Petah?

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[u/Rymanbc]

People definitely do get them for lots of reasons. Including no meaning, they just saw it in a book and thought it looked cool. But in general asking about them is a minefield where you'll often suddenly be in an awkward conversation where a complete stranger is oversharing about their personal demons.

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Can confirm. I have a nautical star on my elbow because I thought it looked cool 25-ish years ago.

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Whoa, hold on, did you only get the star on 1 elbow?

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I have a bunch of tattoos, most of them are objectively bad, but I'm good with it. They're more for the memories than the artwork at this point.

Edit: yes, only the one elbow is tattooed. I have half a sleeve on one arm and just a shitty little tribal band on the other.

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I wanted the star so bad, but on both elbows! Seriously.

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My original plan was full sleeves on both sides but life gets in the way. I haven't had a new tattoo since 2011 and I don't know what I would get at this point.