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Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 5:53 pm
by pete_bubonic
Cogent wrote:pete bubonic wrote:oooh, and I have a tat on the back of my neck of a barcode, with my dob and initials.
No way.. i always thought about getting this done, inspired back in the day by Fear Factory... Did you get the idea there Pete?
Anyway decided against it and considered getting it on my wrist, then saw someone with it there and thought fuck it... still like the design but i'll keep looking for something i ain't seen before..
So no tats yet, anyone got any decent original designs, put em up..
The idea came about ages ago when chatting to mates about mass production and how far science would infiltrate our lives. How long would it be before the id cards being implemented now could simply be implanted under the skin with your driver lisence details, your birth certificate, your passport etc etc. At the time I thought nothing of it, but when I got a bit older I knew I wanted to get a tattoo of something unique and something I hadn't seen before. So thinking back, I programmed a barcode (in the EAX32 system I think it's called) which would translate to my dob and initials if scanned. So dependent on how accurate the tattoist was (and he was pretty good) and how flat you could stretch my skin after cutting it out of my neck, if you scanned it it would come up with my dob and initials. Completely unique
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 6:55 pm
by rickyricardo
ZGK wrote: And tattoos are cool if they have meaning to the person, like a specific date or a symbol of something important to the wearer.
Over here, tatoo's seem to have lost subversive appeal. Every 17 year old girl has a tattoo on their back of something that they probably couldn't even begin to explain to you.
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 6:57 pm
by cogent
pete bubonic wrote:Cogent wrote:pete bubonic wrote:oooh, and I have a tat on the back of my neck of a barcode, with my dob and initials.
No way.. i always thought about getting this done, inspired back in the day by Fear Factory... Did you get the idea there Pete?
Anyway decided against it and considered getting it on my wrist, then saw someone with it there and thought fuck it... still like the design but i'll keep looking for something i ain't seen before..
So no tats yet, anyone got any decent original designs, put em up..
The idea came about ages ago when chatting to mates about mass production and how far science would infiltrate our lives. How long would it be before the id cards being implemented now could simply be implanted under the skin with your driver lisence details, your birth certificate, your passport etc etc. At the time I thought nothing of it, but when I got a bit older I knew I wanted to get a tattoo of something unique and something I hadn't seen before. So thinking back, I programmed a barcode (in the EAX32 system I think it's called) which would translate to my dob and initials if scanned. So dependent on how accurate the tattoist was (and he was pretty good) and how flat you could stretch my skin after cutting it out of my neck, if you scanned it it would come up with my dob and initials. Completely unique
Sweet... yeah i'm sure thats same idea they had and what inspired my idea too.. Having your dob, initials etc is what i would do to make it orig... fuck.. imagine if that happened one day tho.. be funny if the check outs it shops could pick it up too..
Nice tat anyway dude...
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 7:35 pm
by bp
RickyRicardo wrote:ZGK wrote: And tattoos are cool if they have meaning to the person, like a specific date or a symbol of something important to the wearer.
Over here, tatoo's seem to have lost subversive appeal. Every 17 year old girl has a tattoo on their back of something that they probably couldn't even begin to explain to you.
same here, unfortunately.
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 7:47 pm
by subframe
No hair.
Got an armband that needs to become a half-sleeve.
Got a *big* digger wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus) on my head. I've had two entomologists tell me it's the best image of a wasp they've ever seen, quite happy bout that, heh.
Do they mean something to me? yes. Do I use them as a symbolic reinforcement of some sort of faux spirituality? definitely not.
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 8:47 pm
by kion
got a tiger on my arm. He's been watching my back for 9 years, and yes it also means more than that to me.
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 9:40 pm
by fire
No tats, used to have dreads but i was getting sick of sitting on the dole looking for a job
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 10:17 pm
by municiple
I prefer the fade into the shadows approach, secret weapon basshead. Just when you think its safe ... the rumble. No dreads on me head, but lotsa dread in my doings.