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Are tattoos a turn on or a turn off?
#22087893 - 08/13/15 03:49 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Just curious about peoples opinions on this.
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Re: Are tattoos a turn on or a turn off? [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
#22087935 - 08/13/15 03:58 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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depends on the tattoo
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Re: Are tattoos a turn on or a turn off? [Re: JohnnieYen] 1
#22088179 - 08/13/15 04:57 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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a turn-off, for me. they look like they are in some sort of a gang
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Re: Are tattoos a turn on or a turn off? [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
#22088192 - 08/13/15 05:00 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Huge turn on unless it's a really shitty tattoo. And I mean quality not design. If given the option, I'll take the tattooed girl over the non tattooed girl every time.
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Re: Are tattoos a turn on or a turn off? [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
#22088257 - 08/13/15 05:17 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Jokeshopbeard said: Just curious about peoples opinions on this.
Depends, I've seen both. Usually I like something subtle, less is more. Like an accentuation type thing on a girl. It's real easy to over do it..
And then you have your scenarios like this one girl I knew that got a full back tat of a gargoyle and came running up to show me.. in my head I was like, damn, you just fucked yourself up for life..
Tattoos are a funny thing like that, it's almost like you're rolling the dice anytime you go for one.
That said I'm tattered up, and have two more designs I'd like to get if I ever had pissing away money handy..
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Re: Are tattoos a turn on or a turn off? [Re: Amanita86] 1
#22088264 - 08/13/15 05:20 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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I think they're stupid as fuck.
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Re: Are tattoos a turn on or a turn off? [Re: zappaisgod]
#22088271 - 08/13/15 05:22 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Amanita I didn't know you had tats! Or did I...?
Zappa, just exactly how stupid is fuck?
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Re: Are tattoos a turn on or a turn off? [Re: Zombi3]
#22088275 - 08/13/15 05:22 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Extremely.
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Re: Are tattoos a turn on or a turn off? [Re: zappaisgod]
#22088279 - 08/13/15 05:23 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Woah, that bad eh?
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Re: Are tattoos a turn on or a turn off? [Re: zappaisgod]
#22088339 - 08/13/15 05:38 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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zappaisgod said: Extremely.
It's what ever you're into.. I hear you though, a good 80% of tattoos I see have me wondering what was going through the persons head at the time they committed to making it permanent.
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Re: Are tattoos a turn on or a turn off? [Re: Amanita86]
#22088368 - 08/13/15 05:47 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Having been in and around tattoo shops since I was 15, I've met countless people who get a tattoo only because they want 'a tattoo' - not because they wish to use this medium to express/acknowledge/remind themselves of something significant about their lives/themselves.
So perhaps some of the 80% you mention, are the ones where, actually, there was little going through their mind when they got it.
Personally, I see them as a rite of passage, and all of mine are deeply meaningful to me and represent the most important lessons in my life (and have appeared at a time when the lesson has been learned and needed to be stamped upon my mind). They serve as a reminder to me, and as such only appear in places where I can see them easily (I had one started on my back, but as I can't see it without multiple mirrors, I left it unfinished).
I have to admit that I've come to very much love the experience of being tattooed also, so perhaps I have a little more than is needed, but none the less, this doesn't take anything away from how important they are in my life.
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Re: Are tattoos a turn on or a turn off? [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
#22088440 - 08/13/15 06:05 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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I can see maybe a little discrete memorial or "MOM" or something like that in a discrete place but these supposed works of art seem ridiculous to me and I suspect that they will seem ridiculous to a lot of the people who have them when they grow up. I'm not crazy about piercings either but at least you can just take them out when you get tired of them.
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Re: Are tattoos a turn on or a turn off? [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
#22088455 - 08/13/15 06:08 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Dude is that second picture scarification? That looks like wounds not a tattoo.
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Re: Are tattoos a turn on or a turn off? [Re: zappaisgod]
#22088462 - 08/13/15 06:11 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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I suppose it depends on if you get them to be a 'work of art' or not. I've been to lots of tattoo conventions and have seen many that, IMO, are art, but once anyone with tattoos gets old, they're gonna look shit. We've probably all seen an old guy with tats; they look terrible as they bleed out with age.
Hence, IMO, if they're there for symbolism they represent character, and that, to me, is a massive turn on. Same goes for piercings.
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Re: Are tattoos a turn on or a turn off? [Re: Zombi3]
#22088574 - 08/13/15 06:44 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Zombi3 said: Dude is that second picture scarification? That looks like wounds not a tattoo.
Same thing I was thinking. I can dig it jo, when I look back it's always related to milestones in my life.. all unique shit and not flash tats..
It also helps the dude who's done all my tattoos is a deep thinker. We have some pretty wild back and forths there when it comes time to lay something down.. you either get it or you dont, you know..
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Re: Are tattoos a turn on or a turn off? [Re: Amanita86]
#22088645 - 08/13/15 07:07 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yeah, it is scarification. I got it not only for the relevance of the word in my life, but also as it's a bit tongue in cheek; tattoos these days are no longer permanent, but scarification is. I loved having it done too; along with the psychedelic artwork all over the shop, the banging psy-trance playing, the fact that everyone in the shop had facial tattoos, and talking to the wicked guy who did it about acid experiences for hours. It was like a trip in itself having it done.
I do think it's vitally important to find an artist you work well with. After having about 7 people tattoo me over the years, I've settled on this woman I found who's miles away from me, but such a cool person and a deep thinker too. I wish there were more heavily tattooed women out there.
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Re: Are tattoos a turn on or a turn off? [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
#22088776 - 08/13/15 07:37 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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What is the word? I can't tell. Also, you're nuts.
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Re: Are tattoos a turn on or a turn off? [Re: zappaisgod]
#22088853 - 08/13/15 07:56 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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IMPERMANENCE. And yes, I am nuts, from a certain perspective:
"When the whole world is running towards a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his mind."
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Re: Are tattoos a turn on or a turn off? [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
#22089074 - 08/13/15 08:36 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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What did they use to pull that one off? Time frame and shit?
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Re: Are tattoos a turn on or a turn off? [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
#22089079 - 08/13/15 08:37 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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The whole world is not running towards a cliff. Don't flatter yourself
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