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Tattoo regrets poll

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Originally posted by: skyking
The "pointing and laughing" was in jest, and reserved for those who answered the poll with regrets. I should have clarified.

Fair enough 😎

Originally posted by: NFS4
Have fun 🙂 It's a personal preference. I just find them repulsive. I'm sure there are things that are repulsive to you as well.

Yes, people who are intolerant of other people's cultures, and the Dutch.
 
I have 2 and don't regret them at all (34yo). Got my 2nd one just a few months ago and looking for the next
 
I don't regret any of them:

"Only God can judge me" across my chest

the Tasmanian Devil chasing a Tweety Bird on my thigh.

"Strong men also cry" across my abdomen.

Marijuana leaf on my wrist

Tribal band on my arm

Chinese characters of the words: "Crisis Opportunity Love Hate" on my neck.

A Phoenix rising from the ashes on my lower back.

Nope, no regrets.

 
Originally posted by: G Wizard
I don't regret any of them:

"Only God can judge me" across my chest

the Tasmanian Devil chasing a Tweety Bird on my thigh.

"Strong men also cry" across my abdomen.

Marijuana leaf on my wrist

Tribal band on my arm

Chinese characters of the words: "Crisis Opportunity Love Hate" on my neck.

A Phoenix rising from the ashes on my lower back.

Nope, no regrets.

I never understood why people would want to label themselves as a drug user to perfect strangers.
 
Originally posted by: Zolty
I never understood why people would want to label themselves as a drug user to perfect strangers.

Other than being a tattoo, it's not much different than wearing a Budweiser t-shirt.
 
My only regret is that I thought "sticker" tattoos were cool when I was a teenager. Got my tat's at 15, 16, 25, 26. I wish some of them were much bigger.
 
Originally posted by: Homerboy
While I enjoy my tattoos, when I got them they weren't so fucking common place as they are nowadays. I don't regret what I got and WHEN I got them, but it does suck that they are a dime a dozen know (ironically though they are WAY more expensive).

i hear ya there. same for me.

i dont regret any of my tats, they all have personal meaning to me. luckily i happen to love the art that went into them. even the blurry, prison-like style of my forearm tat that i did myself with a homemade gun and guitar string needle. i work with a guy that totally regrets his tattoos, to the point that he will go to great lengths to make sure people can not see them, and wont show them even on show and tell day at the bar lol.
 
Originally posted by: Fayd
i would get a tattoo if i could tattoo the palm with reasonable success.

but apparently it doesnt take very well.

i dropped my tat gun one time back in 94 and hit my palm with it. damn marks are still there lol.


now i want another tattoo. thanks guys.


edit;


Originally posted by: lokiju
Originally posted by: Homerboy
While I enjoy my tattoos, when I got them they weren't so fucking common place as they are nowadays. I don't regret what I got and WHEN I got them, but it does suck that they are a dime a dozen know (ironically though they are WAY more expensive).

Edit: 35 now. got my 1st when I was 18. Last at 25.

I never understood this mindset people have with anything in life that all the sudden they don't enjoy or like something anymore just because it's popular.

I know a guy that everything is like that. Everything he does he want's to come across as "unique" so he has his Mac's, he listens to non main stream music, he reads obscure books, he loves movies no ones heard of and ever damn time one of those things he loves becomes main stream he can all the sudden no longer enjoy it.

I just don't get it. 😕

i dont suddenly dislike tattoos because others are getting into it or that they are becoming more mainstream, i just wish others wouldnt have adopted the same styling i already had. most of the time my tattoos dont even show, there are people ive known for years that only have seen the one on my forearm and the one on my hand. im ok with that.
 
Originally posted by: NFS4

It's funny how everyone complains about "ricing up cars" with stickers and shit, but "ricing" up your body is cool 😉

:laugh:
I agree - no tats, absolutely no regrets about it.
 
I just find tats to be pointless, like jewelry. I can't see paying money for something which serves no useful purpose, to me at least.

There's a guy at my gym with some tats on both arms, and I always have to chuckle to myself when I see them. Thing is, he's black, and fairly dark, so you can barely see 'em. I have no idea what they are. I don't get the point of that at all.
 
Originally posted by: Mursilis
I just find tats to be pointless, like jewelry. I can't see paying money for something which serves no useful purpose, to me at least.

There's a guy at my gym with some tats on both arms, and I always have to chuckle to myself when I see them. Thing is, he's black, and fairly dark, so you can barely see 'em. I have no idea what they are. I don't get the point of that at all.

Have you considered the possibility that he got them for himself, not for you to look at?
I ask you this, can you understand the purpose behind someone wearing a cross on a chain, even if you think it's pointless?
 
Happy with all of mine, dont give a fuck if some people dont like them or not. I had a pretty damn good idea what "on my skin forever" meant, dont regret nor do i see myself ever regretting them.
I have a full sleeve going past my shoulder on my right arm, one on back, one on back of neck, and one covering most of my left forearem. will get left sleeve done within a year. Got my first tat almost 14 years ago and only wish i had the money to get even more back then.
 
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: Zolty
I never understood why people would want to label themselves as a drug user to perfect strangers.

Other than being a tattoo, it's not much different than wearing a Budweiser t-shirt.

Other than the fact that MJ is illegal, a drug and has a negative social stigmatism associated with it.

I don't have one...never cared for them that much or had interest. My wife got one when she was 18 and now regrets it. She's grown into a woman and now realizes how stupid it was to put something perm on her body. She's talked several times about doing the laser treatment.
 
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: Mursilis
I just find tats to be pointless, like jewelry. I can't see paying money for something which serves no useful purpose, to me at least.

There's a guy at my gym with some tats on both arms, and I always have to chuckle to myself when I see them. Thing is, he's black, and fairly dark, so you can barely see 'em. I have no idea what they are. I don't get the point of that at all.

Have you considered the possibility that he got them for himself, not for you to look at?
I ask you this, can you understand the purpose behind someone wearing a cross on a chain, even if you think it's pointless?

If people get tattoo's in visible places they obviously want them to be seen.
 
Originally posted by: zerocool84
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: Mursilis
I just find tats to be pointless, like jewelry. I can't see paying money for something which serves no useful purpose, to me at least.

There's a guy at my gym with some tats on both arms, and I always have to chuckle to myself when I see them. Thing is, he's black, and fairly dark, so you can barely see 'em. I have no idea what they are. I don't get the point of that at all.

Have you considered the possibility that he got them for himself, not for you to look at?
I ask you this, can you understand the purpose behind someone wearing a cross on a chain, even if you think it's pointless?

If people get tattoo's in visible places they obviously want them to be seen.

like stars across their cheek.
 
Originally posted by: LikeLinus
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: Zolty
I never understood why people would want to label themselves as a drug user to perfect strangers.

Other than being a tattoo, it's not much different than wearing a Budweiser t-shirt.

Other than the fact that MJ is illegal, a drug and has a negative social stigmatism associated with it.

Your point being? They both label you as a drug user to perfect strangers.
 
Originally posted by: zerocool84
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: Mursilis
I just find tats to be pointless, like jewelry. I can't see paying money for something which serves no useful purpose, to me at least.

There's a guy at my gym with some tats on both arms, and I always have to chuckle to myself when I see them. Thing is, he's black, and fairly dark, so you can barely see 'em. I have no idea what they are. I don't get the point of that at all.

Have you considered the possibility that he got them for himself, not for you to look at?
I ask you this, can you understand the purpose behind someone wearing a cross on a chain, even if you think it's pointless?

If people get tattoo's in visible places they obviously want them to be seen.

Do you typically dress the same way for work as you do for the gym?
 
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: LikeLinus
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: Zolty
I never understood why people would want to label themselves as a drug user to perfect strangers.

Other than being a tattoo, it's not much different than wearing a Budweiser t-shirt.

Other than the fact that MJ is illegal, a drug and has a negative social stigmatism associated with it.

Your point being? They both label you as a drug user to perfect strangers.

What? You may want to put the pipe down. I don't think people label you a drug user when you wear a Budweiser t-shirt like they do when you tat your arm up with a pot leaf.
 
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