You didn't get the same one I didn't get,I understand why people want them ,there are moments when they are apropos like when I'm pretending to be a big bad biker etc., what I don't understand is why the permanence of the act and the temporary urge don't clash in the reasoning pattern and the decision comes out to not get it.
They freeze you in a moment,IF that moment is so monumental as to dictate a tattoo and you want to be CONSTANTLY reminded you want it to be a defining act ,I can see that, but even that passes,or can be accomplished less obtrusively. They are a means of expression but they aren't very precise and often express what we never or no longer wish to express.
I told my kids when they were 10 -12 ,here's the thing if they were free didn't hurt and there was no age limit ,both of you would be covered with Barney and Baby Bop tattoos now ,and we all know how over that crap is, that's the thing 90% of tattoos would qualify as an indelible expression of a temporary feeling, people change the tat doesn't ,so they get more because they aren't satisfied with the ones they've got anymore.
So as the story unfolds of my life Thor has a tattoo of a Pokemon character on his ankle and my son in law has one of Calvin and Hobbs
so WTF.
I have other Psychology Today opinions about them like I can't help but notice the explosion of tats in society and the war on drugs exporting it's early catches to the street ,IOW they are a cultural manifestation to me of how the war on drugs has exported prison culture to our streets.
Then there is reason 456 not to get,because if they are on your legs you wear shorts on your arms you wear sleeveless shirts in sub zero weather IF you are still so proud of them you just have to show them off.
I know a lot of guys here have them and I don't want any of you to think I think poorly of you for having them , I was in a grad school accounting class ,the prof a retired comptroller from a Fortune 500 co. threw this out , "the people at the top of the most successful businesses in the world are wrong an alarming amount of time probably upper 40%s but they are right then in the 50s and they play with such huge sums that they make huge profits despite their mistakes, I make what I know to be mistakes, really bone headed ones ,that's just something I consider a mistake I haven't made yet.That doesn't mean I won't ever since I'm old already I don't have reason not to get 63 to worry about, when you get old they sag: solution wait until you're old to get one
