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.
I have nothing against people getting old tech tattoos.
I've seen some really
cool tattoos and ive seen some really shit ones
What I was complaining about is the faux-macho attitude that old fashioned hard to remove "permanent" tattoos are inherently better than because they're more "gutsy"/less "faggy" than removable/temp tattoos.
People who've never even seen a removable ink tattoo but think themselves superior for really dumb reasons. (i.e. "This is forever bro!", but not really)
I could see how getting the same tattoo done over and over would be a chore, but what possible downside is their to removable ink?
Now there aren't many places that do it, and only black ink has been commercially released yet (colored inks are in the pipeline), so I guess if you really wanted a color tattoo this year it might make sense.
also surely there are some tattoo ideas you might only want for a couple of years? i imagine a ron paul tattoo would seem pretty redundant in about 5 years time.
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.
This pretty much sums it up. I don't know why people think its a bad thing to accept that we change over time. Likely you don't wear the same clothes, listen to the music, have the same personal and philosophical beliefs as you did when you first got those tattoos, why should you still have the same tattoos?