Tattoos

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

I began the ninth grade (the final grade in Finnish yläaste) with a Pokemon tattoo on my forehead. I had just began to study Japanese again, had forgotten 'the western bitches' for Japanese women and found myself so cool. I didn't know that I was wrong as Finnish girls are cute, too. I also thought they wouldn't bully me because I was older than those immature 7th and 8th graders. Still, even when I was in lukio, the people in yläaste yelled me "Pokemon!" but that didn't feel like bullying.

[Magmar]

I began the ninth grade (the final grade in Finnish yläaste) with a Pokemon tattoo on my forehead.

Are you sure it was an actual tattoo? Like, was it temporary, or did you actually ink it? Your Facebook picture doesn't look like there's anything Pokemon on it...

I hate trite tribal tattoos. I live in the most Italian-American community in the United States, and there are SO many guidos with shit guido tribal tattoos and shit guido spray tans and shit guido hairdos. You'd be surprised how much sameness there is, even though I'm Italian myself I can't justify spiking my hair and wearing clothes that are far too small for me.

[Telume]

If I had to pick a Tattoo to get I'd get any of the dragons.

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

Are you sure it was an actual tattoo? Like, was it temporary, or did you actually ink it? Your Facebook picture doesn't look like there's anything Pokemon on it...

Oh yeah, they aren't real tattoos, just pictures you print on your skin, I don't know what they are called. You can take them off by washing. Normally you just put them on your hand or something, but I put the "Pokémon" text on my forehead.

[Chris 2.1]

I have a tattoo; it's about the length of a pen, and is an intricate, tribal design I actually drew myself. I went in and asked if they'd do a design I made myself, and the girl liked it, and a few weeks later I got it done.

People do raise an argument that tattoos can look samey and generic. I don't think getting a tattoo lies purely in the individualism of the design. People who get lip rings or eyebrow piercings are getting the same thing done. Heck someone right now is probably wearing a white ralph lauren polo with a pair of chocolate coloured cargo shorts and flips like I am. But the individualism argument is watered down since I made mine myself.

I think getting a tattoo is about the look in equal measures as it is about the feeling, the process, and the significance behind it.

I am quite anti-piercing though, which is weird.