“Do you think my tattoo is cool?” No, I don’t. There are no cool tattoos. “Check out my sleeve!” Oh god ew.
Tattoos themselves are stupid. Doubly so if it’s some media IP. “I put Batman on my body!” “Look at this image of Goku on my calf!” I can’t think of many things I’d want to do less than that.
There are a few narrow exceptions. Chances are yours isn’t one of them.
If you personally like tattoos, fine. I’m not saying nobody should get tattoos because I don’t like them. I’m stating my opinion that tattoos are stupid, and I am stating it here because it is probably not a popular opinion.
I know people who use tattoos as a way of permanently recording who they were at a given point in their life, because we all change over time. I can understand that perspective, but it’s also exactly why I don’t want one.
Every time I’ve looked back on myself 10 years later, I’ve thought about what a dumbass that person was. I wouldn’t have wanted that idiot picking a tattoo for me.
10 years from now, I’ll look back on the imbecile I am today and be relieved I didn’t get any ink.
It’s all about perspective. It’s hard to see how much of a fool you are in the moment and those tattoos can be the important reminder you need that you were, and always will be, the dumbass that you are right now.