Re: Stupid tattoos...
Sinjin-
I know a lot of people with tattoos. Many of them are over the age of 55. I have yet to come across an old timer that was glad he got a tattoo. In fact, most of the ones I've talked to deeply regret it. And, when you get old, they just get blurred and faded, and it looks not-so-good.
I'm in my late 30's, and I can tell you, my attitudes and outlook on life has changed over the years, and will continue to mature with age and acquired wisdom. Knowing this, I speculate that most, if not all, of your attitudes will change as well. And the attitude which caused one to get a tattoo will not be the same. But like Susie just said, we'll (you) have to live with consequences.
Getting a tattoo is like wearing the same clothes, or having the same hair style the rest of your life. I don't think anyone wants that. Like jewelry, tattoos also creates an image of being a certain type of person. I mean, if I saw a gal wearing tons of Hawaiian bracelets and smoking cigarettes, I'm thinking "tita". These things are a fact of life. The things we do to and for our bodies is all about image. And doing something as extreme as being poked hundreds of times with a needle and ink to make a statement, says a lot about a person. If you want to carve out an image for the rest of your life, that's your choice. But I beleive it's in everyone's best interest to not do this.
However, like some of you others, I have a distant measure of fascination and enjoyed watching that tattoo reality show, "Inked". There was one guy who wanted an image of his dying little girl tattooed on his shoulder so he would always remember her as she is/was. She had been in a coma since birth, so the tattoed image resembled him carrying her on his shoulder as he always did. I thought that was very touching.
Another thing, if you're Christian, you shouldn't be getting tattoos. The Bible says not to do it.
Originally posted by sinjin
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I know a lot of people with tattoos. Many of them are over the age of 55. I have yet to come across an old timer that was glad he got a tattoo. In fact, most of the ones I've talked to deeply regret it. And, when you get old, they just get blurred and faded, and it looks not-so-good.
I'm in my late 30's, and I can tell you, my attitudes and outlook on life has changed over the years, and will continue to mature with age and acquired wisdom. Knowing this, I speculate that most, if not all, of your attitudes will change as well. And the attitude which caused one to get a tattoo will not be the same. But like Susie just said, we'll (you) have to live with consequences.
Getting a tattoo is like wearing the same clothes, or having the same hair style the rest of your life. I don't think anyone wants that. Like jewelry, tattoos also creates an image of being a certain type of person. I mean, if I saw a gal wearing tons of Hawaiian bracelets and smoking cigarettes, I'm thinking "tita". These things are a fact of life. The things we do to and for our bodies is all about image. And doing something as extreme as being poked hundreds of times with a needle and ink to make a statement, says a lot about a person. If you want to carve out an image for the rest of your life, that's your choice. But I beleive it's in everyone's best interest to not do this.
However, like some of you others, I have a distant measure of fascination and enjoyed watching that tattoo reality show, "Inked". There was one guy who wanted an image of his dying little girl tattooed on his shoulder so he would always remember her as she is/was. She had been in a coma since birth, so the tattoed image resembled him carrying her on his shoulder as he always did. I thought that was very touching.
Another thing, if you're Christian, you shouldn't be getting tattoos. The Bible says not to do it.
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