Man i love your channel. Your interests and opinions are so similar to mine. I'm 5 months clean feom heroin oxy and today is the 10 week mark from my last drink. I stumbled onto you with your addiction video, as obviously, i was looking for info on what i was going through / could expect down the line. From the jump your videos have had pretty awesome quality. So when you're at 500k subs, i can't imagine how great your work will be. Its great to be in on a channel on the ground floor. Getting to watch how creators evolve and change in their art. Its also really cool to watch how the community parallel to that creators art will naturally shift in a kind of symbiotic relation to the work.
@picahudsoniaunflocked5426 thanks I appreciate it. Thank God for the people I have around me. They deserve the credit. I couldn't have come close to doing it with out, my family, my friends, and the incredibly dedicated and compassionate professionals (who give so much of their time, to get paid 1/4th of the goddamn doctor who got me hooked on opiates in the first place)
fascinating comment section this time. personally i regard my body as a temporary and biodegradable physical vessel. My tattoos are almost all Friday the 13th flash specials (almost all tattoo shops do special deals on every Friday the 13th, but they only provide "flash sheets" for you to choose from of small, fast tattoos they can do in about 30 minutes.) I don't regret them - they are records of some great friends I went with, who I was at the time, or just something silly that i thought was funny. What other people think of MY tattoos doesn't matter to me. If you are worries that it would matter to you, you shouldn't get a tattoo.
There's nothing more rebellious than describing your body art and modifications in terms of capitalist monetization. Way to go kid. Enjoy the car payments.
Those tattoo artists that people say were rude about numbing cream were Australian, and Americans tend to think Australians are particularly rude because we don't have the same culturally enforced faux-niceness that the US does. We don't have the whole "sir/ma'am" thing and apparently can seem sorta blasé.
m9st Americans are pretty reasonable, if not also straightforward. personally they were honest sounding which i prefer. but there is that vocal minority which needs to be emotionally coddled by literally everyone
its also tattoo artists. they're not customer service reps at some big megacorp. shocker that a bunch of counter culture art weirdos speak more freely and don't sugar coat everything they say. the only problem with tattoos becoming more mainstream is you're gonna get Karens who expect to be treated like they are at a restaurant and "the customer is always right."
They're also talking while TATTOOING SOMEONES BODY! Like, sorry if they're a bit focused on something else and aren't giving the video their full undivided attention lol
Keep in mind that Australians only ever interact with a very tiny portion of the American population, in person and online. You can't make blanket statements about all Americans like this.
I’m pretty sure one thing people without tattoos don’t understand about having them, like at all, is that you get used to the tattoo, it’s like a freckle or a birthmark. You don’t think about it and you couldn’t give less of a shit about how wrinkly it’s gonna be in 40 years, so it’s a complete nothingburger of an argument.
I've always considered tattoos. I'm an illustrator with a BFA and everything- I've even designed tattoos for friends before. But when it comes to my own body, I recognize that I'm such a particular and ever-changing person that I would probably be dissatisfied with whatever I got today in like 5-10 years (I'm only 27). I'm also not fond of the unfortunate reality of the flesh, that being that tattoos slowly become more blurry with time (which is why the old fashioned tends to age the best with the phrase 'bold will hold'). All of this being said, I do have a major respect for the art form and can certainly appreciate some really well-done work, especially when folks get sleeves or areas that are cohesive and fit into some sort of theme or overlapping style. I'm satisfied with my decision to probably never get any tattoos, but I sure do love seeing good work out in the wild on folks.
dissatisfaction is a feature of life. not something to be avoided (or to let the fear of experiencing it guide you.) think about it - when you see an older person with blurry ink that isn't even legible anymore, do you cringe that they got old? or do you wonder what they've seen and done with their life? how many stories do they have? You're going t be old, saggy and blurry one day too. Will you have stories to tell?
Exactly this! 95% of my friends have them. They look awesome and I really respect them as an art form, but, I'm so changeable, especially in my art tastes, that I know I wouldn't like it in a few years. Like my favourite novels, film, TV show, buildings, painting, song ect. change year to year and sometimes even month to month.
I'm 49 and have 5 tattoos ranging from over 30 years old to less than 1 year old. And you are absolutely correct you do change over time and your old tatts become something you wouldn't get currently. And that's part of the joy! Each one is a snap shot from a different time of my life, not much different than physical scars I carry or pictures taken of me. I age and change, the existing tattoos age and change, and the new ink I add is changing the canvas as well. Sure my oldest tattoo is looking a bit ragged and muddy (but still readable) but hell, so is my face with emerging wrinkles and signs of time. The beauty of art and bodies isn't found in perfection, rather what makes each unique and human.
That’s why I now prefer the idea of getting something purely aesthetic rather than meaningful. The things you find beautiful don’t tend to change that dramatically. Although my two favourite tattoos are one which is a silhouette of a cat that was a sticker on a card my gran made for me, and a mandala that I stick and poked as an edgy early 20-something, sat in my living room. 15 years later and I still love it.
I understand being frustrated that your tattoos don’t have a cohesive design language, and that they’re all over the place. I guess my question would be, do you consider yourself and your life up to this point to have a ‘cohesive design language’? It seems to be that that’s all tattoos are, a map of our lives. If you’ve been someone who has always been a straight shooter, who has lived their lives with a plan, going consciously from A to B, then that will probably show in your skin. For the rest of us, the journey leaves its own mark.
back in the 90s, my dad being a white trash teen from Talladega Alabama, was told by his entire family that his grand mother was a "native American princess". he got a native American symbol in the traditional style, and 20 years later he gets a ancestory test. we are white as snow. no native american. and hes a baptist preacher now.
I have a couple horror based tatts… and a couple Kandinsky, Giacometti, Gorey, and some based on books and other films like To Kill a Mockingbird and Spaghetti Westerns. Oh! I have a Monkees tattoo too… ❤️❤️I love when people have eclectic tatts! I like to see their personal interests.
I don't know how people do it. I have a half-sleeve - from shoulder to just above the ditch (because I damn well knew it was going to hurt. A lot) - but I hate randomness in tattoos. My partial sleeve is composed of different tattoos, but I've worked with the artist to try to unify them so it appears to me as a large, single piece, as opposed to a lot of random flash.
So here's my thought and what I've told my daughter. I have a bunch of one off tats and wish i could afford more. Every one, no matter how horrible, is a memory saved. I haven't listened to Type O in eons, but the tattoo takes me back to high school, hanging out in my best friends Daytona. I don't work for the company who's logo is forever on my ankle, but it was 15 years of my life there and a bunch of good times. As long as there is genuine meaning behind it, you should be ok. Never pick something off the wall. And I've always kept mine where they could be covered if needed. Just made sense. 😊
I’m so glad that 18 year old me decided to get a hidden tiny music note as my first tattoo. I still obviously love music and it only took 3-5 minutes so I was able to handle the new pain. I now have idk like 20+ tattoos and are mostly all original designs I gave to my artists (they would obviously transform my rudimentary drawings and draw exactly what I wanted or even better.) The only one I regret (it’s been covered up now by a gorgeous hummingbird tattoo) was a cheap Friday the 13th tattoo ghost, that ended up looking like a ghost head penis. I guess my only advice for anyone interested in getting tattooed in the future is to a.) come up with original designs/ideas you love b.) research the artist you want to work with and c.) sit on your idea for some time. ❤ Thanks for the tattoo tour btw! We’re a similar age so it was definitely a bit nostalgic for me.
I really enjoyed this. Your perspective, presentation, and compassionate thoughtfulness will have me coming back for as long as you continue to do this ❤
Some Tattoos are also a code in communities. In the Navy for instance having stars on your shoulders mean you’ve been to the Atlantic and the Pacific. They also are codes in Slavic tribes telling a story of your family history.
The advice I give, which I used for myself, is it you have a design idea and it is consistent for at least a year then, then maybe consider getting a tattoo. If you have any doubt at all then reset the clock and leave it another year.
Thats actually good advice. I've been thinking about getting one for some time, as 95% of my friends have them. I have one friend i made in my D&A relapse prevention group, who dose art as therapy, and she was thinking about me and the convos we have about art and she designed a possible tattoo idea she though i might like. I said thanks heaps and, that I'd love to frame the design and put it on display in my house but tattoos are just not for me. On others I think they look awesome and I really respect them. However, I'm so changeable, especially in my art tastes, that I know I wouldn't like it in a few years. Even if for me at that moment it was literally the most perfect thing for me. My favourite novels, film, TV show, buildings, painting, song ect. change year to year and sometimes even month to month. He'll I've had works of art I've completely 180d kn from intense love, to intense hate in a couple weeks.
Me too, I was surprised when he said the noodle box was his favorite bc i genuinely loved that sugar skull piece sm (not that the takeout isn't also cool :p)
This is already great & I'm only 1/3 in. I make a lot of pole saw jokes but I'm here for the content, personality, & good audio from Day 1. Also it's hot to post papers or essays I can screen shot & go read later. Thanks, Harland Spinks.
I'm 52, so I was around when tramp stamps in the 90's made a huge surge in the US. That being said, all of my friends, and even my older daughter have multiple tattoos. Even my husband was a tattoo artist for years and has sleeves. I think the art form is beautiful and stunning especially those that have significant meaning. But I've never received one simply because I knew, that I knew, that I knew, I wouldn't want one when I was older. My skin will sag, the ink will need to be updated and as I've gotten older, my threshold for pain is SMALL. There are a plethora of reasons that people will or won't get inked.
I got a puppet riding a tricycle smoking a cigarette with wording that says Rad Badical on my upper thigh and it was so fucking painful. If it sounds like a random thing it’s a reference to Wondershowzen (the puppet is Chauncey if anyone is familiar with Wondershowzen)
You can actually get custom temporary tattoos made, reasonably cheaply, if you are interested in seeing how it feels to wear one for a while. See if you like the placement or like looking at it, etc. They work in the same way as the vending machine ones.
Loved the video, Loved watching the title change 3 times as well lol I would have watched it with the first title, it was enticing, but i was still sleeping (i sleep with a TH-cam playlist playing) and so just saw it and was like "nice, gotta watch that" and went back to sleep. Getting a tattoo has been like a lifelong back and forth for me, in a few years younger than you, but I've just always had a hard time deciding on something that I'm certain I'll still be enthusiastic about in a year, let alone a decade. And that's before i even consider that if I have it somewhere visible (which i would like), how much am i going to hate having to explain it to people.
@@harlandspinks haha no worries dude, it's kind of standard practice for TH-cam channels at this point, so I think most people are used to seeing titles change a few times. I think the title you settled on is good, fits well with your typical channel titles, imo. I did enjoy the first one though haha
I got a bunch of tribals and some Rollins inspired sun tribals. All made by a good punk artist with good Japanese ink in the nineties. It was my wish at the time, i liked it back then. So it‘s all right I guess. It’s just a part of your journey in life. Nothing to complaint about all these choices I made in my twenties 😀
**Edited to add- I love you even more for the few seconds of the opening piano notes of 'Welcome To The Black Parade' because I'm a diehard MCR fan. 😂 Omfg, I love you so much for that Memento reference!! That's my favorite movie of all time, it's so good!! As for regretting any of my tattoos, I haven't regretted the actual tattoos themselves, just placement that I didn't think about and it ended up being a deeply personal one was made into a massive joke to everyone else and my dumbass didn't think about it like that at all. 😣
Do I honestly love all my tattoos for their incredible artwork and exquisite detail? Well, no. Because most of them aren’t that good. But-what I do love is the dedication, sacrifice and thought that went into them. I didn’t get tattooed necessarily for the art-I got them because the act of going through the pain to receive them was cathartic and intrinsic to my healing. So for that I’m proud as hell of my choices.
i have two (maybe three) tattoos i really want and have thought abt for literal years, but i also decided when i do get them it'll be w my own actual sallary and. well, getting a job is pretty tough rn
I have one tattoo on my right upper arm. When I got it I was 18 years old, freshly back from my first college term, and experiencing crushing body issues and bad mental health. I remember that walking into that tattoo parlor with my little line drawing of a mako shark and getting that tattooed on my arm felt like the only modicum of control I'd had over my body in ages. For me it was a commemoration of the achievement that was going away to college and growing into myself. I will likely get more shark tattoos in the same area if I think I've earned them. Truthfully, I do sometimes regret my tattoo, but all of the satisfaction and joy comes rushing back when I realize that it's the only part of my body that feels truly mine, since I designed the tattoo, chose the spot for it, paid for it myself, and painstakingly attended to the aftercare.
I've had some tattoo ideas over the years, and I am glad I never got them. But, I think I have come across an idea that I could never regret. I want to design it myself since I'm an artist by trade: a red cardinal with a vignette of hydrangeas. My mother's favourite bird, and her favourite flower. An aesthetically pleasing image, and a tribute to the guardian angel I call my mom. But, now that I finally have an idea of something I think would really work, it's been so long that now I have a ton of disabilities that reared their ugly heads. I have very mild Tourette's, but the most worrying part are my seizures. I suffer from DNES, not epileptic but caused by things like stress, trauma and PAIN. On top of that I have fibromyalgia, so my pain tolerance is entrenched in the Dead Sea. Could I get a tattoo whilst suffering through seizures? I remain awake during them so I have a modicum of control, but more than that I'm worried I'll never be able to find a tattoo artist willing to work on me.
Not sure how you showed up on my feed, but I really like your content. I'm 51 & I remember when you could not get a job with a tattoo and one of the worst I saw was an auto parts chain (a Quest for Cars...) that made people cover up any tattoos even if you were not customer facing. I saw a dude with full sleeves have to wear an long sleeve shirt in a humid 90 degree warehouse moving brake rotors 8 hours a day. Coincidentally, last week I was looking for a new car at a Subaru dealership and one of the sales people had a full sleeve in a sleeveless dress, so that shows how far we have come that we went from full cover up to actually showing them off in less than 25 years. That being said, I don't have any and don't want any because bad tattoos on old people are just awful.
29:40 my first tattoo is like that, it meant nothing at first, but then the artist - who was my best mate at the time, died in surgery - and then it became special
@@harlandspinks glad to hear. I've been doing lots of my own writing (that has sort of been on hold for the last 8 years while I drank and used) the last few months. Even for its own sake, with no plans of releasing it llke you do (I'm honestly too much a coward to show my work to friends even) and I find it useful in maintaining my sobriety. Just for my own sake, it can be a good for self interrogation, of exploring themes I finds interesting, then exploring why those things take my interest in the first place. I'm very glad you're brave enough to put the stuff out there and that you have the integrity to not trend taste or bow to the algorithms. That you pursue with purity, the things that are interesting to you and not just "well I have yo put out a video on something on this particular date." The legitimate interest and passion you have for the topics you cover, or how those topics interact with, shape, and, in turn, are shaped by the larger culture they exist in is very apparent. And that passion can't help but bleed into your work. Honestly, I have mad respect for not just what you do, but how you go about doing what you do.
Can relate so much, like, it’s not that I hate my tattoos, it’s just I was dumb here and there. Some people ask me what if you get bored with them later or end up not liking them anymore? Well, you do, eventually. And you also get used to it so it’s not such a big deal anymore. I love the process of getting a tattoo, had many amazing experiences and memories but it was not always worth it. And if anyone wonders how is it possible that some barely working adult in early twenties had money for so many tattoos - I didn’t. You end up at some party, absolutely sh*tfaced and here they are, a friend with a tattoo gun. Too many of my decisions about tattooing were done while drunk and I hope I would not be as dumb while sober. But who knows. Would remove some, maybe place somewhere else but by the end of the day, yeah I kinda like the whole look.
Most painful tattoo I have was definitely around the clitoral hood. I have a cat face on my pubic mound and all of the rest of it was totally fine except that one area. I also... do not regret that tattoo at all.
As someone whose only tattoo is on my hand, I don't regret it at all, but I was also in my late 20's when I got it and knew myself well enough to get something I would likely not out grow. Most people never notice it. It may not be the best craftmanship. The line work could have been done better, but I like in none the less.
I was 14 years old. My older brother and his friends were playing around with a sewing needle and a bottle of ink when I came downstairs and saw what they were up to. I should have tattled. I should have ignored them. I should have leaned back and watched the idiocy unfold before me. What I should NOT have done is let them convince me to join in on the fun. So, now I'm a 44 year old woman who has been walking around with "F.U." tattooed on the inside of her middle finger for 30 years. I regret everything. But, ya know, now it's little a reminder of my brother and all the dumb sh*t we did. So that's nice. Plus, the look on my grandma's face when she saw it makes me laugh out loud to this day. If looks could kill I would have died in her kitchen that night. Oh, I'm so sorry Gram. 😂❤😂
I’m 20 and I’ve racked up 11 tattoos so far. Praying to god I don’t decide I hate how they look when I’m older, but I like to think even if I’m not as into them they will just be a lovely story to tell
Loved the vid! I always enjoy your content, mostly bc you come across as a very real, genuine person. I just started getting tattoos this year and I am trying to go slow and not just get flash every couple of weeks 😅 so I think the advice about doing research, as for the two pieces I have I’m very glad I did as much research as I did to find artists and ideas I liked! Tattoos aren’t just permanent, they’re also very expensive, so caution is certainly warranted. But also they’re very cool and I’m happy I have some Also my first tattoo is on my calf- man that hurt so bad, I thought I was just being a baby but have been vindicated since so I appreciated that lol
Tattoos are a trend now. I hate trends. Be yourself people. We are all unique. No two leaves 🍃 are the same. No two people are alike. That’s wonderful.
Ohhh, tattoos. I have many. Some are great, lovely work. Some are… not. I have weird, naked gaps. I tried numbing cream once (the artist suggested it, he wanted to see how it affected the process and I agreed to guinea pig), it healed like hot garbage and I eventually got it covered up. I have a giant eagle on my thigh and I felt my soul leave my body that day- that one will never be finished. Do I regret a lot of them? Yep! Will I continue to get more and run the risk of regretting those too? Also yep!
This guy I used to work with had a tiny swastika embedded in a much larger unrelated arm piece that was there prior to the larger piece. According to him, he got it as a bet for a candy bar in the county poke.
I use numbing cream depending on where the tattoo will be. It doesn't make the color fade. My tattoos with the use of numbing cream verses those that I didn't don't look any different. It lasts for over 6 hours if you leave it on about 90 to 2 hours. You wipe off the cream before you even put the stencil on so there isn't anything 'watery' on the skin. It doesn't make anyone bleed more; that's on the tattoo artist. They sell numbing cream at tattoo conventions!! I'll throat punch any artist if they wipe my fresh tattoo with a rough, dry paper towel! I've never, ever had that happen. I only regret my first tattoo because the artist didn't make it a 'falling star' but make it just a star. !!!!???? It's on my hip and isn't in a place that can be seen. But all my other tattoos, I love them very, very much. I think part of that is that I got most on my tattoos after 40 and had thought about getting them for a long time before actually committing to them.
I mean, that's how I started, but then I said fuck it and got me a little Vault-Tec logo for the shits n giggles. Well, now I have 10. Shit, I even got an American traditional tattoo from the Old Ironside tattoo parlor, where Sailor Jerry did most of his tattooing in Hawaii. Don't be too nervous about getting one. They're a lot of fuckin fun. My recommendation is print out a picture of whatever it is that you wanna get it tattooed and put that picture in places that you'll commonly be; the bathroom mirror, sun visor in the car, and so on. If you don't get tired of looking at that picture for a month or two, then you probably won't get too tired of it on ya.
i don’t have tattoos but i remember distinctly my friend giving themself and a friend stick and poke tattoos of their zodiac signs only to find out they had given themselves the wrong ones
When he said how unoriginal and cringey it is to get a lion n clock tattoo, my heart dropped. I really hope he meant lion and clock together. Like a one, specific, overdone type of tat. If not then ima go n cry myself to sleep tonight, thinking that my fave TH-camr is judging my very internalized, and thought out idea for my biggest tat on my forearm that i got. Which is indeed, a clock and flower tattoo that i got to memorize the birth of my 2 kids😭😭
i’ve always wanted to be covered in tattoos. my uncle was in and out of prison, but is the sweetest man in my entire life. i’ve always wanted to look like him. one of my first real tattoos was on my head because it’s just extra normal to me. BUT HOLY SHIT I HATE THE FUCKING TATTOO COMMUNITY SOMETIMES it’s worse than a lot of music communities or fandoms.
I am a game show host (not on tv but an escape room kind of setup, google Game Show Battle Rooms) and I and the best host at the studio had a show recently. It was for Marzetti salad dressings QA team; so people that taste salad dressing for a living. They were all tatted, gauged out, crazy hair with new punk or old vintage metal T-shirts. Ralph (the other host) and I always ask if they want an “adult” show (I used to DJ at strip clubs) or a G-rated show. They opted for G-rating. Let me tell you these were the most boring and insular assholes I’ve ever played for. They acted like they were in a police interrogation blended into a job interview and none of them had ANY personality whatsoever. I think the mentality is “If I look cool on the outside I can be lame af otherwise”
I git my first tattoo at 19 on my calf Blinks smiley face logo in 2013. I have now 3 done by a friend and 2 professional tats I love all of them personally but I adore just having art on my skin lmao side note I'm realizing we are similar in age which is shocking.
Liked the tattoo show n tell. Most painful for me so far has been right below my nail beds/right above my first knuckle. Felt like a hot drill stabbing into the flesh under my nails. Mostly faded within a few months.
Interesting vid, really liked it. I've been wanting to get the mand logo I have in my profile pic since I got into the band at 17, now I'm 41 I still want it but I doubt I will because I just can't think where to put it without then needing more tats as if it was on its own it just wouldn't look right I think
My last piece was a 9 hr straight session. Sat like a champ but towards the end my arm started involuntarily twitching. So we used numbing cream for the final couple hours just to help keep my arm from moving lol
I came of age in the early 90's. Ive got a lot of bad/trashy/cringe tattoos. Barbed wire bicep? ✅ Poorly translated kanji? ✅ Tribal neck tattoo? ✅ Homemade hand tattoo? ✅ Random naked lady? ✅ I dont regret all of them, but some are pretty bad, and wish i didn't have anymore
The only one I have so far is my full legal name in circular gallifreyan (the language from Doctor Who) that I made using a fan generator a decade ago now. (This way, only the truest of nerds can steal my identity lmao) I got it on the center of the top of my back so I could cover it for work, since teachers aren’t really “supposed” to have them. Because of where I got it and my own wussiness the line work isn’t 100% perfect but I LOVE IT. The next one I want is a little pride tattoo, a spade from a deck of cards filled in with the asexual flag colors. I have looked at SO MANY crazy and fancy options in the past but I know myself now well enough that the dime to nickel sized piece is gonna be about all I can handle 💀
i have a few tats, but always thought i'd be covered up by 30. i'm not, but i'm still fine. i might get more tats or not. it's not crucial to my life and also depends on funds. i was simply too poor most of my life to get tattoos, and even tho i knew a lot of people that tattoo, i'm not the type of person to bum tats off of them. i mean you do you, but when i see young people crying about being broke but spending a ton of money on tats or something i always wonder if they even did the math. and people who are covered up before they are 20 are kinda sus... like you must be rich or something. i feel like tattoos lost a little of their luster when it wasn't just tattoo artists doing some (righteous in some cases) gatekeeping, i've been turned off more by the 20 year olds that try to police placement, styles and who is worthy of a tattoo or not. that said i hope i can get a new one, soon. i find the pain very therapeutic. just like everything countercultural that went mainstream, tattoos are kinda lame now. they are only as cool as the person wearing it on their skin.
a good argument against getting a tattoo will always be "is this something that you're just really into right now and might not care about at all in 5-10 years?". If you've been crazy about a thing since childhood/teen years and still love it, thats probably not gonna change, but how many people get bored of a thing, the creator of said thing makes a super problematic statement and you don't want to be associated with it anymore, or it was just part of someone else's culture and you don't want to bee seen as appropriating? Don't get me started on trendy tattoos.
That tatto lady have a Dodge Charger. I have zero tattos and have a Honda Fit (Jazz here in Europe), I think I need tattos 🧐 Its joke... I can't have tattos :(
Your tattoos are WAY less embarrassing than some people I know. I've always thought, for the most part with myself and people I know, tattoos tell a story about who you were/are at that time in your life. No matter how ridiculous or whatever, things can mean a lot to you. Those things can change after a while. But the tattoos are there to remind you how stupid you were, how fun things were, how bad things were...but they're your memories. Idk. Yours could be worse lol. I have zapdos from pokemon. I have zero regrets. I still plan to get all the original 151 (well 150 now) pokemon and I am a fully grown 30 something adult.
Were you eating when you got your tattoos? You haven't mentioned it but in my experience it sounds like you weren't, so when the tattooing starts your body more likely than not will go into shock. And ankles are REALLY bony! Why would you do that!?
I ADORE my tattoos-I’m a Japanese traditional girly myself-but now I’m afraid to use numbing cream for my next session. I’ve been lucky so far but don’t wanna risk anything in the future. 🫠 lol I got my first tiny tattoos when I was 18 and eventually had them covered when I was 33. I have to say, I would have preferred to just wait until 30+ to get any tattoos due to me being less of a cringe lord but at least the first ones weren’t horrendous. 😅
my whole right forearm is covered in a rune gauntlet i got as a devotion to the pagan concept of Wyrd, which was highlighted often in Norse myth (the Norns weaving the web of Wyrd, aka fate). white nationalism is norse pagan circles was definitely already a thing but a few yrs after i got it, DT went into office & nasty people began very openly flouting walknuts, odals, & various other designs that belong to Icelandic norse beliefs ... needless to say it has effected my prrsonal spiritual relationship with the symbology, which im currently attempting to reclaim. its incredibly frustrating when my personal beliefs dont mirror the tribalist trash that Nordaboos spout on tiktok.
This channel is judgemental and cringey. There's nothing wrong with tattoos damn.
found the person who didn't watch the full video.
@@Zectifin or ANY of the video haha
oh no baby what is u doin
Lol
Translation: I didn't watched the video, just read the thumbnail.
I enjoyed the little stories behind each of the pieces. It wasn't boring at all.
Man i love your channel. Your interests and opinions are so similar to mine. I'm 5 months clean feom heroin oxy and today is the 10 week mark from my last drink. I stumbled onto you with your addiction video, as obviously, i was looking for info on what i was going through / could expect down the line. From the jump your videos have had pretty awesome quality. So when you're at 500k subs, i can't imagine how great your work will be.
Its great to be in on a channel on the ground floor. Getting to watch how creators evolve and change in their art. Its also really cool to watch how the community parallel to that creators art will naturally shift in a kind of symbiotic relation to the work.
Happy Clean-niversary!
@picahudsoniaunflocked5426 thanks I appreciate it. Thank God for the people I have around me. They deserve the credit. I couldn't have come close to doing it with out, my family, my friends, and the incredibly dedicated and compassionate professionals (who give so much of their time, to get paid 1/4th of the goddamn doctor who got me hooked on opiates in the first place)
this is awesome! ❤
fascinating comment section this time. personally i regard my body as a temporary and biodegradable physical vessel. My tattoos are almost all Friday the 13th flash specials (almost all tattoo shops do special deals on every Friday the 13th, but they only provide "flash sheets" for you to choose from of small, fast tattoos they can do in about 30 minutes.) I don't regret them - they are records of some great friends I went with, who I was at the time, or just something silly that i thought was funny. What other people think of MY tattoos doesn't matter to me. If you are worries that it would matter to you, you shouldn't get a tattoo.
There's nothing more rebellious than describing your body art and modifications in terms of capitalist monetization. Way to go kid. Enjoy the car payments.
Those tattoo artists that people say were rude about numbing cream were Australian, and Americans tend to think Australians are particularly rude because we don't have the same culturally enforced faux-niceness that the US does. We don't have the whole "sir/ma'am" thing and apparently can seem sorta blasé.
Yeah, I'm Australian (although I spent 5 years growing up in Ireland), and the people in those videos sound pretty nice and friendly to me.
m9st Americans are pretty reasonable, if not also straightforward. personally they were honest sounding which i prefer. but there is that vocal minority which needs to be emotionally coddled by literally everyone
its also tattoo artists. they're not customer service reps at some big megacorp. shocker that a bunch of counter culture art weirdos speak more freely and don't sugar coat everything they say. the only problem with tattoos becoming more mainstream is you're gonna get Karens who expect to be treated like they are at a restaurant and "the customer is always right."
They're also talking while TATTOOING SOMEONES BODY! Like, sorry if they're a bit focused on something else and aren't giving the video their full undivided attention lol
Keep in mind that Australians only ever interact with a very tiny portion of the American population, in person and online. You can't make blanket statements about all Americans like this.
I’m pretty sure one thing people without tattoos don’t understand about having them, like at all, is that you get used to the tattoo, it’s like a freckle or a birthmark. You don’t think about it and you couldn’t give less of a shit about how wrinkly it’s gonna be in 40 years, so it’s a complete nothingburger of an argument.
I've always considered tattoos. I'm an illustrator with a BFA and everything- I've even designed tattoos for friends before. But when it comes to my own body, I recognize that I'm such a particular and ever-changing person that I would probably be dissatisfied with whatever I got today in like 5-10 years (I'm only 27). I'm also not fond of the unfortunate reality of the flesh, that being that tattoos slowly become more blurry with time (which is why the old fashioned tends to age the best with the phrase 'bold will hold'). All of this being said, I do have a major respect for the art form and can certainly appreciate some really well-done work, especially when folks get sleeves or areas that are cohesive and fit into some sort of theme or overlapping style. I'm satisfied with my decision to probably never get any tattoos, but I sure do love seeing good work out in the wild on folks.
MOMO SWEET PEACH IN THE WILD??? love your art
dissatisfaction is a feature of life. not something to be avoided (or to let the fear of experiencing it guide you.) think about it - when you see an older person with blurry ink that isn't even legible anymore, do you cringe that they got old? or do you wonder what they've seen and done with their life? how many stories do they have? You're going t be old, saggy and blurry one day too. Will you have stories to tell?
Exactly this! 95% of my friends have them. They look awesome and I really respect them as an art form, but, I'm so changeable, especially in my art tastes, that I know I wouldn't like it in a few years. Like my favourite novels, film, TV show, buildings, painting, song ect. change year to year and sometimes even month to month.
I'm 49 and have 5 tattoos ranging from over 30 years old to less than 1 year old. And you are absolutely correct you do change over time and your old tatts become something you wouldn't get currently. And that's part of the joy!
Each one is a snap shot from a different time of my life, not much different than physical scars I carry or pictures taken of me. I age and change, the existing tattoos age and change, and the new ink I add is changing the canvas as well.
Sure my oldest tattoo is looking a bit ragged and muddy (but still readable) but hell, so is my face with emerging wrinkles and signs of time. The beauty of art and bodies isn't found in perfection, rather what makes each unique and human.
That’s why I now prefer the idea of getting something purely aesthetic rather than meaningful. The things you find beautiful don’t tend to change that dramatically. Although my two favourite tattoos are one which is a silhouette of a cat that was a sticker on a card my gran made for me, and a mandala that I stick and poked as an edgy early 20-something, sat in my living room. 15 years later and I still love it.
I understand being frustrated that your tattoos don’t have a cohesive design language, and that they’re all over the place. I guess my question would be, do you consider yourself and your life up to this point to have a ‘cohesive design language’? It seems to be that that’s all tattoos are, a map of our lives. If you’ve been someone who has always been a straight shooter, who has lived their lives with a plan, going consciously from A to B, then that will probably show in your skin. For the rest of us, the journey leaves its own mark.
back in the 90s, my dad being a white trash teen from Talladega Alabama, was told by his entire family that his grand mother was a "native American princess". he got a native American symbol in the traditional style, and 20 years later he gets a ancestory test. we are white as snow. no native american. and hes a baptist preacher now.
I have a couple horror based tatts… and a couple Kandinsky, Giacometti, Gorey, and some based on books and other films like To Kill a Mockingbird and Spaghetti Westerns. Oh! I have a Monkees tattoo too… ❤️❤️I love when people have eclectic tatts! I like to see their personal interests.
I don't know how people do it. I have a half-sleeve - from shoulder to just above the ditch (because I damn well knew it was going to hurt. A lot) - but I hate randomness in tattoos.
My partial sleeve is composed of different tattoos, but I've worked with the artist to try to unify them so it appears to me as a large, single piece, as opposed to a lot of random flash.
So here's my thought and what I've told my daughter. I have a bunch of one off tats and wish i could afford more. Every one, no matter how horrible, is a memory saved. I haven't listened to Type O in eons, but the tattoo takes me back to high school, hanging out in my best friends Daytona. I don't work for the company who's logo is forever on my ankle, but it was 15 years of my life there and a bunch of good times.
As long as there is genuine meaning behind it, you should be ok.
Never pick something off the wall.
And I've always kept mine where they could be covered if needed. Just made sense. 😊
I’m so glad that 18 year old me decided to get a hidden tiny music note as my first tattoo. I still obviously love music and it only took 3-5 minutes so I was able to handle the new pain. I now have idk like 20+ tattoos and are mostly all original designs I gave to my artists (they would obviously transform my rudimentary drawings and draw exactly what I wanted or even better.) The only one I regret (it’s been covered up now by a gorgeous hummingbird tattoo) was a cheap Friday the 13th tattoo ghost, that ended up looking like a ghost head penis.
I guess my only advice for anyone interested in getting tattooed in the future is to a.) come up with original designs/ideas you love b.) research the artist you want to work with and c.) sit on your idea for some time. ❤ Thanks for the tattoo tour btw! We’re a similar age so it was definitely a bit nostalgic for me.
I really enjoyed this. Your perspective, presentation, and compassionate thoughtfulness will have me coming back for as long as you continue to do this ❤
Great video! I just today went to get my first tattoo, an homage to my grandmother and the place I spent most childhood summers.
The inner bicep tattoo is brutal. I have a portrait of Frida Kahlo on my inner bicep, it took 5 hours. I felt every second of that 5 hours 😭
I feel like with what we're seeing artists do with blackout tatoos you can just change your tattoos if you don't like them.
Some Tattoos are also a code in communities. In the Navy for instance having stars on your shoulders mean you’ve been to the Atlantic and the Pacific. They also are codes in Slavic tribes telling a story of your family history.
The advice I give, which I used for myself, is it you have a design idea and it is consistent for at least a year then, then maybe consider getting a tattoo. If you have any doubt at all then reset the clock and leave it another year.
Thats actually good advice. I've been thinking about getting one for some time, as 95% of my friends have them. I have one friend i made in my D&A relapse prevention group, who dose art as therapy, and she was thinking about me and the convos we have about art and she designed a possible tattoo idea she though i might like. I said thanks heaps and, that I'd love to frame the design and put it on display in my house but tattoos are just not for me. On others I think they look awesome and I really respect them. However, I'm so changeable, especially in my art tastes, that I know I wouldn't like it in a few years. Even if for me at that moment it was literally the most perfect thing for me. My favourite novels, film, TV show, buildings, painting, song ect. change year to year and sometimes even month to month. He'll I've had works of art I've completely 180d kn from intense love, to intense hate in a couple weeks.
I love your cat sugar skull piece. Sweet memorial and cute design!
Me too, I was surprised when he said the noodle box was his favorite bc i genuinely loved that sugar skull piece sm (not that the takeout isn't also cool :p)
This is already great & I'm only 1/3 in. I make a lot of pole saw jokes but I'm here for the content, personality, & good audio from Day 1.
Also it's hot to post papers or essays I can screen shot & go read later.
Thanks, Harland Spinks.
I'm 52, so I was around when tramp stamps in the 90's made a huge surge in the US. That being said, all of my friends, and even my older daughter have multiple tattoos. Even my husband was a tattoo artist for years and has sleeves. I think the art form is beautiful and stunning especially those that have significant meaning. But I've never received one simply because I knew, that I knew, that I knew, I wouldn't want one when I was older. My skin will sag, the ink will need to be updated and as I've gotten older, my threshold for pain is SMALL. There are a plethora of reasons that people will or won't get inked.
I got a puppet riding a tricycle smoking a cigarette with wording that says Rad Badical on my upper thigh and it was so fucking painful. If it sounds like a random thing it’s a reference to Wondershowzen (the puppet is Chauncey if anyone is familiar with Wondershowzen)
I was literally just listening to Okkervil River like an hour ago, so that's kind of neat
I mean you could get special laser surgery to remove tattoos, but it's very expensive. So I recommend getting those fake ones, from the grocery store.
You can actually get custom temporary tattoos made, reasonably cheaply, if you are interested in seeing how it feels to wear one for a while. See if you like the placement or like looking at it, etc.
They work in the same way as the vending machine ones.
Loved the video, Loved watching the title change 3 times as well lol
I would have watched it with the first title, it was enticing, but i was still sleeping (i sleep with a TH-cam playlist playing) and so just saw it and was like "nice, gotta watch that" and went back to sleep.
Getting a tattoo has been like a lifelong back and forth for me, in a few years younger than you, but I've just always had a hard time deciding on something that I'm certain I'll still be enthusiastic about in a year, let alone a decade.
And that's before i even consider that if I have it somewhere visible (which i would like), how much am i going to hate having to explain it to people.
lol was wondering if anyone would notice. I had no idea how to title this one.
@@harlandspinks haha no worries dude, it's kind of standard practice for TH-cam channels at this point, so I think most people are used to seeing titles change a few times.
I think the title you settled on is good, fits well with your typical channel titles, imo. I did enjoy the first one though haha
I got a bunch of tribals and some Rollins inspired sun tribals. All made by a good punk artist with good Japanese ink in the nineties. It was my wish at the time, i liked it back then. So it‘s all right I guess. It’s just a part of your journey in life. Nothing to complaint about all these choices I made in my twenties 😀
I'm one of the few who actually prefer the "dry wipe". It's like scratching an itch. It numbs the area for me.
Jessica, that's.... diabolical
**Edited to add- I love you even more for the few seconds of the opening piano notes of 'Welcome To The Black Parade' because I'm a diehard MCR fan. 😂
Omfg, I love you so much for that Memento reference!! That's my favorite movie of all time, it's so good!! As for regretting any of my tattoos, I haven't regretted the actual tattoos themselves, just placement that I didn't think about and it ended up being a deeply personal one was made into a massive joke to everyone else and my dumbass didn't think about it like that at all. 😣
Do I honestly love all my tattoos for their incredible artwork and exquisite detail? Well, no. Because most of them aren’t that good. But-what I do love is the dedication, sacrifice and thought that went into them. I didn’t get tattooed necessarily for the art-I got them because the act of going through the pain to receive them was cathartic and intrinsic to my healing. So for that I’m proud as hell of my choices.
i have two (maybe three) tattoos i really want and have thought abt for literal years, but i also decided when i do get them it'll be w my own actual sallary and. well, getting a job is pretty tough rn
I have one tattoo on my right upper arm. When I got it I was 18 years old, freshly back from my first college term, and experiencing crushing body issues and bad mental health. I remember that walking into that tattoo parlor with my little line drawing of a mako shark and getting that tattooed on my arm felt like the only modicum of control I'd had over my body in ages. For me it was a commemoration of the achievement that was going away to college and growing into myself. I will likely get more shark tattoos in the same area if I think I've earned them. Truthfully, I do sometimes regret my tattoo, but all of the satisfaction and joy comes rushing back when I realize that it's the only part of my body that feels truly mine, since I designed the tattoo, chose the spot for it, paid for it myself, and painstakingly attended to the aftercare.
I've had some tattoo ideas over the years, and I am glad I never got them. But, I think I have come across an idea that I could never regret. I want to design it myself since I'm an artist by trade: a red cardinal with a vignette of hydrangeas. My mother's favourite bird, and her favourite flower. An aesthetically pleasing image, and a tribute to the guardian angel I call my mom. But, now that I finally have an idea of something I think would really work, it's been so long that now I have a ton of disabilities that reared their ugly heads. I have very mild Tourette's, but the most worrying part are my seizures. I suffer from DNES, not epileptic but caused by things like stress, trauma and PAIN. On top of that I have fibromyalgia, so my pain tolerance is entrenched in the Dead Sea. Could I get a tattoo whilst suffering through seizures? I remain awake during them so I have a modicum of control, but more than that I'm worried I'll never be able to find a tattoo artist willing to work on me.
Not sure how you showed up on my feed, but I really like your content. I'm 51 & I remember when you could not get a job with a tattoo and one of the worst I saw was an auto parts chain (a Quest for Cars...) that made people cover up any tattoos even if you were not customer facing. I saw a dude with full sleeves have to wear an long sleeve shirt in a humid 90 degree warehouse moving brake rotors 8 hours a day. Coincidentally, last week I was looking for a new car at a Subaru dealership and one of the sales people had a full sleeve in a sleeveless dress, so that shows how far we have come that we went from full cover up to actually showing them off in less than 25 years. That being said, I don't have any and don't want any because bad tattoos on old people are just awful.
29:40 my first tattoo is like that, it meant nothing at first, but then the artist - who was my best mate at the time, died in surgery - and then it became special
Thanks, and good job. I look forward to seeing more from you.
Thank you so much! I'm working on a lot of stuff right now, so I'm not going anywhere.
@@harlandspinks glad to hear. I've been doing lots of my own writing (that has sort of been on hold for the last 8 years while I drank and used) the last few months. Even for its own sake, with no plans of releasing it llke you do (I'm honestly too much a coward to show my work to friends even) and I find it useful in maintaining my sobriety. Just for my own sake, it can be a good for self interrogation, of exploring themes I finds interesting, then exploring why those things take my interest in the first place.
I'm very glad you're brave enough to put the stuff out there and that you have the integrity to not trend taste or bow to the algorithms. That you pursue with purity, the things that are interesting to you and not just "well I have yo put out a video on something on this particular date."
The legitimate interest and passion you have for the topics you cover, or how those topics interact with, shape, and, in turn, are shaped by the larger culture they exist in is very apparent. And that passion can't help but bleed into your work.
Honestly, I have mad respect for not just what you do, but how you go about doing what you do.
That fucking final paper towel wipe. *watches this with saniderm on my arm*
i love your stuff, you're one of my favorite youtubers! i hope you continue to succeed
Can relate so much, like, it’s not that I hate my tattoos, it’s just I was dumb here and there. Some people ask me what if you get bored with them later or end up not liking them anymore? Well, you do, eventually. And you also get used to it so it’s not such a big deal anymore. I love the process of getting a tattoo, had many amazing experiences and memories but it was not always worth it. And if anyone wonders how is it possible that some barely working adult in early twenties had money for so many tattoos - I didn’t. You end up at some party, absolutely sh*tfaced and here they are, a friend with a tattoo gun. Too many of my decisions about tattooing were done while drunk and I hope I would not be as dumb while sober. But who knows. Would remove some, maybe place somewhere else but by the end of the day, yeah I kinda like the whole look.
Most painful tattoo I have was definitely around the clitoral hood. I have a cat face on my pubic mound and all of the rest of it was totally fine except that one area. I also... do not regret that tattoo at all.
and TJ Max will never know!
@@daltonbedore8396 Walk into my local Winners and walk out into a police cruiser
Ayoooooo kitty got claws!!!
As someone whose only tattoo is on my hand, I don't regret it at all, but I was also in my late 20's when I got it and knew myself well enough to get something I would likely not out grow. Most people never notice it. It may not be the best craftmanship. The line work could have been done better, but I like in none the less.
It’s really sad. Tattoos used to signify you were part of some subculture but now they just signify “I have too much money”
I was 14 years old. My older brother and his friends were playing around with a sewing needle and a bottle of ink when I came downstairs and saw what they were up to. I should have tattled. I should have ignored them. I should have leaned back and watched the idiocy unfold before me. What I should NOT have done is let them convince me to join in on the fun. So, now I'm a 44 year old woman who has been walking around with "F.U." tattooed on the inside of her middle finger for 30 years. I regret everything.
But, ya know, now it's little a reminder of my brother and all the dumb sh*t we did. So that's nice.
Plus, the look on my grandma's face when she saw it makes me laugh out loud to this day. If looks could kill I would have died in her kitchen that night. Oh, I'm so sorry Gram. 😂❤😂
it doesnt sound like you regret it. i hear great memories that the tattoo reminds you of every time you see it again
Gulag Orkestar still slaps
I’m 20 and I’ve racked up 11 tattoos so far. Praying to god I don’t decide I hate how they look when I’m older, but I like to think even if I’m not as into them they will just be a lovely story to tell
Loved the vid! I always enjoy your content, mostly bc you come across as a very real, genuine person. I just started getting tattoos this year and I am trying to go slow and not just get flash every couple of weeks 😅 so I think the advice about doing research, as for the two pieces I have I’m very glad I did as much research as I did to find artists and ideas I liked! Tattoos aren’t just permanent, they’re also very expensive, so caution is certainly warranted. But also they’re very cool and I’m happy I have some
Also my first tattoo is on my calf- man that hurt so bad, I thought I was just being a baby but have been vindicated since so I appreciated that lol
Tattoos are a trend now. I hate trends. Be yourself people. We are all unique. No two leaves 🍃 are the same. No two people are alike. That’s wonderful.
I keep considering getting tattoos on my forearms but I'm totally petrified of needles so I keep putting it off, maybe I'll get over it eventually lol
Ohhh, tattoos. I have many. Some are great, lovely work. Some are… not. I have weird, naked gaps. I tried numbing cream once (the artist suggested it, he wanted to see how it affected the process and I agreed to guinea pig), it healed like hot garbage and I eventually got it covered up. I have a giant eagle on my thigh and I felt my soul leave my body that day- that one will never be finished.
Do I regret a lot of them? Yep! Will I continue to get more and run the risk of regretting those too? Also yep!
This guy I used to work with had a tiny swastika embedded in a much larger unrelated arm piece that was there prior to the larger piece. According to him, he got it as a bet for a candy bar in the county poke.
joy division goes hard
Loved this
Also the inside of the bicep and the “wenis crack” as I call it are the WORST for tattoos!!!!!! Omffggg!!!!!
All Hail Sailor Jerry
another great vid, harland
WATERY.
I use numbing cream depending on where the tattoo will be. It doesn't make the color fade. My tattoos with the use of numbing cream verses those that I didn't don't look any different. It lasts for over 6 hours if you leave it on about 90 to 2 hours. You wipe off the cream before you even put the stencil on so there isn't anything 'watery' on the skin. It doesn't make anyone bleed more; that's on the tattoo artist. They sell numbing cream at tattoo conventions!!
I'll throat punch any artist if they wipe my fresh tattoo with a rough, dry paper towel! I've never, ever had that happen.
I only regret my first tattoo because the artist didn't make it a 'falling star' but make it just a star. !!!!???? It's on my hip and isn't in a place that can be seen. But all my other tattoos, I love them very, very much. I think part of that is that I got most on my tattoos after 40 and had thought about getting them for a long time before actually committing to them.
Im a big baby when it comes to needles and pain, so ive never had a desire for one. But i admire a lot of the art my friends get
This is why I don’t have tattoos. I would like to have tattoos, but no style or artwork scratches the itch enough for me to get in the chair.
I mean, that's how I started, but then I said fuck it and got me a little Vault-Tec logo for the shits n giggles. Well, now I have 10. Shit, I even got an American traditional tattoo from the Old Ironside tattoo parlor, where Sailor Jerry did most of his tattooing in Hawaii.
Don't be too nervous about getting one. They're a lot of fuckin fun. My recommendation is print out a picture of whatever it is that you wanna get it tattooed and put that picture in places that you'll commonly be; the bathroom mirror, sun visor in the car, and so on. If you don't get tired of looking at that picture for a month or two, then you probably won't get too tired of it on ya.
@@GreenMooseGamer An interesting suggestion, I’ll give it a try.
i don’t have tattoos but i remember distinctly my friend giving themself and a friend stick and poke tattoos of their zodiac signs only to find out they had given themselves the wrong ones
When he said how unoriginal and cringey it is to get a lion n clock tattoo, my heart dropped. I really hope he meant lion and clock together. Like a one, specific, overdone type of tat. If not then ima go n cry myself to sleep tonight, thinking that my fave TH-camr is judging my very internalized, and thought out idea for my biggest tat on my forearm that i got. Which is indeed, a clock and flower tattoo that i got to memorize the birth of my 2 kids😭😭
i’ve always wanted to be covered in tattoos. my uncle was in and out of prison, but is the sweetest man in my entire life. i’ve always wanted to look like him. one of my first real tattoos was on my head because it’s just extra normal to me. BUT HOLY SHIT I HATE THE FUCKING TATTOO COMMUNITY SOMETIMES it’s worse than a lot of music communities or fandoms.
I am a game show host (not on tv but an escape room kind of setup, google Game Show Battle Rooms) and I and the best host at the studio had a show recently. It was for Marzetti salad dressings QA team; so people that taste salad dressing for a living. They were all tatted, gauged out, crazy hair with new punk or old vintage metal T-shirts. Ralph (the other host) and I always ask if they want an “adult” show (I used to DJ at strip clubs) or a G-rated show.
They opted for G-rating.
Let me tell you these were the most boring and insular assholes I’ve ever played for. They acted like they were in a police interrogation blended into a job interview and none of them had ANY personality whatsoever.
I think the mentality is “If I look cool on the outside I can be lame af otherwise”
I git my first tattoo at 19 on my calf Blinks smiley face logo in 2013. I have now 3 done by a friend and 2 professional tats I love all of them personally but I adore just having art on my skin lmao side note I'm realizing we are similar in age which is shocking.
In 2015, Ice-T tweeted:
“Ice Fact: I have zero tattoos. Have never smoked weed or cigarettes. And don’t drink alcohol…. Now THATS Gangsta…”
Liked the tattoo show n tell. Most painful for me so far has been right below my nail beds/right above my first knuckle. Felt like a hot drill stabbing into the flesh under my nails. Mostly faded within a few months.
Interesting vid, really liked it. I've been wanting to get the mand logo I have in my profile pic since I got into the band at 17, now I'm 41 I still want it but I doubt I will because I just can't think where to put it without then needing more tats as if it was on its own it just wouldn't look right I think
the speeded up face tattooist sounded like Ben Shapiro in both form and function.
Yeah, the part where she tells on herself about all her plastic surgery was strange. Sent my eyebrows to the roof
The meme reacts 🤣
This was great
Got lots of tattoos, no regrets yet and I’m 33 but no face or neck; but can confirm that thigh sucks ass.
Was that the Weezer solo from Buddy Holly I heard you splice in there in the intro?
My last piece was a 9 hr straight session. Sat like a champ but towards the end my arm started involuntarily twitching. So we used numbing cream for the final couple hours just to help keep my arm from moving lol
I came of age in the early 90's. Ive got a lot of bad/trashy/cringe tattoos.
Barbed wire bicep? ✅
Poorly translated kanji? ✅
Tribal neck tattoo? ✅
Homemade hand tattoo? ✅
Random naked lady? ✅
I dont regret all of them, but some are pretty bad, and wish i didn't have anymore
Didn’t barbed wire come back for a hot minute?
10:53 Tjmax is the maximum junction temperature of a semiconductor, obviously.
I don't know man. I think the pole saw needs a ring light?
I'm working on it. They're picky about angles.
The only one I have so far is my full legal name in circular gallifreyan (the language from Doctor Who) that I made using a fan generator a decade ago now. (This way, only the truest of nerds can steal my identity lmao) I got it on the center of the top of my back so I could cover it for work, since teachers aren’t really “supposed” to have them. Because of where I got it and my own wussiness the line work isn’t 100% perfect but I LOVE IT.
The next one I want is a little pride tattoo, a spade from a deck of cards filled in with the asexual flag colors. I have looked at SO MANY crazy and fancy options in the past but I know myself now well enough that the dime to nickel sized piece is gonna be about all I can handle 💀
i have a few tats, but always thought i'd be covered up by 30. i'm not, but i'm still fine. i might get more tats or not. it's not crucial to my life and also depends on funds. i was simply too poor most of my life to get tattoos, and even tho i knew a lot of people that tattoo, i'm not the type of person to bum tats off of them. i mean you do you, but when i see young people crying about being broke but spending a ton of money on tats or something i always wonder if they even did the math. and people who are covered up before they are 20 are kinda sus... like you must be rich or something. i feel like tattoos lost a little of their luster when it wasn't just tattoo artists doing some (righteous in some cases) gatekeeping, i've been turned off more by the 20 year olds that try to police placement, styles and who is worthy of a tattoo or not. that said i hope i can get a new one, soon. i find the pain very therapeutic. just like everything countercultural that went mainstream, tattoos are kinda lame now. they are only as cool as the person wearing it on their skin.
a good argument against getting a tattoo will always be "is this something that you're just really into right now and might not care about at all in 5-10 years?". If you've been crazy about a thing since childhood/teen years and still love it, thats probably not gonna change, but how many people get bored of a thing, the creator of said thing makes a super problematic statement and you don't want to be associated with it anymore, or it was just part of someone else's culture and you don't want to bee seen as appropriating?
Don't get me started on trendy tattoos.
That tatto lady have a Dodge Charger. I have zero tattos and have a Honda Fit (Jazz here in Europe), I think I need tattos 🧐
Its joke... I can't have tattos :(
Your tattoos are WAY less embarrassing than some people I know. I've always thought, for the most part with myself and people I know, tattoos tell a story about who you were/are at that time in your life. No matter how ridiculous or whatever, things can mean a lot to you. Those things can change after a while. But the tattoos are there to remind you how stupid you were, how fun things were, how bad things were...but they're your memories. Idk. Yours could be worse lol.
I have zapdos from pokemon.
I have zero regrets. I still plan to get all the original 151 (well 150 now) pokemon and I am a fully grown 30 something adult.
yo wtf with the intro!! good one
Were you eating when you got your tattoos? You haven't mentioned it but in my experience it sounds like you weren't, so when the tattooing starts your body more likely than not will go into shock.
And ankles are REALLY bony! Why would you do that!?
No Black Flag symbol? Come on, dude!
I ADORE my tattoos-I’m a Japanese traditional girly myself-but now I’m afraid to use numbing cream for my next session. I’ve been lucky so far but don’t wanna risk anything in the future. 🫠 lol
I got my first tiny tattoos when I was 18 and eventually had them covered when I was 33. I have to say, I would have preferred to just wait until 30+ to get any tattoos due to me being less of a cringe lord but at least the first ones weren’t horrendous. 😅
Im very confused on what ur deal is. Whats ur agenda? I like ur videos so far but i sense some agenda here.
Ps i think ur sleeve is pretty dope bruh
Would yo go through an erasing tattoo therapy for the tattoos you don't like anymore?
It is quite painful though...
meh, you do you. I love my tattoos, and get compliments on them all the time. but for us all our own
my whole right forearm is covered in a rune gauntlet i got as a devotion to the pagan concept of Wyrd, which was highlighted often in Norse myth (the Norns weaving the web of Wyrd, aka fate). white nationalism is norse pagan circles was definitely already a thing but a few yrs after i got it, DT went into office & nasty people began very openly flouting walknuts, odals, & various other designs that belong to Icelandic norse beliefs ... needless to say it has effected my prrsonal spiritual relationship with the symbology, which im currently attempting to reclaim. its incredibly frustrating when my personal beliefs dont mirror the tribalist trash that Nordaboos spout on tiktok.
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tattoos slow down your healing and also damaging yourself on purpose is inherently stupid regardless
This seems incredibly antagonistic for no good reason. Aye you doing ok?