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Posted: 3/14/2006 8:57:56 AM EDT
[#1]
I got my first one when I was 19. I'm now 36 and planning on getting more. I might regret them when I'm 93 and wetting my adult diaper but I'll cross that bridge when I come it
 As for being discriminated against, mine aren't visable when I'm wearing work clothes. I don't have any on my arms or neck so you can't see them in a polo shirt and dockers. Mine are on my legs and back. |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 8:58:56 AM EDT
[#2]
The thought of having regret later has kept me from getting one in the first place. One thing's for sure - I'm quite happy with myself the way I am. I might be happier with a tat, but then I might not. Not getting one is risk management.
I do think they're pretty cool though. 
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Posted: 3/14/2006 9:05:54 AM EDT
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Regret may be too strong of a word.
If I had it to do over, I wouldn't get them. That's because my lifestyle and values are very different today. However, most of the time I don't even think about them. |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 9:06:06 AM EDT
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If you walk into a studio, pick on off the wall and have it done you WILL regret it! If you plan, design, draw it (or have someone draw it), noodle on it, revise it, think about it some more, redraw it and then take it to a professional for their opinion on the amount of detail, how it will look in 10 years, placement on the body, etc you will not regret it. The right artist can help you with all of those things and more and can steer you clear of the DON'TS. If my guy didn't tell me "no" at least three times leading up to a new piece of work I would think something is wrong. A true tattoo artist doesn't want his work looking like shit later on and will let you know about it. |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 9:07:28 AM EDT
[#5]
I regret not going to a better artist when I was younger but i have a total of 3 tats, one I recently just got redone because it was my least fav and it has become my fav tat, I have two others on my back that i plan to get redone as well and I may get one or two more after that but we will see. I don't regret getting anything I just regret not shopping for a better artist. I love all my tattoos for one reason or another.
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Posted: 3/14/2006 9:13:01 AM EDT
[#6]
No regrets. I wanted one when I was 19. Waited until I was 28. Got what I wanted. Got another one 2 years ago, and love it. Like many, I don't think about them much. Mine are hidden unless I wear shorts (you'll see the ankle one then) or a 2 peice bathing suit (lower back), so they're not in places where they can be seen, so no discrimination. Only time I think about the one on my ankle is when I do a show: I have to cover it when I perform.
I've made some boneheaded decisions in this life that cause me regret. Getting inked isn't one of them. |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 9:14:26 AM EDT
[#7]
I have a few, all are hidden when wearing a shortsleeve shirt so employers can't see them. I tend to get a tattoo when something substantial in my life happens. I have one that I'm debating on getting covered, I got it when I got married. I'm now divorced but I like the tattoo so I haven't decided what I want to do with it yet. I'm thinking about having it covered with something else.
I don't regret getting any of them. I'm debating on covering this one one because of the reason that I got it in the first place. edited: I can't type worth a crap |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 9:14:44 AM EDT
[#8]
I regret misspelling "Molon Labe" on mine.
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Posted: 3/14/2006 9:16:04 AM EDT
[#9]
I regret getting the in house tat when I was 14, it is still there and it still sux.
one day I guess I'll get a cover for it. |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 9:17:20 AM EDT
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This is what they look like after getting lasered a few times. (Wrist and web between thumg and index finger)
 That pic doesn't show the word "Forever" I had tattooed on my ring finger when i got married and removed after the marriage failed. It seems that 1.5 years with me felt like "Forever" to my ex. 
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Posted: 3/14/2006 9:23:24 AM EDT
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Seventeen per cent of U.S. tattooees regret their body art. -Harris Survey
Over half. - American Society of Dermatological Surgery Three-quarters of everybody who gets a tattoo regrets it later. - British Journal of Dermatology Among sailors in the Royal Navy, over 50% regretted ever getting a tattoo. - Ronald Scutt, author: "Art,Sex,and Symbol" Pick a number. I'd think a tattoo artist could have a great second income by investing an a laser surgery business. "It costs about a hundred times as much to remove a tattoo by laser as it costs to get the tattoo". -Montreal Mirror. |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 9:24:29 AM EDT
[#12]
I watched my landlord try and remove one of his with sandpaper one time.
That was an educational experience for me. |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 9:24:30 AM EDT
[#13]
I would if I did but I don't.
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Posted: 3/14/2006 9:25:05 AM EDT
[#14]
i heard that getting tats removed hurt way worse than getting the tat, what would you say? |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 9:25:41 AM EDT
[#15]
Not me:
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Posted: 3/14/2006 9:30:54 AM EDT
[#16]
The funny ones are the ones who get a "nice" tat when young, but when fat time hits, they just look like a purple blob.
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Posted: 3/14/2006 9:31:11 AM EDT
[#17]
this guy might:
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Posted: 3/14/2006 9:35:41 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/14/2006 9:40:43 AM EDT
[#19]
I regret every tattoo that every hot chick ever got.
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Posted: 3/14/2006 9:41:14 AM EDT
[#20]
Hell no, I don't have any regrets. No, they have never caused any discrimination. And I don't care if someone approves or disapproves. It is none of their business.
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Posted: 3/14/2006 9:46:39 AM EDT
[#21]
What a fag. I don't regret mine. I have chinese symbols that say "unleash the warrior within" in between my shoulder blades. If I don't want to look at it...I don't have to. |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 9:48:37 AM EDT
[#22]
I regret getting PART of one of my tattoos. First wife's name. Yeah stupid. Had a cover-up done. Not a problem anymore. As far as regretting getting any other tattoos.... No regrets.
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Posted: 3/14/2006 9:58:08 AM EDT
[#23]
There's no need to ever regret the tattoo decision because the tattoo suport system is so large.
Everyone that has a tatoo will tell you that you did the right thing by getting that Schlitz Malt Liquor bull on your chest or that KFC bucket of extra crispy on your bicep (even if you were drunk when you got it!) You can rationalize your decision now to get one to show your individualality, and you can have the support of all of the other individualists later to ward off the threat of regret. It's win/win all the way! |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 10:05:36 AM EDT
[#24]
I have some very slight regret about NOT getting a tattoo - does that help?  I always intended to get a tattoo in the army, but never quite decided what to get, and never had the time to find a good shop and get around to it. I was originally going to get my sergeant's stripes tattooed on my arm, but it was probably a good thing I didn't, considering I later became an officer. I recently told the dean at Vanderbilt that I'd get a "V" tattoo if he gives me tenure this year. Although I didn't tell him WHERE I'd get it, so perhaps I could get it on my ass, or on my wife. 
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Posted: 3/14/2006 10:12:58 AM EDT
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Not me personally, but my grandfather on my mother's side was a Merchant Marine during WWII, he ran away from home and joined when he was 17, lied about his age. Even though he was "just" a Merchant Marine, he was proud of his service (his ship hit a landmine and got torporded by a jap sub). He got an anchor tattood to the back part of his arm, from his wrist to his elbow. The only thing he ever regretted about his service was that tattoo, he always wore long sleeve shirts or hid that portion of his arm against his body, said it was the dumbest thing he did.
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Posted: 3/14/2006 10:14:01 AM EDT
[#26]
+1, wife's name, the only one I regret. I think I would prefer removal than coverup. I don't regret the rest of them though. |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 2:01:06 PM EDT
[#27]
I compare it to taking all the pain that it took to get the tattoo and compressing it down to the 5 minutes each visit it takes to get it burn off. BTW, I also have many tattoos that I don't regret getting. |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 2:12:03 PM EDT
[#28]
Big +1. People who get tattoos for individual reasons tend to have individualized and well thought-out designs and placement. People who get a tattoo off the art wall for the sheer hell of it often regret them. There are probably a lot more of the latter than the fomer. Lucky for them, those small flash tattoos usually wind up on their shoulder or ankle or somewhere equally unobservable. |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 5:56:49 PM EDT
[#29]
Just 1 . I regret having my ex wife's name across my heart .
Thank god it is not in English so I not every one knows what it is . |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 6:04:42 PM EDT
[#30]
Mine is on my shoulder blade. I forget its even there.
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Posted: 3/14/2006 6:07:09 PM EDT
[#31]
neat trick landmines are hard for ships to hit |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 6:09:28 PM EDT
[#32]
 I have four and about a third sleeve and I dont regret any of them. -BJohnson |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 6:11:34 PM EDT
[#33]
I'm crying, I'm laughing so hard. 
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Posted: 3/14/2006 6:14:02 PM EDT
[#34]
I have around 65% of my body covered. I sometimes wish I hadn't tattooed my fingers or my ear. They are sucky skin areas that tend to deteriorate quickly. I wouldn't actually mind having the ink there if it would have lasted longer. Mostly I don't even think of it though.
I've had minor amounts of discrimination for work, but nothing that has really affected my life. There were a couple companies that wouldn't hire me to do marketing, one went out of business soon after and one gave up all it's marketing locations and farmed it out. I later encountered parties from both that wouldn't hire me, when I was successfully managing another companies marketing for them. I worked in the timeshare industry at the time, which is pretty intreconnected so word gets around. Both realized they lost a great employee down the road. Now I run my own business. I've either never encountered any discrimination in my new line of work, or never noticed, so I guess it's not that big of a deal. |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 6:14:50 PM EDT
[#35]
+1 No reason to type a response when someone else has summed it up so succinctly. My thoughts exactly. |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 6:16:13 PM EDT
[#36]
Not as dumb as hitting a landmine with a ship. Must have been wayyyy off course on that one, eh? 
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Posted: 3/14/2006 9:14:42 PM EDT
[#37]
maybe when his ship dropped anchor, it hit a land mine buried on the ocean floor? 
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Posted: 3/14/2006 9:29:33 PM EDT
[#38]
I agree. So trashy. |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 9:31:07 PM EDT
[#39]
I'd like to know how his ship hit a land mine. |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 9:43:52 PM EDT
[#40]
DOH! Didn't even catch that..... Obviously I meant a sea mine. |
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Posted: 3/15/2006 5:25:10 AM EDT
[#41]
Not to single Hatebreed out here but this goes back to what I said on page one: my tattoo artist won't do hands, faces, or feet for this very reason. He doesn't want his name on something that isn't going to hold up and those areas do not hold up well over time. Find a good artist, discuss your plans, give him your ideas, revise it, talk about placement and long term and when you are statisfied have it done. Take your time...I often kick a new tattoo idea around for 2 years before I finally have it done. |
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Posted: 3/15/2006 5:29:03 AM EDT
[#42]
Me too. Especially on their tits. 
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Posted: 3/15/2006 6:27:13 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/15/2006 6:32:16 AM EDT
[#44]
can you actually read chinese? I sure wouldn't take some artists word for it LOL
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Posted: 3/15/2006 6:36:14 AM EDT
[#45]
nah I dont regret it at all. In fact I am planning on getting my newborn daughter's name on me this weekend
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Posted: 3/15/2006 6:36:26 AM EDT
[#46]
No regrets for getting only regrets for not making more time to have more work done.
CH |
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Posted: 3/15/2006 6:37:49 AM EDT
[#47]
We should get a pic of that and see if we can get our resident Chinese guy to interpret. Yeah, I admit that I regret getting a tattoo. Sometimes I forget about it, but I might get it burned off someday. |
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Posted: 3/15/2006 6:40:38 AM EDT
[#48]
nothing like thinking it said "unleash the warrior within" when it really says xyings bitch or something worse
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Posted: 3/15/2006 7:16:47 AM EDT
[#49]
+1 I have seen many mistakes, gibberish, random extract from a Chinese takeout menu, even a mirror image tattooed. If you want I can read it for you. |
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Posted: 3/15/2006 7:33:56 AM EDT
[#50]
dont regret mine at all! I looked a long time for something that looked good and made me feel good and I was pleased with the work my artist did. The only problem I have is that I want more and cant decide what and where and that the tattoo place that did mine has gone out of business.
It hasnt and will never keep me from getting a job, it can only be seen in a low cut bathing suit. Like most have said...its all about the artist and the design. If you get something meaningful and fine a great artist to do it you should never regret it. 
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