why did you get that cool generic tattoo?
I have oft thought about getting a tattoo of my first gecko, on my left forearm. It has deep meaning to me as a symbol of survival, as petri lived through fucking hell with her genetic condition as I fought until the wee hours of the morning (only to get up early for work the next day) just to ensure she would be more comfortable (yeah, calcium issues from her hyperparathyroid- only calcium feedings is a temp solution sadly). I eventually had to kill her myself because she spent her days uncognitive and seizuring so bad that she eventually lost her tail to it. Somehow her struggle reminds me of my aunts losing struggle with ovarian turned brain/spine cancer and the hopelessness of it all and getting a gecko is less creepy than getting my aunts face.
But alas, I don't think tattooing is for me.
My best friend has his paratrooper wings tattooed, which is rad, generic "biomechanical" sleeve, generic metallica half-sleeve, generic dragon shoulder tat, generic arm band of stripes and a star and a generic world war 1 and 2 tribute where the craters look like volcanoes. Ah, those nazis and their notorious volcano cannons! Honestly, why do people go into tat parlours and say "I want a dragon please make it cool thanks" and then walk off, expecting something non-generic or cool?