Tattoos?

[basketcase0302]

Nice ink Woods! That guy is an artist for sure.
I haven't responded to this thread because of the "stigma" and image we with tats are given-but I know not here. I have a few, (well hidden) from my corporate mentality that I deal with almost my whole career now. They just don't get it!

[Mancar1]

Nice

[woods]

Yeah, did that myself with a mirror, a guitar string, a ballpoint pen and a shoe lace.

[basshound71]

I like well done tats it's just that alot of the look like prison tats or something. They are all faded or not clear enough. My wife got one when she turned 40, something she always wanted to do. I don't know why there is such a stigma with them. I even catch myself doing it and then I slap myself. These people that get them on thier neck and face are dumbasses I think. Espesially when they get them when they are they are like 20. They don't even know anything about life yet and they are making life changing decissions. I personally don't have any but have thought about getting one but just can't bring myself to spend 400-500 on a nice tat when I really don't have the extra although I could come up with it if needed. I would much rather spend it on Bob the 71 f100 I do know that some of these guys are extemely talented artists.

[69F110]

I have no tattoo's. I have always looked at them as a positive identification tool. I want to be nondescript. I want to be in the background. Having a tattoo is great for death identification though.

I do not mind tasteful, discreet tattoo's, but have seen many that should be rated X or just plain crazy. And does anyone ever get those chinese tattoo's interpreted by a chinese person prior to putting them on their body, or do they really believe that it means "love" or something likr that? Just wondering.

[Phil105]

You only get one chance to make a first impression.

A lot regarding tattoos relates to what you choose to do in life. If you're going to be in "business", and I don't mean a body/paint shop, motorcycle shop or the like, it is my opinion that tattoos put you in the same category as "dreadlocks", pants around the middle of your butt or some other similar "fad" (both of which are popular in prison). Men who got tattoos while in service are quite a bit different than all the "kids" we see walking the streets today with tat's and piercings. They are looking for attention. They should be looking for a job!

[woods]

I was going to say that I think you're painting with too wide of a brush, but, I then realized that I do the same thing in reverse.

When I see a business man with his gelled up hair, khaki pants for that "just one of the guys" look and the extra effort he put into dolling himself up. I immediately think he a mindless robot who knows very little about the real pleasures of life and if I were to try and talk to him, he would probably just parrot something he heard earlier in an attempt to relate to me (a human). I generally see these people as a massive waste of space.

I normally do and think all this before I even speak to the guy, so it would be very hypocritical of me to tell someone else not to judge someone by what the wear or look like when I do the same thing.

[Atlas]

I'm just waiting for the day when not having tattoos is in style again, then I'll be again

My grandad "Opa" had a horse tattoo on his right forearm , he was a horse boy at the age of 14 in the Great War and then again the Second World War he was a horseman for the Generals. He said he had to hide his tattoo after he came home from service before the 1920's began.I loved it and wish now that he's gone that I had a photo of it.

[tsherry]

You only get one chance to make a first impression.

A lot regarding tattoos relates to what you choose to do in life. If you're going to be in "business", and I don't mean a body/paint shop, motorcycle shop or the like, it is my opinion that tattoos put you in the same category as "dreadlocks", pants around the middle of your butt or some other similar "fad" (both of which are popular in prison). Men who got tattoos while in service are quite a bit different than all the "kids" we see walking the streets today with tat's and piercings. They are looking for attention. They should be looking for a job!

^^This^^.

[woods]

Look, no tattoos. Very business like, you can trust this guy for sure.

[CNM67]

Japanese style Oni mask and severed head soon to be made into a half sleve and chest plate.