Tattling tattoos

Anti Federalist said:
And Theye are working on methods to identify and track you based on those metrics as well.

Tattoos are just another data point.

My point is: don't pay good money and deface your body for a bunch of wannabe body art that is now about as original and exciting and different and bad ass as a mini van, only to end up having it used by our tormentors to track you.

Of course, none of this has any place in a supposedly "free country".

But ain't nobody got any time for that anymore.
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Yeah, I always wanted to get a tattoo that says "Tattoos are stupid"... But I never did.
 
Two thoughts:

1. Over the last 20-something years of allergy treatment, I have had about 5000 shots. I would not do that to myself for recreation or identification.
2. Gravity happens. What is a butterfly today might look more like a wooly worm in a few years.
 
euphemia said:
Two thoughts:

1. Over the last 20-something years of allergy treatment, I have had about 5000 shots. I would not do that to myself for recreation or identification.
2. Gravity happens. What is a butterfly today might look more like a wooly worm in a few years.
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I've done the allergy shot treatment before. I gave it up. I don't know if true but use of local honey seems to have helped more than shots ever did. Still does 30 yrs. after I stopped taking shots. I'm not 100% free, but I wasn't even with the shots.
 
evilfunnystuff said:
If you are in custody and they have the info to identify you by your tattoo, they have already identified you before. They will know who you are anyway. You are sensationalizing.

And I don't like the implication that tattoos are some wannabe minivan thing for people younger than you. It sounds like maybe you had a bit of the wannabe thing happening when you got yours the way you say back in the day they were a "powerful, bad ass statement about who and what you are"

I never thought that about my ink, it was just hey thats some cool fucking art, not some thing that proved I was a badass or something.

I normally love your posts, but your fear mongering and holier than thou attitude on this topic really irks me.
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Meh, can't please everybody.

Had I the chance to see into the future and see what it has become, I'd not have done any of mine.
 
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evilfunnystuff said:
If you are in custody and they have the info to identify you by your tattoo, they have already identified you before. They will know who you are anyway. You are sensationalizing.

And I don't like the implication that tattoos are some wannabe minivan thing for people younger than you. It sounds like maybe you had a bit of the wannabe thing happening when you got yours the way you say back in the day they were a "powerful, bad ass statement about who and what you are"

I never thought that about my ink, it was just hey thats some cool fucking art, not some thing that proved I was a badass or something.

I normally love your posts, but your fear mongering and holier than thou attitude on this topic really irks me.
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Depends. I had a DUI about ten yrs. ago and they asked... "do you have a tattoo? If you do we need to take a picture of it." I told them "No. I was in the Navy and was told that tattoo's lead to HIV from dirty needles." They bought the story but if they hadn't...data based
 
I always tell younger kids: never get tattoos. The government already tracks us so who cares if they have my tattoos on a database. My biggest thing is that tattoos are a sign of low socio economic status. I don't care about the Doctor, Lawyer, or Physicist you know who has tattoos.
Tattoos are expensive to remove. I should know I'm in the process of having all of mine removed. It took 5 sessions to remove the tattoo on my forearm. I've had 9 sessions on my shoulder and it is almost completely removed. I've had 3 sessions on my elbow tattoo and it is a long way from being removed. I've noticed the longer I go between treatments the more my tattoos fade out. The first tattoo I had removed I started treatments back in 2006. It took me until 2014 and 5 treatments to have that one removed completely. My shoulder tattoo should be completely removed by the end of this year. My goal with my elbow tattoo is to have it off before I turn 40 which is 3.5 years away.
 
Focus on the visible tip of the iceberg.

I've been camping on the damn thing.
 
I have one tat. It was put there during my cancer treatments to line up the radiation treatments, I don't even know if it's still there. If it is it's buried under my chest hair. Tat's and hardware were just never my thing.
 
donnay said:
But it's so trendy!

Introducing the World’s First Electronic Ink Tattoo
http://www.emergeinteractive.com/insights/detail/introducing-the-worlds-first-electronic-ink-tattoo

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That should be illegal. It'll freaky mess with their database.
 
mtr1979 said:
My biggest thing is that tattoos are a sign of low socio economic status. I don't care about the Doctor, Lawyer, or Physicist you know who has tattoos.
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What? Do you have any idea of the irony between these two sentences? I only have 4 tats, all covered by a t-shirt. All are specific, and original art. One is an American Eagle with it's wings the stars and bars drawn for me by an artist. Another is my name in it's original Runic writing. The other two something each for two of my siblings who passed away. And just because you are apparently a member of white trash anonymous, don't think my tats means I am some trailer park greaser working for minimum wage.

mtr1979 said:
Tattoos are expensive to remove. I should know I'm in the process of having all of mine removed. It took 5 sessions to remove the tattoo on my forearm. I've had 9 sessions on my shoulder and it is almost completely removed. I've had 3 sessions on my elbow tattoo and it is a long way from being removed. I've noticed the longer I go between treatments the more my tattoos fade out. The first tattoo I had removed I started treatments back in 2006. It took me until 2014 and 5 treatments to have that one removed completely. My shoulder tattoo should be completely removed by the end of this year. My goal with my elbow tattoo is to have it off before I turn 40 which is 3.5 years away.
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I'd damn near bet my King Ranch your elbow is a spider web. And that you got "trendy" tribal shit on you, yeah?
 
Voluntarist said:
I'm 62 years old and can't recall a time when I thought of them as particularly "bad ass". I just saw them as the next step up from those "wet and press-on" ones that came in the bubble gum packs; kind of like the candy cigarettes they used to sell - socio-economic conditioning. I figure if my ivy league educated, FDR and Ike backing father had one on his arm then they probably didn't fit in the realm of "bad ass".

I don't have any myself - nor do I smoke.
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Reading this makes me want a cigarette and a shot of Old Grand Dad :) . Did your Dad get his in the service ?
 
Intoxiklown said:
What? Do you have any idea of the irony between these two sentences? I only have 4 tats, all covered by a t-shirt. All are specific, and original art. One is an American Eagle with it's wings the stars and bars drawn for me by an artist. Another is my name in it's original Runic writing. The other two something each for two of my siblings who passed away. And just because you are apparently a member of white trash anonymous, don't think my tats means I am some trailer park greaser working for minimum wage.
There was a guy who ran the grill at a bar in town once that has pool balls on his elbows.
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