Ink or not 2 ink that is the question

[Karma]

Don't bother. When I gain political power, my Benevolent Regime will pay to have your ID number tattooed on your forearm and a bar code at the back of your neck...

Dude, think Hitler beat you to it by like 60 years.

[Ms Piggy]

Are you a fan of tatoo's?
Do you think they are sexy, cool, dumb?
Are they are part of motorcycling culture?

Look forward to hearing your thoughts

Yes - well done ones for sure.

They can be sexy & cool & even dumb.

Not necessarily I got inked long before I began riding.

[FzerozeroT]

I loved it when I was in a group at tech "workplace ethics" and it was about stereotyping. I was the clean cut guy out of the lot and tattoos came up, one of the girls (late 30's) said something to the effect of "they're for prisoners and criminals", I just about cried I was laughing so hard.

The pain is subjective, mine was sweet FA, but then I've also had my tongue pierced 3 times, two in the soft ear, one in the cartilage and a PA. took the piercings all out as it was a boredom thing for me, but want to keep on going with the tatt.

[Colapop]

I was born in the year of the boar (aka ugly bastard pig thing) so I think that's out.

Hmm...maybe a strategically placed ruler design... perhaps slightly out of scale

Get a micrometer tattooed on there!!

[heavenly.talker]

The pain is subjective, mine was sweet FA, but then I've also had my tongue pierced 3 times, two in the soft ear, one in the cartilage and a PA. took the piercings all out as it was a boredom thing for me, but want to keep on going with the tatt.

This is what I have told many mothers who are worrying about their little Johnnie's and Jenny's piercing over the years. Piercings can be taken out and grow over when they are finished with them. Be grateful it's not a tatoo!

Saying that though...it's not the end of the world :-) ...

Someone on this site posted a thought the other day that has stayed with me and made me really laugh.

It read something like ..."just imagine in 40-50 years there are going to be all these little old nanas running around with ink on their wrinkleys."

[Colapop]

... their little Johnnie's ....

You know a few little Johnnies?

[oldrider]

I believe in freedom to choose for ones self. I like the idea of tattoos but don't want ID marks on myself. Don't know why. Managed to resist the so called drunken urge for tats even while at sea but I don't mind seeing others with them, it's their choice. Really fancy cheeky little ones on females, must be a bit kinky like that.
I don't see it as anyone Else's business what you do to yourself. Cheers John.

[Karma]

Get a micrometer tattooed on there!!

Dude, I was gonna get a meter stick done but I just havn't got all day.

[Colapop]

Dude, I was gonna get a meter stick done but I just havn't got all day.

Just get an arrow pointing up on your ankle, then you could just repeat it every few cm's for the rest of your leg!

[phoenixgtr]

Yeah. When I got mine I just looked around the room, checked out all the photos of tats on the walls and on the ceiling. Hardly noticed the pain (until he got close to the nipple, OWW!!)

[Wolf]

I like the idea of tattoos but don't want ID marks on myself.

I wrestled with that one, myself. I didn't like the idea of "distinguishing marks" but when it boiled down to it, the only time when I was asked for any "distinguishing marks" was on my passport application (long before I got a tat) and I put down "scar between finger and thumb, left hand". I already have enough things to make me readily identifiable and I've never been in a position where it would be an issue (like being wanted by the police or even "known to" them) and nor do I expect to. A significant portion of Hamilton knows me on sight, anyway, thanks to 20 years working in the Tertiary Education sector and my involvement with various clubs, so if I were being hunted by anyone, a tat would be the least of my worries (a chick I went to school with recognised me years later, despite me being considerably older and sporting a full beard and long hair - by how I walk, FFS).

In the end I decided, "stuff it, I don't have to declare anywhere official that I have a tat, I can position it so it is obscured by short sleeves and I'm not likely to be in a position where my tat is recorded as a "distinguishing mark" by someone other than myself, so: what the Hell."

I know business men whose tats are visibly emerging from the cuffs of long sleeves, the aforementioned radiologist who wears blouses that do not come close to covering her tattoos, Maori men with full facial moku - my little tat that is only visible when I strip my shirt off is small change by comparison.

[Karma]

by how I walk, FFS).

On all fours?

[Paul in NZ]

By all means get a tattoo if it's what you want but... Like anything, some people wear them well, and some people don't.. It's not really going to make you a cooler biker type person (IMHO) anymore than buying a HD tee shirt and some Johnnie Rebs is because it's just a thing on the skin... It's whats in the soul that counts.

For what it's worth.. If you had to ask other peoples opinions, don't do it but I'm a well know old grump bum born in an earlier century.....

Cheers

[heavenly.talker]

You know a few little Johnnies?

Sure do...there is always one or two in every class!

[heavenly.talker]

By all means get a tattoo if it's what you want but... Like anything, some people wear them well, and some people don't.. It's not really going to make you a cooler biker type person (IMHO) anymore than buying a HD tee shirt and some Johnnie Rebs is because it's just a thing on the skin... It's whats in the soul that counts.

For what it's worth.. If you had to ask other peoples opinions, don't do it but I'm a well know old grump bum born in an earlier century.....

Cheers

Good advice Paul The wrapping is never a good indication of the quality within!

I wasn't asking people's advice for me though...I got inked many many years ago.
I still love my design and it's still meaningful to me :-)

Re: the poll...I am a very curious person and like chewing the fat about lots of different things and over what people think and feel. This is especially true about things where there have been major societal shifts on over a relatively short space of time (say a couple of generations or less).

Cheers
K :spudbn: