Posted on 08/28/2007 9:06:17 PM PDT by ozaukeemom
Over the years, I have thought about getting a tattoo. Surprising considering my fear of needles! lol I see them everywhere on every classs of person, I see the artwork vary from onr body to another.What causes someone to decide to have a tattoo. Is it cultural? Is it a fad? I am seriously thinking about it now. Any stories, suggestions? Thank you!
I had a buddy who was working in an in a trauma unit who did the same thing to a gang member with a gunshot wound. An incision went right through the middle of a big tattoo, so the tattoo got stapled up crooked.
To each his (her?) own. I personally wouldn’t do it.
If you decide to go forward, get one consistent with your age and in a place that won’t get all stretchy and gross with the passing of the years.
Friend of my father got one in Vietnam... Screamin’ Eagle... 30 years later it killed him with hepatitis...
Unless you are worried about someone being able to identify your body, it really isn't worth it.
Friend of my father got one in Vietnam... Screamin’ Eagle... 30 years later it killed him with hepatitis...
Unless you are worried about someone being able to identify your body, it really isn't worth it.
I won’t comment about your getting a tatto, but does “Ozaukee” refer to Ozaukee County, Wisconsin?
I love the Blues history of Ozaukee, of Wisconsin Chair and Paramount Records, producer of some of the finest Pre-War Blues songs ever recorded!
Ed
Like the guys with the lightening bolts on their necks and barbed wire around their wrists...
too much visible ink on a woman is skanky...be discreet
I’ve thought about tatoos for many years, and have often been in positions to have them done. What keeps me from having one? I’m safe and secure in the knowledge that some day, I’m going to be old and wrinkly and no matter where I have one done, it will look hideous!
Beyond that, I’ve known individuals with tatoos who were obviously ashamed of them only a few years later, and I’ve seen plenty of people who have them visible beyond the standard realms of Western work-place clothing, and I can tell you that if I were the one interviewing that person for a job, I would take that into consideration. I might still hire them, but they would have to go an extra mile to get that job, because it just does not look professional.
I'm 99.9% sure that's exactly what it stands for.
Lived in WI my whole life.
Avoid permanent marks of temporary wants.
When I was a kid people wore bell bottom jeans. When they went out of style all those jeans either got thrown away, cut off to make shorts, or they were stashed away to be broken out years later for laughs. When the tattoo fad ends, all these people with all the skanky tattoos won’t be able to get rid of them so easily. I doubt you would ever regret not getting a tattoo, but you sure might regret getting one. I’d wait at least a couple of years and see if you still want one before you get it. Hopefully by then you’ll have forgotten about it and moved onto dreaming about something else you’ve just got to have. You can always mutilate your body tomorrow, or next year, or thirty years from now, or never.
When you're old and wrinkly, you'll look hideous regardless of tattoos.
To the OP, hopefully you are gathering information on body art from a diverse group of sources? You might try BMEzine or its spinoff site, BMEInk. More about piercing than ink, but there's stories and pictures and whatnot. There's a tattoo FAQ here.
My Company Commander in Boot Camp, TM1 Mackelprang had love and hate tatooed on his knuckles. He was about 5’4” and looked like a near twin of Charles Bronson.
If you were all alone on a desert island, would you still want one?
You might want to check out “Catman” before you do something like this (which many people regret doing): http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002441727_catman16.html
“Clem’s got one. Hold ma’ beer and watch this!”
Mark of the Beast.
Sound a bit extreme? Maybe it is, I don't know.
But it's me..
When I was about 16, I stood outside a skating rink for 3 hours while others skated.(church youth group)
The proprietor made a "joke" about the mark of the beast as he prepared to stamp my hand.
I jerked it back and refused to be stamped.
Not even our minister could get me to take the stamp, and the owner refused to let me in without it..
I find that strange, because the church youth group was the only ones skating that night.
At any rate, I refused, he refused, and I stood outside in freezing october winds on the plains of North Dakota for 3 hours, while everyone else enjoyed themselves in the skating rink.
Just my take on it.
No tattoos for me, thanx.
Ozaukeemom, I think they are a fad and at 46 I personally am proud of my clear skin...not marked up with ink. I don’t think tatoos are cute on a woman or girl. Just my opinion. The only time I like them is when they are on a military guy. But, I am not the norm, I guess.
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