I've always been pretty indifferent about tattoos; I have nothing against them but I've never felt the need to get one. But if I did, I know what I'd get. The main reasons that people criticize tattoos is that they're permanent: get something too much tied to current events or people in your life and there's a good possibility it'll look dated and just plain wrong in few years. For me, that would be just the reason to get one.