How deep! A nautical star centered on your lower back. And look! It's right above your astrological sign, which is surrounded by a meaningless "tribal" insignia that is actually beheld by absolutely no tribe on the face of the entire planet! Let me just tell you, I think that is really neat. Just swell. And I'm glad that it means something to you too. I'm not just saying that to conceal my belief that you are telling me it means something to you to cover up the fact that you just wanted to fit in and this seemed like a good idea at the time.

What's wrong with the people of this world? Besides everything, I mean. I'm talking about the so called culture of fiends that revel in idiotic tattoos and poorly placed piercings. Have you looked around lately at what people are puncturing into their flesh these days?
What is it with the nautical star thing? When did this become the standard for all teen, misguided "alternatives" and fans of such fools alike? And spider webs on the elbows? It doesn't look good and it can't possibly mean something to so many people! I refuse to believe this.
There are people who will tell you openly that they got a tattoo for the wrong reasons. These people usually laugh at it and are fine. Then there are the people that are die hard about it and insist it is deeper and bears such powerful meaning to them and they refuse to admit that they were drunk last night and it seemed like a good idea at the time to get a band of barbed wire around their wrist.

How about just accepting that tattoos are not that cool. Most of the time they are absolutely devoid of cool. Do we need to see any more pinup girls, dice, lucky 13, sacred hearts, stars, spider webs, butterflies, kanji, or flowers on anyone? Do you really think you'll want this crap on you for the rest of your life? Have you considered what it looks like to everyone else?
Sparsely scattered scorpions, cursive scripts, stars, anything related to music bands, winged things like fairies, dragons and such, reds and greens and blues... it looks like a refrigerator covered in magnets and kids drawings. Except a refrigerator has the hope of being cleaned.
Oh, I know... who cares what it looks like to everyone else. You got it for you and it means something and it's deep... I already told you I don't buy that. If you truly felt that way, why did you get a tattoo in a place the whole world will see all the time? Why flaunt? Why promote? Why defend? Why be so gung ho tattoo that you'll refuse to consider how much thought may have been missing from your choice in "art" as well as the "artist" that put it on you?
Your star is crooked. Oh, I see, you wanted it that way and it doesn't bother you. right. I forgot. You got it for you.

You agree? Tattoos are kind of stupid? Oh, that's why you're covered in all those dumb looking piercings. Say, I like the one in the middle of your cheek that looks like an infectious wart. It matches the tiny one on your nose that looks like a zit on the outside and a booger in your nostril to anyone shorter than you. I think I prefer the cow ring in the septum though. I like it because of how bold the statement is. It screams - Hey! This looks like crap on absolutely every person that's ever had this piercing ever! I bet it won't look like crap on me! Oh wait, it DOES!
But you're different. Yours is stretched to some zero gauge, loose, dangling vomit sack. It's a reflection of attitude. Something to boast about. Something to act as a target of mockery for many people all around you.
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you when I asked if those spikes coming from your eye brow hurt. Good thing you got these piercings for you and not to impress society or it might be irritating to constantly have people ask if they're painful. By the way, did you notice you look like a "slow" person the way you constantly flick your tongue piercing around. It's as though you can't stop playing with it. Good thing you are convinced it doesn't look hideous and has certain stimulating qualities... which it doesn't at all, by the way... or you might come to your senses and throw that stupid thing out and let your tongue heal like it's trying to do.

Some tattoos are ok. Some are even cool, dare I say. Just not yours. Some piercings are ok. Some are even cool, dare I say. Just not yours. Maybe next time you want to demonstrate your individuality, you'll focus a bit more on yourself and what makes you who you are, not what clique you want to fit into. It's an embarrassing detail in life anymore.
Hipsters, punkers, rockabilly... cliche.
The most of any category are the ones that look the least like them. Do you really think the most punk rock person alive has a huge, green mohawk? I guarantee they don't have a chaos uk tattoo on their arm. The biggest true hipster is staring at the internet all day. He's only wearing that mesh trucker hat and tonka t-shirt because he hasn't bathed since 1974.

Let your phases pass, then decide if you want a tattoo of that era. Thank god I didn't get any dumb tattoos when I thought I was punk rock. Now, if only I can find a way to cover up this huge tattoo of the terminator on a motorcycle that's covering my whole back...

tattoos and piercings... how ridiculously juvenile.