Comments on: Zombie T-Rex tattoo

By: robotnik

robotnik — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:10:00 +0000

Anti Skub!

By: zombieslapper

zombieslapper — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 09:48:00 +0000

Hmm… Must have been a slow news day.

By: Joe The Wizard

Joe The Wizard — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 06:38:00 +0000

GOR-GOR COMES AND YOU MUST DIE!
SWATS THE STEALTH DOWN FROM THE SKY!
ADMIT YOU CRAVE THE GIFT HE BRINGS YOU!
FALL AND WORSHIP TYRANT KING YOU!!!

By: Nathan Hornby

Nathan Hornby — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 17:08:00 +0000

What’s not cool about wearing an onion your belt?

All the kids are doing it.

By: Mantissa128

Mantissa128 — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 17:06:00 +0000

Have a tatoo, do you? Everyone: polarize!

Also, Skub.

By: aminev

aminev — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 16:37:00 +0000

I am surprised by the amount of judgement passed around here. Who cares if she gets skinnier or saggier or whatever in 20 years. That’s her issue. Bad judgement tattoos usually are in places where conservative types can see them (neck, hands, wrists). Anything else that is not associated with a social stigma and is not hateful in nature should be perfectly fine. It’s freedom of expression people!

By: tré

tré — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 16:15:00 +0000

A lot of the time, artists will use “stencils,” which are more or less temporary tattoos made from the artist’s design, and go over those, at least for the linework of a tattoo. If an artist isn’t using any of these, it’s considered “freehand.”

By: headcode

headcode — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 15:41:00 +0000

Are you kidding? Cool is completely subjective! It’s all about social status. If cool was objective then everything that ever passed as cool in the past would still be cool. Including wearing an onion on your belt.

As far as some people not getting it, that swings both ways.

By: Souse

Souse — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 14:08:00 +0000

Ugly tattoo is ugly.

By: Nathan Hornby

Nathan Hornby — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 10:57:00 +0000

Regret? If you say so.

I’m quite tempted by the stoner shark myself.

By: Nathan Hornby

Nathan Hornby — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 10:56:00 +0000

Cool is not subjective, there are just some people that don’t get it.

By: Nathan Hornby

Nathan Hornby — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 10:54:00 +0000

Oh hai, I’m just standing here in my pants, barely able to cover my nipples, here’s a tattoo!

I suppose that I shouldn’t complain, but it’s all a bit on the nose isn’t it?

By: malindrome

malindrome — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 05:29:00 +0000

The Cretaceous Period ended with a boner-extinction-level event of unprecedented magnitude.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 04:47:00 +0000

I already used it once this week. That’s the only reason that I held off.

By: Tyler Puryear

Tyler Puryear — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 04:43:00 +0000

Amen.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 04:21:00 +0000

Polka will never die.

By: Nightflyer

Nightflyer — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 03:25:00 +0000

Yes! The zombified T-rex from “Dead Beat” was the first thing I thought of when I saw this.

By: flosofl

flosofl — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 03:23:00 +0000

I know! I was wondering where Harry and Butters were myself.

By: flosofl

flosofl — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 03:21:00 +0000

But there is a line between personal judgement call and being judgmental.

I’m not saying you are being judgmental, not at all. Your comment was considerate and rational while disagreeing. It’s some of the other comments that seem to have crossed that line.

By: DMStone

DMStone — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 02:02:00 +0000

I believe that is a dolphin and a bong.

By: DMStone

DMStone — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 01:30:00 +0000

This tattoo doesn’t seem like a Job-Stopper ™ so I don’t see the cause for concern.

Personally, I’m going to be listening to the same music, and wearing pretty much the same clothes 30 years from now, so I might as well have the same tattoos, despite the fashion trends.

I do like how tattoo used to be likely sign of military service and have transformed into signifying membership in the service economy.

By: Tyler Puryear

Tyler Puryear — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 01:17:00 +0000

34 Comments in and no Dresden Files reference yet? And at a place like Boing Boing no less!

By: zombiebob

zombiebob — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 23:31:00 +0000

thats a pretty shitty tatoo, and one she will regret, but not as bad as the one my aquiantance has : a shark smoking a joint while sitting in a recliner.

By: Zap Gunner

Zap Gunner — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 22:49:00 +0000

Go to the link…when did cake designing attract such hotness?

By: Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 21:45:00 +0000

Tramp stamps should not have teeth.

By: Will Bueche

Will Bueche — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 21:27:00 +0000

No, the puke on her shoulder will happen when/if any boyfriend notices it and gets queasy at an inopportune time.

By: Roi Truax

Roi Truax — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 21:25:00 +0000

I’m with you on this… I got a menacing yet well done portrait of Satan on my shoulder nearly 30 years ago. It’s a little faded now, but I care about my shape so it’s not like a stretched out finger painting, nor a shrinking blotch of purple. I do however see a lot of kids (of the Williamsburg persuasion) who have such a dense collage down their arms (sleeves I believe they call them) I just know some are gonna say “oops” when they’re 50. Oh well… There are worse things I suppose.

By: penguinchris

penguinchris — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 21:10:00 +0000

I don’t pass judgment or care in the slightest if other people get tattoos (whether I think they’re ugly or not). But there are practical concerns and none of us should be surprised that anti-tattoo/concern troll stuff comes up every time a tattoo is posted because for non-tattoo-types, a lot of tattoos seem to exhibit a serious lack of judgment. I know I’m getting into dangerous territory by posting this comment :)

A zombie t-rex will probably never not look cool (though it’s not for me) – and aging skin can only really make it better – but a “Princess” lower-back tramp stamp is a different story. It can only lead to a lifetime of unfair judgment from anyone who finds out about it. She may be a completely different person now, but it doesn’t matter – she will be judged as if she were still that person.

If she can laugh it off, that’s great – I try not to care what other people think of me either – but I suspect that for most people, a tramp stamp becomes a huge regret later in life. Misspent youth is something you don’t want to be reminded of daily – it’s something to laugh about once every few years when you happen to come across an old photo of yourself doing something stupid.

Everybody’s different, of course. The tattoo concern trolls are silly but they’re just coming from a different perspective. It’s not necessarily a boring and conservative one, either, just different.

For me personally, a permanent tattoo is a mark of being stuck. I’m in a constant state of change, trying to better myself (and hey I’m still young). If I had something tattooed on myself at each stage of my life I’d feel tied down to parts of my past I no longer want to associate with. For other people, having that record is a valuable thing that will drive them to keep moving forward, and I can respect that.

By: Shaggy

Shaggy — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 21:06:00 +0000

Yes, but is she a fully credentialed cake-designer with a degree in cake designing?

By: Bender

Bender — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 20:20:00 +0000

Worst placement of a tramp-stamp ever.