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Sitting at the beach yesterday I began thinking that I just
might be the only person in New England who doesn't have
a tattoo. None nada zip.
I would like to have the experience of getting one without
the lasting art work on my body. An empathetic tattoo sort
of. That way I would know what
my loved one went
through to get my name engraved forever on their bicep. I
could share their pain so to speak.
It would be done with invisible ink of course...and it would
be huge. All across my backside bikini line. It would say
something like "Live Free or Die" with butterflies and
flowers etc etc etc.
It'd be there...you just wouldn't see it. All the pain and
bloodshed without the permanent picture. True love
indeed.
(?) Penn Jillette: Tattoo of Blood
http://www.pennandt...roadpenntattoo.html
Similar motivation & idea. [jutta, Apr 29 2009]
Pantera's Phil Anslemo
http://media.photob...anteraUnscarred.gif
A Vulgar Display of Power indeed, better in subtle skin tones! [gnomethang, Apr 29 2009]
ABC News on Black Light Tattoos
http://abcnews.go.c...gy/popup?id=2339802
Nice gallery of ultraviolet ink tattoos, normally invisible. [waxpancake, May 31 2009]
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I think I want it invisible always and forever. I
don't like tattoos that much. Not so much as to
wear one visibly forever. |
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Ah! The Emperor's New Tattoo is quite spectacular! Any clever person
can see that. |
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You play a great game of join the dots after it healed. |
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What a Great Idea! - you could wear it with your Secret Hat!.
May I suggest 'UNSCARRED' in 4 Inch Letters? (Linky) |
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You could have an internal organ tattooed via keyhole surgery - that way you'd have all the experience of a tattoo without it showing. For example, the name of your lover written on the surface of your spleen. |
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I was wondering, is there an IR-reactive ink, similar to the UV-reactive inks, but that would either light up under IR light, or just reflect IR better than regular ink and only appear on night shots? |
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I live in New England and don't have one, so that makes 2 of us! |
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Hey we could each get invisible ones of each
other's name and then we could start a secret
club! I like that idea. (And [hippo] I already etched
his name on my heart with my fingernail when we
broke up...not the same effect.) |
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//The name of your lover written on the surface of your spleen.// |
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What about in old age when you've long broken up with them, and regret ever having it, and it shows up on an X-ray? |
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// I was wondering, is there an IR-reactive ink, similar to the UV-reactive inks?// |
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I wouldn't have thought so, since visible light is higher frequency (so higher energy) than IR, you'd have to add more energy. UV has more energy than visible light, so phosphors can easily reflect it at lower energies. |
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Perhaps a bio-luminescent implant would be in order? Or a thermochromic tattoo, which only becomes visible at slightly above body temperature - you could have one that says "I'm ill" when you have a fever. Or when it's cold, "I have frostbite." |
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Or implant an OLED screen with a USB socket, so you can change it as you please. |
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Hmmm x-rays. I never thought of that. They would
show up. Not good. I guess you would have to
alter the needle to the teeniest of depth so the
poke would be undetectable. |
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I don't think tattoo ink would be opaque to X-rays. |
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[+] just for the beautifull way you put it. |
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[up_on_cloud_nine] If you don't mind it being invisible. |
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Now there's a thought. I could get a halfbakery
tagline tattooed on me. Or a croissant going
around
my navel. The possibilities make me dizzy with
glee. |
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The Invisible Pink Unicorn would be a nice motif. |
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Is "Pink Unicorn" a euphemism? |
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This is actually very trendy right now. This is definitely baked. |
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So you want the pain without the benefit? I'm kind of the opposite, I want a tatt but not the pain. so [-] |
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I don't see a tattoo as a benefit, or I'd get one. I
want to understand the pain and get the point of
getting one, so I can be empathetic with my loved
one who is getting one. |
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All of life is pain. Pain is good. Suffering is bad. |
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Why not hire someone to spank you? It would hurt, there would be no tattoo and you could say you did it for love. Or hire a sadist tickler? You would laugh till you couldn't breath and could say you went through an experience similar to waterboarding. Again, all for love. (fishbone) |
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I think you are missing the point. The person I
love would have a clearer understanding of the
depth of my love. I want to feel the pain they
have experienced. I want to share in the
experience, but I'm not fond of tattoos. Get it?
Spanking or any other painful application is
temporary and has nothing what so ever to do
with what I'm talking about. |
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[Paulo] I humbly ask you to remove your fishbone,
and etch it instead into your very flesh. The blood
will ooze out and you and I will be forever bonded
together in the fluid of mankind. Or not. |
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I want the pain of childbirth w/o the baby. Backbraking contractions, membranes tearing, but no child to show for my love gift. Awesome. |
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//I want to understand the pain.. |
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So jab yourself with needles. It's free. |
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Ahhh... the non-romantics surface. I'm sorry if you
got "jabbed" by cupids arrow and have come out
bitter. Not me. I like cupid. Arrow and all. |
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Use flesh toned inks
Infill only. No outline. |
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It will be there (just) but only for those who know here to look! |
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or just use salt water, instead of ink. once the scabs clear up, nothing will be left. |
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