# If you have no intention of getting a tattoo, what tattoo \*would\* you get? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 3, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-no-intention-of-getting-a-tattoo-what-tattoo-would-you-get/974291 "2022-11-03T15:35:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-no-intention-of-getting-a-tattoo-what-tattoo-would-you-get/974291/41 "2022-11-04T15:33:29Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > **It would be this (look closely): .** > > It would be at the nape of my neck and covered by my hair. If it was somehow spotted, it would be so small that it would be mistaken for something natural. I have 3 tattooes from radiation therapy. They are literally the size of pinpricks, and I cannot find them. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-no-intention-of-getting-a-tattoo-what-tattoo-would-you-get/974291/42 "2022-11-04T21:00:58Z")
Well, since this is fiction, I’m going to assume that the reproduction would be _perfect_, and remain that way. I’d go with… [this](https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=BzTij5UG&id=A5C827E61DC31EDD5452E26429B5F3BD75F408D5&thid=OIP.BzTij5UGRHkYnWrszctrBwHaFL&mediaurl=https%3a%2f%2fuploads6.wikiart.org%2fimages%2fpieter-bruegel-the-elder%2fthe-triumph-of-death.jpg&cdnurl=https%3a%2f%2fth.bing.com%2fth%2fid%2fR.0734e28f95064479189d6aeccdcb6b07%3frik%3d1Qj0db3ztSlk4g%26pid%3dImgRaw%26r%3d0&exph=1757&expw=2510&q=the+triumph+of+death&simid=608043369634817550&FORM=IRPRST&ck=9D43C3AB08E3A25420B19F7DC4C16EEC&selectedIndex=0&ajaxhist=0&ajaxserp=0) ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-no-intention-of-getting-a-tattoo-what-tattoo-would-you-get/974291/43 "2022-11-04T21:40:25Z")
Good choice. You just made me think I might have to change my cat tattoo plan that will never happen. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-no-intention-of-getting-a-tattoo-what-tattoo-would-you-get/974291/44 "2022-11-04T21:49:42Z")
I like the idea of this one - but on someone else [![](https://i.ibb.co/j6yMkNP/head-body-html-tattoo.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/j6yMkNP/head-body-html-tattoo.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-no-intention-of-getting-a-tattoo-what-tattoo-would-you-get/974291/45 "2022-11-04T21:54:09Z")
“Ceci n’est pas un tattoo” ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-no-intention-of-getting-a-tattoo-what-tattoo-would-you-get/974291/46 "2022-11-04T22:13:46Z")
I remember before the book **[Science Ink](https://carlzimmer.com/books/science-ink-tattoos-of-the-science-obsessed/)** was published. Carl Zimmer would include science-related tattoos one by one in his blog. I was always checking them to see if there was one I had no intention of getting. Some of them were really cool. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-no-intention-of-getting-a-tattoo-what-tattoo-would-you-get/974291/47 "2022-11-05T01:51:23Z")
Probably something I drew myself. I’ve used the name GuanoLad since I first went online, who is a character I created for a comic strip, so I’d likely have one of him on one shoulder, and PigeonMan to accompany him on the other. Or not. I dunno. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-no-intention-of-getting-a-tattoo-what-tattoo-would-you-get/974291/48 "2022-11-05T02:25:46Z")
> [@Tabco](#): > > I’d get a logarithmic scale on each arm and combine them to make slide rule. I was going to say the Dragon Curve fractal. But this is just too cool. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-no-intention-of-getting-a-tattoo-what-tattoo-would-you-get/974291/49 "2022-11-05T05:06:37Z")
Be ironic: tattoo “Leviticus 19:28” (The bible verse that forbids tattoos for the holy people of the Lord.) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-no-intention-of-getting-a-tattoo-what-tattoo-would-you-get/974291/50 "2022-11-05T05:20:23Z")
The word “TATTOO” in Times New Roman. Or maybe Comic Sans. ---
**Author:** ![Dereknocue67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@Dereknocue67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dereknocue67)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-no-intention-of-getting-a-tattoo-what-tattoo-would-you-get/974291/51 "2022-11-05T07:45:01Z")
I would get the tattoo shown below with invisible ink. . ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-no-intention-of-getting-a-tattoo-what-tattoo-would-you-get/974291/52 "2022-11-05T10:18:41Z")
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-no-intention-of-getting-a-tattoo-what-tattoo-would-you-get/974291/53 "2022-11-05T13:15:31Z")
Starfleet Insignia. . 🖖 ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-no-intention-of-getting-a-tattoo-what-tattoo-would-you-get/974291/54 "2022-11-08T16:15:01Z")
I think I’d do a delicate looking chain either bracelet or anklet and have 2 charms with my kids’ initial on them and a charm of a dog pawprint. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-no-intention-of-getting-a-tattoo-what-tattoo-would-you-get/974291/55 "2022-11-08T16:27:18Z")
I always thought of getting [IDIC](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/IDIC) Symbol - **IDIC** was an acronym for **Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations** , the basis of [Vulcan philosophy](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Vulcan_philosophy), celebrating the vast array of variables in the [universe](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Universe). The philosophy, as well as the [Vulcan](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Vulcan) people, were often represented by a triangle-over-circle [insignia](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Insignia), referred to as an “IDIC.” ([TOS](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series): “[Is There in Truth No Beauty?](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Is_There_in_Truth_No_Beauty%3F_(episode))”, [DIS](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_Discovery): “[Will You Take My Hand?](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Will_You_Take_My_Hand%3F_(episode))”) ---
**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-no-intention-of-getting-a-tattoo-what-tattoo-would-you-get/974291/56 "2022-11-08T18:09:15Z")
a pale blue dot ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-no-intention-of-getting-a-tattoo-what-tattoo-would-you-get/974291/57 "2022-11-08T19:08:50Z")
> [@Sigene](#): > > pale blue dot I think you won the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-no-intention-of-getting-a-tattoo-what-tattoo-would-you-get/974291/58 "2022-11-09T12:07:12Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > I have 3 tattooes from radiation therapy. They are literally the size of pinpricks, and I cannot find them. [![](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/tattoo.png) ](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/tattoo.png) ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-no-intention-of-getting-a-tattoo-what-tattoo-would-you-get/974291/59 "2022-11-09T20:42:56Z")
When I was a child, my mother would read to me the story of Kingsley’s Water Babies, and I love the illustrations that Jessie Wilcox Smith provided. If I were to get a tattoo, I would want a really good quality rendering of something he’s painted, copying his style. (Or, if it’s too hard to transfer a painting into a tattoo, then just something imitating that style of artwork.) You can see some of the pictures from the book [here](http://www.booktryst.com/2011/09/most-beautiful-and-imaginative-edition.html). I mean, if I’m not going to get it, I’d might as well lust after something that would be complicated and expensive, right? ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-no-intention-of-getting-a-tattoo-what-tattoo-would-you-get/974291/60 "2022-11-09T20:59:19Z")
The tattoo I’m not getting is my SDMB avatar, although I would do it in black, not red. At the start of the Trump administration, I thought about getting a tattoo that said “RESIST!” but aside from the fact that I won’t actually ever get a tattoo, it occurred to me that if the zeitgeist completely changed and sane people were in power, I might not want a tattoo that seemed to rebel against them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-no-intention-of-getting-a-tattoo-what-tattoo-would-you-get/974291.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-no-intention-of-getting-a-tattoo-what-tattoo-would-you-get/974291.md?page=4)