Author Topic: Whatcha Look Like? (Read 841305 times)

DtheRaTT · « **Reply #735 on:** October 12, 2005, 02:34:45 PM »

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deft · « **Reply #736 on:** October 12, 2005, 02:38:15 PM »

When you're 50 and 60 I think whether or not your tattoo looks good still is the least of your worries.

M^tster · « **Reply #737 on:** October 13, 2005, 09:11:36 AM »

Ya Id be more concerned with my prostate blowing up!Lol!

johnny · « **Reply #738 on:** October 13, 2005, 06:55:58 PM »

Quote from: deft on October 12, 2005, 02:38:15 PM

When you're 50 and 60 I think whether or not your tattoo looks good still is the least of your worries.

Hehehehe! Funny!

But...well, my point was that when you're a youngster, you might lack perspective on time and aging. And you've just proved my point if you actually think that 50 or 60 is old, especially nowadays. I don't know anyone under...hmm, let me think for a sec...OK, 72--who has any health issues that are age-related. Aside from one person (the 72-year-old), all of my 50- and 60-something friends and relations are in great shape, if a bit slower. Bet you don't believe that bit about 50 not being "old"--that's fine...you'll understand when you get there!

BTW, I'm "only" 43 myself

[BTF]n0ctuary · « **Reply #739 on:** October 13, 2005, 07:50:54 PM »

That guitar in the pic is a beaut, krill. Nuthin like a gibson custom. It goes well with the bitchin car.

QuakeDuke · « **Reply #740 on:** October 13, 2005, 09:58:25 PM »

Sunday morning

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dorkiz · « **Reply #741 on:** October 14, 2005, 05:06:04 AM »

Quote from: johnny on October 12, 2005, 07:40:27 AM

Tattoos: I wish I had a lot of money to invest--I'd invest in tatoo removal technology. All I have to say is wait until you start aging. Tatoos don't age very well! I have a female friend who got a bunch of shit tatooed across her lower abdomen when she was in her early 20s, text and graphics--can't remember what the text is, but it was something from Nietzche. Well, she's now 36 and pregnant. I'm thinking that's gonna look like shit when she gets really big...and then after she has the baby it's going to look like a deflated balloon; it'll never go back to looking the way it did. And I have several other older friends who've hit their 50s who got their tats in their mid-30s back when it first became cool instead of just a working class thing. Skin is starting to sag a bit here and there, and somehow the tat just doesn't look quite so cool anymore.

Never assume that what you think is cool right now will remain cool to you 10 or 20 years down the road, let alone the rest of your life; difficult as it may be to contemplate when you're 18 or in your 20s, you WILL be 40, 50, 60... someday, and it comes sooner than you would ever believe!

Just something to think about!

I think I've ranted on this topic before in this thread... But yea. This is the absolute DUMBEST reason not to get a tattoo. Ok, yea, when I'm 70, I'll be an old wrinkled fuck. Do you really think I'm gonna be trying to pick up on girls when I'm that old? The last thing I'll be concerned about will be my looks. I'll be more concerned about making it to the toilet on time. I get them because they describe me in one way or another, and they're addictive. If I wanted to get them because they are "cool" I would have them a lot more visible and trendy. I don't think having binary across your back constitutes as cool, most people see it as more of a joke. But it's not their tattoo.

So yea.... Fuck removal. If you end up not liking a tattoo after a while, then that's the perfect opportunity to cover it up with a tattoo that you do want.

dorkiz · « **Reply #742 on:** October 14, 2005, 05:08:40 AM »

Quote from: johnny on October 13, 2005, 06:55:58 PM

Quote from: deft on October 12, 2005, 02:38:15 PM
When you're 50 and 60 I think whether or not your tattoo looks good still is the least of your worries.

Hehehehe! Funny!

But...well, my point was that when you're a youngster, you might lack perspective on time and aging. And you've just proved my point if you actually think that 50 or 60 is old, especially nowadays. I don't know anyone under...hmm, let me think for a sec...OK, 72--who has any health issues that are age-related. Aside from one person (the 72-year-old), all of my 50- and 60-something friends and relations are in great shape, if a bit slower. Bet you don't believe that bit about 50 not being "old"--that's fine...you'll understand when you get there!

BTW, I'm "only" 43 myself

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You just contradicted yourself then... If you're 40 or 50 and in great shape, then your tattoo will be as well. Of course the ink can fade if you don't take care of it, and after a while it'll fade anyway, but they do have a thing called "touch-ups" in the tattoo world that will fix that problem for under $50.

Bleach · « **Reply #743 on:** October 14, 2005, 05:43:22 AM »

Quote from: dorkiz on October 14, 2005, 05:06:04 AM

[So yea.... Fuck removal.

deft · « **Reply #744 on:** October 14, 2005, 07:43:37 AM »

I find it funny, I never said ANYTHING about 50 and 60 being old. My dad is 45 and very healthy, also he just got 2 tattoos. Point being, people get tattoos to express themselves, it's a form of art, it can tell you something about the person. Why don't you go find me the percent of people who don't get tattoos because they don't want them to look bad when they're older.

johnny · « **Reply #745 on:** October 14, 2005, 08:26:52 AM »

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I think I've ranted on this topic before in this thread... But yea.

[BTF]adam · « **Reply #746 on:** October 14, 2005, 08:29:40 AM »

You have BINARY on your back?!? Wow.. Cool amp corn.. just cos it says SX.. otherwise it looks shit lol.

Art · « **Reply #747 on:** October 14, 2005, 08:33:48 AM »

Someone I know has a unique tattoo. When asked what it signifies, he replies "stupid 16 year old". I tend to agree with him. I see tattos as a brand, just like a cattle brand. It doesn't belong to you, you belong to it. It's just like a billboard sign on a highway, or on the side of a bus/taxicab except on your body ... a lifelong advertisement. Life is a very long time in most cases.

You advertise to the general public, aka: strangers something about yourself with every tattoo and/or piece of clothing with writing on it and have no choice about it. I prefer to choose who knows something about me, not just any tom, dick, and harry. I choose when and where to advertise, if ever. I may even want to false advertise. Point is, I have a choice, people with visible tattos do not, to a certain extent. This might not bother some in the least, but someday it might.

The "someone" above refered to is me, and I despise my brand. I feel "pwnd" for life.

johnny · « **Reply #748 on:** October 14, 2005, 08:38:14 AM »

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You just contradicted yourself then...

dorkiz · « **Reply #749 on:** October 14, 2005, 08:45:29 AM »

Quote from: johnny on October 14, 2005, 08:26:52 AM

LOL! So...you get tattoos to pull in the chicks?

You say you get them because they describe you in one way or another. They describe you NOW. One of my points was that they may be kind of irrelevant in 30, 20, or even 10 years.

I was just trying to caution folks--from the perspective of experience--that you might want to think a bit before getting your entire body tattooed, or highly visible areas that might, when you go to get certain kinds of jobs, be a tad embarrassing or off-putting. I guess I'm thinking more of women here, actually, as men are usually more covered up.

Anyway, sorry if it seemed I was excoriating you and anyone else for having a tattoo--not my business whether you have them or not; to each his own. But I DO know lots of people who have wound up regretting either the placement or the extent of their tattoos, and some who even regretted having them at all. More on that in a subsequent post.

Ok.

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