I watched a friend of mine get a tattoo done on his back.. Not one of those postage-stamp sized things--it covered his entire back. The lighter parts that they filled in looked to be bearable. But during the dark areas such as the outline, he was either wincing in pain, or looking like he was about to turn around and start beating the tattoo guy. Didn't seem to be too pleasant. He said it felt like a really slow-moving razor blade.
Piercings look to be more painful though, if not as sustained. When I was at the tattoo place, I heard "AHHHH!! FUCK!!!!!" and turned around to see some giant biker guy with a piercing needle sticking through the middle of his nose and tears streaming down his face.
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