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Guaranteed is untrue, I agree, that statement was a tad too bold (too bad its tattooed on HN without being able to nuance it). In a lifetime? Potentially enoug

by Fnoord 3y ago

Guaranteed is untrue, I agree, that statement was a tad too bold (too bad its tattooed on HN without being able to nuance it). In a lifetime? Potentially enough yes to not opt for such. Tho there is different size and place, I'd say the main issue is with ones which end up practically 24/7 public. If I look at my own life, then in every situation a t-shirt or sweater with statement or brand would make more sense than a tattoo. These can translate a meaning just as well, but allow to switch based on social setting. Which very much changes throughout life. Religious, political, romantic, hobby, passion statements are fluctuating within a person's life. Just in different likeliness. Even when one believes they don't. So Alice thinks Bob is the one, and Alice gets a Bob tattoo. After all they're 12,5 years together, must be enough for forever? And she had an Aum from her youth, and a logo of her favorite band, Nirvana. 10 years later, Bob dies in a car accident. Alice meets Charlie, a Catholic. Alice eventually wants to replace her Bob tattoo with a Charlie tattoo, and resents her Hindu passion. She refined her music taste. Charlie loses Catholicism as Alice isn't Catholic. However, since he worn a cross necklace, no tattoo has to be removed. Regarding Nirvana? Ah, turns out Kurt Cobain did some #metoo stuff which got finally uncovered. There goes your idol. So yes even things seemingly non-volatile and stable can change. And thoughout a lifetime, its very likely they will. Same with biohacking NFC chips under your skin. In 10 years vulnerabilities are found in the chips or the keypair doesn't fit anymore or they figure they can be compelled to authenticate (robbery, law enforcement). My wife has a tattoo and had a piercing, I had a piercing. We both regret the piercings (hers was nipple, mine was eyebrow) cause of complications. The tattoo seems more silly to me though, though only visible to public in swimming pool. You see, we're in such a quick pace and globalization has succeeded there isn't much we can take for granted in our lifetimes. The job tattoo thingy is just an example. And since I have needle phobia I'd say no thank you with that as reasoning first and foremost. (The observant reader might notice a person with needle phobia having received a piercing in past. I did not realize I would need anesthesia via a syringe; I thought some kind of patch on skin would've been suffice. I didn't look into it enough. So I panicked and literally ran out of the shop and would not get my money back, so I bitten the bullet. Don't think I had to pay extra so I suppose that was nice. The severity can also differ a bit and for medical related I've used oxazepam with success recently. Tho I recognize its addictive nature and hence would prefer not to regularly use such.)

JohnFen 3y ago
> In a lifetime? Potentially enough yes to not opt for such. Maybe? I'm an older guy and know a lot of people my age with tattoos. Very few of them regret their art, even when their art isn't as meaningful as it once was. It still serves as a totem of a certain time in their life. But it's also true that lots of people regret tattoos. I do think that people younger than 30 or so should avoid them. A friend of mine is a tattoo artist, and he has a lot of advice for how to avoid regretting one later, because his specialty is doing cover-up tattoos for people who later regret one they got. The most common reason for regretting a tattoo is that the tattoo they got was done or was placed very poorly and didn't get any better with age. > Alice thinks Bob is the one, and Alice gets a Bob tattoo This is touches on a piece of advice he has: never get a name tattooed on you. Not your lover, not your spouse, not your parents, not even your children (he has a couple of stories where children have died young and the tattoo their parent had became a constant reminder of grief). He considered this so important that he would personally refuse to do such tattoos at all. So it all depends. People who take seriously the fact that tattoos are forever tend to be fine with the ones they do get, even over a lifetime.

by Fnoord 3y ago

JohnFen 3y ago

> In a lifetime? Potentially enough yes to not opt for such. Maybe? I'm an older guy and know a lot of people my age with tattoos. Very few of them regret their art, even when their art isn't as meaningful as it once was. It still serves as a totem of a certain time in their life. But it's also true that lots of people regret tattoos. I do think that people younger than 30 or so should avoid them. A friend of mine is a tattoo artist, and he has a lot of advice for how to avoid regretting one later, because his specialty is doing cover-up tattoos for people who later regret one they got. The most common reason for regretting a tattoo is that the tattoo they got was done or was placed very poorly and didn't get any better with age. > Alice thinks Bob is the one, and Alice gets a Bob tattoo This is touches on a piece of advice he has: never get a name tattooed on you. Not your lover, not your spouse, not your parents, not even your children (he has a couple of stories where children have died young and the tattoo their parent had became a constant reminder of grief). He considered this so important that he would personally refuse to do such tattoos at all. So it all depends. People who take seriously the fact that tattoos are forever tend to be fine with the ones they do get, even over a lifetime.