Explain. Why pay to deface your body? Are you trying to express your beliefs or something? Need to be reminded of some corny ass adage every time you look in the mirror? Need some arbitrary tribal symbol that you have no real connection with, but just feel a need to express you teenage angst somehow? Do you really think anyone else gives a ****? Every single older person I've talked to with tattoos invariably regrets it.
Just wondering.
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Thread: Why do people get tattoos
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10-07-2008, 09:37 AM #1Banned
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Why do people get tattoos
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10-07-2008, 09:37 AM #2Banned
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because they like them
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10-07-2008, 09:38 AM #3Bears NFC North Champs
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I like turtles.
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10-07-2008, 09:38 AM #4Registered User
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For the exact same reason people smoke. To fit in.
If he dies he dies
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10-07-2008, 09:39 AM #5Registered User
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because it looks cool jackass. But seriously it is cool and I could care less about expressing myself to anyone. And just how does it "deface" your body
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10-07-2008, 09:40 AM #6Banned
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Wait so you're a marine, with no tattoos?
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10-07-2008, 09:41 AM #7Registered User
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why do you have your hair cut like that and wear the clothes you do OP?
try and you might, dont and you wont.
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10-07-2008, 09:42 AM #8Banned
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Yep, and damned proud of it. I don't need to put ink on my skin to express my love for country and corps, I'm not that superficial. Most of the guys I see with tattoos are the same jerks who get out of boot camp all motivated and ****, but then whine and piss when they have 4 am PT. Just wanna show off to their friends (not saying ALL are like this, but it's definitely a trend I notice)Originally Posted by Blowsox13
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10-07-2008, 09:42 AM #9The Drow
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I always figured that if people say that your body is your temple then I say decorate it.
Hit the muscle into submission. It won't have any choice but to grow.
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10-07-2008, 09:44 AM #10Banned
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Military regulations for the haircut. As for the clothes I wear, I do it to cover my body because laws require it. I don't do it to be a walking billboard for some corporation or express my beliefs.Originally Posted by matreynolds
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10-07-2008, 09:44 AM #11Rarely here
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its decoration not defacement. Some people get them to mark specific events in their lives, others do it for aesthetics.Originally Posted by blinKme431
why do you care what other people do to their own bodies?"I'm not like most girls." -most girls
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10-07-2008, 09:44 AM #13lolwut
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way to be a all harsh about it OP. im surprised you dont have a bunch of people upset with you about this. tattoos are a pretty cool way to express yourself and some people get them cause they look good
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Why decorate your house? Why doesn't everyone buy their clothes @ walmart?
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10-07-2008, 09:45 AM #15Registered User
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I just wanted to fit in and be one of the cool kids.
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10-07-2008, 09:46 AM #16Bears NFC North Champs
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I'm gonna go out and get a bunch of tattoos now to piss off the OP.
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10-07-2008, 09:47 AM #17Banned
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If you need a tattoo to 'express yourself' you're a pretty sad and shallow person. I've never seen anything worthwhile expressed in a tattoo.Originally Posted by twedellj
"Oh man, you're so deep and introspective because you're a white guy with an african tribal! You're so cultured!". Grow up. There's a reason that it's only teenagers and people in their 20s getting tattoos. How many older guys do you see? I'm sure there are many but proportionally far fewer. Haven't met too many lawyers, doctors or professionals with tattoos, either.
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sorry to tell you that you phailed, but at least you like Mustangs...Originally Posted by Nasty1
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10-07-2008, 09:48 AM #19Registered User
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Originally Posted by MusclesMarinara
sorry to tell you that you phailed, but at least you like Mustangs...
Lol.......thanks bro.ئەنسیکلۆپێدیایFlorida Gators Crewئەنسیکلۆپێدیای
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Close minded ****rag
try and you might, dont and you wont.
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10-07-2008, 09:49 AM #21The Drow
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Maybe there are lawyers, doctors and executives with tattoos. You just don't see them because they wear suits/clothes that hide them.
Hit the muscle into submission. It won't have any choice but to grow.
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10-07-2008, 09:50 AM #22Registered User
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If I were to go into a job interview would corporate want a clean cut guy like myself or a a clean cut guy with a sleeve from his right wrist to his shoulder? I would never put something like that on my body...but to each their own.
I have seen some sweet tatoo's with meaning...
One of my friends lost his dad and has his name vertically on his side? Its very similar to the TapouT logo "American Arrogant" on the side of their shirts.
Bad ass...
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10-07-2008, 09:51 AM #23Banned
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What about temporary tattoos?
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10-07-2008, 09:51 AM #24Banned
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Which further drives home my point that they're not desirable in any professional realm.Originally Posted by drizzt45
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I have that for my Grand father and on my right side.Originally Posted by bjoh17
FWIW I have no dad or father figure other than my grandfather.ئەنسیکلۆپێدیایFlorida Gators Crewئەنسیکلۆپێدیای
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10-07-2008, 09:53 AM #26The Swede
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Lmao, ignorance at it's finest. Oh the irony. A douche complaining about people getting tattooed with something they have no connection with WHILE he bitches about something HE has no connection with. By all means. Show us ur intelogents there mate. lol
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10-07-2008, 09:54 AM #27In Statu Viae
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I got my tattoo as a dedication to my dad after he passed away. My whole family got tattoos to remind us of him. Every day, I see the tat and remember my dad. I think it's a small price to pay to dedicate an area of my arm in remembrance of the man who gave me life. I'm not sure I would have ever done it otherwise. Each person has their own reason I guess.
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10-07-2008, 09:55 AM #28Hello Hello
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Tattoos are for simple - one dimensional people. I hate tattoos and the people who get them.
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Oh yeah, I also think 65 year olds look bad ass with their name wrinkled on their upper back...Just sayin
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10-07-2008, 09:57 AM #30Registered User
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Originally Posted by Nasty1
That's tight. This or something similar would be the only reason why I would get inked. The one thing i despise the most is seeing a guy with his name on his upper back... That's gotta be the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen.Originally Posted by DorteeClan
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