
I can understand a few tattoos:

You are Samoan or some such culture where tattoos are a long held tradition

You are a service member and tattoo either your service symbol or a memorial for friends you have lost

You are in a gang or a biker group (a real one, like the kind that will skin off your tattoo if you are not really a member and have their symbol on you)

Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Fortress on August 31, 2016, 09:03:42 AM
Insecurity, fear, sheep mentality, stupidity ... take your pick.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Nether Animal on August 31, 2016, 09:06:00 AM
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=174017.0;attach=201978;image)
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: maxkane69 on August 31, 2016, 09:14:08 AM
Why do people get tattoos?
BECAUSE THEY ARE RETARDED SHEEPS !!! ;)
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: OB1 on August 31, 2016, 09:18:48 AM
I have no idea but it looks stupid.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: SF1900 on August 31, 2016, 09:28:29 AM
Insecurity, fear, sheep mentality, stupidity ... take your pick.

But people have been tattooing themselves for thousands of years.

Are you referring to tribes that tattoo themselves, which has been a custom for thousands of years?

Or instragram fitness "gurus?"

There is a demonstrable difference between the two groups. I am sure you will see both groups as stupid, insecure, etc (you will not be able to see how a tattoo differs between fitness gurus and century old tribes--fitness gurus show off to the world. Tribes are not showing off to anyone besides their own limited culture). However, as stated, big difference between tattooing these days and tattooing way back when.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: SF1900 on August 31, 2016, 09:31:40 AM
Why do people get tattoos?
BECAUSE THEY ARE RETARDED SHEEPS !!! ;)

As opposed to the people who don't get tattoos and call everyone else a sheep.

We are all sheep. It just depends on what side of the fence you fall on.

The side who gets tattoos.

Or the side who says they're sheep.

Either way, both involve group thinking.

You are not a special, unique snowflake, no matter how much you try to think you're not a sheep.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: OB1 on August 31, 2016, 09:33:32 AM
As opposed to the people who don't get tattoos and call everyone else a sheep.

We are all sheep. It just depends on what side of the fence you fall on.

The side who gets tattoos.

Or the side who says they're sheep.

Either way, both involve group thinking.

You are not a special, unique snowflake, no matter how much you try to think you're not a sheep.

No.
I am a wolf in wolf's clothing.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Chacka on August 31, 2016, 09:40:06 AM
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=174017.0;attach=201978;image)

Hell yeah! Gonna handle some foos!!!
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Erik C on August 31, 2016, 09:43:54 AM
There is a demonstrable difference between the two groups. I am sure you will see both groups as stupid, insecure, etc (you will not be able to see how a tattoo differs between fitness gurus and century old tribes--fitness gurus show off to the world. Tribes are not showing off to anyone besides their own limited culture). However, as stated, big difference between tattooing these days and tattooing way back when.

People who get tats today are still only showing off for their limited culture! Same as the stupid savages that have been doing it for thousands of years. And, it's not group thinking, to notice that those who get tats are assholes.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: SF1900 on August 31, 2016, 09:52:08 AM
People who get tats today are still only showing off for their limited culture! Same as the stupid savages that have been doing it for thousands of years. And, it's not group thinking, to notice that those who get tats are assholes.

Of course its group thinking. Your thoughts didn't just magically appear in your head, dingus. Your thoughts are informed in a variety of ways, and group thinking is often the most prevalent. "The self embodies what the culture believes is humankind's place in the cosmos-its limits, talents, expectations, and prohibitions. In this hermeneutic sense the self is an integral aspect of the horizon of shared understandings. There is no universal, transhistorical self, only local selves; there is no universal theory about the self, only local theories" (Cushman, 1995).

And, in my opinion, there is a demonstrable difference between tattooing thousands of years ago and tattooing today. The generation of today has a different mindset and reason for tattooing. Both are culturally based, but the motivations for tattooing are different.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Erik C on August 31, 2016, 10:01:54 AM
Developing one's intellect, removes you from the cultural group think, and puts you above cultural influences, after becoming a careful observer of your , so called, fellow men. You would know that if you ever applied your Mensa IQ, to better your mind, as I have.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: KnightXavi on August 31, 2016, 10:15:45 AM
Boys have tattoos. Men have scars.

True.   :)

I never understood why black people get tattoos.
You can't see the tatts clearly, and they never use lighter colours....why don't they got white coloured tatts ?
Can someone explain this ?

That's what I like to know.  They look ridiculous.  Especially, on real dark blacks.  And, none of them look good.  They either have some gang sign.  Or, with the women, they have some writing(a friend's lifeline) or some other markings that don't make sense.  Plus, what's with deal of tatting the chest, ladies?? 

If tattoos were not permanent, I'd probably get a few. However, the fact that they are is what puts me off.

Agree.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: markofan on August 31, 2016, 10:19:09 AM
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Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Tapeworm on August 31, 2016, 10:24:50 AM
Developing one's intellect, removes you from the cultural group think, and puts you above cultural influences, after becoming a careful observer of your , so called, fellow men. You would know that if you ever applied your Mensa IQ, to better your mind, as I have.

Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: JackScribber on August 31, 2016, 11:27:21 AM
Same reason people wear hats in the gym. Raging insecurities.

I swear every c'unt looks the same. Everyone is a fucking midget, balding, rock some facial hair, walk around the gym with a Beatz headset, beanie and dumb tats. Like a wee little group of stupid gnomes that try and outdo each other on the dumbassery.

Not even the girls in my gym try and attention whore as much as the guys. And again, most are hilariously short anyway so might as well kill yourself before even trying  :D
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Erik C on August 31, 2016, 11:29:55 AM
Same reason people wear hats in the gym. Raging insecurities.

I swear every c'unt looks the same. Everyone is a fucking midget, balding, rock some facial hair, walk around the gym with a Beatz headset, beanie and dumb tats. Like a wee little group of stupid gnomes that try and outdo each other on the dumbassery.

Not even the girls in my gym try and attention whore as much as the guys. And again, most are hilariously short anyway so might as well kill yourself before even trying  :D

X2!
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: LanceD on August 31, 2016, 12:02:13 PM
a permanent solution to a temporary emotion
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Conker on August 31, 2016, 12:20:10 PM
what a bunch of gaylords.

tattoos are about the coolest things you can have(barring big muscles). have to be good quality though not the low rent faggety type.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Erik C on August 31, 2016, 12:44:58 PM
what a bunch of gaylords.

tattoos are about the coolest things you can have(barring big muscles). have to be good quality though not the low rent faggety type.

What constitutes a "good quality! tattoo? 100% of the ones that I've seen are pure slob crap.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: sync pulse on August 31, 2016, 01:02:15 PM
Boys have tattoos. Men have scars.
haha like this one.  ;D
I had a job servicing communications systems and I was at a Hospital doing fault finding.
I walked down a hallway that was also a photo display gallery...
There was a photo from the early 1930's taken of a surgical team in the operating room just after they closed up the patient and wheeled him out, but before they cleaned up...

The Surgeon had  a Heidelberg dueling scar.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Conker on August 31, 2016, 01:30:55 PM
What constitutes a "good quality! tattoo? 100% of the ones that I've seen are pure slob crap.


(http://nextluxury.com/wp-content/uploads/mens-japanese-samurai-mask-tattoo-half-sleeve.jpg) (https://www.askideas.com/media/75/Black-Ink-Realistic-Mechanical-Gears-Tattoo.jpg)

Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: WannaBePro on August 31, 2016, 01:33:20 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/ll3tt.jpg)
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/9c/8d/ca/9c8dca50fe91631b0ad32de46e56ead9.jpg)
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/0e/14/94/0e14944cff9192ee32b652526c1acbd7.jpg)
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Dr Dutch on August 31, 2016, 02:13:41 PM
When I see moms with tats I have to think they're stupid whores.
Me too.  :-X
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Dr Dutch on August 31, 2016, 02:16:52 PM
I had a job servicing communications systems and I was at a Hospital doing fault finding.
I walked down a hallway that was also a photo display gallery...
There was a photo from the early 1930's taken of a surgical team in the operating room just after they closed up the patient and wheeled him out, but before they cleaned up...

The Surgeon had  a Heidelberg dueling scar.
There are websites with pics from WW1 soldiers with really terrible scars and stuff....look 'm up, they won't make you happy.  :(
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: PJim on August 31, 2016, 02:23:31 PM

(http://nextluxury.com/wp-content/uploads/mens-japanese-samurai-mask-tattoo-half-sleeve.jpg) (https://www.askideas.com/media/75/Black-Ink-Realistic-Mechanical-Gears-Tattoo.jpg)



Why not just hang a picture on your wall and enjoy that instead, why use the human body as a flawed canvas? Nothing says low intelligence quite like a tattoo. It's for people with no imagination and no concept of foresight.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Dr Dutch on August 31, 2016, 02:31:06 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/ll3tt.jpg)
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/9c/8d/ca/9c8dca50fe91631b0ad32de46e56ead9.jpg)
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/0e/14/94/0e14944cff9192ee32b652526c1acbd7.jpg)
.....the horror......
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Hack Benchers on August 31, 2016, 02:41:47 PM
There are websites with pics from WW1 soldiers with really terrible scars and stuff....look 'm up, they won't make you happy.  :(

From barbwire in the trenches? WW1 was horrible brrr  :-X
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Rudee on August 31, 2016, 02:43:15 PM
(http://i1.wp.com/pulptastic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/bad-awful-tattoos-21.jpg?resize=550%2C412)
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Dr Dutch on August 31, 2016, 02:46:12 PM
(http://i1.wp.com/pulptastic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/bad-awful-tattoos-21.jpg?resize=550%2C412)
I always hated that phrase.....got other experiences.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Hack Benchers on August 31, 2016, 02:51:25 PM
I always hated that phrase.....got other experiences.
Because that phrase is ment for females who experience black cawk for the firs time not for men who experience black cawk for the first time  ;D j/k
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Dr Dutch on August 31, 2016, 02:53:20 PM
Because that phrase is ment for females who experience black cawk for the firs time not for men who experience black cawk for the first time  ;D j/k
I see....thanks for explaining.  ;D
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Dr Dutch on August 31, 2016, 02:58:21 PM
From barbwire in the trenches? WW1 was horrible brrr  :-X
Not just barbwire; half faces completely blown off...
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Hack Benchers on August 31, 2016, 03:03:13 PM
Not just barbwire; half faces completely blown off...
 :-X reality of war. Interesting to study but nothing glorifying about it...
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Hack Benchers on August 31, 2016, 03:04:17 PM
I see....thanks for explaining.  ;D

You are welcome ;D :D
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Erik C on August 31, 2016, 03:19:01 PM

(http://nextluxury.com/wp-content/uploads/mens-japanese-samurai-mask-tattoo-half-sleeve.jpg) (https://www.askideas.com/media/75/Black-Ink-Realistic-Mechanical-Gears-Tattoo.jpg)



Right! Slob! Just Like Those!
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Boban on August 31, 2016, 03:37:13 PM
Unless your memory is fading, is this really a good reason?
A close friend of mine died 2 years ago. I don't need a tattoo to remind me of his friendship or the fact that he passed. I just remember. The day I can't remember will be a whole lot easier.

Finally, I go back to the analogy of "if you drive a Ferrari, would you put a bumper sticker on it?" Unless you view your body as a 1990 Honda Civic, its hard to mark it with something permanent you may regret in 10 years.

I will never regret it. It depends on what you want in life. I like that kind of art, it applies with myself.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Erik C on August 31, 2016, 03:48:38 PM
I will never regret it. It depends on what you want in life. I like that kind of art, it applies with myself.

You'll regret it. In 15 - 20 years it will look like shit, even to you, as it does now to me.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: DroppingPlates on August 31, 2016, 04:02:01 PM
Tattoos are for the sheeple
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Chidoman on August 31, 2016, 04:19:00 PM
(http://i1.wp.com/pulptastic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/bad-awful-tattoos-21.jpg?resize=550%2C412)

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Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Fortress on August 31, 2016, 04:58:00 PM

(http://nextluxury.com/wp-content/uploads/mens-japanese-samurai-mask-tattoo-half-sleeve.jpg) (https://www.askideas.com/media/75/Black-Ink-Realistic-Mechanical-Gears-Tattoo.jpg)



a) So complex one has to be close and gawk to discover what they are

b) In less than 10, these "great art" tats will be as shitty as any others. Will look like giant bruises. Skin cannot remain as a constant quality for tattoos. Fact.

Fail
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Kwon on August 31, 2016, 05:54:08 PM
Some of my tattoos i've had during the years
(https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQq-p2Qx9F3VFUK2XRPixUZP9otB4qzcNKfTxqFFyC3kNFl6GT8IQ)
(http://bowshrine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Worst-Tattoos-Ever-Made-5.png)
(http://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/worst-tattoos-ever-dumpaday-18.jpg)
(http://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/worst-tattoos-ever-dumpaday-24.jpg)
(http://2ztoeb2wr0wd2hro9hq54h28.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06//1465536809_image09.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/UJoZeC5.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/h7EWAjm.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/6zvXC6B.jpg)
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: viking1 on August 31, 2016, 05:57:52 PM
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VpImI2KYliU/maxresdefault.jpg)
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Conker on September 01, 2016, 01:28:06 AM
Why not just hang a picture on your wall and enjoy that instead, why use the human body as a flawed canvas? Nothing says low intelligence quite like a tattoo. It's for people with no imagination and no concept of foresight.

why is it a flawed canvas? ink will fade on just about any surface over time. a well done tattoo should stay in good condition for 10-15 years, then when it does fade you can have it touched up/refurbished.

i guess you are also one of those pussies that says "just think what it's gonna look like when you're old and your skin is all wrinkled"....well you're gonna like sht then anyway without tattoos.

if you think you can get a read on someone's intelligence because they have tattoos, then you've obviously led a very sheltered life and are probably a bit of a fag by all accounts.

i'm not talking about shty generic tribal bands or clowns with tats all over their face but good quality artwork.

Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: PJim on September 01, 2016, 04:17:34 AM
why is it a flawed canvas? ink will fade on just about any surface over time. a well done tattoo should stay in good condition for 10-15 years, then when it does fade you can have it touched up/refurbished.

i guess you are also one of those pussies that says "just think what it's gonna look like when you're old and your skin is all wrinkled"....well you're gonna like sht then anyway without tattoos.

if you think you can get a read on someone's intelligence because they have tattoos, then you've obviously led a very sheltered life and are probably a bit of a fag by all accounts.

i'm not talking about shty generic tribal bands or clowns with tats all over their face but good quality artwork.



It's flawed because it almost always looks disappointing.

Fags normally have better taste than heterosexual folks so I will take that as a compliment.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: d0nny2600 on September 01, 2016, 06:10:35 AM
Who cares. If you like Tattoos then get them..if you don't then don't get them. Simple.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Dr Dutch on September 01, 2016, 10:27:46 AM
I got a tattoo near 30 years ago when I was in the Marine Corps. Seemed like the thing to do and thought it was really cool. Had a bunch of biker friends as well that liked it. At the time tattoos where not trendy like they have be come. When I came home on leave there was no one that had them outside of other service men. Now they have become over done and ugly. Today I cannot think of a single reason to get another one. I do not regret the one I have.
What kinda tattoo is it, the portrait of Ronald Reagan ?   :D
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Dr Dutch on September 01, 2016, 10:52:52 AM
Some of my tattoos i've had during the years
(https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQq-p2Qx9F3VFUK2XRPixUZP9otB4qzcNKfTxqFFyC3kNFl6GT8IQ)
(http://bowshrine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Worst-Tattoos-Ever-Made-5.png)
(http://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/worst-tattoos-ever-dumpaday-18.jpg)
(http://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/worst-tattoos-ever-dumpaday-24.jpg)
(http://2ztoeb2wr0wd2hro9hq54h28.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06//1465536809_image09.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/UJoZeC5.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/h7EWAjm.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/6zvXC6B.jpg)
Kwon what have you been taking the past period ?
You get funnier by the week.. ;D
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Dr Dutch on September 01, 2016, 10:57:20 AM
I never understood why black people get tattoos.
You can't see the tatts clearly, and they never use lighter colours....why don't they got white coloured tatts ?
Can someone explain this ?
Can a tattoo Getbig dude answer this for me ?
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Eric2 on September 01, 2016, 11:04:08 AM
What kinda tattoo is it, the portrait of Ronald Reagan ?   :D

No, even though I met him twice I would never get someone's likeness or name tattooed on my skin.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: El Diablo Blanco on September 01, 2016, 11:04:24 AM
Problem is today people don't ask real people for advice.  They go to facebook and ask if they should get a tattoo and get 10 likes and do it but Facebook doesn't have a thumbdown feature so in reality they'd probably have 20 thumbs down and 10 likes.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Dr Dutch on September 01, 2016, 11:12:40 AM
No, even though I met him twice I would never get someone's likeness or name tattooed on my skin.
So...what kinda tattoo is it (pic?).
Back in the day we hated Reagan over here in Europe, especially in Holland....but looking back, he was a great president and I would have loved to meet him too..... 8)

says Dr Dutch
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos?
Post by: Kwon on September 01, 2016, 04:31:00 PM
Kwon what have you been taking the past period ?
You get funnier by the week.. ;D

Just been taking that "High on Life Nibiru"-shit :D