is it too nerd..
 

To get oxygen, carbon, and hydrogen atoms tattooed. please say no.

I really want it.


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It would balance out the geeky cloisonne look infinity I'd like wrapped around the other fore arm.

Not as nerdy as LARP. Hope that helps.

Tattoos and nerds don't really match in my mind anyway.

\I don't LARP.

If I did, I probably wouldn't talk about it.

In that case you can safely get the tattoos.

If people call you a nerd, quickly change the subject to LARPers to make yourself look better.

Yes, but you should do it anyway. You'll never get a tattoo if you are always considering whether it is a bad idea.

you talking organic chemistry here.

you can say many things with it

eg: "i'm a fucking wino":



(mmmm... EtOH)

this one is "i'm a fucking wino & going blind!"




(that's your basic methanol-- avoid)

this one sez "i'm a fatty"



(acid. that's your basic saturated fat. think lard.)

my favorite however would be vinegar-- i think of it as a personality trait



acetic acid. for the win.

aren't those covalent bonds sweet or what?

other fun--

methane:farts (only allowed 4 pictures but CH4 -- oh yeah)

i'd add nitrogen to the mix: it allows DNA molecules, proteins, & other such shit. cyanide (HCN) on the tongue is deadly.

I know. :(

My friend recently got a tattoo of Crono from Chrono Trigger. So no, your tattoo ideas are not too nerdy.

Why exactly do you want those specific tattoos? If you have good reasoning, get 'em.

Top three in the making of a human being. I like things in threes, and nines...

For a while now, the idea of getting some variant of "Tat Tvam Asi" as a tattoo has crossed my mind several times but gets nowhere as it's insufferable, new agey bullshit.

Maybe "Thou Art That" in unadorned helvetica, instead.

Or nothing at all, which is at least cheap and convenient.

you should crucified yr skin with whatever you want...but choose well, or try to clean it with water and soap for the rest of yr life.

Yes. Yes it is way nerdy. But get the tattoos anyways.

What would it look like--the classic planetary setup?

you should get the chinese symbols for oxygen, hydrogen, & carbon atoms, that way people will think you're profound & a free spirit.

i hate chinese character tattoos. unless they are on chinese people.

yip.

that's the kind of xenophobia i would expect from an australian, what about sanskrit?

why not write in your native tongue, is what bothers me....

yeah, and why not keep the country white too? or at least why can't they learn english when they come over?

you are an odd one..

I think it's pretty interesting. If it's something you'll still like in 40 years go for it. IT's better than something like the Tazmanian devil.

Those aborigines were NOT thinking ahead....

Tattoos are for twats (I'm in one of those moods).

One of my few regrets. Wish I could afford to have them removed:(.

who needs tattoos when you have scars?

rarrrr

Or personality and rugged good looks?

I have neither. perhaps a tattoo would help.

I have a noughts and crosses tattoo but the tattooist filled it in and so it's now useless.

gillgram has a friend who has a Queensrÿche tattoo on their head.

talk about regrettable.

lol sounds better than most tattoos....

what's a LARP?

it stands for Live Action Role-Play, Great Wizard.

i know someone who got some mathematical equations on their wrists, and it looks badass. i say this and i hate numbers.

on the other hand, i know someone else who got, like, a wolf paw print or some bullshit like that, and it is the single worst (and nerdiest) tat i've seen in person.

 

How is this? Where would be the best place for it?

There is a website for physics tattoos. Some are so lovely.

do you already have any others? how big would you have it? It probably depends on that.. I like things smallish on writsts, or bigger elsewhere..

No, I am an unblemished canvas. Well, except for a zillion scars.


I was kinda thinking inside wrist.