Tattoos: Aspies Love 'Em or Leave 'Em?

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I didn't vote because my choice is missing- "I hate tattoos on me, love them on other people".

I don't see why tattoos are a problem as long as they are well done. Tattoos have been around for many thousands of years, in many different cultures. I just see it as art.

I have a weird thing about marking my things. Like I will never write in a book, highlight in a text book, put stickers on my car, etc.. I wouldn't even get a temporary tattoo just because of my weird aversion to marking my things. I've always heard people who are opposed to tattoos say 'but it's permanent, you'll regret it later'. Seems weird that people worry about a permanent tattoo on a temporary body.

Thank you.

Although I realize tatts are used to make nonverbal statements, they don't really have any effect on me. If anything, they are a roadblock in distinguishing natural bodily features, which I don't particularly appreciate...

And I would not get one because:
- they aren't physically necessary
- I do not like being poked with foreign objects unless medically necessary
- likelihood of health problems caused by tattooing is > 0

Sorry, buddy, but I have tattoos because I'm fascinated with body modification in general.

I've never understood the habit of inventing long, convoluted motivations for other people's actions as opposed to simply ASKING them what their reasons are. For example, your assumption that not only am I trying to be "unique" or "rebellious," but that I'm attempting to join a "loser culture."

Personally, if I like something that is "popular," I'm not going to avoid it just to prove how "non-mainstream" I am. I like what I like, and that's that. But if it makes you feel better about yourself to declare us tattooed-types as "losers," more power to you. Just one more person I can feel justified in avoiding.

I have two tattoos and I admit I got them when I was younger. I don't mind them though, I put them on my back on purpose. When I'm old I'm not going to be walking around in short tops anyway and I wont have to see them. Actually, I wouldn't mind getting another one or adding on to my one tattoo. I'd never get one in any other place but my back though. They also represent my thoughts and what I was like at that point in my life. They're a part of me.

Yeah, I never got that aspect of "tattoo hate."

Just about everyone is going to get "old and ugly" at some point in their lives. Live long enough and you get wrinkled and starts to sag. Youth and beauty are fleeting. Besides, tattoos are hardly "permanent" seeing as how all flesh will eventually purify and rot if cremation isn't opted for. I guess it's my Zen Buddhist leanings, but I can't get overly attached to my very temporary body in this transient world. If anything, my tattoos are a statement that I don't take life very seriously and wish others didn't either.

Most of the heavily tattooed people I've met have been pretty laid-back and non-judgmental. Wonder if there's a correlation.

Anyway, it's interesting to see just how many Aspergers/autistic folks are still nevertheless obsessed with what's "fashionable" and "looks sexy." Inherently, I just don't give a toss about social approval. Heck, I rarely notice what other people are wearing let alone whether it "looks good (and I don't have the slightest clue what "looking good" is)." And, being transgendered, I've noticed that there definitely seems to be a mechanism in the brain of some humans that gets utterly offended if you dare alter your body into a configuration that they find sexually unappealing. It's weird.

I guess I'm just utterly divorced from most normal human experiences. I don't experience "sexual attraction," I don't care about my position in the "social hierarchy," and I find altering the human form to be an overwhelmingly intriguing concept.

Meh.

I like the look of tattoos. A few tattoos on a guy can be hot, but they're not for me

Tattoos are a very ancient artform, and not only in Polynesia and places like that
eg.
vikings
it is very likely that the vikings were tattooed.
at around year 1100 the arab ibn fadlan described a
meeting with some vikings. he thought them very rude, dirty
- and covered with pictures.

the celts
were a tribal people who moved across western europe in times
around 1200 and 700 B.C. they reached the british Isles around
400 B.C. and most of what has survived from their culture is in
the areas now known as ireland, wales and scotland.
celtic culture was full of body art.
permanent body painting was done with woad, which left a blue
design on the skin. spirals are very common,
citations from: http://www.designboom.com/history/tattoo_history.html

As a bod-mod enthusiast, I have many tattoos myself, all of which are custom drawn by myself (biomech) or are odd (nobody else likely would have them, like the Flak 88 ).

I like the idea of tattoos and I love seeing other people's tattoos, but I couldn't get them myself. Pain isn't an issue for me; I got my wisdom teeth removed a couple of years ago and didn't need pain medication afterwards. The issue for me is the fact that I have a tendency to change my mind a lot. I may love something one day and want nothing to do with it the next, and vice-versa. This happens even with my own special interests, as my posting history will tell you. So something as permanent as a tattoo would be very impractical for someone like me, to say the least.

I don't get it. Even if I found a tattoo I like, I know I'd want to change it later. And I think tattoos look terrible on old wrinkly skin which we all get eventually.

I have two. One on each ankle. I drew them myself and the tat guy copied them onto the flash. They are about the size of a silver dollar (the old silver dollars) and one is a medeivel woodcut sun and the other is a horned moon with three stars between the horms (impossible, I know, thats the point). I got them because I thought it would be pretty, and to me it was. Still is. They aren't noticable and even when I wear shorts and sandles and mention that I have a tat people ask me where, and I show them. Right there, where you can see it when I'm wearing shorts and sandles lol.

I really like tats on guys. One or two look good, as long as they are done well. I hate bad ink. I also hate homemade tats (no offense to anyone who has that) My husband has one. The same guy did his that did mine.

I don't have tattoos myself, my skin is not very good. I like those delicate Chinese tattoos though, or a small tasteful kitten on the ankle or wrist.

Mneh ... I'll never get one, but I've met several attractive women who thought that I was "safe enough" to show me their tattoos...

I briefly entertained getting one to camouflage a 13.5 inch scar on my belly. But in the end, it just isn't for me.

I have seen a couple tattoos that were very striking and unique and very well colored with a very sharp edge... if they were all that way, I might like them more overall. But the majority are not attractive to me.

I like the look of some tattoos, but I still don't like them in general. As for pain, I have a VERY low tolerance for it. I'm very sensitive to it so I know I couldn't handle the pain of a tattoo, even if I did like them enough to actually want one.