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I'm getting a second tattoo done next week.

What are people's perceptions of tattoos? Are they the root cause of what is wrong with society? Or are they merely harmless body decoration?

Thoughts/experiences/Daily Mail-style rants please...
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:01, 185 replies, latest was 14 years ago)
I'm booked in to get my first on the 11th of July
can't wait
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:02, Reply)
They're gay.

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:02, Reply)
I can't understand why anyone would want to ruin their body in such a way
It's just another pathetic form of self-harm.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:02, Reply)
depends how shit your body is to start with

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:02, Reply)
Ha-ha!

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:03, Reply)
for you to properly understand
you need to know that Lab has a totally awesome sleeve
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:04, Reply)
And that I will be covered in tattoos within the next 5 years

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:06, Reply)
thank god

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:06, Reply)
You planning on getting any done in Japan Lab?

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:06, Reply)
Might get a small piece if I have time and money
The vast majority of my body is reserved though, so space is an issue.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:10, Reply)
Ah, you have them all planned out.
Very sensible.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:11, Reply)
Sorta
I know I want my chest and right arm done by an artist in London, and my right leg by another artist, then my back by a third. I have ideas for styles, but not specific art, will just let them use their imagination.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:13, Reply)
God gave us this body
Tattoos and piercings are saying that God didn't do a perfect job.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:03, Reply)
my hairy back is far more unsightly than even that tattoo of a nazi unicorn

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:04, Reply)
God is bent, though.

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:05, Reply)
They're a good way of distracting attention from chin disorders, I'm told.

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:03, Reply)
I hear that getting album art tattoos is the new way benders signal to each other that they're up for a bit of toilet action
Now that the whole single ear piercing has become de rigueur.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:05, Reply)
I thought the signal was getting a "W" on each arse cheek
so that when they spread them, it says "WOW"
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:06, Reply)
With Monty's advancing years he has to be on his back
So it'd say "MOM"
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:07, Reply)
arf.

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:08, Reply)
I heard that mohawks are the even newer way.

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:06, Reply)
I heard that you have a second, larger 'vinyl' collection that you wear when you go to your hardcore bender bondage clubs

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:08, Reply)
I LOVE TATTOOS.
I LOVE PEOPLE WITH TATTOOS.
I HAVE TATTOOS.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:03, Reply)
Hi!

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:03, Reply)
Hi!

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:04, Reply)
Hi!

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:04, Reply)
Hi! you.

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:05, Reply)
:)

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:06, Reply)
Also HI!

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:05, Reply)
Hi you too.

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:06, Reply)
I'm currently in negotiations with a couple of tattooists up here
to see if my design idea for my next one can work. So, yeah, tattoos are definitely shit and that and only plebs have them.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:08, Reply)
As long as they have negative space, I'm in

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:08, Reply)
Tats are cool
but I'm too changeable to get one, which saddens me.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:08, Reply)
I used to think this.
But once you find something you like and experience the buzz of getting it tattooed on then you don't really get fed up with it. Well I haven't yet.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:10, Reply)
well, this is the theory
the reality, for me is that everything I've thought would look cool and decided to "just wait a year to see if I go off it" I have gone off within that time period. That said there's usually been a skull of some kind involved, and I've thought skulls were cool since I was a kid, so maybe just some kind of skull would be the way to go.

What have you got done?
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:13, Reply)
Skulls are cool. I love them.

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:14, Reply)
this fits
with my image of you in SS uniform
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:16, Reply)
"Do you think we might be tha bad guys?
I mean we have skulls on our caps..."
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:21, Reply)
yes, but I can't see Monty questioning his role in that way.
I can totally see my self as Robert Webb in that sketch though.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:22, Reply)
Funny that
my lad's into skulls for some reason. Wanted to get him a Skull Disco tee, but they don't do them in kid's sizes...
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:15, Reply)
Skulls are a timeless tattoo classic
One trend at the moment is for Dia de los Muertos style sugar skulls.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:16, Reply)
I've seen a lot of those lately.

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:17, Reply)
I love skulls.
I started collecting t-shirts with skulls on, got to about five and then decided it was a silly pastime for a middle-aged woman.

I have a buddha on my back, breathe on my wrist and a buddhist mantra circle design on the top of my arm.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:17, Reply)
My Mum collects animal skulls, she has them in a sort of gothic cabinet in the downstairs loo

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:19, Reply)
you can never have too many skulls
I am distressed to find I only have one on me today (earing)
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:19, Reply)
I have a skull ring on each hand.

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:43, Reply)
I think some girls look hot with them.
Others, less so. But then hot girls are going to be hot regardless.

After all, you can't polish a turd.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:09, Reply)
C'est tres true...

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:09, Reply)
Vrai.

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:24, Reply)
Wee

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:24, Reply)
I'm not a massive fan of tramp stamps
but otherwise, yeah. And much like a restrained bukkake party, nothing on the face.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:11, Reply)
Worst bukkake party EVA, I remember when your mum was fun

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:12, Reply)
given she's quadraplegic, I'm not sure if that's good or not for bukkake?

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:14, Reply)
Not great, if they flinch at the wrong moment and headbutt their wheelchair joystick they might scoot off by accident

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:15, Reply)
hers is electric so that might end up in a horrible running-over-people thing.
also, seriously NA? .... "they're" ?
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:17, Reply)
yeah...can I blame typing on a laptop today?

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:18, Reply)
fucking NINJA.

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:18, Reply)
I pressed enter by mistake as I'm on the laptop at home
But to be fair I am a massive language spastic
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:19, Reply)
Unlike this guy...
www.tattoo.tv/news/885-the-new-face-of-korb-radio.html
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:13, Reply)
I really want a tattoo but cannot decide on the design

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:10, Reply)
A unicorn bumming a squirrel.

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:12, Reply)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:13, Reply)
^This^
*click*
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:13, Reply)
Cheers
*bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz*
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:23, Reply)
You have to keep looking and looking and it will come to you.
I'm hopefully going to get another on my leg next year.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:13, Reply)
^this
it's taken me years to be sure enough of something and now I am I can't get it done soon enough
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:16, Reply)
You should get 'I HAVE AIDS' on your face.

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:29, Reply)
I have a t-shirt with it on

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:30, Reply)
from your collection

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:31, Reply)
of gay clothing

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:31, Reply)
and jeggings

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:31, Reply)
No you don't. I put it to you that you've just told a silly lie.
And now you've been found out. Feel a bit foolish, eh?
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:39, Reply)
OK, jegging boy

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:43, Reply)
I like Yakuza tattoos

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:12, Reply)
probably wouldn't have one myself
but I don't object to them
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:12, Reply)
I want another tattoo.
I love them.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:19, Reply)
Get a 15" black rubber cock tattooed up your spine

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:20, Reply)
must say I was thinking of a magenta one with spunk and three hairs on each testicle, but hey, I"m open to suggestion.

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:22, Reply)
One on the front, one on the back
Everyones a winner
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:24, Reply)
Beautiful!
Needs MOAR rainbows though
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:24, Reply)
A big "PoHM" on your forehead.

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:24, Reply)
I don't understand the acronym....

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:56, Reply)
Property of Her Majesty
just a guess like. Or maybe Piece of Hot Minge.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:22, Reply)
Prisoner
because she's a convict, innit.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:28, Reply)
I've got one very small tattoo which I had done ten years ago
I badly want another but am far too indecisive to pick anything. Plus I see shite tattoos every day and they put me off. The greatest truism I've learnt from my many tattooed friends is this - you get the tattoo you pay for. If you have something designed and get quotes for the work from two different tattoists, go for the more expensive one.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:28, Reply)
I'm thinking of getting one.
A line-art sunrise wave, which looks pretty good. I saw the design in a book.

And maybe something inspired by Frank Turner.

By the way, does anybody want an iPad?
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:29, Reply)
£10 and I'll take them off your hands

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:29, Reply)
You'll have to do a lot better than that.
£500 for the pair and you have a deal.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:31, Reply)
If I had £500 I'd buy them!
Shove them back on eBay
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:32, Reply)
What models are they?

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:37, Reply)
1st gen 32gb wifi models.

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:48, Reply)
Put them on ebay, you should get about just under £300 for them.

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:58, Reply)
I can't afford the cash to pay for them in the first place!
Sodding phone.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:10, Reply)
Just default on the payment and get a bad rating from ebay, a few bad stars is no big deal unless you're on a buisness account.

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:19, Reply)
If you explain it to the sellers then they can be quite resonable.
I think they can also delete your bid.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:19, Reply)
I've emailed them, we'll see what comes up.
I'm trying to do the honourable thing though. But if you can genuinely take them off my hands and sell them for a profit, please do so.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:22, Reply)
I don't have £500 to begin with, sorry.

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 13:01, Reply)
Bugger.

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 13:29, Reply)
this is what I'm getting
www.b3tards.com/u/48ca4e4a50b7cad28251/tattoo.jpg
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:30, Reply)
It won't load.
B3tards is blocked at work.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:32, Reply)
it has, that's what I'm getting
a non loading screen
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:32, Reply)
Redex FTW

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:33, Reply)
Needs MOAR UNICORN/SQUIRREL BUMMING
Other than that, its fucking cool
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:32, Reply)
nice
in a gay surfer kinda way.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:33, Reply)
Hahaha

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:37, Reply)
Be a good one to show off to Japanese friends...

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:34, Reply)
Also hahaha

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:37, Reply)
Where (on your body) are you having it?

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:44, Reply)
This is where some wag'll chime in and says 'bellend'...

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:46, Reply)
BELLEND - hurhur

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:50, Reply)
*facepalms*

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:56, Reply)
front of the left shoulder
at the end of the collarbone
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:02, Reply)
I'm thinking of getting a triangle that has a point that starts off at the base tip of my penis and squares off at the base of my penis.
That way when I get a stiffy, the perspective of the triangle might make it look like a normal sized one.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:04, Reply)
A jew, an englishman and a jamacan are sitting at a bar...
... and the jew goes "My schlong is so big, and I am so proud of being a Jew, that I have a star of david on it"
... and the englishman goes "Well, my willy is so big, and I'm so proud of being british, that I have 'welcome to the uk' on it"
... and the jamacan guy goes "Wow, me too."
They turn to him and say "But you're jamacan, why have you got 'uk' written on it?"
So the jamacan goes "I speak french, english and jamacan, and I couldn't fit 'welcome to jamaca' in all three languages on it".
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:08, Reply)
Oh man that's really cool
I like it.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:17, Reply)
cheers dude :-)

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:45, Reply)
The older I get, the more I want a tattoo
but I have no idea what to get. I think I'd want some kind of symbol, but there's nothing that really embodies 'me'. God, that sounded emo.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:45, Reply)
Bloody emo...

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:46, Reply)

www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post1254083
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:47, Reply)
It's tempting.
What does it signify?
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:49, Reply)
That unicorns are givers

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:50, Reply)
the one-ness and harmony of nature and fantasy
and how, really, deep down, everybody is part of a story.

that, and that unicorns are rapey little bastards.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:51, Reply)
Those sexy squirrels were asking for it

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:51, Reply)
with their twitching tails
they were sending all the right signals
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:53, Reply)
Redheads too
Those old grey ones can fuck off
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:54, Reply)
This^
We can get matching tattoos
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:49, Reply)
A girl with fire for hair on a motocycle made out of bones and she's just in her leather bra and panties , and she has a snake for a tounge, and she has bone-wings.
And in the background an egale with a shotgun in it's tallons.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:49, Reply)
*weeps*
Beautiful
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:49, Reply)
and "live to ride - ride to die" underneath?

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:51, Reply)
"Fuck with the bitch, die by the bitch" and under that "Don't call me bitch" and under that "I'm the bitch".

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:54, Reply)
"bitch"

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:01, Reply)
Yeah.
That sounds like me.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:52, Reply)
needs more skulls
and maybe a bleeding heart wrapped in barbed wire.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:54, Reply)
or a rose stem in place of the barbed wire.

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:00, Reply)
I have 8 Tattoos
It makes girls want to sleep with me all the time, it's becoming quite a bore.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:47, Reply)
I want this but it is a band tattoo which is a no-no

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:53, Reply)
Which band?

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:55, Reply)
Pearl Jam
Its from the Alive single. I just think the design is fucking mint!
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:58, Reply)
Pearl Jam
it's from "Ten" although I think it's actually associated with the single "Alive"
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:58, Reply)
I've seen it as a tattoo about 4" high and it looked excellent

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:59, Reply)
I seriously considered it as another tattoo for a long time
but, yeah, same problem as you. I still waver over it, though, especially as it's a long time ago and fairly obscure and most people won't know.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:59, Reply)
Its not as it is Pearl Jam
I just like the drawing of it, like a thick marker pen or something
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:00, Reply)
yeah, I agree.
but that's the problem, anyone who does recognise it will think you're obsessed with pearl jam.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:01, Reply)
Oh man, I know what you mean...
.... I never know where to put my arm and that thing where you don't want to disturbe them so you try and get your breathing in the same time as theirs but they breath a bit slower than you as your heart is racing as there is a girl in her PJs and you're in your t-shirt and pants because you didn't realise you were gonna be crashing around.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:00, Reply)
Never really been tempted
If I did I think I'd get something in some undeciphered ancient script like Proto-Elamite or maybe the Phaistos Disk.

Then I could tell impressionable young ladies it meant whatever I thought would get me in their pants.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:59, Reply)
yeah, so it says "wear sunscreen"
deep, yeah? So, can I touch your frou-frou now?
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:02, Reply)
That kind of thing yeah
Or "The bearer of this sigil is empowered by the Sun God to touch all the frou-frous he might desire."
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:10, Reply)
oh, man, that's total win. You have to do it.

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:11, Reply)
I think I may have found
The Ultimate Tatoo design for Monty Possibly NSFW, depending on your work.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:07, Reply)
Wow...

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:09, Reply)
My thoughts exactly.

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:12, Reply)
Cool isn't it?
I'm thinking of getting something like this

Edit: I fail at the internet
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:14, Reply)
Haha!

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:22, Reply)
not my day
i've edited that 5 times and it refuses to work, sod it.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:32, Reply)
I think having the word 'here' in blue on your back's a great idea.

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:37, Reply)
+insert

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:41, Reply)
Am I the only wimp here?
Don't tattoos, like, really hurt?
I mean, someone told me they stick needles into you....?
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:08, Reply)
yes, but apparently you start to enjoy it after a bit
and it gets addictive, or so I am told, it's probably dopamine or summat like that.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:10, Reply)
Depends what you have done...
...with my one it merely felt like someone's fingernail lightly dragging over my skin.

Also depends where on your body you have it done...
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:12, Reply)
yeah. tattooing your ballsack really hurts.

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:15, Reply)
not really, no
I suppose it depends on your definition of "hurt"
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:10, Reply)
I cry when I cut my toenails
So I guess I have a low pain-threshold
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:13, Reply)
that's spectacularly wierd
there aren't even any pain receptors in your nails.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:15, Reply)
Did I mention that I was a wimp?

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:18, Reply)
Mine hurt but I'm not a wimp like you are.

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:13, Reply)
*offers a lovely warming cup of man the fuck up*

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:15, Reply)
I did you mong.

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:22, Reply)
I know, you spanner
I was offering it to the OP. Dur. ;)
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:28, Reply)
Sorry!
I'm easily confused. Have I mentioned I'm old : )
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:34, Reply)
Depends where you get tattood, how long for, and by which method

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:29, Reply)
in the eyes, for 3 hours, with a spoon

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:32, Reply)
It stung a little

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:34, Reply)
NO, WITH A KNIFE!!!!!!111!!

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:36, Reply)
I have Tats, I like Tats, piercings I am a bit meh about.

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:19, Reply)
I just nearly crapped myself in Sainsbo's.

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:29, Reply)
Damn
Try again?
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:30, Reply)
Have Haribo gone up again?

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:35, Reply)
I don't like sweets.

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:35, Reply)
*bangs head on desk*

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:39, Reply)
Have I missed a witticism here?

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:40, Reply)
No.
I was just despairing.

A man who is tired of sweets, is tired of life. Samuel Johnson I believe.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:42, Reply)
Well, a hungover LPW can affect elderly sphincters like that, I guess.

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:38, Reply)
I could barely finish it.

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:40, Reply)
Aftereffects of Tayyab's, or were you mortified that someone else had the same jeggings on as you?

(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:41, Reply)
I dislike tattoos
Nothing personal mind, but I think they look cheap and tacky if just the one or two (especially on women), and absurd if overdone. My brother was getting both arms sleeved, his back covered big slabs of black ink and even on his shin and middle finger when he got into heroin; I just saw it as trying to conceal himself, hide away, build a wall between himself and the cruel world. (Maybe I listen to "The Wall" too much).

They are okay on bikers and old school metallers, though.
(, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:45, Reply)

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