Does Age Quash Our Spirit of Adventure?

[Alex]

I would love to get a tattoo. I thought of getting a small UPC one on my lower back so if I was ever found dead they could scan me....I thought 'who else would have one?' Well, that idea is outta here since I saw a guy at the swapmeet with one on the back of his neck.

Everybody thinks that is a unique idea. I know I did when I wanted one but then I ran into why you don't see them often. The artist talked me out of it. He said he had several people a week want one but usually succeeded in convincing them it was a bad idea. Since it is just a series of thin straight lines they tend to look like crap after a few years as your skin moves and stretches in sublte ways as you get older. Also uneven fading will be very obvious.

Several other artists I've talked to since all say they also try to talk people out of them.