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Title: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: El Diablo Blanco on December 21, 2016, 10:01:42 AM
Just seems stupid to tattoo your name on yourself.  Like wearing a fucking name tag for the rest of your life.

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Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: Skeletor on December 21, 2016, 10:15:05 AM
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Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: light weight baby on December 21, 2016, 10:20:33 AM
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holy fucking shit those traps mane

traps are the beastliest muscle
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: gym**rat on December 21, 2016, 10:51:29 AM
I got my first tattoo 23 yrs ago and now pretty much covered except for neck and above. I have won numerous awards for my ink at conventions. Tattoos are a personal choice down to whether to even get one or not. But I am with you on this one, what is the point of getting your own name tattooed on your body. In case you forget it?? Maybe they were in sports and was used to having their name on their jersey, hell I don't get it.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: funk51 on December 21, 2016, 10:57:35 AM
for when they get old so they can remember who they are.. ::) ::) ::) ::)
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: Coach is Back! on December 21, 2016, 10:57:39 AM
I got my first tattoo 23 yrs ago and now pretty much covered except for neck and above. I have won numerous awards for my ink at conventions. Tattoos are a personal choice down to whether to even get one or not. But I am with you on this one, what is the point of getting your own name tattooed on your body. In case you forget it?? Maybe they were in sports and was used to having their name on their jersey, hell I don't get it.

I'm getting my first one in a few weeks
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: gym**rat on December 21, 2016, 11:06:42 AM
I'm getting my first one in a few weeks

You may have done this already but make sure and do your homework on an artist. All tattoo artists have their specialty. Fine one that specializes in the style you are getting. Then look on their instagram and go to the shop and check out their portfolio. Don't be in a hurry!
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: ratherbebig on December 21, 2016, 11:12:27 AM
i reckon most people who put their name on do that because they run out of ideas

i think it is acceptable if you have some kinda family legacy thing going. but if youre just 'smith' theres little point in it
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: residue on December 21, 2016, 11:18:53 AM
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last names are different, i'd get my grandpa's last name and the bourne coat of arms if i was going to get backwork
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: Coach is Back! on December 21, 2016, 11:22:16 AM
You may have done this already but make sure and do your homework on an artist. All tattoo artists have their specialty. Fine one that specializes in the style you are getting. Then look on their instagram and go to the shop and check out their portfolio. Don't be in a hurry!



yes, I already did that. From what I understand he's a well known artist that's literally with in walking distance from my house. Rock stars, athletes, actors, etc. I'm looking for a black and gray scale tattoo
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: El Diablo Blanco on December 21, 2016, 11:23:22 AM
I got my first tattoo 23 yrs ago and now pretty much covered except for neck and above. I have won numerous awards for my ink at conventions. Tattoos are a personal choice down to whether to even get one or not. But I am with you on this one, what is the point of getting your own name tattooed on your body. In case you forget it?? Maybe they were in sports and was used to having their name on their jersey, hell I don't get it.

show us some pics of what won the awards.  Being serious. 
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: El Diablo Blanco on December 21, 2016, 11:24:54 AM
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Back tats are for when they're getting their ass reamed that the person has something to look at.  In this case it's to remember the name of the anus they're raping.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: Howard on December 21, 2016, 11:26:17 AM
I'm getting my first one in a few weeks

Why?

I have nothing against those with tattoos , but I don't see the purpose in getting them.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: Coach is Back! on December 21, 2016, 11:53:21 AM
Why?

I have nothing against those with tattoos , but I don't see the purpose in getting them.

When I took over the strength and conditioning program at the school I'm at now, for motivation and incentive, I told the team if they won so many games this past season I would get the schools football logo tattooed on my arm. To understand the motivation, the school's football program had an average record of 1-9 for the past 14 seasons. This season we went 4-6 just missing a wildcard playoff spot (which technically we should have been in but CIF rules changed this year). That being said, I'm keeping my promise to my team.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: Primemuscle on December 21, 2016, 11:55:13 AM
It's probably a good idea for those who tend to lose themselves.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: El Diablo Blanco on December 21, 2016, 12:01:07 PM
When I took over the strength and conditioning program at the school I'm at now, for motivation and incentive, I told the team if they won so many games this past season I would get the schools football logo tattooed on my arm. To understand the motivation, the school's football program had an average record of 1-9 for the past 14 seasons. This season we went 4-6 just missing a wildcard playoff spot (which technically we should have been in but CIF rules changed this year). That being said, I'm keeping my promise to my team.

getting a tattoo for a losing season is a perfect loser reason to get one.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: SF1900 on December 21, 2016, 12:35:43 PM
Why?

I have nothing against those with tattoos , but I don't see the purpose in getting them.

Because you're an idiot.

Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: calfzilla on December 21, 2016, 12:38:23 PM
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Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: Simple Simon on December 21, 2016, 12:42:31 PM
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Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: Skeletor on December 21, 2016, 12:42:56 PM
getting a tattoo for a losing season is a perfect loser reason to get one.

 ;D
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: lextheflex on December 21, 2016, 12:44:47 PM
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OMG i can not believe what i am seeing. That dude shmoe does not even lift!
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: SF1900 on December 21, 2016, 12:59:30 PM
OMG i can not believe what i am seeing. That dude shmoe does not even lift!

Besides that, its just a horrible tattoo.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: Dokey111 on December 21, 2016, 01:05:01 PM
I'm getting my first one in a few weeks

.. and that makes the fad officially over  ;)
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: light weight baby on December 21, 2016, 01:05:18 PM
he should have got a hair tattoo instead of that ridiculous cutler tattoo
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: El Diablo Blanco on December 21, 2016, 01:25:42 PM
.. and that makes the fad officially over  ;)

That's a good thing....
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: Victor Venice Beach on December 21, 2016, 01:31:46 PM
You may have done this already but make sure and do your homework on an artist. All tattoo artists have their specialty. Fine one that specializes in the style you are getting. Then look on their instagram and go to the shop and check out their portfolio. Don't be in a hurry!
This is solid advice. IF you go for a tatoo do it right and make sure you go to the best artist. Look up " tatoo fail " on google to motivate yourself to do the research LOL.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: johnthegreat687 on December 21, 2016, 01:34:50 PM
I'm getting my first one in a few weeks

liar
rumor is it you have at least 2
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: deadz on December 21, 2016, 04:23:50 PM
Stupid. Only tat I've ever considered is my sons name.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: Coach is Back! on December 21, 2016, 04:31:00 PM
getting a tattoo for a losing season is a perfect loser reason to get one.

When the team went an average of 1-9 for 14 seasons then finally goes 4-6, that my not be a winning season but does mean we broke through the losing mentality and learned how to fight back without giving up. Sometimes winning seasons aren't broken down to wins and losses. in the first 3 games we scored more than in the previous three seasons.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: Coach is Back! on December 21, 2016, 04:33:26 PM
liar
rumor is it you have at least 2

Hitting hard with the UCLA...well, at least we had a better season then they did.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: TheShape. on December 21, 2016, 04:35:03 PM
Tattoos are stupid, ruins the body, covers of muscular detail, makes you look poor and ignorant. Looks horrible on women, ruins their beautiful figure. I'll never understand them!
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: light weight baby on December 21, 2016, 04:37:26 PM
Tattoos are stupid, ruins the body, covers of muscular detail, makes you look poor and ignorant. Looks horrible on women, ruins their beautiful figure. I'll never understand them!

i always wonder why people care so much about tattoos of other people

i dont have tattos btw
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: Coach is Back! on December 21, 2016, 04:38:16 PM
Tattoos are stupid, ruins the body, covers of muscular detail, makes you look poor and ignorant. Looks horrible on women, ruins their beautiful figure. I'll never understand them!

Gotta to admit I've seen some ridiculously hot women with them that makes them that much hotter.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: Coach is Back! on December 21, 2016, 04:41:45 PM
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: AbrahamG on December 21, 2016, 04:43:21 PM
I'm getting my first one in a few weeks

You've gone almost 60 years without making this error in judgement why stop now?  Stay the course.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: WalterWhite on December 21, 2016, 04:43:53 PM
Gotta to admit I've seen some ridiculously hot women with them that makes them that much hotter.

I don't even notice the tats on these women. :D

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Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: Coach is Back! on December 21, 2016, 04:47:13 PM
You've gone almost 60 years without making this error in judgement why stop now?  Stay the course.

It's not something I'm getting used to.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: SF1900 on December 21, 2016, 05:04:53 PM
You've gone almost 60 years without making this error in judgement why stop now?  Stay the course.

Who gives a shit? Its human flesh. Nothing more, nothing less. Eventually, it will be rotted away or burned to ashes. No one will care if someone has tattoos and they can easily be covered if on your back or shoulder. Either way, each day your body is decaying--at this point, who cares if you put ink on it. It really makes absolutely no difference in the grand scheme of things.

“Yet, at the same time, as the Eastern sages also knew, man is a worm and food for worms. This is the paradox: he is out of nature and hopelessly in it; he is dual, up in the stars and yet housed in a heart-pumping, breath-gasping body that once belonged to a fish and still carries the gill-marks to prove it. His body is a material fleshy casing that is alien to him in many ways—the strangest and most repugnant way being that it aches and bleeds and will decay and die. Man is literally split in two: he has an awareness of his own splendid uniqueness in that he sticks out of nature with a towering majesty, and yet he goes back into the ground a few feet in order to blindly and dumbly rot and disappear forever." Ernest Becker
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: DroppingPlates on December 21, 2016, 05:09:48 PM
Identity crisis?
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: johnthegreat687 on December 21, 2016, 06:07:52 PM
Hitting hard with the UCLA...well, at least we had a better season then they did.

think about the pain I lived through being a Notre Dame fan. Embarrassing year
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: Coach is Back! on December 21, 2016, 06:21:52 PM
think about the pain I lived through being a Notre Dame fan. Embarrassing year

That would be game that I thought SC would lose. As for UCLA, when they lost Rosen, the season was over.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: TheShape. on December 21, 2016, 07:18:57 PM
Gotta to admit I've seen some ridiculously hot women with them that makes them that much hotter.
There are exceptions, but I'd probably never marry anyone with one.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: Skeletor on December 21, 2016, 07:23:34 PM
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Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: gym**rat on December 21, 2016, 09:59:38 PM
show us some pics of what won the awards.  Being serious. 

I don't post my pics on the web. That's why I don't do Facebook or Instagram. I won trophies in 2013 and 2014 at Hell City convention in Columbus Ohio in the bio-mech category for my left leg. I have 36 hours in it alone. Full color, dimensional, and insanely detailed. Won trophies at Detroit and Tampa for my B&W fusion chest plate. Will be entering my back in Hell City this year. Trash Polka WW2 war scene full.back piece. We are finishing it up in January.
Everyone has a vice or 2. I don't smoke, drink or do drugs. I am addicted to ink for over 20 years. Not for everyone but it is for me.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: hp31 on December 22, 2016, 12:31:19 AM
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Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: Pray_4_War on December 22, 2016, 12:38:24 AM
It would be weird if they got someone else's name or initials.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: nzmusclemonster on December 22, 2016, 01:07:45 AM
I prefer a tasteful 'fuck you' tattoo
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: DroppingPlates on December 22, 2016, 03:56:21 AM
It would be weird if they got someone else's name or initials.

Well, you see that more often with names of beloved ones
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: Bevo on December 22, 2016, 04:12:54 AM
These days tattoos are just a fad, everyone and their mom has one, look at all the NBA and NFL athletes not to mention college, gym rats,  9 out of 10 hebrews have them
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: bicepsofsteel on December 22, 2016, 04:15:16 AM
I won trophies in 2013 and 2014 at Hell City convention in Columbus Ohio in the bio-mech category for my left leg.

That's like a piece of parchment getting an award for best painting. Surely the tattooist should win the prize, your body is just the recipient of his skills.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: Mr Anabolic on December 22, 2016, 04:25:59 AM
People who get tattoos are self-loathing and/or mentally ill.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: CalvinH on December 22, 2016, 05:54:40 AM
I have a Y board mod tattoo 8)
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: gym**rat on December 22, 2016, 07:15:06 AM
That's like a piece of parchment getting an award for best painting. Surely the tattooist should win the prize, your body is just the recipient of his skills.

You are 100% correct. That is why every trophie and plaque I have received is in the artist's studio! I always mention the artists name and studio when interviewed.
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: Yamcha on December 22, 2016, 07:28:12 AM
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Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: Scat Cavier on December 22, 2016, 07:38:42 AM
Just seems stupid to tattoo your name on yourself.  Like wearing a fucking name tag for the rest of your life.


Knew a girl who had her name tattooed on her back lol probabaly so guys know her name lol. She recently got it covered up lol kids are stupid
Title: Re: Why do people get tattoos with their own name or initials?
Post by: Rudee on December 22, 2016, 01:23:34 PM
I prefer a tasteful 'fuck you' tattoo

I'm going to show people I'm a rebel living on the edge, and get a tattoo of my banking card PIN number.