Don’t get a tattoo because it looks gross (to me at least). Unless looking bad is your thing, then, by all means get tattooed.
Do Estrogen recreationally!
Lose some fuking weight, get healthy!
This is stupid. “This is the only body you get” is a good point. The point is to think twice, not to not do it.
start horse race test?
This is why I still proudly show off my Jimmy Savile and Gary Glitter tats.
your hands are the only hands you get so you better start installing Linux with them
I use my feet, mostly as a utilitarian reason for having bought thigh high toe socks.
I have installed windows on so many systems it will take me decades to atone with enough linux installs
Well, it depends on when.
90s windows inatalls aren’t great, but they’re excusable.
00s windows installs are a few points against you, depending on use case.
10s windows installs are… Oof.
20s windows installs, yeah, a special hell just for you.
Mass scale enterprise windows 10 to 11 migration 🫤
They’re building a 10th circle just for you.
I’ve done nowhere near as many as some people lol, i know folks who are in the 6 digit range. Ive done maybe low 4 digits at worst
Well that makes it fiiiine, that another has done worse.
Forgive me father for i have sinnedI’m sorry daddy, I’ve been naughty
It’s so easy, you can do it one-handed.
Frees up that other hand for multitasking fun.Frees up that other hand for multitasking fun.
You mean like installing BSD at the same time?
People who use “your body is a temple” as an argument against tattoos or body modifications have never seen a fucking temple in their lives.
American Christian temples and churches are all boring and austere because having fun or enjoying anything is a sin. They are not representative of temples as a whole, but their constituents think they are (or else think they should be).
We’re all living in Amerika, Amerika ist wunderbar
Nice.
Decoration is sacred, and as such it is important to adorn your mortal home accordingly (ie, however it makes you happy).
Life is messy and beautiful. Imposing drabness onto others is an affront to nature.
This is the only body you get. It will inevitably wear out. The worse you treat it the faster it will wear out.
Keep in shape. Eat right. Don’t take stupid risks. Listen to your doctor. And modify it to your hearts desire, but analyze your desires.
Someday with fortune you will be old. I’ve spoken to a lot of old people. The things they say they regret aren’t things like tattoos, piercings, or transitioning. They regret not doing those things more often. But they also regret eating poorly and not exercising. They regret the injuries that now cripple them. And they regret not enjoying their time.
Many regret divorce.
Also good to remember the only time you have is right now; get that tattoo or start hrt. Who knows if tomorrow ever comes
Get that AIDS
VD! Gotta catch 'em all!
I envy people with tattoos. I think when done weil they are cool and beautiful expressions. But I have never had anything I’m willing to have permanently etched on my body. I don’t even like the same things I liked last year.
So don’t get tattoos of things you like. There’s plenty of reasons to get tattoos beyond just “beautiful expression.”
I know a guy who got his wife’s phone number tattooed on his foot, just in case he ever doesn’t have his phone on him.
My brother got “Ouch” on the inside of his lip because it was funny.
My wife has multiple tattoos of bullshit flash because the artist offered to do them for free and she likes the way getting a tattoo feels.
If you want a tattoo, just get a tattoo. If you truly end up hating it down the road, plenty of artists specialize in cover-ups.
It’s hard for me to make those rash decisions, I’m so indecisive 😩
Can confirm. Getting the tattoo is the easy part. Deciding what to get really blows.
Then get a picture of a tattoo, and whenever you ask someone if they want to see your tattoo, just show them that picture. Way less commitment.
I am just like the above poster. I have no tattoos for the same reasons. But sometimes, I think about getting some kind of simple picture(s) with just bold black lines put on my left arm. That way, I can change it up if I feel like it. Also, I’ll always have something to color when I’m bored.
get an inkblot, so you can see it as whatever you’re in the mood to see it as
This reminds me. Some years ago I was driving down the highway and I found myself behind the most garishly styled car I’ve seen in my life. I don’t recall the exact details now, just that I found it so brightly over decorated that it hurt to look at. “Who would put all that effort into making their vehicle so hideous?” I thought. Then there was a slowdown and everyone had to hit their brakes. Their brake lights, I now saw, were partially masked to say “YOLO!” every time they hit the brakes. “Well, fair enough,” I realized. I still hated it, but I had to respect that the car made them happy. You only have one life to live, and if you want to spend part it driving the most ugly car ever bedazzled, well, you do you. I’m happy for you. They’ll never know it, but that moment really stuck with me ever since. Don’t let others’ judgment stop you from doing to your car, or your body, what brings you the most joy.
Well, unless it’s a safety hazard to others. Please don’t do car mods that risk harm to others.
I was gonna say that this post reminded me of how YOLO can be interpreted as two polar opposite meanings. You only live once, so you should do all the crazy things you want to do because you won’t get a second chance. But also, you only live once, so you should be careful with the one life you’re given and not do something to screw it up or end it early.
If it came on with the brake lights on a hideously ugly car, then it could be argued that they meant both meanings at the same time. Interesting.
A friend suggested to me that I get over this mindset by getting a tattoo. Instead, I’ve just been talking way too much about getting a tattoo.
Can never find an artist i like that does the thing i want.
That’s one of my current excuses. I may get around it by starting off with something stupid simple and small.
HRT is permanent but so is the passage of time.
Not doing hrt also permenant.
Which woild you rather live with?
Is this a rhetorical question?
Nope! Your body’s do’in stuff, with or without your intent.
You are on sexed hormones. Whichever side of your skin they come from. They are doing their thing. It is permenant.
Inaction is not a real thing when you exist in so much fucking context; only ceding your turn to forces in motion.
Not always a bad thing. Maybe they’re doing what you need them to and you just want to float down the river.
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that’s what I said but with many more words.
I think anyone who needed to hear it would have used the ambiguity to not do so.
I don’t think it is. One can just stop the hormones.
As for the impacts of those hormones…
https://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-central-western-new-york/patient-resources/our-services/gender-affirming-care/effects-of-estrogen-based-hormone-therapy
Breast growth in permanent, testicle and “Decreased Sperm Production/ Reduced Fertility” shrinkage might be permanent.As an aside, and the reason this is separate:
“Cessation of Male Pattern Balding” is an impact of estrogen HRT. So do with that information what you will.
True, the effects of not taking the hormones will also continue.
Damn! Here I am not taking hormones and balding.
Yes I know they gave me the packet.
My guiding principle is “it isn’t mine-mine until I customise it.”
