ummm all i said was it was a stupid IDEA….didnt say you were stupid, but i’ll still stick to it.

n1k0l1 – there is a big difference between ‘hate’ and ‘fuck’. Of course people SHOULD respect you for who you are, but sadly they usually don’t, particularly in the work environment. Perhaps you happen to have a liberal employer, who might even be okay with it if you had the word fuck inked onto you, but any realistic person can see that this will not be the case for many, and that it would restrict you a great deal. It’s all very well and good to say you only live once, very true and this is why I have tattoos at all despite the whole ‘they’ll look shit when you’re old and wrinkly’ thing. But that’s easy to say if you don’t have a family to feed and bills to pay. If you have an ounce of intelligence (do you?) you’ll be able to realise that having an expletive visibly inked onto you will put a lot of employers off taking you, especially in the current climate where it’s damned difficult to get a job at all. And maybe you put your freedom before your responsibilities in life, but I look at the people I am responsible for and have to take care of, and personally I would sacrifice a few of my own personal desires if it meant giving them a better chance of having a comfortable upbringing. Fortunately, it sounds like the girl who asked this question has already realised that.

Before you totally write the wrist tattoo off, I just want to toss my 3 cents in here.

First off, I work in the corporate offices of Macy’s. If you want hyper-conservatism, then look no further. But, on the other hand, I’m also very significantly tattooed. Even wearing long sleeves (which I pretty much never do), there is no hiding my ink, or my piercings, and let me tell you, it’s never interfered in my work, or stopped me from getting a good job.

As they become more common, and as more and more of the potential labor force becomes pierced and inked, office jobs are becoming more and more accepting of the less extreme forms of body modifications. Hell, a new hire in my office has the single largest gauges I’ve ever seen in my life (I’m not totally sure how those big ole things don’t rip his lobes off).

Yes, ink and piercings can, CAN, make it harder to get a good job, but the days of when they were the kiss of death are long in the past. Let’s face it, getting a tattoo doesn’t make you a rebel or an outlaw these days, anymore than being a goth, emo, or a punk rocker does. It’s just a stylistic choice (functionally speaking anyway).

Second, I don’t see anything wrong with getting fuck tattooed on you. No one can tell you what to get inked on you, and if they do, they are, quite frankly, asshats. I have a tattoo that reads “I feel pretty”. Everyone advised me against it because I could be mistaken for homosexual and get beaten, I won’t think it’s quite as funny when I’m 20 (25 now), and a host of other reasons. And I ignored them, because the design was solid, and it’s funny for a 300 pound man to have it.

Tattooing is deeply personal, and if you feel that strongly about it, go for it.

Third and lastly….

Did you ever think about getting it on your LEFT wrist? Dude, seriously, you ca cover that fucker with a watch! I can’t believe no one else here thought of that!

On second thought, I lied. One more last thing:

The wrist hurts like a bitch to get inked. On my spine, elbow, and behind the ear, no problem, but that wrist and especially the wrist bone? Ouchies. I mean, I honestly believe that the pain involved is half the point, and without it, I doubt I’d be in art school now so I could work my way to being an artist without it. It’s the price we pay to get into the club, but shit, the wrist is so seriously pushing it. Have fun!

Love. Peace. Metallica.

Personally i dont think i would even think about getting a word like that tattoo’d on myself.

but its up to personal preference i guess 🙂