Are you sometimes lured by the mystique of the Tattoo? Can you take the pain?

[GammaGlobulin]

Dear Friends,

 

Just how painful might a tattoo be, on a scale of one to ten?

 

Some say the discomfort of pricking one’s skin is akin to the pain of childbirth.

 

Others say that the pain is similar to being pricked by a <deleted> during virginal coitus.

 

But, how can this be?

 

Fortunately, I have never chosen to be pricked by anyone.

I have always been the pricker, and never the pricked.

 

What about you?

 

Many years ago, we read decent novels which titillated us with wordplay.

 

Never were these novels tolerated in polite society.

 

By way of edification, there is a term for novels of this type.

 

This word is a word which was often applied to works by Thackeray.

 

This term is most often applied to novels by Fielding and others.

 

I forget what this word might be. Does anybody know?  

Just a puzzle for guys who know about the style of books like Tom Jones.

 

Some guys elect to tattoo Chinese characters on their face, on their back, on their arms.

 

They know not the Chinese language.  But still…they must be lovers of their unique understanding of Chinese culture.

 

Often, they tattoo nonsense Chinese character combinations on their skin, just for the fun of it.

 

Most  guys from the West don’t know the difference between modern Chinese and the 5000-year-old carvings on Oracle Bones.  And, thus, they become inked laughing stocks for the rest of their lives.

 

Some might say that tattooing is a sign of creativity or virility.

 

Someday, this tattooing craze will come to an end.

 

And then, will the pain have been worth it?

 

So far, I have not seen anyone with the tattoo: THX 1138.

 

Nor have I seen anyone sporting a tattoo from Bergen-Belsen.

 

Regards,

GammaG

 

Note:  What are the most artistic tats you have seen so far?

 

[petermik]

Sorry never understood the attraction of tats........

[Social Media]

Doesnt always go according to plan.......

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

17 minutes ago, petermik said:

Sorry never understood the attraction of tats........

Well, there must be a reason for the resurgence of tattoo popularity in recent years. 

 

Just for argument's sake, would you be willing to take a guess? 

 

I don't wish to put you out on a limb, but, since you are the first person to reply to this topic, you must have a worthy and valid opinion concerning why the majority of people feel the need to get inked.

 

I don't know why. 

 

It's like this. 

 

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly. 

 

I don't know why she swallowed a fly - perhaps she'll die. 

 

And then, she swallowed the dog to catch the cat. 

 

Does this remind you of typical human behavior? 

 

So then, you say that you don't understand human behavior? 

 

If human behavior were logical and predictable, then humanity could take a sigh of relief. 

[thaibeachlovers]

Take the pain? I could if I was dumb enough to get one.

[GammaGlobulin]

42 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Take the pain? I could if I was dumb enough to get one.

 

[GammaGlobulin]

There is a philosophical argument that there is a little man inside of us guiding us.

Sort of like this...

 

 

So painful to see, actually.

 

 

Edited November 2, 2022 by GammaGlobulin

[pgrahmm]

Nope - I find them unsightly & often wonder how beautiful women could knowingly muck themselves up so badly.....The ornamental one's do look better than the "branding" type....

 

I've never found them alluring or attractive, just the opposite.....Some are a big time ⚠️ sign....

I recognize they have become trendy....

At 75, when growing up it was widely recognized that only low life's had them.....I suspect that some of that cultural outlook is rooted in me.....

 

 

[Mike Teavee]

8 minutes ago, pgrahmm said:

At 75, when growing up it was widely recognized that only low life's had them.....I suspect that some of that cultural outlook is rooted in me.....

 

 

My father (77) has a couple to mark key events in his life before I came along but has always told me never to get one as I would regret it when I got older (56 now). 

 

I quite like the idea of having an "Inspirational" quote, but can never fully decide what I want it to be, at the moment I think it would be "Count No Man Happy Until the end is Known" but am sure that will change next week... 

 

 

Edited November 2, 2022 by Mike Teavee

[GammaGlobulin]

4 minutes ago, pgrahmm said:

Nope - I find them unsightly & often wonder how beautiful women could knowingly muck themselves up so badly.....The ornamental one's do look better than the "branding" type....

 

I've never found them alluring or attractive, just the opposite.....Some are a big time ⚠️ sign....

I recognize they have become trendy....

At 75, when growing up it was widely recognized that only low life's had them.....I suspect that some of that cultural outlook is rooted in me.....

 

 

No.

It is not your cultural outlook.

It is only your sense of aesthetics.

Someday, social media will stop disfiguring our youth, in body and mind.

[proton]

Tattoos are for sailors, criminals, prostitutes and idiots, the only bearable ones are those religious shoulder tats. Never seen any women who looked better with a tattoo than without. 

[seedy]

Different parts of the body are more sensitive than others.

So 'take the pain' would depend ...

[roo860]

21 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

Met Tom Berringer in Chiang Mai when he was making Sniper 3, very nice guy.

[roo860]

I like them, some amazing tattooist out there.

[Lacessit]

I don't see any point to inflicting unnecessary pain on myself, I have enough from other sources already.

IMO having a visible tattoo is an automatic classifier of what socio-economic group I belong in, and I don't care to be pigeon-holed either.

Hidden tattoos, what's the point?

Edited November 2, 2022 by Lacessit

[GammaGlobulin]

Or, perhaps, humans, like cattle, just wish to be branded, even guys from Yale University.

In recent years, we have seen a marked uptick in willingness to brand ourselves.

This wish to be branded has finally extended to disfigurement of our flesh.

Rings in our noses?

Only we could do it to ourselves and feel happy about it.

If the government were to brand us, there would be a backlash.

And, I just love a woman with a ring in her nose.

She is the Me Too kind of girl.

 

Human behavior makes no sense to me.

Sorry.

 

We always knew that Yale was a school for water buffalo (kwai)...

 

 

Throughout my life, I have never worn some working-class type of branding, such as you see here at Yale.

 

He thinks he is Hot Stuff, just because he has a big Y.

But, this is just a signal of this boy's stupidity.

 

No genius would ever stoop to such a nadir.

 

Stop with the branding, be it on your skin, or just wearing a shirt with a company brand.

 

Why do you insist upon acting like cattle?

 

 

Edited November 2, 2022 by GammaGlobulin

[metisdead]

A post using ALL CAPS has been removed.  Please turn off your Caps Lock when posting as there is no need to shout. 

[GammaGlobulin]

36 minutes ago, roo860 said:

Met Tom Berringer in Chiang Mai when he was making Sniper 3, very nice guy.

Great talent, I had always thought.

You are fortunate to have met him in Thailand.

It's always the guys who bark the loudest who are the sweetest. 

[Will B Good]

A single small, decorative tattoo on a woman can be appealing......anything more or a tattoo on a man...nope....tacky-tacky.

[ThailandRyan]

1 hour ago, proton said:

Tattoos are for sailors, criminals, prostitutes and idiots, the only bearable ones are those religious shoulder tats. Never seen any women who looked better with a tattoo than without. 

Guess I am a sailor, a criminal, a prostitute and an idiot in your book then. I have many tattoos but if I wear a shirt you would never know and I look like a proper business man. Guess those CEOs and big names, well Steve Jobs is deceased now and had tattoos, was an idiot as well in your book. Seen plenty of women who look good with tattoos....don't be such a hater.

[seedy]

28 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

This wish to be branded has finally extended to disfigurement of our flesh.
Stop with the branding, be it on your skin, or just wearing a shirt with a company brand.

Hogwash.

And who - pray tell - are you to tell other people what to do with their bodies ?

 

[seedy]

30 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Rings in our noses?

Ancient Sumerian women's earrings are the earliest earrings archaeologists have discovered—they date from perhaps 2500 B.C.E. and are typically gold hoops. Earrings of twisted wire, beads, and pendants were popular in the Aegean, Crete, and Cyprus.

Some speculate that the tradition of Indian nose piercings began with the arrival of the Mughals from Central Asia in the 16th century. Others cite ancient Ayurvedic texts published between the 1st and 8th century BCE that suggest it has been around for much longer.

[Mike Teavee]

1 hour ago, proton said:

Tattoos are for sailors, criminals, prostitutes and idiots, the only bearable ones are those religious shoulder tats. Never seen any women who looked better with a tattoo than without. 

My father is none of the above but got a couple of small remembrance tattoos when 2 of his friends died in motorbike accidents within a few months of each other.

[proton]

2 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Guess I am a sailor, a criminal, a prostitute and an idiot in your book then. I have many tattoos but if I wear a shirt you would never know and I look like a proper business man. Guess those CEOs and big names, well Steve Jobs is deceased now and had tattoos, was an idiot as well in your book. Seen plenty of women who look good with tattoos....don't be such a hater.

Come on then lets see the pics and let the jury decide, why people want to ink themselves over with <deleted> I will never understand. Some things need to be hated, tattoos are up there. Might be something to do with narcissism, Jobs would fit with that. 

[LaosLover]

I have my wife's first initial tattooed above my heart.

 

But it was only the size of a dime, and over time it blurred to the point that it now just looks like a pen leaked in my shirt pocket.

[seedy]

1 minute ago, proton said:

Some things need to be hated, tattoos are up there.

Here is a few other things which need to be hated ...

Intolerance, Bigotry, Profiling, Arrogance, Ignorance ...

[Ralf001]

I've never understood the attraction to them and actually find them repulsive, The tattoo and the person it is on.

[1FinickyOne]

2 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

I don't know why she swallowed a fly - perhaps she'll die. 

I sometimes sign off emails to friends this way but in first person...

 

I don't know why I swallowed a fly... 

[London Lowf]

45 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Seen plenty of women who look good with tattoos....don't be such a hater.

Maybe, but wouldn't they have looked even better without?

 

[1FinickyOne]

2 hours ago, proton said:

Tattoos are for sailors, criminals, prostitutes and idiots,

There are only two types of people...

 

People who divide people into 2 types and people who don't...