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Things that make you go "WTF?"
Similar to the "tattoo ignorance" thread, but on a lighter note: what are the things people have said about your tattoos that made you laugh, or wonder if they were a) serious, b) aliens from a distant planet or c) just plain stupid?
I get the "is that real?" question a lot. Occasionally I have to rub my arm so that people believe it's really real. I'd say that's your run of the mill a).
But what was between b) and c) was this: "I didn't know tattoos could be done in color!" from a girl younger than me. WTF? Where have you been in the last decade?
A clear c): "That one didn't come from [name of German youth magazine], did it?". I guess he was trying to be clever. I said "Actually, I draw this on every day." :D
Most times though, I am surprisingly patient with people asking me these questions, touching my arm with or without asking, or, as it happened to me while I was passing a butcher shop in Old Town Nice (France) just recently, literally getting dragged inside the shop and shown around to coworkers and customers. That was actually pretty funny :D.
I get the "is that real?" question a lot. Occasionally I have to rub my arm so that people believe it's really real. I'd say that's your run of the mill a).
But what was between b) and c) was this: "I didn't know tattoos could be done in color!" from a girl younger than me. WTF? Where have you been in the last decade?
A clear c): "That one didn't come from [name of German youth magazine], did it?". I guess he was trying to be clever. I said "Actually, I draw this on every day." :D
Most times though, I am surprisingly patient with people asking me these questions, touching my arm with or without asking, or, as it happened to me while I was passing a butcher shop in Old Town Nice (France) just recently, literally getting dragged inside the shop and shown around to coworkers and customers. That was actually pretty funny :D.
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Permalink Reply by TS on -
No prior warning for the viewing audience. Someone could take a lesson from our Marisa, who's considerate in this area.
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Permalink Reply by Nirrvana on -
I recently took a job at a very small company in New England. It was full of older women, typical mothers and grandmothers. I was, at 36 one of the "young girls". Anyway, my arms are half sleeved and normally my tats don't show. Still while I'm not a girlie girl, I'm feminine and most people are shocked to find out I have as many tattoos as I do.
I was in process of getting one just as I started this job. I was in the lady's room, washing it off when one of the older lady's walked in...
"Oh my! You have tattoos on your arms?"
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"Are you a lesbian?"
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Permalink Reply by Mike on -
I've gotten my fair share of "Is it rea?", "How much did it cost?", did it hurt, etc. The last question I got was "What gauge needle was used?". On the plus side I've gotten a lot of positive comments, most of them from others with tats.
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Permalink Reply by Lucas on -
when someone asks "is that real?" say what i say, "nope, its all smoke a mirrors."
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Permalink Reply by Helana on -
my step mother's mother saw my tattoos when i was doing dishes one day...i had 2 at the time, and she said "u know, in my country if u have tattoos, you're a bad person.." shes from peru. i laughed and said "well am i a bad person?" she said, "no", so then i said, "well it looks like your country is wrong then".
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Permalink Reply by José Jesús Gil Juscamaita on -
I'm from perú... and I must say that in the past, the people used to think like your step mother's mother, because, only the junkies and thiefs had tattoos, but now... it's a growing movement, we had international tattoo conventions and national tattoo conventios every year, and the tattoo bussines is growing faster than you can think.
Actually my boss, when i was going to get my 2nd tattoo (it's a celtic cross with a tribal head in the middle), she tells me... why you don't put on your shoulder, and I said no, because i don't want there my tattoo, I know if she see the last one that I get on my inner arm (near to my armpit), she probably say that I can't came to work with short sleeves, but she's a good woman...
It's a little bit of ignorance, just let them be... the concept of the tattoo in perú is changing (for good)
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Permalink Reply by Nicole Quirico on -
yes, i get the 'how much were they' and 'how many do you have' questions all the time, the most annoying though is 'what does it say' (which my husband says I have no right to be annoyed and that that is what I get for having anything 'written'), but my favorite question is always 'why?' or 'what made you get that?'... i always just say, "well, i ran out of yarn midway thru the afghan i was knitting and thought, wtf, why not just get some tattoos!!."
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Permalink Reply by Rider on -
Two weeks ago I got the beginnings of a half sleeve. It's a series of portraits and images from the Evil Dea movies. One of my co-workers asked to see the work so far, so I showed him what I had done, He just looked at it and asked "Now why would you get something like that?"
I looked at him with utter disbelief and said "Why wouldn't you?"
Without hesitiation he said, "And that answer is good enough for me."
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Permalink Reply by Black is the new Black on -
A new one from a family member. I was visiting family in Costa Rica who had a pool, hence I spent quite a bit of time with my shirt off.
About the third day of my visit a great aunt asked me about my koi tattoo, it went something like this:
Aunt: What is your tattoo of?
Me: A koi
Aunt: It looks painful, how long did it take to get it done?
Me: I'm not sure, but it took many sessions over a period of three years
Aunt: Were you drunk?
Me: Not for three straight years
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