Go to the 2nd page to see my venom bite piercing, I personally love it but idk.  

I like viper bites and ear rings. Not sure about others. Hips, I have only seen a few times

Posted by GOAT

What if both sides of this argument can be true(depending on the person they're talking about)? Can it be possible? Nod your head up and down

Nods head up and down.

I think tattoos are cool. A lot of people I know get them just because. And one of my friends got angel wings and his sisters name to represent his disabled sister. That was touching imo.  

Posted by pacman

So someones an idiot just because they don't have the same exact views as you? I am just expressing my religious belief, and for you to call me an idiot for standing firm in my belief, well I suppose I can't stop you from exercising your bigotry.

My personal opinion, and this is just my opinion… The Rock is a poor example. You know he has struggled with depression throughout his life? (article) Just because the rock has muscles does not make him strong on the inside. You are focusing on outside appearance. Here is a question for you, why does any person pursue any type of career in Hollywood? Including the rock and every famous person? It's because they want to be idolized. Why does a person want to be idolized? Because they're insecure. Why are the insecure? Because they're weak.

Sure, you could ask the question, "But they're so popular, why would they be insecure?" Well, my response would be, why did Robin Williams kill himself? Why are there so many famous people heavily abusing drugs, illegal, and legal?

My personal belief is tattoos and things of that nature, when you get down to the bottom line, it's to draw attention to oneself. And if you need something to draw attention to yourself, its because you don't feel comfortable in your own skin.

People that I consider strong are people that are willing to make sacrifices. People that have made the decision not to buy expensive clothes, or tattoos, or jewerly, because they want to use that money to help others, whether it be the homeless, people with illnesses, orphanages or whatever. Those are the people I consider strong, who sacrifice looking a certain way, or doing things for themselves in order to help others.

So you are calling me a bigot because I think you're an idiot for saying that regardless of the circumstances, tattoos/body mods are a sign of weakness? I don't think Sir is an idiot for saying that tattoos should mean something-- I don't hold that belief either, but it looks like he is atleast a little more tolerant than you.

When you get down to it people do not get tattoos just to draw attention to yourself. I gave you a few reasons why tattoos are not just a reason to draw attention to yourself. If you want to ignore that and still stand by your belief that they are purely for insecurity issues, you are the bigoted one. Furthermore it's not your business how someone spends their money. Its not impossible for someone to buy a tattoo and still help others.

What I cannot understand is that because someone has ink you think they are weak or insecure. To me thats a pretty ignorant point of view, you have no idea the story of another person, what they have done, where they have been, and to base a lot of it off of some tats? That is ignorant. Expressing your religious beliefs is chill, and I really don't care too much about you doing it, but using it as a tool to bring others down really ain't chill.

Posted by GOAT

What if both sides of this argument can be true(depending on the person they're talking about)? Can it be possible? Nod your head up and down

Yea, I agree, some people who get tattoos could be weak or insecure. But when you are making tats the root of that insecurity for everyone I don't think thats right.  

Further as Pacman posts, I feel he's those type of people that will complain about literally anything to grab others attention.  

Posted by Bryan*

Further as Pacman posts, I feel he's those type of people that will complain about literally anything to grab others attention.

Pacman was making his point, at least he has the decency to put it into a laid out form with arguments and counter arguments.  

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Posted by 5hift

So art is a sign of weakness?

My badass Charmander begs to differ.

You forgot meh

It doesnt matter where your piercing or tattoo is going to be (uh, sometimes).
The type and size is what matters  

Posted by MrSimons

So you are calling me a bigot because I think you're an idiot for saying that regardless of the circumstances, tattoos/body mods are a sign of weakness? I don't think Sir is an idiot for saying that tattoos should mean something-- I don't hold that belief either, but it looks like he is atleast a little more tolerant than you.

When you get down to it people do not get tattoos just to draw attention to yourself. I gave you a few reasons why tattoos are not just a reason to draw attention to yourself. If you want to ignore that and still stand by your belief that they are purely for insecurity issues, you are the bigoted one. Furthermore it's not your business how someone spends their money. Its not impossible for someone to buy a tattoo and still help others.

What I cannot understand is that because someone has ink you think they are weak or insecure. To me thats a pretty ignorant point of view, you have no idea the story of another person, what they have done, where they have been, and to base a lot of it off of some tats? That is ignorant. Expressing your religious beliefs is chill, and I really don't care too much about you doing it, but using it as a tool to bring others down really ain't chill.



Yea, I agree, some people who get tattoos could be weak or insecure. But when you are making tats the root of that insecurity for everyone I don't think thats right.

Simmer down bro, I'm not drinking to bring anyone down. I have friends with tattoos, and I don't spend my town beating them down about a tattoo. But if they ask me my view about it, I'm going to give it. What type of person would I be if when someone asked my opinion I lied to them?

I'm pretty sure there was a post in this thread that specifically asked for views on tattoos. I simply gave mine. I'm not trying to persuade you into believing what I believe, but that's my personal belief. I never directly attacked anyone on this forum by saying, " oh YOU are an idiot, for doing this or that". I simply stated that getting a tattoo is a sign of weakness, and I'm generally speaking here.

Do I believe every person that has a tattoo is weak? No, of course not. Why? Because tattoos are permanent, and people can change. Maybe they were weak at a point in there life (when getting the tattoo) but then later on in life changed. Ask any old person who has a tattoo that they got when they were young if they'd do it again. I guarantee the majority of them would say they would not. Most of the time they say something like, " I was young and dumb"

I believe people only get tattoos because they care what others think, and it's going to give them some type of image. Someone in this thread said people might get tattoos because of their culture. Lol! That proves my point. If you're doing it for your culture you're doing it because you care what people think, you care what your culture thinks. A person that makes decisions based on culture is weak minded. Would you like examples? Sure.

Nazi soldiers did what they did because of their culture. Some are still being caught and out on trial to this day. And their defense is, " hey I was just following orders, doing what everybody else was doing, bla bla bla"

How about slavery in the United States? I'm sure the slave owners thought, " hey I'm not doing anything wrong. Everybody has slaves. It's part of the culture, it's not illegal, my slave owner buddy got a tattoo, tweeddle dee tweedle dumb"

So the culture reason for getting a tattoo is a weak argument to me . IMHO I feel that it actually proves my point that it's a weakness, because the person is making decisions based on culture instead of their own free mind.

Here's some other reasons against tattoos...

*if you're a Christian the Bible speaks against it.
*as you get older that thing is going to stretch out and look gross
* it's permanent. How many times have you liked an outfit or something, then like a year later you thought it looked silly? Tattoos for ever bro unless you got a lot of money to remove it, and I hear even then it doesn't always come all the way off.
* trust a tattoo artist? You're trusting someone to put an image on you perfectly the way you want without making one mistake, because if they do, you're stuck with that!
* if you're a female wanting to travel with a tattoo, now you have to worry about where you go, because some areas will kill you for having a tattoo, it's like disrespectful to their God Allah or something. If I'm traveling I wouldn't want to have to watch my back over some silly tattoo, it's not worth it

I believe everyone is already created beautifully, and no one needs a tattoo to enhance the beauty they already have. You don't need tattoos, jewelry, or expensive clothes to demonstrate that. Let your personality and character show it.

Posted by Bryan*

Further as Pacman posts, I feel he's those type of people that will complain about literally anything to grab others attention.

Well how you "feel" about me is completely inaccurate. You're making some great assumptions with no real substance.

Views were asked about tattoos and I gave mine. No complaints at all.. Just a simple point of view.

I don't need your attention, nor do I care if you give it or don't give it. I can go to the movie theatre by myself and be completely comfortable.

I don't NEED the approval of others to feel comfortable. I don't need a tattoo to express myself. I'm not weak minded, that's why I'm not afraid to give my opinion regardless of it's going to be a popular view or not. That's the difference between me and you. In this world you have leaders and followers, which one are you?  

Posted by pacman

I believe everyone is already created beautifully, and no one needs a tattoo to enhance the beauty they already have. You don't need tattoos, jewelry, or expensive clothes to demonstrate that. Let your personality and character show it.

 

I think you should do tf u want, if u like piercings > get em if theyll make u happy!
You wanna shave ur eyebrows? > dont do it, idc. Dont do it, ill find u and glue them back on ur face. JS JS
i personally wanna get my arms tattooed when Im older.  

Tattoos are fine as long as you don't make yourself into a fool and put them on your face and whatnot. That Pacman fella is making them out to be way worse than they actually are just because the Bible says so. In reality it's just a image permanently put on your body and with proper reasoning behind getting one they're really not all that bad. So basically, as long as you feel this tattoo has solid motives behind it, then do it just like you would everything else in life.  

I'm gonna get a small tattoo on my lower back that says "Andy". He was the love of my life; he died on Dec 27th, 2013  

*Removes hat*

RIP Andy.  

Posted by 5hift

*Removes hat*

RIP Andy.

thank you. <3  

Posted by Nabu Lapse

Tattoos are fine as long as you don't make yourself into a fool and put them on your face and whatnot. That Pacman fella is making them out to be way worse than they actually are just because the Bible says so.

If you disagree with the Bible, I respect your choice to do so.

I would like to share my thought on the first part of your post and say you sound hypocritical. I'm curious how you can say tattoos are okay as long as they don't put it on their face and what not. For me I'm either completely for it or completely against it.

So it's okay for you to judge a person with a tattoo on their face? But you're okay with the rest of the body being tattooed? At least I'm consistent and equally disapprove of all tattoos? To me I would thinks it's worse to pick and choose which tattoos a person has is going to get YOUR approval. I would even take it a step further and say that's worse than a person getting a tattoo.

Posted by Goddess

I'm gonna get a small tattoo on my lower back that says "Andy". He was the love of my life; he died on Dec 27th, 2013

My condolences. It's never easy losing someone.  

Posted by pacman

My condolences. It's never easy losing someone.

Thank you. <3