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Originally Posted by Zarathustra
At one point having tattoos was a way of being original, but nowadays, with so many people having the same type of designs (crosses, armbands, chinese characters, etc..) it has become almost unoriginal. I'll keep my body free of ink. If you have a tattoo with a truly original story behind it, this can be intriguing. Otherwise, think before you get tattoos.
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I tend to agree. People don't put enought thought into what they get.
A few pet peevs of mine.
1) If you aren't Chinese/Japanese/whatever, don't get a symbol that says something stupid like "Strength" in a language you have no connection to. For all you know it could say "Broccoli".
2) Tribal bands/whatever. If I was some Maori dude (I know more than one, and they feel the same way) walking around seeing people with no appreciation for the history of those tattoos, sporting one, I'd get pretty pissed off about it.
3) Corporate logos. Unless you are running the company in quesiton, why would you want their logo on you forever?
That all being said, I have to relate a story about the worst tattoo I ever saw. I swear to God I saw a dude in EDMONTON (WEM waterpark to be exact) sporting a tattoo of the Chevrolet bowtie...here's the kicker....done in barbed wire.....if that isn't the most white trash tattoo I've ever seen, then I don't know what is....well, maybe all those creepy old broads with panther tattoos.