Tattoos where do you stand?

I have nothing against tattoos, I only have something against people who get tattoos for no reason whatsoever. It's one thing to get a bad tattoo, it's another to go into a shop and not even know what you're getting until the needle is on you. That's horrible. I think some people definitely trivialize the fact that their tribal armband is going to be on them for life, but hey, it's their body.

I don't really understand the bias against tattoos. If they're well done and mean something to the person who got them, what's the big deal?

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Tijuana

I don't have anything against tattoo's, I just don't understand why anyone would want to have someone else doodle all over them with a sharp ink pen. Lots of people tell me that it's to remember an "important event/date", but is it worth keeping ink on your body forever?

So what you're really saying is, you actually do have a problem with tattoos?

Though, I will agree, there are a LOT of bad tattoos out there, there are a lot of people who are jumping on the tattoo bandwagon as it were, but it's not fair to assume that people don't have events or symbols that will always be important to them. It just seems like a cynical point of view to think otherwise.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

A good tattoo artist should know what he will and wont work on, or what looks best or whatever. I'd say the best advice I can give you is find a good place and start asking questions.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Zephyrin

Does anybody sharpie or marker their tattoo idea on before they actually get it done to see if they like it or not? Anybody known anybody to do this?

I had a rough copy of my design done in marker just to see how it would look on my arm as opposed to just a flat piece of paper. Didn't wear it around for weeks or anything, but yeah, I did that.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?