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Sleeve tattoos

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rbm said:
I hate tattoos.

Loathe them. The herd flock to them because they are so "meaningful"

Just cos its in Sanskrit or Hindi doesn't make the banal trite new age guff any more meaningful.

Gobdawery of the first order.
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Except that's not why at all.
 
Elong said:
Except that's not why at all.
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It seems to be in discussions I have had.

Fact is that he return to normalised tattooing is part of a social search for ritual meaning by return to pre Christian body marking in a world in which Christian ritual has lost its resonance.

Thus we have the tatted childrens names here baptism once worked or the pain of the needle where penance worked or the Sanskrit mantras where prayer worked etc etc etc but do most tattooed people understand that? I doubt it.

It is at one and the same time deeply cultural and emblematic of our age whilst being shallow and fashion led.
 
rbm said:
It seems to be n discussions I have had.

Fact is that he return to normalised tattooing is part of a social search for ritual meaning by return to pre Christian body marking in a world in which Christian ritual has lost its resonance but do most tattooed people understand that? I doubt it.
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Are these discussions in padded rooms where people write essays on the walls in their own excrement?
 
chicoazul said:
The sure sign of a quilt.

Detailing your life story at 22 years old and you're still living at your parents house.

You look ridiculous and we're all laughing at how para you're gonna be soon.
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I have a half sleeve, wouldn't go for a full sleeve as i think it can look a bit unprofessional so i like to be able to cover it up.

I still like mine though and i don't regret getting it mate!
 

chicoazul said:
In fifteen years you will pal but enjoy your Tinder bait for now.
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Added to that, i probably wont regret it mate because i tend not to be so arsed about those things, what's the point in regretting it! the tattoo i like and it is a bit of my personality, which i thought about getting for a few years before i did.

Plus part of it is of a tattoo my grandad had, who passed so it means a lot to me / gives me something good to remember him by.

Might sound stupid to you, or anyone else which is fair enough but i enjoy it myself.
 

chicoazul said:
Everyone got a story lids. Tell it to someone over a pint rather than through your arms you utter flutes, you look a show.
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whose genuinely arsed about anyone elses stories, really though? why bother someone with that when you can do something and keep it to yourself!
 
My arl fella was in the Royal Navy and covered in terrible tattoos. Sometime in the 90s laser removal came out but they couldn't get rid of green ink, so he had green blobs all over his arms and belly. To cover the, up he just got more tattoos. It's a racket, I swear.
 

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