tattoos

In the TV show or movie what part is the highly tattooed guy most likely to play? A) The District Attorney B) A gang member C) The perp

Why is that? Because that most fits the probabilities. No, I'm not saying all people with tats are criminals, but what I am saying is that if you want to become a District Attorney or other high ranking official then tats could get in the way. There are exceptions to every rule, but life is hard enough without you adding stumbling blocks.

I'm not unilaterally against tattoos. What I am against is getting them while you are young and stupid and have no clue how they will affect you.

Someone mentioned that hard work will let you get ahead tats or not, but first you have to get that job.

Now once you have gotten that job and proven yourself then go for it. By that time you have enough experience to understand the consequences and a history that hopefully will speak loudly enough to overcome any resistance.

Why do the Chop out Mrs. Brad Pitt's tats in her movies?

well i work in a hospital.. mine is very tasteful and it is on my left forearm... personally if someone is going to judge me on a tat that recognizes me, my son and my wife.. well thats just to bad.

carguy123 wrote: In the TV show or movie what part is the highly tattooed guy most likely to play? A) The District Attorney B) A gang member C) The perp Why is that? Because that most fits the probabilities.

TV? Movies? I'd say it's more to fit stereotypes than statistics.

I think one of the things that's striking me here is that you've got a thread full of articulate, intelligent, and real people with a fondness for tattoos, and point to TV fiction as proof of what the public thinks of them...

I'm not unilaterally against tattoos. What I am against is getting them while you are young and stupid and have no clue how they will affect you.

There's something to that. But I think we've all known (a precious few, but some) 20-year-olds who knew themselves and had a good grasp of the world around them, and 50-year-olds who haven't got nearly the wisdom nor perspective their age should grant. I'll cede the point that at least the latter have to live with their decision for a shorter time

Why do the Chop out Mrs. Brad Pitt's tats in her movies?

Because the characters don't have them? She's not playing herself. Okay, that last part's debatable, but literally speaking...

Took me a while before I could relearn how to walk, then I started running doing all kinds of things I was putting off due to other thing's.

Decided I was going to retire as soon as I could,start collecting my pension and enjoy life as best I could and pick and choose where and when I needed to work.

Right now I'm doing my stint with Fedex to help bolster up my discretionary fund.

Since that time I've bought a few cars I've always wanted, went on a few trips with thwe family and generally had the "you only live once" attitude....well usually..

I have a few and I'm a Special Ed teacher. I also wear jeans and hoodies to work when "real teachers" wear ties. Different strokes for different folks I guess. I also own a few businesses, So if anyone thinks I'm a gang member or a perp they can pretty much blow me. I haven't got one since leaving the Army. I want full sleeves, but haven't found anything I like yet. I don’t care if people want to refer to me as the “tatted up guy with the retarded kids” It's not really worth the time to worry about what other people are doing. Maybe it helps that I live in Denver and not some back woods hick town.

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Thanks Keith.

carguy123 wrote: I'm not unilaterally against tattoos. What I am against is getting them while you are young and stupid and have no clue how they will affect you.

You cannot become old and wise without first being young and stupid. This ranting has less to do with tattoos and more to do with the typical attitude of people that would fit in well in an Orwelian world. Make no mistakes, take no chances, do nothing different, do as you are told. It's a legitimate, if soul-numbing, point of view.

xd wrote: Maybe it helps that I live in Denver and not some back woods hick town.

Love it.

Preaches tolerance and dismissal of stereotypes, cooks one up himself.

We all judge people and get judged. I get judged for my weight, and don't trust anyone over 5'7"

Wally wrote: We all judge people and get judged. I get judged for my weight, and don't trust anyone over 5'7"

That's weird, because I don't trust midgets.

Make no mistakes, take no chances, do nothing different, do as you are told. It's a legitimate, if soul-numbing, point of view.

damn man.. that would actually make a great tattoo..

You guys are a bunch of shiny happy people. He was born that way.

Supercoupe wrote: I'm looking at getting a reaper's limp body in the mouth of a gargoyle perched on a cross with the date 12-25-2003 underneath.

Great story. It is so cool that I am going to get the same exact tatoo.

Otto Maddox wrote:

Supercoupe wrote: I'm looking at getting a reaper's limp body in the mouth of a gargoyle perched on a cross with the date 12-25-2003 underneath.

Great story. It is so cool that I am going to get the same exact tatoo.

I'm going to huff bath salts until I see something cool enough to put on my back.

GPS said: I'm going to huff bath salts until I see something cool enough to put on my back.

Aaahh crap, I'll admit it; carguy is right. I do regret this one...rather...not getting it done LARGER on my back. I got it on my 18th birthday. I was young and stupid, and apparently trapped in the 30's. Dali's "Sleep." There was a poster of this image hanging in my art class when I was in high school, and it turned me on to surrealism, and also got me reading Dali's "50 Secrets of Master Craftsmanship," which, among other things, detailed the real importance of dreams for artistic inspiration. Google "Dali slumber with a key" or "Hypnagogic imagery" if you're interested. Might prove more useful than bath salts.

poopshovel wrote:

GPS said: I'm going to huff bath salts until I see something cool enough to put on my back.

Aaahh crap, I'll admit it; carguy is right. I do regret this one...rather...not getting it done LARGER on my back. I got it on my 18th birthday. I was young and stupid, and apparently trapped in the 30's. Dali's "Sleep." There was a poster of this image hanging in my art class when I was in high school, and it turned me on to surrealism, and also got me reading Dali's "50 Secrets of Master Craftsmanship," which, among other things, detailed the real importance of dreams for artistic inspiration. Google "Dali slumber with a key" or "Hypnagogic imagery" if you're interested. Might prove more useful than bath salts.

If I put that on my back it would have a beard.

Cool image - but you really have to trust the guy inking that not to make it look like a caricature of saaay... a recent political figure. Smaller might be better - less ummmm warpage due to the mismanagement of BMI over the years as well ;)

I don't care if others have tats, that's their business. Me, I'm weird, er, different enough without them.

Maybe a corporate logo isn't such a great idea. Lots of people got the "M-dot" tattoo as shown above after completing an Ironman triathlon. This is an incredible achievement so I can see why people would want to recognize their accomplishment. However, to make more $$$, the good folks that put on the Ironman event now have a race half as long also called an Ironman, sometimes referred to as an Ironman 70.3. And the new event is a walk in the park compared to the "real" Ironman. But now all these new people doing the short event get the "M-Dot" tattoos too. I guess this is just an example of how your tattoo could lose its luster.

Imagine if you had a Navy Seal tattoo and the Navy decided to call everyone in the Navy a Seal.

Or if you got a tattoo proclaiming your accomplishment as valedictorian of your school and then the school in later years started calling everyone with a really high GPA "valedictorian". They actually do that now. I'd stick to "I heart Mom" tattoos and such if I was to get one.

Did it, got it done yesterday on my left shoulder about 4x8 inches. Put the reaper in the gargoyles claws though as a suggestion by the artist so the detail would be better on the figures. After it heals a bit I'll post a few pics, I'm happy with it plus it will give me the incentive to exercise a little more so I can parade around shirtless this summer and show it off..

I have none, but this is under consideration. I'm thinking between shoulder blades. any thoughts?

I was in Miami at the Boat Show with my Japanese counter part and my boss. We were eating outside when a young lady walked in the restaurant and sat down at a bar stool right next to our window.

The back of her shirt raised up to reveal a tramp stamp Kanji (Japanese character.)

I asked my Japanese friend what it said. He looked at it smiled and said

SUSHI

After laughing ourselves to tears and finishing dinner, I started feeling guilty. When we left I went inside and asked her what it meant.

She said "own" I informed her of the correct translation and wished her and her date a good night.

(No dumb ass engineers were hurt in this truth letting. Luckily)

there are lots of funny explanations of bad kanji and hanzi tattoos at hanzi smatter. They're basically our version of engrish.

Why would anyone tattoo "golden pig" on his back, and why is the character for pig, 豬, upside down?!

This is BARNCA's first tattoo...

Here is my fourth...It is a simple tattoo, but the meaning behind it is huge!!!

I am a member of a group called TWLOHA ~Too Write Love On Her Arms~ It is a group that's mission is to bring HOPE to people that self harm, have been affected by suicide, and/or abuse alcohol and/or drugs, to show those people that they are not alone in their story. They also bring AWARENESS to people about these issues that people have, that greatly affect their lives. This tattoo is of my own 7 year old sons handwriting of the word LOVE that the artist tattoed onto the inside of my left wrist...it is a daily reminder of why I myself no longer self harm...I know that it is something I will NEVER regret...