You’re asking about the practicality but people don’t really care about that tbh. Ask your question through the eyes of outward expression or even a neurodiverse perspective.

I’m autistic as hell and I have trouble with starting and holding conversations. My nerves start to crack and jitter whenever I have to start up a conversation or if I have to bother someone at random (this is more work related). Still though, I’m so bad at this particular thing that it takes deliberate effort if I’m not feeling confident that day, it sucks. There also some times where people start conversations with me and I feel so blindsided that my nerves get shot and I start to stutter.

For people like me and even other posters here, expressing ourselves through words and actions are much more preferred than vocal expression. Getting a tattoo does two very important things for me, I can express my love for my sister and I can have a cool focal point for my conversations if I need. My sister was the person who influenced my life in ways I can’t even imagine, even to this day I’m still recalling our nights just shooting the shit and she would always get into topics that would be openly discussed here today. She’d be a poster for sure lmao. As for helping me in conversations? I get bright, beaming confidence whenever someone asks me about her. My words, my tone and the way I navigate topics changes me into an almost a completely different person. It’s something I still don’t understand about myself but I do know if it helps me get better at talking then I’m gonna do it.

I’m putting all that shit I wrote on my forearm in form of tree bark and a purple ribbon wrapped around it.

Not trying to be too sassy but I hope this is just a silly topic about permanency and not expression lol