T-Rex: Tattoos are insurance policies! They're ways of preserving who you are now for the rest of your life.
T-Rex: And I present proof! Proof by explaining what I just said!
T-Rex: When you get a tattoo, you're getting pictures or words - or both! - written right onto your flesh permanently, assuming you don't remove or alter them. And pictures or words are really just communication, and communication is really just ideas in transit, right? So a tattoo is really just Present You telling Future You "Look, this was important to me, so um, I kinda made sure you're not going to forget it."
Utahraptor: It's an insurance policy for personal development?
T-Rex: Exactly!
T-Rex: If I get a Koopa Troopa tattoo, I know that no matter what happens to me in the future, no matter what jobs I take or interests I develop, I'll always be, AT MINIMUM, the sort of guy who has a Koopa Troopa burned into his flesh.
Utahraptor: ...
T-Rex: Or a Koopa Paratroopa. Whatever.
Narrator: LATER:
T-Rex: They're the ones with wings!
