Results: National Tattoo Day
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1.
National Tattoo Day celebrates tattoo art, self-expression and the personal stories behind people's ink. Do you currently have any tattoos?
Yes, one
10%
•
157 votes
Yes, several
12%
•
183 votes
No, but I would consider getting one
12%
•
186 votes
No, and I would never get one
65%
•
973 votes
2.
2.
What is the main reason you get tattoos, or would get a tattoo? To remember a person ,pet or event
11%
•
171 votes
Personal expression
14%
•
215 votes
Artistic appreciation
3%
•
51 votes
Cultural or spiritual meaning
2%
•
26 votes
Just for fun
7%
•
109 votes
I would not get a tattoo
60%
•
894 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
•
33 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.47% | 7 | |
| None | 0.20% | 3 |
| N/a | 0.13% | 2 |
| who owns you? | 0.07% | 1 |
| Radiaton treatment | 0.07% | 1 |
| Never | 0.07% | 1 |
| cosmetic | 0.07% | 1 |
| Just because I wanted one | 0.07% | 1 |
| I was young and stupid | 0.07% | 1 |
| all the reasons above | 0.07% | 1 |
| Bible don t allow it | 0.07% | 1 |
| Old skin , no one will tattoo on | 0.07% | 1 |
| I would not get one | 0.07% | 1 |
| . | 0.07% | 1 |
| Markers for aiming cancer treatment radiation. | 0.07% | 1 |
| Don't know or care | 0.07% | 1 |
| permanent eyeliner | 0.07% | 1 |
| Numerous reasons | 0.07% | 1 |
| Na | 0.07% | 1 |
| Tattoo are ugly,theycame from long ago when the white man had slaves and would tattoo there slave either by ink or a branded mark as owing people .I hate tattoos and the Nazi did the same with the jewish people, it is a Sin all of it. | 0.07% | 1 |
| Not applicable | 0.07% | 1 |
| for medical reasons | 0.07% | 1 |
| to run as Democrat Senate candidate for Maine | 0.07% | 1 |
| All above | 0.07% | 1 |
3.
3.
Why would you choose not to get a tattoo? I do not like how tattoos look
39%
•
586 votes
I am concerned about pain
18%
•
265 votes
I worry I may regret it later
26%
•
397 votes
Tattoos are too expensive
16%
•
240 votes
I have not found a design I want
9%
•
130 votes
Other (please specify)
8%
•
126 votes
I already have tattoos or would get one
15%
•
220 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.97% | 17 | |
| They are disgusting | 0.17% | 3 |
| NA | 0.17% | 3 |
| No interest | 0.17% | 3 |
| not interested | 0.11% | 2 |
| Allergies | 0.11% | 2 |
| religious reasons | 0.11% | 2 |
| I don't believe I should mark my body | 0.11% | 2 |
| Religion | 0.11% | 2 |
| nasty | 0.11% | 2 |
| religious | 0.11% | 2 |
| thy can cause serious illness | 0.06% | 1 |
| do not like needles | 0.06% | 1 |
| gods body i am just renting | 0.06% | 1 |
| I am too old now | 0.06% | 1 |
| I don't have the skin/body for it | 0.06% | 1 |
| It can't be good for your skin, your body's largest functioning organ. | 0.06% | 1 |
| family wouldn't approve | 0.06% | 1 |
| Dirty looking | 0.06% | 1 |
| allergic to dye | 0.06% | 1 |
| In the words of the great George Carlin, "Tattoos are positive identifcation and no one should do anything to help the police." | 0.06% | 1 |
| I WANT TO BE DIFFERENT NOT TATS FOR ME | 0.06% | 1 |
| For religious reasons I don't believe in it | 0.06% | 1 |
| wouldnt do that to myself | 0.06% | 1 |
| It's not for me | 0.06% | 1 |
| Not sure what the ink does to my body! | 0.06% | 1 |
| Skin too thin and old , on blood thinners | 0.06% | 1 |
| Finding a reputable tattoo artist | 0.06% | 1 |
| they can be toxic | 0.06% | 1 |
| My beliefs | 0.06% | 1 |
| I believe they may find that ink used may be a carcinogen | 0.06% | 1 |
| owhership identity | 0.06% | 1 |
| all of the above, also having worked for the military, if you had one it had to be covered | 0.06% | 1 |
| I haven't found any tattoos that mean that much to me that I would want to enshrine it on my body | 0.06% | 1 |
| the FBI can trase you | 0.06% | 1 |
| Pigment allergies | 0.06% | 1 |
| Tats look terrible on people & especially the older people. They make the skin look dirty. | 0.06% | 1 |
| health reasons | 0.06% | 1 |
| I want alot more tattoos | 0.06% | 1 |
| Disgusting | 0.06% | 1 |
| do not understand why anyone wants one | 0.06% | 1 |
| they are ugly | 0.06% | 1 |
| I got too old. | 0.06% | 1 |
| Tattoos start looking awful as you age and the tattoo fades. | 0.06% | 1 |
| I just don't want one. Why do I have to have areason? | 0.06% | 1 |
| I cant think of a good reason | 0.06% | 1 |
| Inappropriate period | 0.06% | 1 |
| it's stupid | 0.06% | 1 |
| Ink causes cancer | 0.06% | 1 |
| I like my body as it is | 0.06% | 1 |
| Keep my body neat | 0.06% | 1 |
| just not my style | 0.06% | 1 |
| Not something I feel compelled to do | 0.06% | 1 |
| many of them look like bruises or dirt | 0.06% | 1 |
| Reminds me of the Nazi number tattoos in the concentration camps. | 0.06% | 1 |
| I wonder why people do it!! | 0.06% | 1 |
| lol | 0.06% | 1 |
| just don't care | 0.06% | 1 |
| Be discovered before election | 0.06% | 1 |
| Looks great on others, but not on my saggy old skin | 0.06% | 1 |
| why would I? | 0.06% | 1 |
| they look awful! | 0.06% | 1 |
| all of above | 0.06% | 1 |
| Low class look | 0.06% | 1 |
| I have enough scars already | 0.06% | 1 |
| health issues | 0.06% | 1 |
| For religious reasons, God is against tattoos | 0.06% | 1 |
| they are stupid | 0.06% | 1 |
| I don't see the point in wasting my money on defacing my body. | 0.06% | 1 |
| No point. | 0.06% | 1 |
| None | 0.06% | 1 |
| It is a sin in my beliefs | 0.06% | 1 |
| as you age they look awful | 0.06% | 1 |
| No desire | 0.06% | 1 |
| skin should not be damaged | 0.06% | 1 |
| health concerns | 0.06% | 1 |
| because they are ugly and mark up that God gave you | 0.06% | 1 |
| . | 0.06% | 1 |
| cant afford a tattoo right now but want one | 0.06% | 1 |
| irrelevant totally to my philosophy | 0.06% | 1 |
| bad health | 0.06% | 1 |
| Your question incorrectly presumes that a reason is needed for the default condition. | 0.06% | 1 |
| I see no reason to "scar" a body. | 0.06% | 1 |
| My late father had one and told me I should never get one, so that stuck with me. | 0.06% | 1 |
| Tattoo ink may be linked to cancer | 0.06% | 1 |
| Health reasons: low immunity | 0.06% | 1 |
| n/a | 0.06% | 1 |
| they are a sin and they are gross | 0.06% | 1 |
| what's the point? | 0.06% | 1 |
| Time to do it | 0.06% | 1 |
| It is not for me | 0.06% | 1 |
| Not wanting to mar the body I was given. | 0.06% | 1 |
| MY BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF GOD, I WILL NOT GRAFFITI GODS' TEMPLE. | 0.06% | 1 |
| I can t get a tattoo for medical reasons | 0.06% | 1 |
| Daughter of a holocaust survivor | 0.06% | 1 |
| I hate tattoo's NEVER,NEVER,NEVER! | 0.06% | 1 |
| Not interested getting one | 0.06% | 1 |
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