Dan S

My daddy always told me to never drink any likker had to be dressed up with fruit first...words to live by!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhw_zbvxvb4

What a nosey douchebag! Are you guys both adults? Sounds like a 5 year old tattling on someone in the sandbox.
As for me and superstition, I used to be a Muslim and of course when I converted to Islam my tattoos were all sins. The ones I got before I converted could be excused but any future ones were sins. Also there was a stigma about getting living creatures because there are some super traditional hadith verses about it being an insult to God to draw a living creature because only God can live life. Humans can only make imitations and cannot give life. So after I converted I was very guilty about my tattoos (though I still got them) and would not get living things. Also I would pray everyday for forgiveness for my ink. No offense to the religious here but goddamn the organized religions really have a way of making people think they're s*** bags who need forgiveness. I would wake up every morning and ask God to forgive me for being me. Glad I'm past that and can get tattoos with reckless abandon.

Delicious, I can only say the same to you as I said to someone else.
Get what you want. If someon else doesn't like it, tell them to sod off.
If your family has superstitions based on the belief of the cult they beling to, THEY are the ones that need to deal, not you.
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@Delicious I would add that just because people love you and our on your side, doesn't mean they know what is right for you. At some point I think we just have to gain the confidence enough to disagree with our family and understand that their preconceived notions of what society deems appropriate is not going to determine your happiness, only you can do that. And disgreeing with them doesn't mean you love them any less, just that you have become your own person.
Their is that old saying, you live under my house, you follow my rules. Well I have my own house and I say fuck rules.

I believe that was me @Dan S
@Delicious To the extent of my knowledge i am the only woman in my whole extended family apart from one cousin (who has a tiny trible symbol on her chest) that is tattooed... That includes men.
I started to get the usual grief when i began getting tattooed.. a few colour realism butterflies, a little script that was all seen as acceptable however when i began getting larger tattoos people began to pipe up with their opinions.
are you joining the circus?
are you going to be a pirate?
you are going to look so butch?
what are you going to do when this early midlife crisis is over?
you look like a lesbian!
you WERE such a girly girl and now...
etc etc.
There comes a point in life when you have to make the choice between expressing yourself how YOU choose to because frankly other people might not be around for nearly as long as your tattoos will be. I've always had hella low self confidence but now when i look in the mirror and catch a glimpse of my tattoos i smile. They make ME happy on MY body. Other people will get over it.
Sorry for digressing from the point of the thread.
I have had a length discussion about native american indian tattoos at my local shop today and i've realised i am 'supersticious' enough to feel the need to have my indian girlhead and cheif wearing the correct headdress... that's as far as it goes for me though. Tattoos are things i perceive to be beautiful that i want to wear on my body.. n thats about the size of it :)

Delicious, I can only say the same to you as I said to someone else.
Get what you want. If someon else doesn't like it, tell them to sod off.
If your family has superstitions based on the belief of the cult they beling to, THEY are the ones that need to deal, not you.
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Delicious, I can only say the same to you as I said to someone else.
Get what you want. If someon else doesn't like it, tell them to sod off.
If your family has superstitions based on the belief of the cult they beling to, THEY are the ones that need to deal, not you.
.02

Delicious, I can only say the same to you as I said to someone else.
Get what you want. If someon else doesn't like it, tell them to sod off.
If your family has superstitions based on the belief of the cult they beling to, THEY are the ones that need to deal, not you.
.02

Delicious, I can only say the same to you as I said to someone else.
Get what you want. If someon else doesn't like it, tell them to sod off.
If your family has superstitions based on the belief of the cult they beling to, THEY are the ones that need to deal, not you.
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Nick, looking forward to your new venture, I'd say "good luck", but lucj won't have anything to do with it! I'm sure your new shop will be a success and an inspiration.

Delicious, I can only say the same to you as I said to someone else.
Get what you want. If someon else doesn't like it, tell them to sod off.
If your family has superstitions based on the belief of the cult they beling to, THEY are the ones that need to deal, not you.
.02

Delicious, I can only say the same to you as I said to someone else.
Get what you want. If someon else doesn't like it, tell them to sod off.
If your family has superstitions based on the belief of the cult they beling to, THEY are the ones that need to deal, not you.
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For the most part I don't want to get a discount on tattoos that I get. My tattooed knows some problems that I've had lately and he wants to finish some things, so he lets some time slide. But I don't like it, but he will use my tattoos as book and magazine pieces so he feels even.
It's just not in my blood to accept a deal unless everyone understands the conditions. Say for Friday the 13th or flash sheet page deal.... The tattooer understands that this is what he will do for this price, I'm okay with... Sadly. But he knows what he is getting into.

There's a shop in South Beloit, not far from here, that has a big sign out front, "Tattoos from $40, piercings from $10".
You just know it's a high-class operation...I was thinking of blowing off Nick and going to them exclusively.
Not.

Why is it a shame that his tattooer copied someone else's style? Anymore, almost all tattooing is evocative of some other persons work.

Dilaudid.
Good stuff.

No.
Get what you like, and if someone else doesn't like it, tell 'em to sod off.

I see your KILL FEDS and I raise you a FUCK COPS

KILL FEDS

KILL FEDS

The man got a tattoo he likes, so let's rip on him because we don't like the tattooer.
Class.
Fuck this.

Why is it a shame that his tattooer copied someone else's style? Anymore, almost all tattooing is evocative of some other persons work.

No.
Get what you like, and if someone else doesn't like it, tell 'em to sod off.

There are Black tattooers in most cities, and I'd think one of themn could speak to these issues more concisely than a White tattooer, simply out of a better understanding of their own skin.
I have single-needle tattooed more than a few Blacks, even some plum-black brothers, and never really had a problem with scarring or more swelling than a White would have with a comparable tattoo.