Symbology

So… If I’m to believe tattoo iconography, “anti-racism” is represented by a lollipop (ok, that’s a little silly, but I guess it makes general sense), and “Christianity” is represented by a grenade — as David Rees put it, “Thank you God for your healing gift of religion. Monotheistic religion has always brought out the best in us humans; thank You so much for the idea of a vengeful supernatural entity who rewards people in the afterlife. That shit makes a lot of sense.”

Left tattoo by Krash in Denver (on Vomitrocious), and the other piece, “Victory In Christ”, is by Manuel Cruz at Needlez N’ Threadz in Norco, CA.

BME Newsfeed for Apr 25, 2006

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Great Tribal Circle Tattoo

I’m a big fan of this piece by Fraktal at Ganesh on IAM:ruben.

Anyway, I know I’m posting a day early (yeah, like you’re mad), but I didn’t realize my flight came back early enough in the day to post this. Other than that, I’m thinking about converting this blog to a WordPress2 interface (I just have to write the plug-in for IAM)… What do you think? It would greatly improve some of the core features (and speed) of the site. I have a couple more important programming tasks, but I can’t imagine it would be difficult.

Also new this week, I’ll be training Phil to do BME updates start-to-finish, meaning that we’re going to try updating five times a week (four image updates and one experience update) for a while and see how it goes. Feedback appreciated on all of this.

Terrence and Philip Tattoo

Since South Park just won a Peabody Award, this deserved to be posted. The tattoo of these two crude flatulent Canadian pranksters is by East Street Tattoo in Stockholm, Sweden.

Shut your fucking face uncle fucka
You’re a cock sucking ass licking uncle fucka
You’re an uncle fucka, yes its true
Nobody fucks uncles quite like you
Shut your fucking face uncle fucka
You’re the one that fucked your uncle, uncle fucka
You dont eat or sleep or mow the lawn,
You just fuck your uncle all day long

Yeah, now that stupid song is going to be stuck in your head all day.

When Jews get Tattoos

I remember a few years ago a scientific study was released that showed that when Israeli (and presumably Jewish) men got tattoos, they experienced localized breakdown of muscle tissue (this is actually true). These results were never replicated outside of Israel, so my theory is that it was psychosomatic in nature because of the strong stigma against tattoos… But when I saw the next tattoo (believed to be an allergic reaction), I’m beginning to think that maybe God does have a problem with his chosen people getting inked.

Sorry Christians, you guys are just too willing to bend and too sloppy about your faith to be able to crack a good tattoo joke about you. As always, the Jews win the comedy battle.

Written with sincere condolences to hte person going through hell with this reaction!

More gun tattoos

I can’t tell you exactly what xDYINGxTOxLIVEx‘s handgun tattoos mean (done by him, not on him). Now, a reasonable person would tell you that they are mostly just are supposed to look hot when you’ve got a bit of skin showing…

…but an unreasonable person such as myself will tell you that the actual meaning of this tattoo is “Note to self: if I fart again in public, I’m gonna shoot myself in the ass… at least twice per fart.”