31 Jul 07
Originally posted by eagles54Fair enough.
Prison is an exceedingly complex environment where emotions run the full range and the symbolism of their expression isn't confined to gang identification.
Initially you mentioneed your disgust at prison tattoos and I understand where you're coming from on that count. I wanted to point out that sometimes beneath the all the piles of sh !t there are moments of sanity that are depicted artfully and tastefully too.
Now show me some.
31 Jul 07
Originally posted by wormwoodAgreed, and not just regarding using foreign text. Don't get a tattoo just because it "looks cool", but because it has a strong meaning to you. And I have a hard time believing that any flash ever makes a good tattoo. Perhaps it's useful for a starting point for a custom design, but not by itself.
I don't really get why people get tattoos they don't understand though. that's just stupid. if you're going to get something inked into your skin, get something you have a personal contact to. a thing that means something to you. also getting anything written in devanagari, chinese etc. will require quite a lot of personal weight to not make you appea ...[text shortened]... ywood bimbo with the same exact tattoo, it's a neon sign of being stupid and superficial.[/b]
Then again, my tattoo artist does think that standard out-of-the-book stuff does, in fact, appropriately describe those people that get it
31 Jul 07
Originally posted by EvilAngelaI agree, I have many friends that have gotten tattoos, Just to "get" a tattoo. They go into the parlor and just get whatever the artist finds convinent. However, as for me (I dont have any tattoos YET, but will) I draw my own designs and edit them, and they have meanings to me. A tattoo is way too permanant to just get one...to get one.
Agreed, and not just regarding using foreign text. Don't get a tattoo just because it "looks cool", but because it has a strong meaning to you. And I have a hard time believing that any flash ever makes a good tattoo. Perhaps it's useful for a starting point for a custom design, but not by itself.
Then again, my tattoo artist does think that standard out-of-the-book stuff does, in fact, appropriately describe those people that get it
31 Jul 07
Originally posted by Sam The ShamThis shows your general ignorance when it comes to tattoos, tattoo art, and people who get tattoos - proving that you have no business spouting your poorly informed opinion publicly. Have you ever heard the old chestnut "Judge not lest ye be judged?"
I was under the impression prison tat's were to signify a gang affiliation, not their human dignity. What's dignified about getting a hot ink pen injected into your skin by another felon?
A lot of prisoners get tattoos once they've "repented" of their sins and found "god." Which in some ways is just as bad, but has nothing to do with any gang or criminal activity. Others get tattoos to show an affiliation, as few get by in prison on their own. Still others get tattoos (as was mentioned) to remind them of life and humanity beyond the walls they've been confined to. Prisoners (whether you like it or not) are people, and have families, friends, lives beyond the crimes they may have committed.
People who get tattoos include the police and firemen who protect your sorry ass from the things you fear - including people with tattoos. Tattooed people are of every walk of life, every social class, every colour, creed, race, sexual preference and gender.
You forgot in your smarmy, self-important, judgemental list to include people who have tattoos due to their culture and upbringing. Samoans, for example get fairly extensive tattooing as a rite of passage to adulthood.
All in all, despite the fact that all of my explaining comes to nothing when faced with someone so ready to jump to the conclusions you have, you are a victim of middle American, "traditional," popular, socially acceptable views propagated by puritans and bigots. You have been programmed with some of the worst social morays. Simply, since no one else has said it yet - you are an idiot.
31 Jul 07
Originally posted by st00p1dfac3CLSOA
This shows your general ignorance when it comes to tattoos, tattoo art, and people who get tattoos - proving that you have no business spouting your poorly informed opinion publicly. Have you ever heard the old chestnut "Judge not lest ye be judged?"
A lot of prisoners get tattoos once they've "repented" of their sins and found "god." Which in som ...[text shortened]... he worst social morays. Simply, since no one else has said it yet - you are an idiot.
31 Jul 07
Originally posted by Sam The ShamMine come under 1 and 2 but certainly wouldn't call myself trash, I earn 30+K a year so the classification of "Trash" is crap, just because I own a motorbike??
I believe there are 4 kinds of people that get tattoos:
1. Military....usually Navy/Marines, some Army, almost zero Air Force. Probably the most respectable reason to have one.
2. Biker/white trash types.
3.Prison tattoos. Ugh...enough said. Just disgusting.
4. Upwardly mobile yuppies who are smart and educated enough to know better, but wa ...[text shortened]... th what a hip, cool, free-thinking rebel they are. They are the worst.
Did I miss a category?
Sam, you must be 12? The leagal age for this site is 13 so go and play with the traffic or something!!
😉
31 Jul 07
once they've "repented"Originally posted by st00p1dfac3"A lot of prisoners get tattoos once they've "repented" ???
This shows your general ignorance when it comes to tattoos, tattoo art, and people who get tattoos - proving that you have no business spouting your poorly informed opinion publicly. Have you ever heard the old chestnut "Judge not lest ye be judged?"
A lot of prisoners get tattoos once they've "repented" of their sins and fou ...[text shortened]... worst social morays. Simply, since no one else has said it yet - you are an idiot.
No, I doubt that very much.
"People who get tattoos include police and firemen"......
I'm sure there are some out there, but I've never seen one.
"Samoans get tattoos yadayadayada"
Ritual scarification is a savage primitive rite of passage that should be banned from the planet.
"You have been programmed/jump to conclusions/ are an idiot/etc."
No, I just think injecting ink into your skin is stupid.
31 Jul 07
Originally posted by Sam The ShamI think I speak for a lot of the good people on rhp who have tattoos when I state unequivocally that we couldn't care less what your opinion is of our freedom of expression.
No, I just think injecting ink into your skin is stupid.
Good day to you.
31 Jul 07
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Originally posted by MathurineI just saw it on a tv program that he had it done in hindi and the tatooist spelled it WHICTORIA.
LOL!
That renowned intellectual heavyweight David Beckham has his wife's name tattoed on one of his forearms -
the Devanagari script transliterates as: [b]WIKTORIA[/b]
It's starting to sound like an urban myth. 😲
Just checked with Mr Web and apparently it's true but spelled as VIHCTORIA. Hahahahahaha - what a wally. 😀
31 Jul 07
Originally posted by Sam The ShamYes, Highly trained cutlery professionals, that could reduce to to meat and bone in an instant.
I believe there are 4 kinds of people that get tattoos:
1. Military....usually Navy/Marines, some Army, almost zero Air Force. Probably the most respectable reason to have one.
2. Biker/white trash types.
3.Prison tattoos. Ugh...enough said. Just disgusting.
4. Upwardly mobile yuppies who are smart and educated enough to know better, but wa ...[text shortened]... th what a hip, cool, free-thinking rebel they are. They are the worst.
Did I miss a category?
01 Aug 07
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This has been brought up before
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Be prepared to take heat on this one!
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01 Aug 07
Everyone modifies their bodies in different ways. Some are more deliberate than others and some are more permanent than others. Some are mostly cosmetic, others mostly functional.
I suspect that piercing/tattooing/etc are becoming more prevalent in the US because there seems to be an increasing emphasis on individuality, and it is one way for a person to make themselves stand out a bit more, at least in relation to the general public. And even if most of your friends are also tattooed, tattoos are still more different from each other than non-tattooed skin is.
I have pink/purple hair (and in the past 3 years, have had every color other than yellow in there at least once), multiple piercings, and a tattoo. I've done all of them because I like them aesthetically, and the tattoo has a lot of meaning to me. Whether or not other people like them, well, the only one whose opinion matters - my partner - approves.
And for the record, back when I was in college, I didn't see the point of tattoos or piercings. Things change.