is the laugh now play later tattoo with a ying yang in the middle of the faces still concdered a gang tattoo
While the’ Laugh Now, Cry Later’ tattoo is not gang specific, it is a tattoo that is found repeatedly chosen by gang members as it symbolizes a person’s choice to live their life on a daily basis without thought of the consequences of their actions until much later in life.
Several police departments do not identify the ‘Laugh Now, Cry Later’ tattoo as being solely gang related, but rather call the symbol a "gang-type" of tattoo since it is a popular tattoo choice of many gang members.
With tattoos becoming more socially acceptable, this tattoo is frequently seen outside the gang related cultures and is not considered just a gang tattoo. The addition of the yin/yang symbol drawn into the ‘Laugh Now, Cry Later’ symbolism adds nothing more than the unspoken statement that the world embraces the good and the bad in life; they coexist and we need to learn to live life with them in balance, with good triumphing over bad…at least sooner or later.
