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Post by NanaKate on Jul 24, 2014 17:39:56 GMT
Oh my...some people just have no clue!
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kelkel
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Post by kelkel on Jul 24, 2014 17:47:45 GMT
The crazy thing is, he's so sweet and respectful for the most part (to everyone but his mom). Last time we visited he and my then-15 yo talked for hours while they looked at pics on her computer. Sorry, but in my book, any adult who is disrespectful to their own mother is NOT sweet in any way, shape or form. Like others have mentioned, he's free to do what he wants, but he might as well have added "Don't hire me, EVER!" to the tattoo. (And I'm not opposed to tattoos - just distasteful ones)
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gottapeanow
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Post by gottapeanow on Jul 24, 2014 18:13:14 GMT
I just don't understand why people do this. Lisa
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Post by pierkiss on Jul 24, 2014 18:14:09 GMT
I have a cousin-in-law who got a tattoo of a tattoo gun on his forearm. A big one.
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Sue
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Post by Sue on Jul 24, 2014 18:16:58 GMT
Forever marking himself as a low-life. Sad.
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Post by BeckyTech on Jul 24, 2014 18:30:49 GMT
My mom will see that and ask what it says (she's Japanese) and who's going to read it out loud to her? Geez. Tell her it means "have a nice day." I have a tat of a chinese symbol that is supposed to mean "odd, different" (which I am) but for all I know it means "I love wonton soup."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2014 18:32:40 GMT
Just wow...sometimes I wonder what goes through their heads. My son got a very artistically done "sleeve" of all things that were sentimental to him. He is lucky he doesn't have to cover it for work....but it isn't offensive.
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Post by bosoxbeth on Jul 24, 2014 18:39:26 GMT
I am not a tattoo fan to begin with, but this is just beyond the pale! What would motivate someone to do something to idiotic, and permanently so?!?!
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jul 24, 2014 18:48:19 GMT
Forever marking himself as a low-life. Sad. Sadly, that was my first thought, too. I have nothing against tattoos, but content and placement count for something, ya know?
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Post by scrapsuzy on Jul 24, 2014 18:49:01 GMT
Wow. That's the most idiotic tattoo I've ever heard of. Oh, not me. In fact, I've seen far worse! When one of my sons graduated from Basic Combat Training with the Army, there was another graduate's family member (?) there who had a neck tattoo that said "F*ck you, too." High enough around his neck that there would never be anyway to hide it under a shirt collar or anything. Yeah, he looked like a real winner to begin with, but that was the icing on the cake (or the crud on the crust?) Then at work not long ago, we had a patient who had half of her head shaved (the other half was long, normal hair). There was a tattoo covering part of her forehead and the entire side of her head, of an almost life-size pistol shooting a bullet and the rest of the tattoo was of exposed brain, as if she had been shot (though really, there wouldn't have been anything there, but artistic license and all that). It was actually a very well-done tattoo, except that it was completely horrible and she had a very nasty personality to go along with it.
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Post by cannes on Jul 24, 2014 19:00:47 GMT
I don't understand why someone would get a tattoo like that in a visible place. Horrible, horrible, idea.
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Post by gale w on Jul 24, 2014 19:06:01 GMT
I'm hoping and praying that before he gets it filled in, he'll realize how stupid it is and get the artist to create a design around it that completely camouflages it or something. I don't have high hopes for it. He's never had the best judgment. I'm still hoping it's fake (temporary).
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Post by 2peafaithful on Jul 24, 2014 19:32:47 GMT
He sounds like a lost soul and hard as it is to do I hope his parents stop helping him and don't allow him to continue live there any longer.
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Post by Lexica on Jul 24, 2014 20:39:39 GMT
I'm sure glad I am not his mother. I'd be so hurt, disappointed, ashamed, and angry all rolled into one. Not only is it distasteful, it is ugly. I'm sure he will have it filled in some day. Yuck. And where it is located, he can't even see it without looking in a mirror. What's the point? Did it get it just to "impress" others?
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ingrid
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Post by ingrid on Jul 24, 2014 21:02:53 GMT
That's so sad. He may be going through a weird time in his life now, but he just made life so much harder for himself in the event he smartens up and decides he wants to have a career or gain the respect of people in general. Plus, there's a big difference between turning 18 and getting a stupid tattoo and being 28 and getting the tattoo he chose in a visible area.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Jul 24, 2014 21:23:20 GMT
My mom will see that and ask what it says (she's Japanese) and who's going to read it out loud to her? Geez. Tell her it means "have a nice day." I have a tat of a chinese symbol that is supposed to mean "odd, different" (which I am) but for all I know it means "I love wonton soup." Then you can be like Penny from Big Bang Theory
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MaryC
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Post by MaryC on Jul 24, 2014 21:35:37 GMT
Was he drunk at the time? I can't imagine anyone in their right mind wanting such a tattoo.
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Post by gale w on Jul 24, 2014 21:36:50 GMT
Sadly, I'm guessing he was sober. Or at least sober enough to know what he was doing. I may get more intel on this soon. We're visiting next week and will likely see him.
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Post by Sparki on Jul 24, 2014 21:38:26 GMT
Unfortunately, the photo looks like it is a real tattoo. Add me to the list of people who don't understand.
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Post by cropduster on Jul 24, 2014 21:58:37 GMT
I pray my DS does not do anything like this. Last summer while laying by the pool at the campground we were staying at on vacation, I struck up a conversation with a young woman sitting in the recliner next to me. She had a couple of small children playing in the pool. They needed her attention and when she got up to check on them, my jaw dropped. She was in a bikini and had a giant F-U tattooed on her back. Here was this giant hand giving everyone the middle finger covering her entire back, and it wasn't even a good drawing. I gave her the benefit of the doubt that she was drunk when she got it, but with her having it on full display like she did, I'm certain she had some security or anger issues yet. Or she just did not give a crap what people thought.
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Post by gale w on Jul 28, 2014 3:31:39 GMT
So I talked to my sister today. She is PISSED at him. It doesn't look like we'll see him when we go on vacation because she won't let him come over now and she can't even contact him-he won't answer the phone when she calls and won't call her (unless he wants something). He won't even answer when his little brother calls and they used to be pretty close. He is not living in the RV anymore and hasn't for a while because she said he wouldn't follow the rules. His long-time girlfriend broke up with him recently so she thinks he's lashing out to try to hurt her or something. It's sad. I was just looking at some old photos I found the other day and there are some from when he was 9 and they visited us here. Pics of him with some cute calves and he looked so sweet and innocent.
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esredhead
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Post by esredhead on Aug 6, 2014 22:25:50 GMT
I work in a tattoo shop and that looks like a garage type tattoo. Judging from the background of both pictures in addition the letters are not all the same size. Most shops worth going to will not tattoo vulgar words or saying not matter how much you offer to pay. You nephew needs to be worried about just more than finding a job with that tattoo if he did indeed get this from a friend who tattoos out of his house.
andrea
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Post by melanell on Aug 6, 2014 22:30:35 GMT
I always wonder how people who don't have jobs have money for things like tattoos. Makes you wonder what he was thinking when he got it. Or I guess he wasn't thinking. I have seen people post ads on local online bulletin boards asking for people who are new to tattooing and looking to build up a business if they will do work at a discounted rate or even free. I'm not saying that's what happened here, of course, but I have seen others attempt to fund or not fund, as the case may be, their tattoos in that manner. Also, at least one of the tattoo businesses that has been in our area the longest offers gift certificates, so it's possible for people to ask for gift cards to accumulate & use to fund their tattoo as well.
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Post by melanell on Aug 6, 2014 22:38:19 GMT
I was just talking to my sister today about people who get covered with huge tattoos and are they thinking of what it will look like when they are 70 years old. I don't mind tattoos but some people go overboard and one like that will be hard to live with. sorry, pet peeve. look, no one looks good at 70. no one. everyone's skin sags, it all gets paperthin and age-spotty. the only difference between tattoed people and non is that their skin will have some pretty colors on it. end of story. even if you can't make out the image/wording anymore, it doesn't matter. and it doesn't negate the enjoyment we got from wearing our chosen art around for the 50 years prior. My father's tattoos all look the same to me as they did when I was a little girl. Perhaps it's their size or locations (His are only on his arms.), but they all still look the same to me. Now, some of the oldest ones have a faded look, but I don't know enough about tattoos to know if that is due to age, or the ink they used back in the day, or what. But none of the images look different in terms of being distorted due to body changes over the years. And thinking back to my grandfather, who had tattoos only on his arms, I never noticed them to look much different when he was 80 than when he was 50. So, I know it's a really common comment, but it appears to me to not always be true. I hope your tattoos still look great at 70 or 80 and that you still get a lot of enjoyment from them.
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caro
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Post by caro on Aug 6, 2014 22:40:11 GMT
Doesn't sound like he has grown up.
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Post by Jennifer C on Aug 7, 2014 3:00:27 GMT
I work as a receptionist for a bank. We were interviewing people for a teller position. A lady walked in dressed very nice, smart skirt and a button down blouse with a cute sweater. The only problem is tattooed right below her neck was along her collar bone was F*c* The Police, totally spelled out with a black outline filled in with bright red.
When she called about a week later for a follow up and was told the position had been filled, she wondered if it was her tattoo?
And I also have to say I'm dying to hear what you told him.
Jennifer
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Post by annabella on Aug 7, 2014 3:23:43 GMT
You nephew needs to be worried about just more than finding a job with that tattoo I don't think he'll be taking off his shirt at work. Since the letters aren't filled in yet, he can always do a coverup on it.
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Post by 950nancy on Aug 7, 2014 3:27:10 GMT
I just think some people will do anything to stand out in the world. Clearly shock value is what he is looking for. My son knew I wasn't fond of tattoos so when he turned 18, he got one. It is a fairly large cross with the word family inside of it. It is on his left arm. I told him that one day he would probably get in an accident and the tattoo would be sewn up and look like a muppet or something. Six months later he was on the highway and got hit by a lady who ran a red light. He was a mess. Lots of bleeding, concussion, serious head injury, and his arm was right by the window that was shattered as her car hit his seat. When he was in the emergency room, I looked at his tattoo. I'll be darned if the area surrounding it wasn't a horrible mess of cuts and scrapes, but not one scrape on his tattoo. The nurses noticed it also. Several months later her had the word FAITH put on the other side. I didn't comment. I got over my dislike of tattoos on him in exchange for him still being with us. Then again, his tattoos are positive.
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Post by theboydbunch on Aug 7, 2014 18:50:00 GMT
My mom will see that and ask what it says (she's Japanese) and who's going to read it out loud to her? Geez. Tell her it means "have a nice day." I have a tat of a chinese symbol that is supposed to mean "odd, different" (which I am) but for all I know it means "I love wonton soup." Funny, my husband and I have matching ones that are supposed to say "soul mates" and I always swear they say, "beef with broccoli"
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Post by lovetodigi on Aug 7, 2014 20:32:14 GMT
I just read this today: FDA issues warning If he did have it done in someones home or garage, perhaps he should be concerned.
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