August 05, 2004

Geek Tatoos - I'll defer to Red vs. Blue on this topic.
posted by shawnj 20 years ago
  • I realize it's my second post, but this was too rich to pass up.
  • And in my excitement, I misspelled tattoo. *hides in shame*
  • related photoshop hey! did i ever tell you about my... never mind
  • I'm really drawn to body mod (intellectual curiousity only, Mom. I promise) and cannot help but peruse the tat mags and pages like BME (especially things like inner lip tattoos. Ouchie.) That said: binary code arm band? Bar code? That is so *original*, so very counterculture.
  • I'm going to have the monkeyfilter logo tattood onto my arse
  • you've already got the 'O' there between the cheeks.
  • At the 2003 E3 the videogame channel G4 had a tatto artist in the booth giving people free tatoos as long as the tatoo included the G4 logo. G4 used to run a commercial with some of them. Lots of videogame related tattoos. And of course now that G4 has merged with TechTV and changed its name to G4TechTv, all those people have out of date tattoos!
  • Related link: a short history of tattoos (RealAudio) I find the use of formulae intriguing; it sort of gives an aura of mysticism to otherwise simple and non-mysterious equations. Do those people think of science as some kind of magic ? Or am I reading too much into these things... And what ilyadeux said about barcode tattoos.
  • Now having my DNA sequence tattooed on me. That would rock. Until al the 17 year olds decided it would rock too, and then everyone would have one.
  • shawnj thanks for that redvsblue link... it's brilliant... I'm cacking myself at the real life v internet
  • I don't know why, but except for the Quake tattoo, I think that most of them will say "what was I THINKING?! in 10-15 years. I mean, chrissake, a MAC LOGO!@#. Plus, most of their references where way too obvious. Now I'm thinking about how stupid it would be to get tomething really obscure, like a brainfuck quine or something in APL. Oh boy. My "potato" idea is much better (yes, a tattoo of a potato would look like.. nothing, but I do harvest potatoes for a living).
  • I prefer to put mine on a t-shirt, most often from thinkgeek. Somewhere I still have the babydoll tee that has <geek> on the front and </geek> on the back, but it doesn't get the same respect in NZ...
  • Being a chem geek, I always wanted to get a tattoo of the periodic table. Thank goodness I went for the now-ubiquitous sun/moon. I swear I got the thing years before before Target started putting it on shower curtains, but it feels a bit like a rose on the ankle sometimes.
  • I LOOOOOOOOVE geeky tats...my friend's BF has a barcode, and it's so full of meaning, it's a very personal tat... some of the ideas in there I have had for a long time... Now I'm pissed off cuz I have to look for something else no one's ever thought of.
  • I want another tattoo! Actually I've wanted another one for a few years but couldn't decide what. I'm going for a crop circle on the bottom of my foot (in the arch, not on the sole).
  • Ouch! Do you have feet of steel, whitmar?
  • totally off the geek tattoo again for a moment (back to R v B: the internet is akin to a high school chess club armed with guns and hopped up on crystal meth? Brilliant.
  • Whitmar: I got a pig (left) and rooster (right) on the top of my feet. Did it hurt? OH FUCK YES. Was I drunk? OH FUCK YES. Tip: as long as you're sober enough to sign the waiver that you're not under the influence, they'll do it.
  • The more I look at the serotonin one, the cooler it is. Especially since it's on the belly (where most serotonin is made).
  • *resists the urge to make a "porky cock" joke* blogRot, what's the significance of your tatts?
  • "Ouch! Do you have feet of steel, whitmar?" No, but could it hurt any worse than the one over me heart? I don't think so.