Piercings and Tattoos

Nightwolf

Just curious to see how many of you out there have piercings and tatoos. If so were and what of? I have my left ear pierced twice and my right ear pierced once, and talkin my mom into getting my lip pierced.

Ivan

Leonardo

It's a matter of personal taste, I guess. In my opinion, most tatoos and piercings make a man look like a moron. Nothing to do with morals - just my viewpoint.

entropy

I don't personally have any tattoos or piercings. I think maybe later in my life, a small tattoo of something might be cool, but I'm too much of a wuss to do it.

Daniel Tosh said:

I know my generation loves to get 'em (tattoos); I'm not a fan. My friends always try to sell me on 'em, they're like, "Tattoos - that's an artistic expression!" I'm like, "Wow, because it looks like a butterfly above your cooter." I think if you're gonna get a tattoo, just get one - the words "I'm Dumb," that's it. That way in 10 years when you go, "Why'd I get this?!" you can be like, "Ohh, haha, I'm dumb!"

That isn't meant to be offensive, I just think it's a funny quote from a very funny comedian. :)

bothered

I have no 'adornments' at all, I don't even have a watch or a ring, nothing.
It seems to me that everybody is getting tattoos nowadays and they all look the same. These strange symbols rather than actual pictures. It's just fashion but imagine still being stuck with your 1965 flares? I don't know anybody with a tattoo that doesn't regret having it, all these 'Robin Williams' lookalikes will be too embaressed to go to the Beach in a few years. Never mind, with enough money they can always swap them for scars.
Piercings? Personally, I think they're horrible but at least they're temporary.

Lord_Night

oooohhh a good subject....

ok freak here..

I have several tatoos, 2 left arm a skull and a japanese symbol.
1 upper right arm, Horses head.

am getting a dragon with its wings spread put on my back.. as soon as I come up with the money for the lil expensive thing..

peircing... left ear twice. both nipples, and one below the belt. (will leave that one jsut like that..) ;D

dragonV8

4 tatts, 2 on each arm. Had them over 30 years.

1 "eagle", 1 "death before dishonour", 1 "Mum" and last but not least, a love heart with my beloved's name in it.....Sally (ofcourse).

1 left ear piercing, just have not worn any for a while.

Lord_Night said:

am getting a dragon with its wings spread put on my back.. as soon as I come up with the money for the lil expensive thing..

Same as what i want, sort of..............Dragon and Samurai warrior.
Won't happen due to the cost. :(

deicist

Whoa, that's spooky, I just got a new tattoo last night. So now I have 3 (shoulder, back and forearm) and just my tongue pierced. Quite restrained considering my flatmate is a tattoo artist and I could have anything I wanted for the price of a crate of beer :D

sfleuriet

ha a friend of mine went out last night to get her nose pierced :p

deicist

Here's my latest :D

Lord_Night

LOL "GEEK" in tattoo oh now that good........

tcith

I have three Tat's
all from pre 25yrs old days (am 38 now) - tempted to get another and toy with the idea now and then

The most significant tat I have is on my right bicep, it's an 8 inch "cat in the hat" which I got due to the fact he is my life mascot - make a hell of a mess, have a party, try new things, push others to their limits, but afterwards clean up after yourself, make sure no one gets in trouble and that everyone is happy with what happened :D

I got TCITH (now you know what the alias means) in a share house, it was one of those shared life moments you have with people you travel your life with, all four members of the house all went and got Tat's on the 1 year aniversary of living together ... it is still a significant moment in my memory, would do it again if I had a choice, and again, and again .... in fact I think I'll call them now and go for drinks on the weekend ..

I have had both nipples pierced - rarely wear em these days
both ears are pierced as well - recently stopped wearing them - 38 year old senior male managers with earings is not a look .....

my other tats are on my calf and on my upper thigh - both are tribal

Clutch

I got a couple tats myself :p

First one is my stang. What can I say, I love mustangs, every car I have had has been a stang. I love my baby.



Next one is just a tribal design that I really liked.



Last one is a folding cog inside a tribal design. I got it to know that my father is always with me, and to represent the fight for cancer, he was the reason I fold.

GHoosdum

Now that is some true spirit, Clutch! :thumbsup:

You are quite possibly the only folding-cog-tatted individual out there. Awesome.

Nightwolf

One rule here, no more mentioning anything below the belts...... *cough Lord Night *cough

Lord, did it hurt getting your nipples pierced?

I can't get tatoos now because i'm 16, but when i turn 18 that'll be my present.

Gargoyle

I don't have any, but I've been thinking about getting a compass rose tattoo (think old maps). I wouldn't mind getting one if they didn't last forever. I'd definitely get one if it faded away after 5 years or so.

Missileman

I think tatoo's and piercings are ugly. We had our fads too, but like previously said, we could take our bell bottoms off.

One word of advice though for people getting them. My company and many others have a few basic rules.

Tatoo's cannot be visible from any angle while on the job. This means if you reach for something or bend over etc.. they cannot be visible.

No piercings that can be seen may be worn at work. Tongue included.

Right or wrong these things are frowned upon in the corporate world. They do not look professional/business like. So doing something while young can cost you that 100K a year job after college or 15 years down the road. I have seen it happen. My one time roomate was a biker. Had tatoos all over. He was a lead program engineer. He reached out to shake hands after a contract meeting and his shirt sleeves rode up exposing his tats to the client. Client made a comment about em and he was unemployed the next day.

And before you holler discrimination. It is not. A person or company has every right to set the requirements for appearance of the company employees as they are public representatives of the company. Dress codes are legal too.

The military sets hair, tatoos, and uniform standards. The Disney company has one of the strictest policies I've seen forbidding facial hair entirely. They also set hair standards for men and women alike.

All I'm saying is trying to look "cool" may cost you big over the course of your life. Give if/what/where some serious thought before doing something that is that permanent.

Clutch

I understand where you are coming from Missileman, and you are correct. I put lots of thought into where I wanted my tattoos at, how big, etc before I even thought about going to the shop to get them. A tattoo isn't an impulse buy, think long and hard before you decide to put something on you for life. Me..I'm proud to take all my tats to the grave, wouldn't have it any other way.

RADA

Leonardo said:

It's a matter of personal taste, I guess. In my opinion, most tatoos and piercings make a man look like a moron. Nothing to do with morals - just my viewpoint.

While l like to think I judge a person by what is in their head and heart, I tend to agree with you Leo.

My biggest question toward the decorated crowd is: "What the hell is that gonna look like when you're 60, and how are you going to explain it to your grandkids?" ;D The thought of a 60+ year old, male or female, with pierced nipples makes my stomach all wogglely inside..... :wtf: This is also why I'm decoration free. Plus I have enough extra holes & scars from being me as a child, I don't want any more! ;D

GnomeWizardd

Na I wont get a tat but I did have my left ear pierced one time ut i was allergic to gold so i had to take it out. I might get it done in silver this saturday

Tats arent my cup of tea for the reason a piercing you can take out when u decide u dont wnat it

maxanon

I got a small tat on the upper left pec that says "Made with pride in 75" in a little circle. Nothing too fancy and almost nobody notices it (chest hair).

Max

beregid

i have a sun on my left upper arm shoulder area. bout 3 1/2 - 4 inches in diamater. has flames on outside and inside. color starts yellow fades or orange then to red. love it, had it bout 9 mos......going get a cross on my back

Jello-Biafra

I have a couple of tats, but you should have seen shorty when I first met him, the guy had a hell of a lot of face metal :)

Nightwolf

I'm going out this friday to get my ears pierced again, i kind of royally screwed up the last time i tried doing it myself. I kind of put them to high.

tcith

Missileman said:

I think tatoo's and piercings are ugly. We had our fads too, but like previously said, we could take our bell bottoms off.

One word of advice though for people getting them. My company and many others have a few basic rules.

Tatoo's cannot be visible from any angle while on the job. This means if you reach for something or bend over etc.. they cannot be visible.

No piercings that can be seen may be worn at work. Tongue included.

Right or wrong these things are frowned upon in the corporate world. They do not look professional/business like. So doing something while young can cost you that 100K a year job after college or 15 years down the road. I have seen it happen. My one time roomate was a biker. Had tatoos all over. He was a lead program engineer. He reached out to shake hands after a contract meeting and his shirt sleeves rode up exposing his tats to the client. Client made a comment about em and he was unemployed the next day.

And before you holler discrimination. It is not. A person or company has every right to set the requirements for appearance of the company employees as they are public representatives of the company. Dress codes are legal too.

The military sets hair, tatoos, and uniform standards. The Disney company has one of the strictest policies I've seen forbidding facial hair entirely. They also set hair standards for men and women alike.

All I'm saying is trying to look "cool" may cost you big over the course of your life. Give if/what/where some serious thought before doing something that is that permanent.

I also understand where your coming from - all my tats have been designed to be hidden if need be - but luckly in Australia the above scenario would not work, anti discrimination laws would kick in and there would be no way an employer could terminate someone for that - dress codes don't work that way here. I have staff with mohawkes :)

then again here in Aus we have some of the most generous working conditions and laws in the world

tcith

On another note - reading through the comments

I think anyone who judges someone by their outward appearance and makes a judgement is the one who is shallow and perhaps needs to readjust their thinking.

I know a" biker" guy who has been tattoo'd from head to foot and you will not find a more generous, intelligent and productive individual, he is one of the nicest people I know.

Many of the cookier looks at universities are sported by some of the most intelligent people.

just another 2c worth

Clutch

tcith said:

On another note - reading through the comments

I think anyone who judges someone by their outward appearance and makes a judgement is the one who is shallow and perhaps needs to readjust their thinking.

I know a" biker" guy who has been tattoo'd from head to foot and you will not find a more generous, intelligent and productive individual, he is one of the nicest people I know.

Many of the cookier looks at universities are sported by some of the most intelligent people.

just another 2c worth

Amen my friend, Amen.