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Possible association between tattoos and lymphoma

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Re: Possible association between tattoos and lymphoma

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Post by invalidusernam3 »

plasma_beam wrote: post #2

If the correlation is proven true then that’s obviously terrible, but I’m in my mid 40s now, tattoo-less, and one of my biggest regrets is not getting a couple tattoos when I was younger. I feel like doing it now looks like a midlife crisis type thing. I always wanted one of those Thai tattoos where they manually tap tap tap the design into your skin with a mallet.

Who cares if others think it's a midlife crisis, do what makes you happy. I'm nearing 40 and still get a couple tattoos a year. I love the feeling of a new tattoo, it boosts my confidence and gives me a sense of accomplishment for sitting through the fairly painful process.

Re: Possible association between tattoos and lymphoma

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Post by usrusr »

plasma_beam wrote: post #2

If the correlation is proven true then that’s obviously terrible, but I’m in my mid 40s now, tattoo-less, and one of my biggest regrets is not getting a couple tattoos when I was younger. I feel like doing it now looks like a midlife crisis type thing. I always wanted one of those Thai tattoos where they manually tap tap tap the design into your skin with a mallet.

I've been jokingly predicting to myself for quite a while now that a tattoo fashion is imminent of studios offering deliberately blurred designs so that the result looks as if it was done before the design became cool.

Re: Possible association between tattoos and lymphoma

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Post by petesergeant »

plasma_beam wrote: post #2

If the correlation is proven true then that’s obviously terrible, but I’m in my mid 40s now, tattoo-less, and one of my biggest regrets is not getting a couple tattoos when I was younger. I feel like doing it now looks like a midlife crisis type thing. I always wanted one of those Thai tattoos where they manually tap tap tap the design into your skin with a mallet.

I started getting them at 37, and haven’t looked back. You’re more likely to get ones you like now you’re a bit older. I got a triceratops on my forearm last year because it’s my favourite dinosaur, and also why not?

Re: Possible association between tattoos and lymphoma

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Post by coldtea »

swayvil wrote: post #22
coldtea wrote: post #6

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Back when they were pushing public literacy, reading books was disparaged as a morbid activity. (Sitting unmoving for a long time, staring...) But now everybody does it.

>reading books was disparaged as a morbid activity. (Sitting unmoving for a long time, staring...)

And for people that overdid it, it was. The modern sedentary lifestyle starting from that era's combo (office / clerical jobs + stationary entertainment with books and magazines, and later tv and radio).

>But now everybody does it.

Read books? Nah:

If we count only fully-read books, the average American adult reads just over 5 books per year. (...) A less-than-ideal 46 percent finished zero books last year and 5 percent read just one.

Re: Possible association between tattoos and lymphoma

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Post by graypegg »

plasma_beam wrote: post #2

If the correlation is proven true then that’s obviously terrible, but I’m in my mid 40s now, tattoo-less, and one of my biggest regrets is not getting a couple tattoos when I was younger. I feel like doing it now looks like a midlife crisis type thing. I always wanted one of those Thai tattoos where they manually tap tap tap the design into your skin with a mallet.

I don't know why your comment appears to have been downvoted, I say go for it! "mid life crisis" is just a pessimistic way of saying "trying something new as an adult". If it makes you happy, and you're willing to accept some risk (which is a good thing!) then go get a tattoo.

Also, close to 50 is probably the new mid-life point anyway if you extend out the trajectory of health science thru the second half of your life. Chill out. :)

Re: Possible association between tattoos and lymphoma

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Post by prepend »

invalidusernam3 wrote: post #21
plasma_beam wrote: post #2

If the correlation is proven true then that’s obviously terrible, but I’m in my mid 40s now, tattoo-less, and one of my biggest regrets is not getting a couple tattoos when I was younger. I feel like doing it now looks like a midlife crisis type thing. I always wanted one of those Thai tattoos where they manually tap tap tap the design into your skin with a mallet.

Who cares if others think it's a midlife crisis, do what makes you happy. I'm nearing 40 and still get a couple tattoos a year. I love the feeling of a new tattoo, it boosts my confidence and gives me a sense of accomplishment for sitting through the fairly painful process.

Exactly. Part of the fun of tattoos is everyone thinking you look stupid and being able to practice the stoicism of not caring what other people think and focusing on the intrinsic joy of doing what you want.

Re: Possible association between tattoos and lymphoma

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Post by throw383y8 »

blinkingled wrote: post #28

Hair dyes would have similar absorption mechanism right?

No, I believe cancer from hair dyes was caused by touching dye during application. Poisons are volatile, dye is only toxic, while it is drying.

Tattoo pigment particles are quite inert.

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