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Showing Original Post only (View all)Your tattoo is (probably) not as meaningful as you think it is. [View all]
https://xkcd.com/933/
My wife has probably $10k of ink from one of the best artists in NYC; her most treasured tats are the targeting dots from her cervical cancer treatment. She did have them adorned into little radiation trefoils, it's super cute, but the sentiment remains. Nothing her artist has done or ever will do can compare to those four dots.
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Tattoos are not right for me. I made it through the Navy without getting one.
Chainfire
Mar 2023
#13
More than half of the men and women that go to the gym I go to have tattoos.
friend of a friend
Mar 2023
#17
Not-really-minor quibble: I'm disappointed to see xkcd use the incorrect "bicep".
DavidDvorkin
Mar 2023
#18
No, I don't think I'm fooling anyone. I meant to point out that my efforts fail. n/t
Silent3
Mar 2023
#64
I loved watching those tattoo competition TV shows that were popular a few years ago
IcyPeas
Mar 2023
#38
I've never understood tattoos (other than those described in the cartoon). How do you decide
Vinca
Mar 2023
#51