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A little bit of overkill

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I don't care WHAT people get tattooed, with few exceptions. I just care about the quality. That is a freakin terrible tattoo. Shame on that artist, and the owner.
 

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I never understood MOST tattoos. Tom Segura has a bit on them, and he is spot on. Everyone has some story for their tats, and it's always just barely connected, or nearly irrelevant. It seems to come down to "I want a tattoo, what vague unrelated story could I concoct for an excuse to do this..."
 

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I never understood MOST tattoos. Tom Segura has a bit on them, and he is spot on. Everyone has some story for their tats, and it's always just barely connected, or nearly irrelevant. It seems to come down to "I want a tattoo, what vague unrelated story could I concoct for an excuse to do this..."
 

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I never understood MOST tattoos. Tom Segura has a bit on them, and he is spot on. Everyone has some story for their tats, and it's always just barely connected, or nearly irrelevant. It seems to come down to "I want a tattoo, what vague unrelated story could I concoct for an excuse to do this..."
I actually appreciate it more when people tell me their tattoos mean absolutely nothing but they love the artwork. At least they are honest and aren't creating some false meaning.

That being said, I have a couple bad tattoos I got when I was too young to get tattoos. I've grown to like them in a weird "you live and learn" kind of way. What seems like a good idea at 17 or 18 will seldom seem like a good idea 10 years later, lol.
 

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I never understood MOST tattoos. Tom Segura has a bit on them, and he is spot on. Everyone has some story for their tats, and it's always just barely connected, or nearly irrelevant. It seems to come down to "I want a tattoo, what vague unrelated story could I concoct for an excuse to do this..."
You must know a lot of stupid people lol. I know quite a few like that. Thankfully I also have friends that appreciate it for what it is: an artform.
 

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I have seen some amazing tattoos, and some horrible ones, but personally i like the ones that have an actual meaning to them. Not a concocted story, but one that had meaning.

I have one tattoo but I'm pretty disappoints in my lack of originality... My Alma mater (they didn't teach me how to spell :confused:) but the quality of work was nice...

Don't know if i could go with a product logo though
 
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I personally have a lot of tattoos, because when I was a child I always thought they were great. I love the art form. I personally sought out the artist that I wanted to do the work, just like you would be selective of the art you hang on your walls. Now I do have to say that most of the
Are just out of appreciation for the art, but I do have one with some meaning. That being said, that tattoo sucks. It's done poorly and I would not be happy with it. Not to mention I think the smokes are mediocre with the exception of the corona viva.
 
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I have a decent amount of tattoos myself, a few for the beautiful artwork and the meaning behind it, which signified a time period in my life that made me who I am today. That said I do also have a few tattoos as others here seem to have as well that I had gotten when I was much younger, which I would change, such as my lip tattoo.

But I must say, I do like the philosophy someone else already said "you live you learn." So at the end of the day, was a lesson learned for me. That said, the undercrown tattoo definitely could have been done much nicer in my opinion with a little more artistic creativity put into it to put it lightly.
 
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I thought at the time and according to the tattoo artist that the damn lip tattoo would fade away after about 2 years but that was done about 9 years ago and it's still going strong haha
 
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