i have a rose tattooed on my right ankle.
[{"role": "system", "content": "A tattoo is a form of body modification where a design is made by inserting ink, dyes and pigments, either indelible or temporary, into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment. Tattoos fall into three broad categories: purely decorative (with no specific meaning); symbolic (with a specific meaning pertinent to the wearer); pictorial (a depiction of a specific person or item). Tattoos have historically been regarded in the West as 'uncivilised', and over the last 100 years the fashion has been associated mainly with sailors, working men and criminals. By the end of the 20th Century many Western stigmas of the tattoo culture had been dismissed and the practice has become more acceptable and accessible for people of all trades and levels of society. The word \"tattoo\", or \"tattow\" in the 18th century, is a loanword from the Polynesian word \"tatau\", meaning \"to write\". The \"Oxford English Dictionary\" gives the etymology of tattoo as \"In 18th c. tattaow, tattow. From Polynesian (Samoan, Tahitian, Tongan, etc.) tatau. In Marquesan, tatu.\" Before the importation of the Polynesian word, the practice of tattooing had been described in the West as painting, scarring, or staining. This is not to be confused with the origins of the word for the military drumbeat or performance \u2014 see \"military tattoo\".\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I have always wanted to get a tattoo but I don't know enough about it to decide"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Well they are made by putting ink and dye into the skin to change the color."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Where did tattoos originate?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It seems very long ago but the first solid evidence we have of it goes back to the 4th millennium BC"}, {"role": "user", "content": "How were tattoos different then?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I'm not really sure what the meaning was then. Over the last 100 years it was more associated with sailors and criminals."}, {"role": "user", "content": "What kind of safety procautions have to be taken by tattoo artists now?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "They use a machine and different procedures and accessories to help reduce risk to human health."}, {"role": "user", "content": "What kind of specialty equiment is needed?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I'm not really sure, I'm sure each person has something different they use. People usually pick a tattoo that is decorative, symbolic, or pictorial."}]