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I don't understand the desire to get a tattoo, it seems that everybody that is my age and younger has one. I only know a handful of people that don't. Often wh
by nextw33k 12y ago
I don't understand the desire to get a tattoo, it seems that everybody that is my age and younger has one. I only know a handful of people that don't.
Often when people talk to me about their tattoos I feel they are trying to externalise their identity. Does that make it the equivalent of a "look at me, I need attention"?
- therobot24 12y agoAt first maybe, but it really is an artform. Most people i know have with tattoos use them to tell a story of sorts: a life event, a homage to an influence to their life, and/or recognition of someone they deeply care for (kids/parents/whatever).
- jkmcf 12y agoA lot of people have an unartistic collection of disparate doodles haphazardly located on their body. There are 21 year olds who have covered significant portions of their body like this, and it looks lame and ridiculous. There are also a lot of very artistic tattoos, too, but I don’t understand the fascination with covering most of your body in permanent, expensive artwork. Who you are today is not who you’ll be in 20 years (hopefully). Regardless, it doesn’t affect me, and in 20 years society will most likely have flipped polarity again anyway.