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Wanna See The Right Arm of the Geek That Won That Cool As Hell SIDESHOW - TERMINATOR T-800 EndoSkeleton Forearm'
Hey folks, Harry here with the contest with no losers - but one big winner. I got 43 submissions in this contest - and it seems that everyone that took part loved the excuse to take part. Most of the tattoos - weren't particularly geeky though. Folks were getting stuff like - a star of David, a chinese character, tribal markings... mostly stuff that they felt really was the tattoo they had wanted to get. And good on them. They finally got that tattoo they wanted. Not that our winner didn't get the tattoo he wanted, cuz his left arm attests to the fact that this new tattoo was just... a matter of time. In the geek category of tattoos - I got the hippo from Fantasia, the Phoenix Insignia from BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, the bat symbol... that sort of thing. But the winner - He won because frankly I love the design, the fact that the left arm symbolized that he wanted this from the beginning - and just... it's the geekiest and the coolest that got submitted. So the winner hails from the land of Cheeseheads and Snowy football. Here be the winner:
In the interest of not distracting the artist (who is
also my sister) during the session, I was unable to
provide of a shot of me in the chair getting the
tattoo, opting instead for progression shots.
BEFORE: Just as the title states. Any convenient EXIF
viewer will reveal that the image was created at 11:03
PM on August 16th. The EXIF will also list Adobe
Photoshop as the creator program; it was *only* used
to retrieve and crop the image. On a related note, I
am one furry SOB.
STENCIL: Again, just as the title states.
OUTLINE: This not being my first tattoo, I can testify
that the experience is comparable to an extended
catscratch.
DONE: The filling-in part isn't quite as painful as
the outlining, since the artist is using a shader.
This photo was taken upon completion, approximately
10:15 PM.
LEFT ARM: Finally, for your pleasure, a bonus shot of
the Predator's companion tattoo on my left arm.
And now the essentials:
Josh Gilbert
Congrats Josh... Not only do you have a badass tattoo - but you have a Sideshow Collectible!
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Spider-man 3 villains = Sand-Man, Green Goblin 2, Venom! last time, i swear.
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I bet I'm not first...
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Congratulations on a prize well won. Awesome designs....you sister is one hell of an artist.
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Very cool design(s) indeed!
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Well shit, the tattoos are better than the movie.
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hmmm lets see harry....maybe you'll have someone recreate the scene from Pulp fiction where Travolta sticks a needle into someones heart...and then have them make a video of it??? Just a thought.
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Very nice designs.
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(Shudder)... Cheers,
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I like 'em. I like 'em a lot.
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I guess it's cool if you like Alien vs Predator.I just hope he's buile like a brick shit house or else if he wanders too far from Geekville he might have to wear earmuffs to block out the laughter and the behind-the-back whispers about what a nerd he is.I love the idea some dicks sent in pics of them getting chinese symbols.What the fuck?Yeah,that'll win.Dude,I salute you.I hope that Terminator arm gives you a lot of pleasure.As we say in england "literally,seconds of fun!"
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As we also say in england - "If you haven't got anything nice to say, don't say it at all!".
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barf
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My girlfriend got the triforce tattooed on her arm. I heart my girlfriend.
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Clearly having the entire script for the Star Wars original and prequel trilogies tattooed on my magic muscle wasn't good enough. Admittedly you can only read it at certain times but still...
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Those AvP tats are cooler than the T-800 arm
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Those are simply badass. The alien one especially, your sister does hella good work.
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is that a reference to what has got to be one of the WORST sci-fi/horror films i have ever seen in my entire life? eeks! (still, the designs do look cool.)
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that was truly a stinker for the ages. of course, who doesn't love ALIENS and PREDATOR as separate entities who have no business ever being brought together in a film? of course, ALIENS is one of my all time faves and definately my fave Cameron movie. wow, i'm putting way to much thought into this... i think you should have got a Ninja and an Alien. cause Ninjas are cool and they kick ass. Batman was a ninja before he was Batman. i need professional help.
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...will be tickled pink, I'm sure, to learn that the AvP: Unrated Director's Cut will be out on R1 DVD in november.
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Aug 18, 2005 10:09:17 AM CDT
I think the secret to winning all these contests is under no con
by i dunno
I'm not saying that's just a drawing in pen with a temporary tat, I'm just saying never follow the rules of the contest if you want to win.
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My girlfriend has the Terakian tattoo from "Heavy Metal" on her neck, the pentigram from "Helsing" (anime) on the other side of her neck, the 666 from "Omen" on her head, and stiches around her wrists from "The Bride of Frankenstein". She has the ultimate geek tattoos...and look a hell of a lot better than the winner.
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Aug 18, 2005 11:04:25 AM CDT
""turd bugler" (as in, one who plays "TAPS" on a bugle made of f
by docpazuzu
That's going to keep me going all day. Thanks, dude.
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Yes, it is I, the man of the day you'll love to hate. Always watching...waiting to exact my TB vengeance! Bwahahahaha! Just to answer some of your concerns, YES the tats are legit, my arm is sore and smothered in bacitracin ointment and flakes of loosened skin to prove it. Two, although I have always considered my sister the better artist, these tattoos were designed by me. Three, although I've no shame in admitting I liked AVP and will with no hesitation grab a copy of the Unrated Edition this November, the choice of designs was not based solely on that. It's a tribute to two of my favorite science-fiction characters, and the placement of mortal enemies on opposite arms represents the constant "war with oneself" (I can hear the "BULLSHIT!" chants already. Up yours, non-believers.) And if you're questioning MY sanity though all this, I say your time is better spent seeking out some of those weirdos who have Hulk Hogan's face tattooed on their arms. I kid you not. Thank you and good night.
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Aug 18, 2005 11:45:02 AM CDT
Seriously nice tats man, don't let that dick Burgler egg you
by so sorry
he's just trying to pick a fight. and what's the big deal about having hair on your arms? are you all prepubescent baldies out there?
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Aug 18, 2005 11:51:39 AM CDT
is there a really a difference between TURD burgler and DICK bur
by so sorry
either one sounds pretty shady to me. give the man his props for the cool tatoos. at least its not a Dale Earnhardt #3 or a Van Halen logo.
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...I suspect you're guilty of burgling some dicks.
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i think ill get a tatoo of Uwe Boll carrying harry over the threshold
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Aug 18, 2005 12:38:35 PM CDT
DocPaz, Can It Be True?! Can We Dare To Be Amazed By The Unrate
by zombiesolutions
saints be praised! now i truly know what it feels like when doves cry... i really hope there are alot more scenes of people standing around in the ice looking bored waiting for something interesting to happen that never comes. also, it needs more cowbell. LOTS more cowbell.
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Aug 18, 2005 12:40:55 PM CDT
Also, There Must Be A Scene Where PREDATOR Turns To The Mid-Budg
by zombiesolutions
then it should cut to a prolonged dating montage, culminating in a wild night of PG-13 style implied intimacy.
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i forgot how to spell wrong correctly.
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I detect a note of sarcasm in your enthusiastic response to the news of this new disc.
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god that movie sucked. i mean, it was wrong in nearly every conceivable way. they should have made it a psychotically over-the-top action movie from start to finish. set it on earth after the goofy events of Alien Resurrection where earth has become a Mad Maxian / Blade Runnerian apocalyptic semi- wasteland overrun by Aliens. then the Predators show up and the mission gets even more impossibler. it still would have been dumb (which is fine, i like dumb if it's hard-R nightmarish gore dumb), but AvP made the worst mistake of all -- it was BORING. i just saw it for the first time recently on cable, that's why it's so fresh in mind. i had to watch ALIENS again to make myself feel clean.
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if by "un-rated version" of Aliens vs Predator you mean "a decent fucking hard rated R movie that does justice to the franchises" then i'm stoked
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Congrats on winning. That is a neat tattoo. However, no one should get tattoos unless they are in shape to show off their body. It's like painting a decrepit house. So hit the gym, then get all the tattoos and piercings you want. Don't be the fat chick with a nose ring. ------------------ PS AVP was a good movie. Can't wait for the uncut version.
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for the love of God.
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ignore the haters hammer those are sweet tats!and congrats on winning. btw this tb is keeping me laughing so good work all around guys
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Aug 18, 2005 1:21:35 PM CDT
Put the comic book down, get off the couch, and go to the gym
by nerdgasm
I agree with Luke Warm Carl, buff up a bit if you want to show off your upper arm tats. As far as the people bitching about hair...he's a dude, we're supposed to have body hair. What's the deal with the 20 somethings nowdays that all the guys shave off all thier body hair? I never noticed this until I was unfortunate enough to find myself in lovely Cancun last year over spring break. I found that 90% of the men under approximately 28 years old...shaved all thier fucking body hair off...virtually every fucking younger guy my wife and I saw...all body hair...legs, chest, arms, all of it....gone. What the fuck? When did it become the fad that girls only like hairless pussys?
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just AVP was so terrible. enjoy your robo-arm! while it lasts... mwooo ha ha!
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I found AvP to be "meh" the first time I saw it, but upon subsequent viewings I've found it to be quite entertaining, if terribly flawed. The shorter gestation thing doesn't bug me so much as it could have been bred into a particular alien strain used exclusively for the Temple Hunt. The biggest problem with the film is the lack of exposition and build-up. Upon viewing all the behind-the-scenes stuff on the Extreme Edition 2-disc I was amazed to note that virtually NONE of the dialogue or scenes being shot during the backstage docus made it into the final cut. In the interviews Anderson emphasized his plans to have an equally lengthy build-up in the film much like the previous films. I really think Anderson was fucked by Fox in this case - "Finchered", if you will. I'm therefore reserving final judgment on the film until I've seen the Director's Cut. Oh, and Sanaa Lathan may be smoking hot but she can't act for shit.
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One of my faves: You can make a bullwhip out of shit, but you can't snap it.
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"unrated" just means it includes scenes (or even just shots) that were not in the version sent to the rating's board. Doesn't mean hardcore, just means it's not the same movie seen by the MPAA.
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The tattoo is probably legit but the winner did not follow the rules. Rules said you had to send in 3 pictures showing before, during, and after. He did not send in a "during" photo. I got no beef with the winner and had no designs on the prize myself. Just saying it would be nice if we knew before the end of the contest which rules are written in stone and which ones we can ignore.
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Aug 18, 2005 2:10:20 PM CDT
So photos of the Stencil and Outline phases don't count as "
by hammer2fall
As for everybody telling me to put down the potato chips and the X-Box controller and go to a gym and work out...Nuts to you. Ask any tattoo artist and they'll tell you they on people of ALL shapes and sizes. Besides, not every tattoo-enveloped biker is built like a tank.
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I have a Jack Kirby Skull on my left shoulder.
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Aug 18, 2005 2:26:50 PM CDT
id like all the people saying "hit the gym" to submit pictures o
by darth kal-el
geeks and fat go together like corona and lime
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Aug 18, 2005 2:33:03 PM CDT
No shit tattoo artists ink "people of all shapes and sizes."
by some dude
They're businessmen. They're not going to turn money away, especially since fat people have a lot more skin to cover. Regardless, getting in shape makes a tattoo look better and decreases the chance that someone will make fun of you, at least to your face. Don't put perfume on a pig or polish a turd.
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Don't listen to the haters. Those tattoos are sick! I've wanted an Alien and a Predator tattoo since i was little. I seen a lot of different ones over the years but your designs are 2 of the best i've seen.
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Plant!
Umm. Sorry. I have a sneaking suspicion that those tats are incredibly fake. As in "not real tattoos". As in "done with an El-Marko and 30 spare minutes". I could be wrong, of course, but I've seen fresh tats, and those, good people, do NOT look like fresh tats. ESPECIALLY fresh tats comprised of a single, solid block of color. Or am I totally missing something here? There's no swelling, there's no puffed edges, there's no trace of blood whatsoever. The only thing there is the scant trace of some very minor contact dermatitis caused by too-zealous application of a magic marker. I'm just sayin'...
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What's the point of giving away stuff in a contest if Harry's just going to award it to a member of his own family?
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Pic number 3 (the outline) definitely has the swelling.
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Aug 18, 2005 4:09:31 PM CDT
I once knew a girl who had Tunnel of Love tattooed over her puss
by cookylamoo
But, a couple of years ago, there was a cave in, and a minor was trapped inside.
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...but it is a tat, that rule he followed. Maybe. My favorite among the runner's up was the Star of David. No Jewish burial for you!
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...was how this douchebag really won. But as was predicted, breaking the rules was the only way to win. Nice looking tats on flabby hairy arms. Maybe that's what Harry went for, all that stray pubic hair on the guys arms and face.
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It is great to see an ad for "Laser Tatoo Removal" on a page like this.
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Aug 18, 2005 6:17:42 PM CDT
guess my DeathPez and Cheesewheel tatoo didn't impress Harol
by so sorry
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Yeah I'm sure an extra few minutes will work wonders on that P.O.S. Have you even seen PREDATOR, ALIEN and ALIENS? Can you understand the difference in quality between those and PREDATOR 2, ALIEN 3/4 and AvP? Just because AvP was a comic and a video game, doesn't mean it has to be a "fun popcorn movie" for the WWE crowd. If Ridley, Cameron and McTiernen were dead, they'd be rolling in their graves. Holy sh*t....
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so I could have won :(
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the more i want one! do u have other predator tatoo designs hammer?
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Since you can find no redeeming qualities in either Predator 2 or Alien 3, I can't really take your opinion on AvP seriously. From what I understand the reinstated footage amounts to somewhere between 20 and 30 minutes. In an action movie that can amount to quite a bit of expositionary information, but judging by your position, I don't think an entire hour's worth would sway you from your AvP-hate. I stand by what I said earlier.
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Aug 19, 2005 8:29:13 AM CDT
Speaking of tattoos based on popular sci-fi characters..........
by mel garga
On one arm I have Alex Rogan and Grig in the cockpit of their starfighter as they prepare for death blossom. And on the other I have Xur standing alongside Zan-Do-Zan looking menacing as fuck. And, of course, right above my dong I have the words 'Scepter of Rylos.' This, of course, represents my split personalities. One is for intergalactic domination while the other is more protective and isolationist, and always favors an embargo over and air strike.
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Are you SURE that's swelling? Couldn't it just be, as everyone else has pointed out, just some flabbiness? I dunno...it still screams "fake" to me... I suppose it Might be swelling, but it just doesn't look real...
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Aug 19, 2005 11:07:06 AM CDT
There is swelling, it just doesn't come across in the pics.
by hammer2fall
I may be flabby, but not so much I can fake swelling skin around a fresh tattoo. And there's no trace of blood BECAUSE IT WAS CLEANED OFF BEFORE THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN, YOU YUTZ. The tats are real, and that's all there is to it.
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...preferably one who has a penchant for practical jokes. The idea will come to you.
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that guy should have won. Assuming the dude who works at Call the Office posts here.
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You know, what Boba Fett wears on his shoulder. And by cooler I mean completly fucking gay but within the confines of geekdom, it'd be pretty cool. HEY, predator dude, due to suspicions around here they want a pick up shot of your tat before you get the Terminator arm, with a shot of the tat and today's paper so get out the stencil. Meh, forget it. You'd just fuck up on the instructions again anyway. I keed, I keed.
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Hey Tall Boy: I might've seen the same guy! Unless Imperial elbows are ubiquitous...were you in the Pacific Northwest?
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I know a hot chick with an Imperial tattoo. Boy, is she trollop.
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Well, Hammer2fall...I guess I owe you an apology. I mean, CLEARLY I was smoking some sort of mutant crack-like substance when I looked at those pics and thought...just for an instant...that they might be fake. So, from the bottom of my heart, with all sincerity, I extend to you my deepest apolo...hahahahahahahahahaha. Fake! What about capillary re-fill? Fresh skin wounds as caused by tattooing needles, cause damage to capillaries, causing the skin to bleed through the pores. So, unless you wiped REALLY efficiently like a tenth of a second before that pic was snapped, then your "wiping" excuse just doesn't cut the mustard. Besides, there's no smearing, either. I'm perfectly able to admit that the tats might be real...maybe...but I think anyone would be able to see that they good and damned well might be glaringly friggin' fake, too! I don't personally care. You got some crap out of it. Good for you. Kudos, in fact. So, for what it's worth, I apologi...hahahahahaha...just can't do it, can I? I can't keep a straight face! hehe. Whew. (wipes tear from corner of eye)...
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How many tattoos do you have? Because I have two and I don't know what the hell you're talking about. Yes, getting a tattoo is like having a big open wound on your arm, but you're talking like it's supposed to bleed profusely, when in fact once the bandage was taken off an hour after the session, the total blood loss was all of a drop, maybe two. So get over yourself, you pissy little know-it-all.
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Dude, you are absolutely, without a doubt, the biggest, most incredibly gullible and defensive "asshat" I have EVER encountered on AICN.
Oh, and I have only one tattoo, and it says "Hammer2Fall is a hermaphroditic sperm gurgling c**t-muscle".
Oh, and get over MYself??? I'm not the one who got not one, but TWO SCIENCE FICTION TATTOOS just to win some godawful prop. In fact, it's not even a REAL prop. It's a replica prop. Perhaps you should get over YOURself. I'm not the one who's parading my own complete lack of taste...and lack of judgement...on AICN for all the world to see. Pride is one thing. Pride I can understand. But this...this just takes the cake in the "Look a' me! I'm a total redneck" sweepstakes. Plus, you're endlessly fun to tease. So who's the asshat? puhleeeeze... -
Call me names. Accuse me of fraud. Do whatever gets you hot. When all's said and done, a) you're still WRONG, and b) I'm walking out of this with my own designs tattooed on my arms and a free $500 collectible. Oh, and as for me being the asshat for having sci-fi tattoos, one, I always intended to get these done, the contest was just an excuse to go ahead with the Predator; two, here's a little trivia: pop-culture images are COMMONPLACE in the tattoo industry. My sister once drew a whole collage of comic book characters across a guy's left thigh. And lastly, Wisconsin doesn't have rednecks, we have rummage sales. There's a difference. Douche.
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Maybe...maybe...But it DOES have ED FUCKING GEIN! So, what gets you hot 'n' bothered, Hammer? Wearing skin suits or just the hacking and slashing. Jeez, you're sensitive. The whole ever-fucking point is that if you feel the need to DEFEND yourself about getting two science fiction tattoos, then you probably made a big, big mistake. You don't know me from adam, yet you're sitting here defending your decision to me. Why is that? If it's beneath you to argue the point, why do you keep doing it? Sheesh. Oh, and I've been through Wisconsin a number of times (unfortunately)...rednecks aplenty, I tells ya! Stop defending yourself and go start wondering why you're defending yourself to a bunch of people that you'll never, ever meet! Hoser.
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Wow, what a silly contest. How about AICN makes a daily or weekly poll, that has a prize attached???
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Great muscle definition.
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Now he'll be the king of the trailer park.
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But I would of gone with Sauron myself.
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ok I'm bored too.
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What a stupid moron! Nuf said.
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This TB doesn't deserve to live. Why does it still breathe? Be gone!
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The only way to remove it is with lasers.
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i am first. man, jokes are funny.
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(for now)
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Why is this talkback still here?
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7 months and counting...
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Maybe one day they'll tell us who won the "Jason Vs ..." art contest.
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http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=22838
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Thanks. I only check the site like once a week. I was waiting for it to show up on the side bar.
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I like those tattoos.
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How long can it last?
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I have 2 tattoos. A flux capacitor and the letters 'LV-426' on my left arm.
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A no legs Alien and a Predator with two right arms?? Amazing.....
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big up yourself rudedwag ;)
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I've said it before, I'll say it again: "Who's it sleeping with?"
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Is there a way to kill it? I don't know why exactly, but I hate it so much. I hate it. I want it gone. I've had to hunt for so many tbs that have dropped off the site's main page or watched perfectly good tbs wither and die because they've disappeared from the aicn consciousness, yet this piece of shit is immortal. Not fair.
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