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getting a tattoo simply bc you can and want to

I have 6, all fine linework except for a trad style convo heart on my upper thigh. I love hand poke from professionals - it’s super intimate and a lot of the artists I followed when I lived in Austin almost exclusively did hand poke work instead of machine. they are not blown out and have not faded :-) I think long and hard about placement, but I just get stuff I want from artists I love. Not everything has to have A Deep Meaning. My faves are a pear on my right forearm (stranger: why the pear? me: I love pears), “form” on the back of my left arm, and the lightbulb eye from Picasso’s Guernica above the inside of my right elbow. tattoos are sexy as hell, and I plan to keep collecting them for the rest of my life. The pain to me usually feels like someone scratching a sunburn - worst was my finger since it’s close to bone and the convo heart since the artist went IN! it can be really bad or very tolerable, but I have genuinely enjoyed talking to all of the artists who have given me their work and just focus on the overall experience ✨ the more shading/color, the more it’s gonna hurt and the more intensive the healing process

@nicolefar

Mar 25, 2024

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tattttttoooooo

i think i have like more than 15 but less than 20 and im getting another in a month!! i’ve done handpoke ones on myself about 5 times and find handsome is less bothersome than machine but i have a Very High Pain Tolerance (none of my tattoos particularly hurt to get) (even the ones on my ribs) i tend to be a very impulsive person and i also don’t regret things so if i think about wanting something for longer than a few minutes i would get a tattoo of it. i love stupid tattoos also (i have the stussy s done by myself lmao) i think once you have one you see how incredible it is and how hot it is and just want to get more (that’s the case for everyone i’ve talked to)

@gremlinbaby

Mar 27, 2024

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Tattoos (chronic illness caveat)

I have like 10 I think? i chose a few of them for meaningful reasons, and then a couple because I liked an artists flash. I think when it comes to choosing I wouldn’t worry too much. Obviously you don’t want something you’ll really regret on your body, but mostly I sort of forget they’re there and they’ve just become part of my skin in my mind. I haven’t got a new one in a few years because they’re so expensive, and also because I’m chronically ill and tattoos are literally open wounds. It takes your body weeks to fully heal and recover, and your immune system takes a hit during that time. So if I want to get a tattoo I‘d have to clear a good week or so to make sure Im giving my body time to heal. I think this is something non-chronically ill people should probably think more about too! People getting tattoos and then going out or living as busily as normal, you’re more likely to get ill and tired. So take care of yourself, don’t drink, and eat lots! When it comes to pain, I didn’t find them that painful in the moment (but I have a high threshold because of daily pain: see above re chronic illness haha). I found ones around my stomach harder because they tickled which I find uncomfortable. I was able to fall asleep during my big leg one, and found them to be quite meditative as they drive your focus to one thing. A couple of them did lead to illness flare ups a couple days later which were more annoying.

@mouse

Mar 24, 2024

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protesting!!!

it’s the very least we can do. one of the few things america has gotten right is allowing us to protest the government and that’s exactly what we should be doing right now. there are multiple ways of protesting including going to marches, boycotting, addressing your representatives directly, and voting “uncommitted“ in the upcoming primaries to communicate to the democratic party that they are not acting in the people’s interests and that we will not support biden if he continues to fund this occupation and the deaths of tens of thousands of people. please do your part because you’d want people to do the same if it was you in this situation. i’ve linked a list of upcoming protests around the world. please use it. <3

@sydisstupid

Mar 3, 2024

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boycotting‼️

starbucks mcdonald’s  burger king  nestle  nutella  l’oréal  shea moisture  chevron  pizza hut domino‘s kfc subway hardee’s papa john‘s hobby lobby chick fil a dunkin’ donuts coke & all coke products disney & marvel (you can pirate them instead) amazon trader joe’s wendy’s lay’s dell chipotle moe’s since boycotting i’ve started cooking lot and making myself little treats and it’s great!! let’s use our power as consumers!! please!!!

@sydisstupid

Feb 4, 2024

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ROSEMARY

somehow i went 21 years without utilizing this wonderful herb. so sweet. so yummy. i’ve been putting it in everything i make recently: pasta (especially good on gnocchi), eggs, toast, tofu, breakfast sandwiches, potatoes, anything you can think of! and it apparently improves memory! the perfect seasoning!!

@sydisstupid

Mar 7, 2024