Tattoos

[gevo]

Let's see, the one's I have in mind are (in Armenian of course): "Abril 24 1915" starting on my right wrist and going downwards, then on my left wrist "Meg Azg, Meg Ser" going down my arm. However, I want to wait until I'm IN Armenia to get both of those.

I dont know to laugh or what when i read this.. but let me tell you this much.. this is one of the stupidest (i coudlnt think of a better word) thigns i have ever heard. LAME!.. this and porn... thriving wannabes./

[HyeJinx1984]

this is one of the stupidest things I have ever heard

So's 90% of the crap you post on here anyway, what's your point? Also, I went back out of curiosity and checked out the other posts you made in this thread, and you seem to love critisizing people who get armenian-related tatoos.

On one hand people argue "if you're gonna get a tatoo, make it meaningful so you won't regret it" so people come up with something meaningful and you shoot it down. What's better... barbed wire around my bicep? skulls on my neck?

[gevo]

So's 90% of the crap you post on here anyway, what's your point? Also, I went back out of curiosity and checked out the other posts you made in this thread, and you seem to love critisizing people who get armenian-related tatoos.

On one hand people argue "if you're gonna get a tatoo, make it meaningful so you won't regret it" so people come up with something meaningful and you shoot it down. What's better... barbed wire around my bicep? skulls on my neck?

What the heck is "meaningful" about getting armenian related tatoos? does it show you love Armenia more than i do>? most people in this world dont even know where Armenia is, nor do most give a crap, and your gonna write "abril 24 1915" on your hand? yes, this is the stupidest thing i have heard.. and plus why remind yourself of a tragedy everytime you see your hand? explain to me the meaning of any tatoo and i will humbly apologize for my "conservatively-biased" view on this. ... also, u are to emotional.

[!EEK]

DO NOT GET A TATTOO IN ARMENIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I speak from experience!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why? They are bad drawn? Can't be removed?They are done with dirty roused tools? They are expensive? Religious fanatics people want to kill tatooed heretics? Come on tell me! You've got a picture of your tatoo?

[HyeJinx1984]

What the heck is "meaningful" about getting armenian related tatoos? does it show you love Armenia more than i do>? most people in this world dont even know where Armenia is, nor do most give a crap, and your gonna write "abril 24 1915" on your hand? yes, this is the stupidest thing i have heard.. and plus why remind yourself of a tragedy everytime you see your hand? explain to me the meaning of any tatoo and i will humbly apologize for my "conservatively-biased" view on this. ... also, u are to emotional.

First of all, I wouldn't get it on my HAND, I said my wrist, and I meant the underside of my wrist (where most people slit). Often times when people see a tatoo in a different language they ask what it means, this way I'm not walking around handing out pamphlets, but if someone is curious enough to ask I will explain it to them and educate them on our history. Also, having just typed what I did, it also occured to me that it would prevent me from ever slitting my own wrist since I'd have to look at the memory of a million and a half of my own people who died, what right to I have to add to that list? So a memory of the genocide on my wrist is not stupid in my humble opinion.

As for the other tatoo, all through my life I've been a "victim" of the divide in armenian society... Barsgahyes hating Hyastancis, etc... and I want something that shows I'm not of any one type of Armenian, in fact that there IS no such thing as different types.. we're one people, one goal, one love. If someone, in English had a tatoo that said "One People, One Love" you may think they're a hippie or something, but all in all most likely you'd say "at least it's something positive" and then you'd move on with your day.. but I armenianify it and you decide to take up issue with it.

As for getting them IN Armenia, if was just a silly romantic idea of getting them in the place of the language's origins, but I suppose Glendale works as a make-shift Yerevan anyway.

And you're right, I am too deep and emotional. So what?

[!EEK]

Well I wouldn't do it because I haven't got the patience to make the average people understand about the armenian genocide... But why blame Jynx because he has an armenian tatoo? I would first make fun of people making tatoos with chinese letters and don't even know what is it but made it because it looks "cool".

Put a screen when you do it one day.. you better mke it with beutiful characters try the one they use for GTA: San Andreas (if you're in the games, if not search on google for the game box).

Btw where on the wrist? Why not just under the neck where you have cloth?

[nairi]

Why? They are bad drawn? Can't be removed?They are done with dirty roused tools? They are expensive? Religious fanatics people want to kill tatooed heretics? Come on tell me! You've got a picture of your tatoo?

Dirty, unhygenic, done badly, cheap ink, bad needles, can be removed, but not worth it. But even in the West, make sure you get it done at a more or less renowned place, and more importantly, take care of it while it's healing!