Can anyone help me with my Tatoo?

[Lu]

@Shelley and Silent: well, when some people ask before getting a tattoo this is the kind of suggestion they get. And I don't think that kind of joking/misleading happens only on this forum. (...) while several other persons (including myself in the above mentioned thread) just stood by without making any kind of helpful correction or suggestion. Well, perhaps I feel responsible due to my inaction. Sorry for the rant. But just saying "they should check beforehand" is not enough in my eyes, unless you personally take care to give helpful advice to people who come here to ask questions, even when those questions seem stupid to you.

While that kind of messing with an OP does happen, there are countless threads on these forums where a range of people suggest different ways of saying a certain thing, discuss each others' proposals, etc, so that in the end there is plenty of information for the OP to get a nice, meaningful tattoo. But while Chinese characters certainly have an aesthetic quality, there are all kinds of pitfalls in getting a tattoo in a language you don't know, and it's wise not to just trust the internet when getting something permanent on your body.