Do you have a tattoo?

[Stu R]

lost in espace said:

Is it possible to get a barcode tattooed on so it will scan? Thinking about getting my parkrun barcode done!

Yes, and yes.

[Mastodon2]

Turn7 said:

Who are you to judge him ?

Why be so rude ?

Because as far as stupid phrases to tattoo on yourself goes, that is up there towards the top. Not least, because most of the people I see with this look like they've been clapped with CCJs for not paying their council tax, and had their kids taken into care, so clearly, someone other than god is judging them.

[Silent1]

Stu R said:

lost in espace said:

Is it possible to get a barcode tattooed on so it will scan? Thinking about getting my parkrun barcode done!

Yes, and yes.

It depends in the barcode I would imagine, there's a few qr style codes that would be a bd to tattoo and then any skin movement isn't going to help.

[Stu R]

Silent1 said:

Stu R said:

lost in espace said:

Is it possible to get a barcode tattooed on so it will scan? Thinking about getting my parkrun barcode done!

Yes, and yes.

It depends in the barcode I would imagine, there's a few qr style codes that would be a bd to tattoo and then any skin movement isn't going to help.

Can imagine QR codes being nightmarish. But conventional UPC style barcodes are easy and work fine.

[longshot]

Baryonyx said:

longshot said:

I think what most people on here are trying to tell you is that in a few years you will be on here finding out how to remove it.

Are you suggesting that a berk can change it's spots?

I'm hoping he has a good think about it and only has it done if it really means a tremendous amount to him to have it done.
If not, wait a few months and see how he feels about it then.
In fact, do that anyway. What harm can it do?

[Slyjoe]

A lighthearted look at wether you should or shouldn't. Mine passes.
Each to their own though I say.

[longshot]

Do you prefer to catch?

[mcxuk1]

longshot said:

Baryonyx said:

longshot said:

I think what most people on here are trying to tell you is that in a few years you will be on here finding out how to remove it.

Are you suggesting that a berk can change it's spots?

I'm hoping he has a good think about it and only has it done if it really means a tremendous amount to him to have it done.
If not, wait a few months and see how he feels about it then.
In fact, do that anyway. What harm can it do?

It is something that I have thought about for a while now and has a strong personal meaning for me - I assumed that this was part of the reason for tattoos - that they mean something to the person having it done!

[Eleven]

mcxuk1 said:

It is something that I have thought about for a while now and has a strong personal meaning for me - I assumed that this was part of the reason for tattoos - that they mean something to the person having it done!

In time, however, you'll come to realise that it's not personal to you. Everyone who has ever felt judged inappropriately has the same emotions, the more stupid of them invest in having the message permanently etched into their skin. It won't make you special or unique.

NOT having the tattoo will make you more special. But you may be a few mental steps away from understanding that.

[Baryonyx]

Plus 2pac Shakur innit.

[Johnny]

Had a text to confirm my session with Kamil next week.

Excited at the thought of the process. Slightly regretting my choice of canvas area.

Only ever used numbing agents twice before. Think this will make it 3 times.

Pics to follow. Naturally.

[Ruskie]

Johnny said:

Had a text to confirm my session with Kamil next week.

Excited at the thought of the process. Slightly regretting my choice of canvas area.

Only ever used numbing agents twice before. Think this will make it 3 times.

Pics to follow. Naturally.

Where is the canvas?

[Johnny]

Armpit. Not sure which one yet. Either way will hurt.

[pidsy]

my armpit was painful. but not in the way i thought it would be - it had a funny effect on my nipples and down the back of my legs.

nerve runs are funny things.

[Ruskie]

Johnny said:

Armpit. Not sure which one yet. Either way will hurt.

Good luck with that one

[Johnny]

Yeahhhhhh...

Both sleeves are already into the armpit but it's not fully done. I remember thinking it felt like he must be working right in the middle of it, then seeing he was no way near...

Pidsy - are yours fully done? How bad was it..? Worse than ribs?

[Eleven]

Johnny said:

Yeahhhhhh...

Both sleeves are already into the armpit but it's not fully done. I remember thinking it felt like he must be working right in the middle of it, then seeing he was no way near...

Pidsy - are yours fully done? How bad was it..? Worse than ribs?

I need to ask this as someone who never has had and never will have a tattoo:

Any medical procedure where a sharp object is repeatedly poked into the body is normally preceded by a local anaesthetic. Why is this not routinely the case with tattoos? Is the pain important as part of the experience or to demonstrate that you're 'ard?

[Stu R]

Well for starters that'd put it firmly in the realm of 'medical procedure', which would entail rather a lot of training, a license, and a Pandora's box of other issues.

[DocJock]

Eleven said:

I need to ask this as someone who never has had and never will have a tattoo:

Any medical procedure where a sharp object is repeatedly poked into the body is normally preceded by a local anaesthetic. Why is this not routinely the case with tattoos? Is the pain important as part of the experience or to demonstrate that you're 'ard?

It is absolutely not the case that anaesthetic is 'normal'.

It is also not the case that tattooing is routinely painful.

I fear you are being deliberately obtuse.

[Eleven]

DocJock said:

Eleven said:

I need to ask this as someone who never has had and never will have a tattoo:

Any medical procedure where a sharp object is repeatedly poked into the body is normally preceded by a local anaesthetic. Why is this not routinely the case with tattoos? Is the pain important as part of the experience or to demonstrate that you're 'ard?

It is absolutely not the case that anaesthetic is 'normal'.

It is also not the case that tattooing is routinely painful.

I fear you are being deliberately obtuse.

I fear you haven't read what I wrote.

Johnny above said that he has had numbing twice. I'm given to understand that tattooing can be painful, I was therefore interested to know why numbing isn't routine.