Comments on: #64: Don’t Fear The Tat

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 07:08:42 +0000

I’m glad that people with tattoos get them to “set themselves apart” from me.
That’s exactly what I want.
I don’t want anyone, for a second, confusing me with the kind of low-life who is ignorant enough to get a tattoo.

“What to do if confronted with a young tattooed person?”

How about do nothing, and secretly feel superior that you are not the reckless fuck-up whose life will soon (if it isn’t already) be a train wreck? Ever thought about that?

By: femmefan1946

femmefan1946 — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:58:00 +0000

Could people work on learning a few synonyms for “ignorant”? Repetition is dull.

I doubt the geriatric care nurses will laugh at their patients tramp stamps. By then all those tattoos will be blurry blotched colour patches and unreadable.

Ask any WWII vet what happened to his permanent record of that unfortunate drunken night in Singapore.

By: Zena Stella

Zena Stella — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 10:27:00 +0000

Nice blog. This is a very interesting.

I have one Flower tattoo in my left hand. Means flowers, again, are loved more by the women. It generally suggests the nature element.

Thanks
Zena
http://www.onlinedocumentconversion.com/

By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 11 May 2010 16:53:18 +0000

Firstly, to the writer, you are indeed one of the many typica, closed minded fools that infect this world with their out of date views that tattoos make a person bad. You are un-willing to appreciate a true art form, an art form that will live much longer than yourself and an artform that millions of people all over the world from our high rise cities to the tribal communities of Africa enjoy every day. I feel very sad for you knowing that you are going to die, having spent your entire life judging those who are adorned in tattoos the way that you do. May I also urge you to voice your opinions on matters such as this directly, face to face to a heavily tattooed person someday and have a real conversation with them. I am 100% sure that this will change your opinion somewhat in that I have encountered hundreds of heavily tattooed people and many are interlects, scholars or servicemen.

To Mark…Please do not trust your friend with his ghetto tattoo setup. He will destroy your skin, this is a fact. Leave it to the professionals.

Thanks for reading, and please, if anyone would like to contact me, feel free (beese4life@hotmail.com)

By: Christina

Christina — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:02:21 +0000

I do not think I have ever seen anyone so closeminded and ignorant in my life. Your pitiful, and I will pray for you.

By: Lydia

Lydia — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:30:34 +0000

My only question/comment regarding this post:

Why, exactly, is drinking Pepsi for breakfast wrong?

By: Emily

Emily — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:08:07 +0000

Hmm, I also wanted to add that
a) Not all of the nasty people in the world have tattoos. Some of the most rude, unintelligent, racist, undesirable types that have crossed my path have been ink-free.
And b) Since tattoos are such a widely accepted form of art, you may very well know someone with one. You never know WHO has WHAT underneath their clothes these days.

By: SH

SH — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:44:14 +0000

first..this whole thing made me laugh because you are so closed minded about tattoos it’s funny. You can not put people with tattoos into one huge stereotype, yeah there is some people who get tattoos just because, but then there is some of us who have them for meaning. I think tattoos are beautiful art that we carry around with us all the time. Im Nurse, in no way do i think i am uneducated at all. My older clients who have tattoos are the best, because they have stories about their tattoos, and not one of my patients have EVER said anything bad about my tattoo because its not skulls or anything like that. and yeah i plan on getting sooo many more because to me, it is art of my own, and has meaning to me… do i care if you think im scary… god no.
but i do care that you make judgement on those people who have tattoos without even having a conversation with them. maybe one day you should try that, instead of blogging about it.

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:14:58 +0000

Okay, I have several tattoos, and… *GASP*! piercings.
For myself, and for many other people, tattoos are not an attempt to stay young and rebellious, nor are they something I have gotten just to be cool.
You seem to be pretty judgmental, and I will say ignorant.
You want to categorize everyone with ink (at least in a foreign language) as being uneducated or incapable of writing in English. I guess it’s pretty hard to get to know someone when you run away with your coffee as soon as you see anyone different than yourself. You wouldn’t have posted that quote if you didn’t agree with it.
And that’s fine, but maybe one day you can be open to the idea that sometimes people get a tattoo to commemorate an important event in their lives or in memoriam to a loved one, or even a belief. It’s not always skulls and naked women.
So maybe watch who you judge. I don’t sum up a person just by what I see at first glance. I’m half your age, but you seem to be the one that needs to grow up.
I personally have one tattoo on the back of my neck, a butterfly breaking out of a cocoon, that represents breaking out of a shell of a human being I used to be after years of sexual abuse.
Another one is a beautiful rose on my left forearm, (Which I do get compliments all the time, by people from all walks of life, including conservative older ladies in pearls and diamonds. I’m a nice person, and people have no problem conversing with me) I got after my mother’s battle with ovarian cancer. I got it to remind myself to stop and enjoy the beautiful things in life.
I don’t need to go much more into detail, you’ve probably made up your mind about me, too.
And about wearing a wedding gown, or growing old and the nurses at my old age home having a laugh?
I don’t care! It’s MY BODY. I don’t give a hoot about impressing some nurses. I’m not going to be putting on my lipstick before they come to change my Depends. Is your self-esteem that bad that you care?
I’m married, my husband told me to forget my ink on our wedding day, he said they are a part of who I am, and he could not stop telling me how pretty I looked.
Both of our families consist of conservative, clean-cut, Christian people, but they love us and accept us for the people we are inside. Try doing the same some time for someone you meet.

By: Asta

Asta — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:08:33 +0000

I have always loved tattoos but when I was in my teens getting tattooed was totally out of the discussion for girls (unless you were Cher who I loved and still do).

So I used to admire them on a guy who I found incredibly sexy. He looked like Robert Plant, was mad and bad and rode a motorbike. (I attended catholic convent school for girls, instead and if my parents had found out that we dated they would have probably killed me).

Somehow I always knew that I would get tattooed myself some day. 7 years ago, at 42 my time had come. I had left the business I had worked in for the past 20 years and could now look and behave just the way I wanted.

As for being tattooed for some years now, I can say I never experienced any negative reaction, I was even told that my tattoos looked “beautiful” or “elegant”.

Do they make me look young or old?

Honest, I don t care.