FOR
1. those who actually regret getting a tattoo later form a mini-minority. As a rule, it merges with the body in our perception, becoming just as much a part of it as the nose or belly button.
2. the tradition. From bamboo tattoos in ancient Siam to the Maori and the Sioux to the pirates of the 17th century. Permanent body jewelry is anything but a product of the hyper-hip urge for individuality.
3. still skeptical? Browse through the work of the legend Filip Leu.
4. probably Justin Theroux, Johnny Depp, Scarlett Johansson or Brody Dalle would be horny bastards even without ink under their skin. But they are even hornier with.
5 And seriously, do you want to remain sensible all your life?
AGAINST
1. the facility manager is tattooed, the bus driver, the French teacher. Do you really have to? Tattoos are like children: if you don’t really want one – don’t get one!
2. the machine sounds like a chainsaw copulating with a dentist’s drill. And yes, it hurts. Like everything that has a certain permanence in life sooner or later.
3. book an appointment months in advance with your trusted engraver, whose time is full like Britney Spears divorcing Kevin Federline? And probably just as expensive.
4. yellowed colors, swollen lines – what was once a razor-sharp portrait of Kurt Cobain suddenly resembles a floater.
5. unicorns, tramp stamps – and Mike Tyson.
