Nerd Tattoo

• Charles
  April 9th, 2008 at 9:54 am

  I feel for this guy, that looks like a horrible tattoo.

  I wonder what was going through this poor man’s mind when he got it…

• Sara
  April 9th, 2008 at 10:22 am

  Probably something like:

• Sara
  April 9th, 2008 at 10:22 am

  Probably something like:
  <meta name=”description” content=”geeky, HTML, nerd, tattoo, daft” />

• JoBo S
  April 9th, 2008 at 10:25 am

  Hey there are a LOT worse tats out there. At least this one has a little originality to it.

• ryanp
  April 9th, 2008 at 10:33 am

  “I feel for this guy, that looks like a horrible tattoo.”

  I think the tattoo was *done* quite well, the lines look very sharp and the letters stay decently in line (its tricky across your neck since its not flat). Now, if I would add that one to my body…I don’t think so. What’s he to do 20 years from now when HTML is just an archaic language, it would be like someone walking around with a COBOL tattoo.

• yudonomi
  April 9th, 2008 at 10:59 am

  I hope he has a DOCTYPE tattooed on his scalp. It would be sad if it didn’t validate.

• Jacques
  April 9th, 2008 at 11:14 am

  That is one excellent tat.

• Ali S.
  April 9th, 2008 at 11:28 am

  Hmm. I still can’t understand why people don’t remember the golden rule of tattoos: “What maybe cool now will be lame in the future.”

  ex: Tribal tattoo’s? Cool at first then turned lame.
  ex: Chinese, Japanese, or any other Asian language that you thought meant “Faith, Fire, Hero, Courage etc”? Cool now lame.

  I could go on. The only tattoo I know won’t go out is the idea of tattooing your kids names on yourself. That I’ve seen on people alot.

• avist
  April 9th, 2008 at 12:15 pm

  I’m speechless.

  lol @ yudonomi though!

• Algonkin
  April 9th, 2008 at 12:17 pm

  I agree with Ali S.

  Reminds me of the funny SNL skit about lower back tattoos.

  http://www.videovat.com/videos/721/tattoo-removal.aspx

• L
  April 9th, 2008 at 1:03 pm

  I wonder if he’s got a tattoo somewhere…

• L
  April 9th, 2008 at 1:04 pm

  Gah… I meant, I wonder if he’s got a tattoo somewhere. (If this comment’s HTML gets buggered up too, I give up).

• L
  April 9th, 2008 at 1:05 pm

  How the heck did you guys put the HTML codes in there? It just disappears on me…

  Okay, I wonder if he’s got an “end body” tattoo somewhere. Now I don’t care. I’m just pissed at HTML.

• floatingk
  April 9th, 2008 at 1:23 pm

  I like it, the cool part is its kinda odd now but becomes more rare and unique with time, like ryanp said…tight!

• Video Game Dork
  April 9th, 2008 at 2:06 pm

  html is just barely ‘nerd’. and hardly ‘nerdcore.’ lets see some assembler, c++, lisp, or something like that!

• CheeseDuck
  April 9th, 2008 at 2:33 pm

  Wierd.

• NiteWhite
  April 9th, 2008 at 3:10 pm

  I think it’s fly-looking and it’ll look good even after its meaning becomes obsolete.

• Badjuk
  April 9th, 2008 at 5:40 pm

  HTML is kitsch.

• Thomas
  April 9th, 2008 at 10:06 pm

  That’ll probably look better in 20 years than a COBOL tattoo would today. Far more people understand the basics of HTML than ever understood COBOL.

• Max Power
  April 9th, 2008 at 11:33 pm

  HTML isn’t nerdy. It’s 14-year-old-girly.

• Parker
  April 10th, 2008 at 2:16 am

  I’m a nerd just for ‘getting’ this.

• Oomi
  April 10th, 2008 at 6:14 am

  ascii art would have been a lot more geeky.

• su.wei
  April 10th, 2008 at 7:15 am

  heh i like it

• Larfin Jackarse
  April 10th, 2008 at 9:10 am

  HTML? COBOL?

  What about RPG? Only a real hooman can put 80 columns across their neck.

• Drewman
  April 10th, 2008 at 9:16 am

  I have to second the motion on feeling sorry for the guy. That tattoo is lame.

• graffiksguru
  April 10th, 2008 at 11:02 am

  hope thats henna, funny though

• goodwitch
  April 11th, 2008 at 2:01 am

  i think it is totally sexy! Semantic is the new black

  i’ve got another delightfully nerdy tatt for you. my friend andrew has his initials in binary
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/glsims99/2226277785/

• Susi
  April 11th, 2008 at 4:07 am

  I love this tattoo! I went and had one of my own geek tattoos done last week, but I’m not convinced it’s worth the level of explanation it’s necessitated. Or the fact that people keep asking me if it says ‘BOS’. http://www.flickr.com/photos/scarlettsusi/2404535959/

• ted
  April 11th, 2008 at 8:15 pm

  lame.

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