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  • Agreed. I’m not going to tell someone not to get tattoos, or comment negatively. If they’re happy with them, fine.

    Some are deeply personal; I knew someone who had a little, boring balloon tattooed on their arm. One would think it was kinda lame. However it was a representation to them of a stillbirth in their life. Pretty crushing.

    OTOH there’s the pedestrian tattoo parlor clipart low-effort stuff like tribal or thorns, entertainment characters, pithy quotes, animals, aggro stuff, whatever. Way, way too common and not special in any way.

    It’s really, really rare to see actual original art as a tattoo. The artists that do this kind of work have months-long waiting lists and spend hours going over the piece with a client.

    All that said, I’ve heard all kinds of rationalizations about tattoos. Maybe you’ll like it when you’re 75 and tattoo has bled and faded to be completely unrecognizable, will Bart Simpsons spread-cheeked asshole over your belly button really matter anymore?