Rec | MODERATELY REGRETTABLE TATTOOS

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my philosophy? don’t worry about it. sure, you’re not super into, say, supernatural anymore. maybe that tattoo doesn’t feel relevant to your identity now. but clearly at some point it was really really important to you and that’s sort of beautiful, right? i think we should all extend our past selves some grace and let our bodies be an appreciated historical record

@pelky

Mar 1, 2025

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