Do people with tatoos have identity?
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Do people with tatoos have identity?
Secretsmile | Monday, August 04, 2003 - 08:06 am     For what it's worth, I'm sure that the image inside of Justin's tatoo is a lizard. There was a good close up of it on the live feeds one night and I even got my family to agree with me. |
Vros | Monday, August 04, 2003 - 12:51 pm     A scimitar over the US. Underneath it says Islam...perhaps more. I couldn't see it all. |
Chai | Monday, August 04, 2003 - 01:15 pm     I had a tattoo once, but I was the victim of identity theft, so I don't have it anymore.  |
Miss_Wings | Monday, August 04, 2003 - 01:53 pm     Funny |
Twiggyish | Monday, August 04, 2003 - 03:26 pm     Vros..ROFL!! |
Wadsters | Monday, August 04, 2003 - 06:42 pm     This arrived in my Email today from a friend and I thought of this thread! Hope not to offend.
Ed. A little over the size limit. Sorry. |
Landi | Monday, August 04, 2003 - 07:03 pm     i have a tattoo right inside the pelvic bone. the funniest thing about it is... when i had my c-section i swore at the ob doctor... you EVEN get near to cutting near it... and YOU WILL BE SORRY! i didn't go through hell to get that and then have you cut it in the middle! i would love to get a tattoo of holly around my ankle to symbolize my daughter... HOLLY my identity are the things that i have loved... my mother... my daughter |
Woodpecke® | Monday, August 04, 2003 - 07:05 pm     I have never understood the need to get a tattoo. Especially the tattoos that many young women are getting in the small of their back above the butt crack. I always think of those as a target they devised so if they are intimate with somebody, the interested party will know where to put their hand. |
Spygirl | Monday, August 04, 2003 - 07:14 pm     I'm getting one there next summer, WP - in honor of my 30th birthday  |
Woodpecke® | Monday, August 04, 2003 - 07:17 pm     (I am taking a deep breath and will refrain from making any more smart a** remarks in this thread.)  |
Pannie | Monday, August 04, 2003 - 07:17 pm     Woodpecker: I do not understand tatoos either. I know they are really popular these days (ala RH Chili Peppers). One can get temporary henna tatoos in my town. I thought very deeply about getting one (ok, just 2 seconds worth). I couldn't imagine a pictograph that would encapsulate my thoughts. Nor did I have place that I want people to focus on - except my eyes. |
Earthmother | Monday, August 04, 2003 - 07:54 pm     What would you choose? Now that I know it would reflect my identity should I choose a snake, a worm, a princess, a black widow, a praying mantis, a short stocky teacher, what oHHH what would I choose? |
Squaredsc | Monday, August 04, 2003 - 07:58 pm     well i chose a butterfly and the 2nd one i want is some kind of flowers going around my other ankle. and if i was smaller i would get a butterfly at the base of my spine and no it wouldn't be a target for anything.  |
Earthmother | Monday, August 04, 2003 - 08:00 pm     So would that mean you are a flighty flower child, Square?lol |
Squaredsc | Monday, August 04, 2003 - 08:40 pm     rofl earthmother. |
Djgirl5235 | Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 09:20 am     I have a tattoo of intertwined music symbols on the small of my back - it's about 2" tall, and 4" wide - I designed it and had it done two years ago. I love it! I've been singing longer than I could speak, and since music means so much to me, it was the only thing that I could ever imagine getting put permanently on my body. And WoodP - the only reason it's there is so that I can hide it if I want to, or show it off otherwise. I would love to get another one, they're addictive as all get out, but I'm avoiding the tattoo parlour! |
Ocean_Islands | Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 02:25 pm     How many tattoo people would split their tongues, like tattoo people are doing right now? |
Crossfire | Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 02:33 pm     Tongue splitting is a different scene. While people who split tongues are likely to also have a tattoo, I don't think that is a two way street. Tat's are pretty mainstream. Tongue splitters are into body mods, which covers a fairly wide range of piercings, genital modifications, sub dermal implants and at the extreme range, cosmetic amputations. |
Hamsterlady | Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 02:59 pm     Ah, and don't forget the wonderful art of teeth-filing Cross! |
Crossfire | Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 03:03 pm     Ahh,yes. Thank you, should have included that one as well. |
Beruthiel | Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 03:21 pm     Reading your posts re body mods gave me two mental flashes, Crossfire. Firstly I recalled reading National Geographics as a kid and being amazed at the huge lip plates, neck rings, or ear plugs found in some tribal societies. The next thought was of some of the SF I've read, where humans are modified either for cosmetic reasons, or for practical ones, if going into a different environment. The relevance of all this to the topic? From the oldest person found in the Alps - the Iceman, who had tattoos - to today, human beings love to adorn themselves, whether by simple measures such as face paint and nail polish, to actually altering their bodies permanently, and so we're all the same, under the skin. Tattoos are fairly innocuous, compared to some of the cosmetic surgeries available today, methinks! |
Crossfire | Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 03:24 pm     Yep, some of the modern mods are inspired from the subjects of those National Geographic type stories. |
Gidget | Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 11:28 am     Something to think about: Make sure you understand what you are getting! http://www.angelfire.com/pa3/toplesscarwashdoc/tattooartist.html |
Bonnyswan | Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 11:36 am     WOW gidget...scary article...makes me super glad I got mine directly from a book listing the symbols AND their meanings. I agree that the symbol thing is way over done (as stated by the crazed tat artist) but that would be my only regret about mine. It makes me happy though that my body has something on it that resembles my insides...my symbol means "stubborn,willful heart" |
Joni | Friday, August 08, 2003 - 11:08 am     OMG.. I was just in PGH and thought about getting another tattoo, I currently have a rose on my chest, and had considered an oriental one because of being into buddhism so much.. Lucky me |
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