I'm thinking about getting a political or philosophy tattoo...

[armyowalgreens]

I cannot decide what I want yet and my friends are all telling me it's a bad idea.

What say you guys?

[NightWatcher]

1. tell it to my "mondale/ ferraro" left ass cheek

[Capn Sunshine]

2. depends if you have qualms about doing rw chicks

because (I assume) it would be a lefty message, or the Obama O or something. Might automatically open you up to abuse in the wrong kind of bar( the kind populated by a majority of freepers) but other than that, you have to consider whether it will be easily identifiable and what yhe world will be like in 2035 when no one will be able to tell WTF it is.

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

3. Please don't

I'm the only college graduate amongst my siblings and the only one without a tattoo. If you're hell bent to get one, wait until you have graduated from college and are no longer taking shots of Everclear.

[GirlinContempt]

4. If you don't know what to get as a tattoo, don't get one.

I have nothing against tatts, but this is going to be on your body FOREVER. It should be something you love, that you've lived with loving for a long time, something meaningful. Things can always change, but to just pick something you like because you like it and want one done is a recipe for disaster.

Edited to add:
If you need to solicit the advice of an internet message board, DEFINITELY DON'T DO IT.

[ghostsofgiants]

6. As someone who has fairly sizable tattoos on each arm, I'm gonna second this.

[GirlinContempt]

7. I just have bits of metal in my face.

Possibly, melted down quarters. Possibly, the reason the Ghost of Quarters Past is haunting me!!!!!

[ghostsofgiants]

8. I hope the metal in my face isn't haunted.

[GirlinContempt]

9. shhh he might be reading this now.

[rug]

5. Ink the Preamble on your butt.

[XemaSab]

10. Pick a design, draw it out, and keep it in your wallet for a few years

If you still like it, get it.

If you don't, it was a bad idea and you dodged a bullet.