It's never really appealed to me - I'd hate to be stuck with a tattoo I regret! A personal and unique tattoo is a very interesting thing to see. I must admit though I do get the slightly sniffy "rolling-my-eyes" feeling when I see a group of blokes with near identical tattoos though. Not my body though so absolutely no reason for me to be judgemental or even come close to being slightly arsed about it.
@Northam Saint seems to have the right idea with his Chinese tattoo though. I've seen quite a few poorly spelled English language tats so quite why a lot of people are willing to believe without question that their local tattooist has a grasp of the nuances of Mandarin is really quite peculiar. That said, the relatively straightforward male/female/formal/informal shenanigans of French are enough to defeat me so perhaps I'd best not throw stones in the glasshouse.
Yes it was well worth investigating first and turned out good, especially when the optician cast her eye over it. I get the odd joke, "is that when your pi$$ed and go into the Chinese for sweet and sour pork !!
I've experienced some judgemental behaviour with regards to mine, even a job where on starting they notice the tattoos I had and explained how it was "going to be a problem" as they had a no tattoo policy. This was in a high special needs school, and was a lesson learnt to confess to my tattoo's before starting. I resigned after they started making life difficult, am I bothered or was I ever ? No, turned out well in the end, life has a way of leading you in different directions, and this was just one of those moments. Funnily though in other schools, Scouting and mental health no one has been at all bothered. My current job they even looked quizzical when I told them, and they said as long as it was nothing racist etc it was of no concern.
I work with 16-18 year olds and never ever recommend them having a tattoo. They ask why not as I've so many, my explanation is that job wise it can I admit be an interview killer and they have many years ahead of them. On the pro side I'd always advocate a position where it can be covered. Design wise, decide what you want, wait six months or so and ask yourself do I still like it. Top tip too, never EVER ago based on a cheap tattoo, investigate your artist, check out their work. My full upper arm band makes them all think I'm hard as "it hurts around there" !