# tattoos - THINK FIRST! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 16, 2012, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos-think-first/618952 "2012-04-16T14:58:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos-think-first/618952/61 "2012-04-20T14:05:02Z")
> [@jackelope](#): > > And it’s clear that this is a man who always thinks about the future before making a decision. Um… yes? Seriously, do you think you get that kind of ink on a whim? Even if you did, it doesn’t go on in fifteen minutes at Bike Week, you know. ---
**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos-think-first/618952/62 "2012-04-20T14:11:21Z")
> [@Renee](#): > > I just asked my husband (14 years in the Air Force) and he’s never heard of it. That’s because there aren’t many Air Force members killed in battle. Country club golf courses are usually pretty safe. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos-think-first/618952/63 "2012-04-20T14:22:50Z")
> [@Lynn Bodoni](#): > > And on the gripping hand, I think that perhaps if I wanted to get a tattoo, I’d go to someone who didn’t look like the tattooist. I thought it was like barbers - if there are only two barbers in town, go to the one with the worse haircut. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos-think-first/618952/64 "2012-04-20T19:38:18Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I thought it was like barbers - if there are only two barbers in town, go to the one with the worse haircut. > > Regards, > Shodan Many of the hairstylists I’ve gone to cut their own hair. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos-think-first/618952/65 "2012-04-20T19:46:50Z")
> [@jackelope](#): > > And it’s clear that this is a man who always thinks about the future before making a decision. Maybe he was thinking “my life may not have a future, so I’ll fucking do what I want NOW”. [ > [@](#): > > As a child, Rick developed a brain tumor which was surgically removed when he was 15 years old. ]([Rick Genest - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Genest)) ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos-think-first/618952/66 "2012-04-20T20:28:08Z")
^ Yeah I watched a youtube video of an interview he did where he said he was in the hospital for a long time and was told by a couple of doctors he might not ever leave. Also his friends started calling him zombie as a nickname. He also grew up in an area where tattoos were no big deal and most of his friends had some so when he started getting tats they were normal ones and then he just kept adding over the years until one day he said,“Fuck it. I’m going full zombie.” The above is paraphrased. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos-think-first/618952.md?page=3)