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[David_Dovey]

Sounds fair to me.

[A Wet Helmet]

If a comic strip...

I'm going to say that again:

If a mother fucking comic strip is being cited as one of the things that influences your life...  Skip the tattoo.   Seriously. 

[Boro_Bandito]

What about Garfield, anything wrong with Garfield?

[ackblom12]

Hey, while I personally wouldn't get a QC tat, fuck you guys. There are definitely a few comic strips I'd get work from because yes, they greatly influenced the humor in my life.

Edit - Nowdays everything is wrong with Garfield.

[öde]

Comics are a stupid medium! Anyone that reads comics is clearly a functionally retarded man-child with no grip on reality!

[tinysmidgen]

If a comic strip...

I'm going to say that again:

If a mother fucking comic strip is being cited as one of the things that influences your life...  Skip the tattoo.   Seriously. 

  Questionable Content has influenced my life, or more exact, Jeph's writing has influenced my life. Yes, yes, I know he never studied psychology, but the man has said things that make me think, and make me realize my life isn't that bad. Sure, my parents are a tad oppressive, my job is menial and boring, not to mention the idiots that work there...but all in all, QC and Jeph have shown me that life isn't that bad, and that one should always think with a humorous side and give people the benefit of the doubt.

So, sue me if my life isn't that fantastical, and webcomics influence my life. But Jeph is an amazing man with impressive writing skills/insight.

I view that as something that I should give praise to, he's given his time and a lot of effort into putting pen to screen in writing this comic, and I'm going to honor that with an inked needle to skin.

I might also send him money and buy some shirts too.

[mberan42]

Email Jeph and get a commission. Don't rip it from a comic. Compensate the dude if he's had as much influence on your life as you say.

Nothin' wrong with a comic tat if you do it right.

[tinysmidgen]

I'll do that, thank you mber

[a pack of wolves]

Guys, next pay day I'm hoping to go get my second tattoo done. I really, really want something like this, because I'm big on acting and directing and stuff like that, y'know.

Obviously I don't want it to be exactly that design, but I have the artistic skills of a dead monkey, so what I'm basically asking is, hey, if you're artistic and stuff, can you like, do me a nice design to go on my wrist? I'd love you forever and if I ever make it big as a Hollywood director you can totally come to big parties with stars and be in a film or two and stuff, and if I ever see you in real life I'll totally give you a cuddle. I'm a really cuddly guy, so the cuddle should make the deal here, guys.


Also, bear in mind it might not be the design I go for, but even if you make one, I'll give you cuddles and stuff anyway, because it means you're totally rad and awesome enough to do something like that.

If you go to a decent tattooist they'll be able to draw something up based on your idea. This will almost certainly get you better results than just getting someone to do it over the internet since they'll have a far better idea how the design will work on your skin. Both of my tattoos were modified to some extent (slightly with regards to placing in one case, a total redesign in the other) by my tattooist since what I brought to them looked good on paper but just wouldn't have looked right when made into a tattoo.

[Ozymandias]

What about Garfield, anything wrong with Garfield?

[sean]

so guys i get a pretty good paycheck on friday, so im thinking next week im gonna put holes in my ears.

YEAH!

[elizaknowswhatshesfor]

NB: ANYONE getting their lip pierced.

This might not be the case for everyone, but I've had over 100 different piercings (including lot's of wierd ear ones) I've had stretched ears that have shrunk back to nothing, but the middle of the lip piercing I took out 6 years ago STILL has an OBVIOUS hole.

It still annoys me when people ask about it, to the point where I slightly very veryveryveryvery slightly regret getting it done.

 I just thought I'd share that as although I loved it when it was in & it looked super cute, now I don't want to have lot's of obvious holes (Partially for my job & partially, just because) it's STILL THERE.

That's my input, I hope it's vaugely helpful for anyone thinking about getting it done x

[tania]

i have the same problem as well. i got my lip pierced in 2006 and it healed very quickly with no problems whatsoever. i kept it for about a year before removing it in early 2007 and now i still have a hole in the bottom of my lip that is extremely visible and looks to this day like i took the piercing out only an hour or two ago. the piercer told me it should close after i took it out with no visible marks or scars, so needless to say i am pretty disappointed now to have this big permanent hole in my face. luckily for me, it isn't as noticeable to other people because i have big lips which kind of cover it up and i'm super short so most people tower over me and don't see it. lately though i have been paying more and more attention to it because i'm kind of concerned that this dumb scar might affect my employability later on in life.

actually, you know what, if anyone can suggest any tips or advice on how to reduce piercings scars/dents that would be petty fantastic because i don't really have any ideas. i know i probably won't be able to make my lip hole disappear completely, but anything i can do to reduce it would be great.

[redglasscurls]

Chris has the EXACT same thing with his old lip piercing, it's completely healed over at the back but the front looks like he just took the ring out. He's tried the mederma scar reducer stuff and it didn't do a thing.

[Drill King]

Tania, I've heard wonderful things about emu oil, vitamin e oil, and tea tree oil. I haven't used it on piercing scars(although it did take care of bumps on my ears) of a mixture of lavender oil and almond oil. Try and stick to essential oils because they seem to produce the best results and most of the creams and stuff just have the same oils in it for more expensive.

[bainidhe_dub]

I asked my doctor about scar-healing products last fall when I got a big scrape above my lip (face + parking garage = fractured cheekbone and hitler-stache scar), and he said that none of the commercially available things that are supposed to help with scarring are really proven to do anything.. it's just expensive lotion in a little bottle, basically.

[St.Germain]

You has a cute belly and I believe you could pull it off. But what kind of piercing? A ring? A stud? The dangley kind?

I think I'd go with something basic, like a plain curved barbell. Like this: http://01cb206.netsolstores.com/ProductImages/curved%20barbell%20small.JPG

The dangly kind are the exact opposite of my style, so I'll have to avoid those, lest I look like a 15-year-old cheerleader or something equally terrifying.

[michaelicious]

i have the same problem as well. i got my lip pierced in 2006 and it healed very quickly with no problems whatsoever. i kept it for about a year before removing it in early 2007 and now i still have a hole in the bottom of my lip that is extremely visible and looks to this day like i took the piercing out only an hour or two ago. the piercer told me it should close after i took it out with no visible marks or scars, so needless to say i am pretty disappointed now to have this big permanent hole in my face. luckily for me, it isn't as noticeable to other people because i have big lips which kind of cover it up and i'm super short so most people tower over me and don't see it. lately though i have been paying more and more attention to it because i'm kind of concerned that this dumb scar might affect my employability later on in life.

actually, you know what, if anyone can suggest any tips or advice on how to reduce piercings scars/dents that would be petty fantastic because i don't really have any ideas. i know i probably won't be able to make my lip hole disappear completely, but anything i can do to reduce it would be great.

Solution: Come up with a story about a bizarre fly fishing accident. Find a way to work the story into conversation.

[Professor Snuggles]

I GOT HOOKED THROUGH THE EYELID WHILE FLYFISHING ONCE.

IT FUCCIN HURT!

[Professor Snuggles]

FORTUNATELY THE HOOK WAS BARBLESS!

[ledhendrix]

[Vendetagainst]

My favorite part about fishing when I was younger was always playing with all the different lures.

[ackblom12]

I have my Suspension officially scheduled for October 4th.

If anyone is genuinely interested and will be in the NYC area on the date let me know. I'm allowed to bring a few friends and already have a couple whoa re likely going, but I'd like to know how many exactly are interested so I can see how many is too many.

If anyone would be coming from out of town (one person I can think of might) me and Kat would be happy to split a room if need be. We will be staying in NYC from Friday to Sunday and am hoping to meet up with a few folk regardless of your interest in the suspension.

I'll be doing a Superman with 9g hooks and hopefully will not have a terrible experience that ends with me passed out on the floor in a puddle of my own puke. I'm very likely going to pass out during the hook piercings honestly, but I've done that a few times during normal piercings and am perfectly fine within a few minutes afterwards, so I'm not too concerned about not being able to complete it.

I am far too fucking excited for this.

[Ballard]

I dunno if I can stomach watching a suspension, however I would love to meet up with you guys and I'm always in the NYC area courtesy of livin' here.

Just PM me your number closer to the date if you're interested.

[Gemmwah]

yum, 10mm.

Stephen please get so many photos taken.

edit: i just changed my conch and lobe piercings into a conch/lobe orbital. I need a slightly bigger ring in it, but I quite like it. Thanks for the idea, Andy!

[Drill King]

Thanks for doing exactly what I wanna do gemm >:C (it's totally okay it looks great)

Stephen, honestly. If it's in the cards, I will try and save for this. I would love nothing more than to see your suspension and take hundreds of photos.

I am getting a tattoo this week!

Eeeee 'tis the season.

[ummmkay]

I have my nose pierced, and my rook in my right ear. I'm thinking about getting a conch as a birthday present to myself next month. What are people's thoughts on the pain of that vs. the rook- which really didn't hurt much at all for me?

[Skibas_clavicle]

Kieffer, I need the name of your artist. I'm getting inked in C-Springs. I am going to need to be pumped up in order to go through with it!

[Thomas Edison]

Gemm, you pretty much have what I want done ear-wise. I need to get some tape for my taper still to get up to 8mm, but I want a second stud in my lobe and a conch barrrr.

Hurgh, get paid soon, so I'll 'pload some pics when I get it done.

[Drill King]

Ahhhhhhhhh

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh

eeeeeeee


So, I went and got my first tattoo and it is adorable and I love it. It's only 20 minutes old in this so it's really fierce right now but I am just so excited.

[allison]

Looks amazing Andy!

[nobo]

Cool! its that symbol thats in those blocks in mario!

[a pack of wolves]

You may need to beware of people headbutting you expecting gold.

That is nice placement though, works well. Is it red ink or is that just the blood? I can never tell with a fresh tattoo.

[Drill King]

It's red, but it won't be so bright in a few days.

PS what I love about this tattoo is people grab so many different meanings from it.

[öde]

I just think it looks pretty rad.

[Jace]

I think it looks pretty fuckin rad.

I need to find a job so I can get more of mine done.
Do you guys remember pogs? I am going to get a pog tattooed on my arm at some point.

Also, what do you guys think of something like this:


Except that the swords would be paintbrushes and the shield would be something else. Maybe dice or something, I think that just two paintbrushes would look boring.

[MrBlu]

Ahhhhhhhhh

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh

eeeeeeee


So, I went and got my first tattoo and it is adorable and I love it. It's only 20 minutes old in this so it's really fierce right now but I am just so excited.

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj156/Sneakers_King/IMG_0724.jpg

Well that's a pretty unique tattoo. Likes.

[Drill King]

Sam, part of the reason I got it is because I have very selective and poor hearing.

[Mr. Doctor]

Hey, while I personally wouldn't get a QC tat, fuck you guys. There are definitely a few comic strips I'd get work from because yes, they greatly influenced the humor in my life.

Edit - Nowdays everything is wrong with Garfield.

I'm with this guy... Some comics means a lot to me specially Spawn... Damn that one maked me think of a lot of stuff while reading it. And about Garfield... If you see the comics "Realfield" and "Garfield minus Garfield" you will see that there's nothing wrong with Garfield per se but there something seriously wrong with John and pretty much all the cat lovers who talk to their cats [I'm a cat lover who talks to his cat as well so I know what I'm talking about]
___

Enough Off topic from me...
I've seen all the pages now and most of the tattoos I've seen are beautiful and so are most of the piercings [I don't really like them but most of the pics here were a proff that piercing can be really cute  ] I also came to conclusions about tattoos and other stuff:
- As long as if it's good for you... DO IT. Because you are the only one who's opinion really matters. Even if the reason is just "I just like how it looks" that's enough reason imo.
- Hey...  Piercings are finally rad in my book... But still I don't have the guts to even think of having one.  

Ever since my sister got a tattoo, I've been thinking about what kind of stuff I would like to have on my body. I'm still very young for it and all that but I see it as an opportunity to think things properly and get a tattoo that I enjoy 100%.
Right now I have two ideas... And it seems like they would be the ones I really want to get someday.

[ackblom12]

Woooo got some new jewelry fuck yeah! I was planning on stopping at 21mm for the moment, but these babies were only in 22mm and seem to be the only goddamn wooden plugs on the planet that are a mirror match. My ears have had no problems up to this point, so I'm goin for it. Hopefully have them in by next week.

[David_Dovey]

Dang, they are pretty as hell Stephen.

[Lines]

Ok, so it's been 3.5 months since I got my ears peirced and one of them does not want to seem to heal. It was fine for a while, but now it's getting crusties again and I can't tell if it's infected or not. I am still cleaning it, but it keeps happening? This was also the ear that reacted the worst to the metal posts I used to have. Thoughts? Or should I just go talk to a peircer? (Can't talk to the one who did it as she's in another state, but there are good places around here I can go to.)

[Mr. Doctor]

In the first picture they looked HUGE, but when I saw them on your hand I was like "uffff... I was fucking scared at first"

[Drill King]

Ok, so it's been 3.5 months since I got my ears peirced and one of them does not want to seem to heal. It was fine for a while, but now it's getting crusties again and I can't tell if it's infected or not. I am still cleaning it, but it keeps happening? This was also the ear that reacted the worst to the metal posts I used to have. Thoughts? Or should I just go talk to a peircer? (Can't talk to the one who did it as she's in another state, but there are good places around here I can go to.)

What colour is the discharge?
Is it painful?
Is it swollen?
Does the skin around it feel hot?

Important questions! If it's just crusties it's probably not infected. Are you still using soap/sea salt soaks? I had this problem when I had my second piercings done in my lobes, it's such a simple piercing you assume it's not going to have problems but it happens. I fixed mine using the age old LITHA method. Leave it the hell alone. Sometimes cleaning/etc is an irritant to healing etc etc. but if it's infected it's a different story.

[Eris]

Yeah, my nosering is still giving off crusties and is a little sore sometimes. I really am trying to leave it alone and do its own thing, because I am pretty sure it's not infected (not swollen or painful to touch, no discharge other than the crusties), but I have to blow my nose sometime. Then I end up bumping it about on the inside when I make sure snot isn't hanging out of my nose. It's a problem!


I am a little worried, because it's been over 6 months and still isn't looking well enough for me to go talk to the piercers abotu changing it (the inside bit is too long and you can see it at the edge of my nostril). I did have some issues with it fairly early on when I bumped it and it bled a lot, and that took months to get better, so maybe I am just being impatient.

[Jimmy the Squid]

I got my ears pierced when I was 18 and it is now 5 years later and there is still a little bit of lymph discharge occasionally. It's not really a thing, I think that's just what some holes in your body will do?

[Spenser]

I've been tempted to get an Elliott Smith based tattoo for a while, but music tastes change.

[Lines]

What colour is the discharge?  Yellow.
Is it painful?  Mostly no, but sometimes it feels sore.
Is it swollen?  No, but this lobe is thicker than my other one, so it's difficult to tell.
Does the skin around it feel hot?  No.


Really, I have been leaving it alone for the most part. I only clean it when I can actually see gunk and/or if it feels a bit sore. Sometimes it still itches. For the longest time it was fine and I thought both were healed, so I slowly stopped cleaning my ears. I don't have any crusts on my right lobe, just the left.

And mostly I'm just worrying because I really want to get new earrings and I know you can't if the holes aren't completely healed. I'm just being impatient... (And also because I really don't want something to go wrong again.)

[De_El]

Not that I am really considering this, but out of curiosity how terrible an idea is it to just sterilize a safety pin and shove it through an ear lobe?

[Reed]

Well I don't think a safety pin is the best type of pin to use, but if you really feel the need to do this the traditional method is to cold numb the lobe and hold a frozen piece of fruit behind the lobe you are piercing.