Gaming Tattoos

[Phildo]

What I want to know is... who was in charge of the booze?  Did Ookiih mix drinks for you guys?

[Signe]

I didn't know it was wrong to like my tattoo. I feel dirty. Squirrel, hope your flight wasn't as shitty as I feel.

I think your tattoo is lovely.  What's wrong with you?  Just hung over?  Don't die until the ink dries!

[Big Gulp]

What I want to know is... who was in charge of the booze?  Did Ookiih mix drinks for you guys?

I'm rather proud of myself.  The only time I drank it was in moderation and when we were at a restaurant.  I was a good boy, which was good considering I did tats into the wee hours pretty much every day there.

[Merusk]

I'm amused.  I noses a bit and in return there's defensive venom, falling as low as mocking me for not hitting preview on a quote.

It really didn't take much to ignore it. Gulp did, as did the other tatted folks.  Nothing personal was meant other than the usual shit.  Why give two fucks about snarky comments?

I didn't know it was wrong to like my tattoo.

I don't see anyone saying you should.  You like it, that's really all that matters. The rest is random folks on the internet giving shit. Oooh, new territory there.

[squirrel]

I'm amused.  I noses a bit and in return there's defensive venom, falling as low as mocking me for not hitting preview on a quote.

It really didn't take much to ignore it. Gulp did, as did the other tatted folks.  Nothing personal was meant other than the usual shit.  Why give two fucks about snarky comments?
 

Err, so you're giving two fucks about a snarky comment that was posted by someone who gave two fucks about a snarky comment while questioning why anyone gives two fucks about a snarky comment? Got it. :P

[Paelos]

Can't we all just snark along?

[Ironwood]

I don't have any tattoos tho I have long considered getting one.  I might in December when I make Director and I no longer have to interview or answer to anyone.

However, my point about the ones you guys chose is that, er, they are kinda transitory.  I look forward to you telling your grandkids that 'It's from a comic.  A graphic novel.  Yeah, it was great.  Two people kissing, but there was a nuclear fire because it was in a dream.  It was kinda like the 'Ractives you young uns get these days.  Ah, comics, whatever happened to them *tear*'.  It'll be a swell speech.

And 'I am a robot' ?  I'm deliberately not looking that one up and trying my damndest not to believe Trippy even tho he's never lied to me yet :  My Interview question No 1 for someone with Braille robots on his arm :  "How quickly can you get the fuck out of my office ?"


Love you all, of course, but that's kinda my old fashioned and silly view on the matter.  None of the above snark, however, takes anything away from the fact that they all LOOK amazing and Gulp did a fucking great job.  You should be wearing 'em proudly.  While people still remember who the fuck The Watchmen are.

[Merusk]

I'm amused.  I noses a bit and in return there's defensive venom, falling as low as mocking me for not hitting preview on a quote.

It really didn't take much to ignore it. Gulp did, as did the other tatted folks.  Nothing personal was meant other than the usual shit.  Why give two fucks about snarky comments?
 

Err, so you're giving two fucks about a snarky comment that was posted by someone who gave two fucks about a snarky comment while questioning why anyone gives two fucks about a snarky comment? Got it. :P

I never said I made sense.  Your first mistake was assuming I follow the silly tenants of logic and discipline.

[Murgos]

I don't have any tattoos tho I have long considered getting one.  I might in December when I make Director and I no longer have to interview or answer to anyone.

You should shave your head and get the Cheshire cat's smile tattooed on the back of your scalp.  That way when ever you ream some underling or stomp out of a meeting all they will see fading off into the distance is that smile as you plot and enact their eventual destruction.

[Ironwood]

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Don't ever get drunk around Gulp.  Like, Ever.

[Oban]

I have never had a tattoo.

Not sure if I would hire someone with prominent tattoos.  Not sure if I would refrain from hiring someone just because of their tattoos as well though.

I do feel uncomfortable when I see someone with a tattoo, it does break some social traditions and does mark the person as a...outsider?...rebel?...artist?  Outside of work I have had friends with tattoos, but in a work environment it just seems unprofessional.

Have yet to see anyone with a tattoo at any company I have worked for, although apparently there is a new low level executive starting in a couple of weeks that has numerous tattoos and even piercings.  Should be interesting...

[murdoc]

Getting tattoo'd was interesting. I've found that so many people, whether they have a tattoo or not, seem to want to either tell me how much they like it, or lecture me about how much I will eventually hate it. Some people don't understand WHY I got it either, but I didn't get it for them. I have my reasons for my tattoo and they're good enough for me. I waited the best part of 10 years to get it finally this year.

I actually would have LOVED to have gone down to Phoenix and had Big Gulp do some more work on my tat. I know I'm not much more than random_internet/XBL_stranger_076, but to have someone that you have some sort of knowledge of do, what looks to me like, some sweet artwork on me, would of been awesome.

[Miasma]

I'm not averse to tattoos so long as they are well done, if I were to get one I'd probably spend a lot of money to go one of those places that have their own TV show.  I might get one if that "erasable ink" I posted about earlier actually works (safely).  I'd probably go with the Deus Ex logo because it looks great even if you don't know what it is, it's just a nice abstract design.  What I don't understand is why people get tattoos on areas of their body that they can't see like the back, or all the women who have one at the nape of the back.  What good is a tattoo that you need a mirror to look at, I would want to see it.

My Interview question No 1 for someone with Braille robots on his arm :  "How quickly can you get the fuck out of my office ?"

But if you could see that tattoo the first question would have to be "Why the hell did you show up for a job interview in a T-shirt?".

[Signe]

Oh my.  Who do you work for, Oban?  Gordon B. Hinckley?

[schild]

I do feel uncomfortable when I see someone with a tattoo, it does break some social traditions and does mark the person as a...outsider?...rebel?...artist?  Outside of work I have had friends with tattoos, but in a work environment it just seems unprofessional.

Have yet to see anyone with a tattoo at any company I have worked for, although apparently there is a new low level executive starting in a couple of weeks that has numerous tattoos and even piercings.  Should be interesting...

Well, here's the problem with that. All the people who wouldn't hire someone with tattoos will some day be retired and need care in their old age and the only people left to run their companies and clean their bedpan will be a generation of video-gaming ubergeek pot-addled tattooed fuckwits with a dry wit. Now while that doesn't apply to everyone from my generation, I don't see Mitzy or Bebe from the cheer squad running a Fortune 500 company.

[Ironwood]

 


As for the 'T-Shirt' theory, Ookii's seems to start on his wrist.  I'd be shaking his hand and then wondering if those two black dots were moles or leprosy.  Either way, I probably wouldn't hire.

:)

[Sky]

Most of the people here at the library have a tattoo, some have many. We're a professional dress-code place, I've worked at some real lax libraries, and this isn't one of them by a long shot (I break the rules by not wearing a tie, suit jackets were removed from the dress code about ten years ago). Some of the women in their 60s have them. Tattoos aren't rebellious anymore, haven't been for a while now. Kinda funny that I don't have any imo, but I rebelled against the rebellion.

I don't think I've ever worked anywhere where people didn't have tattoos. Maybe Oban's feelings about tattoos led people to not share them with him?

[Signe]

I worked in artist management.  Some of the tattoos I met hat people attatched.

[Oban]

Oh my.  Who do you work for, Oban?  Gordon B. Hinckley?

lol, had to look that one up.  No, I work for an industry that is worse than the Mormons.

Please, do not throw your locked iPhones directly at my head.

/edit for feeling old

[Ookii]

Oh I could write a diatribe right now, but I'll just be brief.  In Arizona every person you know (including your boss and your boss's boss) have tattoos, it's just how the place is.  This wasn't the case back in Washington, DC, as I suppose it is in most other places in the US.  I'm sure it might be different once I move, but a tattoo here is nothing out of the ordinary, nor is anyone treated any differently.

And 'I am a robot' ?  I'm deliberately not looking that one up and trying my damndest not to believe Trippy even tho he's never lied to me yet :  My Interview question No 1 for someone with Braille robots on his arm :  "How quickly can you get the fuck out of my office ?"

Don't take this personally, but you're a gigantic fucking idiot.  Grow up.

[Yoru]

However, my point about the ones you guys chose is that, er, they are kinda transitory.

See, that was one of my criteria for selecting images. They had to be relatively timeless. Dice are ancient and can represent a range of things. A mushroom cloud is an image about sixty years old at this point, and I have had an unhealthy fascination with nukes since I was.. oh.. four.

:)

[HAMMER FRENZY]

Man I think that all the people giving Ooki crap about the tat are weenies. Sounds like we have a couple fucking grandmas in here. Chill the fuck out.

[Ironwood]

And 'I am a robot' ?  I'm deliberately not looking that one up and trying my damndest not to believe Trippy even tho he's never lied to me yet :  My Interview question No 1 for someone with Braille robots on his arm :  "How quickly can you get the fuck out of my office ?"

Don't take this personally, but you're a gigantic fucking idiot.  Grow up.

Wow.  Owned.  I may bleed.

 

[squirrel]

And 'I am a robot' ?  I'm deliberately not looking that one up and trying my damndest not to believe Trippy even tho he's never lied to me yet :  My Interview question No 1 for someone with Braille robots on his arm :  "How quickly can you get the fuck out of my office ?"

Which would generally be responded to with "Faster than you can offer me a job worth staying for you antiquated fuck."

Not that you'd know Ookii had tattoos, as he'd probably, you know, wear a dress shirt.

EDIT: I probably should have read the whole thread rather than repeating what others already said. Oh well. To put the workplace discussion in context I'm a senior director in a Financial software company. I wear a suit and tie to work. I have tattoos. Noone sees them at work. When we go golfing, or to our resort offsites people see them. Noone fucking cares.  I'm surprised at the puritan attitude some of you have towards tattooos. Presumably you still won't hire the "Gays" either eh?

[Yegolev]

Got a few people with tats here at probably the best-known corporation in the world, very image-conscious.  Some tats displayed and some secret.  Not me, I would not be able to commit, plus my wife says "no".  That is all.

[Merusk]

No, it's just plenty different in other parts of the country. Welcome to the Midwest, we service all religions here, weather you're Baptist, Methodist or one of those crazy Catholics!


  There's still plenty of companies in my field that require suits & ties every day which - hating ties-  is why I took the current job.  We're even allowed to wear jeans once in a while.   The husband of one of my coworkers husband, however, works in a call center for an insurance company and is required to wear a tie & suit slacks every day.  No client contact ever, but it's still required.  I've even been told by friends at P&G that there is an unspoken "do not hire" for tatoos, piercings and such.  Even facial hair at the interview gets you odd looks.

Yes, you west coasters live in a very different world.

[Ironwood]

Presumably you still won't hire the "Gays" either eh?

Truly Stupid.

[Rasix]

Not me, I would not be able to commit, plus my wife says "no".  That is all.

Heh, last part of that was my major factor.  Otherwise, was considering getting a Pipboy on my bicep (not a lot of room there, hah) or shoulder.  Watching Big Gulp work was a lot of fun. 

[Tebonas]

If you don't wake up the next morning and think to yourself "What the fuck did I get myself into yesterday" a tattoo is something not many people care about anymore. The companies that care usually have a dress code that can hide such things.

That being said, they tend to look crappy when you get older. But so do you!  :-D

[Oban]

...
 Presumably you still won't hire the "Gays" either eh?

I love gays.

Great to work with since they are, generally, not as likely to file sexual harassment lawsuits.

[schild]

It's hard for a group of people who are considered a living, breathing, walking harassment to file such a thing.

Only recently could men file rape charges against women, and even then (lol).

It'll be 50 years before gay people have the balls to say other people harassed them.

I'm not saying it's right, I'm just saying how it is. Sexual Harassment is bullshit anyway.

[Oban]

[squirrel]

However, my point about the ones you guys chose is that, er, they are kinda transitory.  I look forward to you telling your grandkids that 'It's from a comic.  A graphic novel.  Yeah, it was great.  Two people kissing, but there was a nuclear fire because it was in a dream.  It was kinda like the 'Ractives you young uns get these days.  Ah, comics, whatever happened to them *tear*'.  It'll be a swell speech.

I missed this post earlier today. I understand what you mean, but historically Tattoos are topical and reflect popular culture around them. It's just what they are. Western Tattoos anyway, eastern tattoos have longer legs and more tradition.

I personally chose the image partially because it's an awesome image from an awesome graphic novel, but also because it means something to me personally completely unrelated to the comic whatsoever. Dual meanings are also really common in tattoo'ing - even in old school sailor tattoos (John Irving recently wrote a book "Until I Find You" based on a tattoo artist who specialized in the Rose of Jericho).

Anyway, the snark by me earlier was mostly due to the severe backpain caused by a failing liver. To each their own.

[Ironwood]

Yup, I get that.  As I said in the original post (which no-one actually seems to have read carefully) they're awfully good quality and much props to Gulp.  And, if they mean the right thing to you and think they always will, more power to your forearm.

While I always ALWAYS wish to be taken seriously, I'm still surprised people are listening and, you know, care.

My amusement (which clearly never came through because I suspect some people have an inkling of 'zomg') was mostly at a tattoo (visual medium) being done in Braille.  I suspect it's merely Oooki wanting a line to get blind girls to feel his arm.  Whatever works.  Personally, I'd have gone for a barcode if I'd wanted to say something about robots.  I mean, is it a blind robot ?  Can't we get Data to go into the Jeffries Tubes to fix the optical sensors ?

Nuclear fire, of course, never gets old.


What really amuses me is Squirrel calling me an antiquated fuck for what I wrote, while admitting later he missed it and didn't read it.  Um.  I R Confused. 

I'll be antiquated in the corner.  Growing up.  Or possibly just giggling.

[schild]

Barcode is pretty damn common. But flat braille. Genius.