Ive been wanting to get a new tattoo but I dont even know too much about them, Do they hurt really bad? 
not really A tattoo is a form of body modification where a design is made by inserting ink
Oh ok yeah I was wanting to get a tattoo of a paw print because I love animals so much, Do you know how much a small single colored tattoo would generally cost? 
It vary s by artist, and it hasn't always been accepted By the end of the 20th Century many Western stigmas of the tattoo culture had been dismissed and the practice has become more acceptable
Oh ok, I just dont want to end up spending a whole lot because I have a strict budget, Do you know how long tattoos have been around for?
ear tattoos on livestock as a form of branding.
Terminology.
The word "tattoo", or "tattow" in the 18th century, is a loanword from the Samoan word "tatau", meaning "to strike". 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
Tattoo
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. The art of making tattoos is tattooing. 
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). In addition, tattoos can be used for identification such as