i wouldn't want to get tattoos that were meant to fade on purpose, i love my tattoos, even the shitty ones... i like knowing they will be with me tru thick or thin, even if they get weathered and shrivel with my skin as i age.
i love seeing old sailors with gnarly blue blown out faded anchors and shit down their arms.
to tell you the truth, if i manage to get good enough to WORK in a tattoo shop. i would not want to offer "temporary" tattoos. yeah i would maybe get more business from the same people over and over again thru the years, but i just prefer traditional "stick on your ass forever" tattoos
I really don't get this attitude.
would people get a hat they really like surgically attached to their head?
I don't get the whole "its ballsy/permanent so its cool" thing, so is hacking off cock and eating it.
I think its one of those self-enforcing things like smoking where everyone who's gotten a tattoo and maybe regretted has to buy into some bullshit of why the sucky parts of it are actually good.
its not a permanent mistake, its a mark of courage and individuality,
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you don't get the attitude? it is not an attitude, it is the way i feel about tattooing and being tattooed. i was not shoving anything down anyones throat rudely or being a bitch about anything. it is personal preference, not an attitude. if i have a shop one day i will not cater to people who want temporary tattoos...... most businesses cater to certain customers and i am not interested in dealing with people that are not sure they want something permanent (or fake permanent as you put it). there is nothing wrong with liking traditional tattooing and catering to that crowd.
i don't buy into anything anymore, i have tattoos, good bad ugly, no regrets. ok so when i was a kid i got some tattoos because i thought they would make me cool and they are not as good as my newer tattoos. i grew up. i get tattooed now because i enjoy being tattooed, i like the process in general, i like having the ink on my arm when i wake up every morning, it makes me smile. and since i really like it, i do not want to have to pay every few years to have it re done, no one can redo the same tattoo exactly how it was over and over again, it would continue to change even if the change is not noticed by anyone else.