Today kicked off the start of one of the largest and most popular tattoo conventions in the country - the Philadelphia Tattoo Convention. Some attendees showed off both old and new tattoos, while others bore their skin for some fresh new ink. Over 200 world famous tattoo artists will be at the Pennsylvania Convention Center all weekend long. Doors open from 11 AM - 12 AM on Saturday, February 9th, and from 11 AM - 8 PM on Sunday, February 10th.Â
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A great way to make yourself look like yesterday's news. A lot of us grew up in the 'hood. Most of us, however, had the common sense not to forever remove any doubt about our origins. First rule of upward mobility: don't go around looking as if you learned to read while in prison. Can you imagine how a Michael Jackson tattoo would be received today? Well, that's how people will react to yours twenty or thirty years from now.- for me, tattoos are not my cup of tea. i do not have one as i really cant think of a tattoo i could get today and still like it 10 years from now. however, thats just me. i have no problem with the indulgence of others in the art of tattooing. its their bodies and they reserve the right to adorn or decorate their body in whatever way they like. also, i find it to be a very cool and interesting art as i admire the skill and creativity of tattoo artists.
— theeducator - orange rhino: not all of us are people who cannot commit to something. we are not all chameleon's that abandon and shun our own past. tattoos tell a story of your life. and the overwhelming majority of tattooed individuals have absolutely no regrets. we don't change our opinions based on the tides of popular opinion are the particular moment. being tattooed is not associated with "the hood" or prison. tattooed people come from all over and from almost every culture on earth.— Ryan
- Father Time is the best tattoo artist. He's sure to paint any number of oddly shaped splotches on your skin, and he works for free.— Weightman
- Good one, very wise observation. — TEDcGEGI
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- Santa Satan — Not true. No body art can do that. In fact, that's just going to make them look worse. — URANIUM235
- I'm not sure why some people find it so hard to grasp that this is purely subjective -- there's no "right" or "wrong" answer about whether tattoos make someone more or less attractive.
As a woman with visible tattoos, I know that some people find them a turn-off, some people find them a turn-on. Similarly, I find men with tattoos significantly more physically attractive then men without. It's just a matter of personal taste.— DoubleEmMartin - @Ryan--But they all have at least one thing in common: bad judgment. As for the chameleon charge--Bill Clinton told Americans that lifetime learning is the key to the future. When you stop growing, your mind starts dying. The tattoo is sort of a mental death certificate that tells everybody they are dealing with a person who is never going to be any better than he or she is this minute. In other words, tatted up people are assembly line in a computer information age. @Santa--Or a 9 into a 6.— orange rhino
- "...mental death certificate that tells everybody they are dealing with a person who is never going to be any better than he or she is this minute."
What drugs to you take to come up with looney-toons tearoies like that? Do you really not know that there are successful, highly educated, professional people with tattoos? (George Schulz, former Secretary of State, for one, with a Princeton tiger tattoo). At what point did he stop getting better? as Dean of the Univ. of Chicago School of Business? As president of Bechtel Corp? As professor of Economics at MIT? As Sec. of Labor? Not that I'm any fan of his.
Or have you accomplished so much in your life that people like him pale in comparison to you?
You're just talking to hear yourself talk, aren't you?
Muggles, jeez.— Tatt2 - I am a doctor and I have tattoos, it's never been a problem.— ConverseB24
- It makes me wonder what the chick in the picture does for a living. I doubt she works in an office. Can you imagine being in a hospital and calling for a nurse and THAT walks into the room?! Do you think she'll be happy about her tattoos when she turns 40? I had a perm back in the early 80s when it was fashionable and I got my ear pierced right when straight guys started doing it. But the perm grew out decades ago and the hole in my ear closed up too. But the tats are permanent.
— TexColorado - Can you imagine a nurse walking in to take care of a patient who is more concerned with how she looks than her skill at performing her job.
The simple truth is that many people with tattoos are highly skilled and can openly show their work because their skills are in high demand. The people who can't show a tattoo at work are the ones who have little skill and could be easily replaced.
If you can loose your job simply for having a tattoo then maybe you should spend more time working on your skill set and less time pretending that these people are somehow beneath you.— barlowjames1 - When people find out that I was in the service (the Marines) a long time ago. one of the first questions young people ask me is, Did you get a tattoo?
My response is always the same: I never got that drunk.— marat - @Tatt2---I'll bet you have a big one across your neck. Since you started naming names, why don't you list all the famous people with tats? It shouldn't require a great deal of space.— orange rhino
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