<p>But if you get a tattoo stone sober, having given much thought to the design, go to a reputable place, chances are it’s going to be something you will always appreciate and not regret. Going out while young and blasted isn’t likely to leave you with a timeless memento. </p>
<p>I am quite happy with my two smallish tattoos. They mean a lot to me and in more than 20 years have not sagged or started looking like skin cancer. I’ll keep them.</p>
<p>Go for the tattoo! You have thought it through. (But if I were you, I would pick a place on your body with less nerves and thicker skin… top of the foot has very thin skin and will be very painful! How about put it on your hip?</p>
<p>Tattoo removal is a booming business. So there’s enough regret out there.</p>
<p>I support a waiting period. You have to call at least 48 hours ahead. For those who have planned and know what they want, it’s no different than a haircut or pedicure. For drunk 18 or 19 year olds, it might drive the tatoo parlors a little farther from our military bases.</p>
<p>Tattoo parlors, professional ones anyway, absolutely will NOT give you a tattoo if you are under the influence of any substances.</p>
<p>The next Bill Gates may well be in the tattoo removal business. Tattoos are not like a haircut or a pedicure - hair grows, even piercings can close. Tattoos are forever for most people. Does anyone have the same taste and sensibilities as twenty or thirty years ago? I’m always re-evaluating and changing my taste, style - all aesthetics - and would not want to be locked into something permanent. Sure, I’m forced to live in the body god gave me, and I have no choice but to accept it, but given a choice, I’d rather evolve. </p>
<p>My only other point is about tattoos as art. It is art if it is on the actual artist’s body…in my mind that is really the only legitimate reason to tattoo. That sort of expression makes sense. The thought of being someone else’s “canvas” doesn’t make sense. Who cares about the canvas? Canvas is cheap and blank. Those who want to make an artistic statement should self tattoo, IMO.</p>
<p>Are there many other instances where sober people find themselves liking the kind of things drunks think are a great idea?</p>
<p>Not a fan, myself… seen way too many ugly people thinking lipstick on a pig makes one any less swinish, but I wouldn’t hire/fire on it. On the other hand, I respect anyone who feels differently: their standards are likely a little higher than my own.</p>
<p>I don’t know anyone who regrets their tat. But the people I associate with tend to have small, discrete ones rather than the sleeve type. </p>
<p>The extended conversation about employment possibilities seems to me to be rather tiresome, particularly as this tattoo would be easily covered. </p>
<p>I think a small, meaningful one on your foot sounds nice OP, though rather painful to acquire. Definitely do the sharpie first and live with it for awhile. You may want to alter the placement or design.</p>
<p>I am an engineer with tats, I work with other engineers with tats.</p>
<p>1) A covered tattoo is never a workplace issue. About the only potential problem would be if it was of an unacceptable type (racist, obscene, etc) and could be seen in work-social situations. My tats are visible at some after-work events, no one cares.</p>
<p>2) Whether or not YOU will regret it depends on why you are getting it and what you value. A person who highly values aesthetics and is getting a tattoo for aesthetic reason may be making a huge mistake. A person who gets a tattoo for a very personal reason will not usually regret it - if you find yourself regretting a tattoo of your grandfather, the tattoo itself will probably be the smallest part of your problem (Grandpa was a guard at Auschwitz?!).</p>
<p>3) If you DO get a tattoo, spend the money and the time to have it done by a good artist at a good shop. Regret is a lot easier if you have bad art and an infection.</p>
<p>4) NEVER get a tattoo on a whim. It sounds like you have really thought this through, but make sure that you and the artist have a good plan before you do it.</p>
<p>5) The foot is a problematic location - it will hurt, and it will also fade faster. You might want to put it somewhere else, especially since it is your first.</p>
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<p>Sure, but are they also mechanics who sing opera? :D</p>
<p>Coincidentally this article appeared in Salary.com today: [Survey:</a> Tattoos Hurt Your Chances of Getting a Job - Salary.com](<a href=“http://www.salary.com/tattoos-hurt-chances-getting-job/]Survey:”>Tattoos and Jobs: How Tattoos/Piercings Can Limit Your Career)</p>
<p>The OP should read it before making a decision.</p>
<p>Interesting excerpts:</p>
<p>The biggest takeaways from our survey include a whopping 76% of respondents feel tattoos and piercings hurt an applicant’s chances of being hired during a job interview. And more than one-third – 39% of those surveyed – believe employees with tattoos and piercings reflect poorly on their employers. </p>
<p>Also:</p>
<p>Basically, the more educated you are the less likely you are to have or condone tattoos or piercings.</p>
<p>I also agree with whomever said that the Miss America contestant’s tattoos are akin to defacing a historic building. I saw nothing attractive about that. </p>
<p>Also: those who claim people should be judged on ability and not appearance obviously don’t believe that or they wouldn’t be striving to look different. You work hard to stand out from everybody else and then don’t want people to notice?</p>
<p>I don’t know who all these drunks are that some of you seem to know. None of the people I know with tattoos got them while drunk, not a one. And I also don’t know anyone who regrets theirs or anyone who has had theirs removed.</p>
<p>fordiscussion, my experience does not reflect that survey you cited, nor that of any of the professionals I know who have tattoos. Neither did they choose to get a tattoo so that they could stand out or so that others would notice. I think it’s pretty obvious that the OP wasn’t basing his/her decision on those criteria either. Is that why the people you know with tattoos initially got them?</p>
<p>You are absolutely right that tattoos is a very personal choice and any one should not have any problem with ink on anyone skin. Since for some people it may be a mark of beauty to enhance their body look so it’s not bad. For some it may be a sign of their personality identification. Whatever is it anyone should not comment negatively on anyone’s tattoo.</p>
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<p>There was an expression I read many years ago by a motivational writer. He said “God looks on the inside, people look on the outside” He wasn’t referring to tatoo’s specifically but to personal appearance.
If a tatoo is visible you will be judged by some. That is reality. It is up to each individual to determine whether the positives out weigh the potential negatives.</p>
<p>I vote no.</p>
<p>There is an asymmetry of upside vs downside. In fact, I don’t see it ever being a positive, unless you somehow find yourself surrounded by bikers or rock stars, in which case it might help you fit in a little. But there are plenty of places where its a negative. I always see it as at least a mild negative. Easily overcomable, but an instant negative. </p>
<p>In our house, we established a mantra of no motorcycle, no earring, no tattoo.</p>
<p>BTW, at our high school, the culture seems to roughly agree on that. Virtually no one has a tattoo.</p>
<p>But you have to make up your own mind. George Schultz, former secretary of the Treasury reportedly had a tiger tattooed on his gluteus maximum. It apparently didn’t hurt his career.</p>
<p>You know that, dadx? You know that “virtually no one has a tattoo”?</p>
<p>It’s really amazing to me how many people openly discuss the fact that they have no tattoos for SO MANY people to know definitively that tattoos aren’t coming among their circle. </p>
<p>IME, many people have tattoos that you wouldn’t expect. They just don’t talk about them because there’s no reason to. Very few people IRL know I have a tattoo outside of my close circle. Why? It hasn’t come up.</p>
<p>I’m probably not the type you would peg as tattoo-toting either. No piercings, I dress VERY conservatively, I have a quiet personality, etc.</p>
<p>Since it is illegal for shops to tattoo someone under 1
18 with or without their parents permission here, I would agree that virtually none of the high school students have a tattoo.</p>
<p>But many people have them done once they turn 18.</p>
<p>Most states allow tattooing of minors with consent of their parents. Some states have no laws at all. </p>
<p>Then there are plenty of kids who do not go the legal route.</p>
<p>More states should be like Washington.
But actually 45 states prohibit minors from getting tats.
[Tattooing</a> and Body Piercing](<a href=“http://m.ncsl.org/issues-research/health/tattooing-and-body-piercing.aspx]Tattooing”>http://m.ncsl.org/issues-research/health/tattooing-and-body-piercing.aspx)</p>
<p>If anyone wanna get tattoo on his/her skin in order to make a statement, then what’s wrong in this. It’s all about freedom of speech. If someone allow an artist to use his/her skin as a canvas, then artist shows his creativity by tattooing the wearer’s choice. But yaa, I would like to say children below 18 should be kept away from tattoo. Because in this young age, they can’t make a good choice for them. As result most of them will regret their tattoos later. Hence using removal technique. Which is not good for their health.</p>
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