It’s hard to imagine a nerd pledging allegiance to Windows, Mac, AND Linux. Aren’t they supposed to take sides on these sorts of issues and fight it out over a game of Dungeons and Dragons while eating Pizza Bagel Bites in their mothers’ basements? I guess I just don’t know much about computers.
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Dang! Now my tattoos of a Kaypro and Commodore 64 seem outdated.
That’s the same thing I was thinking, other than the Kaypro part.
I can ignore it being all pimply because few people have perfect skin, but why is his back all scratched up?
Sweet sweet nerd lovin’.
Awww yeah. Nerds are the best. This guy looks like he could cover his nerdy tat and go out unrecognized until you brought out the claws…
*crickets*
How funny, an ad for “Geek 2 Geek” dating service is displaying on my screen right now as I read the comments.
Your C-64 is not really out of date looks like they are doing a modernized re-release of it ~(
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I have never heard my dad so happy as when I called him to tell him that. I almost feel sorry for him.
Tell him it’s a stupid mini-ITX board in a box that looks like the original C64. I has an Atom CPU and runs C64 software in an emulator, the same emulator you can run on any PC.
That pos can’t compete with my real C64.
As is my tattoo of a C:\> DOS prompt with a ] Apple II prompt with a DB25 serial cable.
This is my kinda nerd. Pure. Not elitist
^^ me too. seksi
That’s so dorky, it’s almost sexy.
if it weren’t for the creeper beard >.< if you're beard is scragily and blonde don't grow it out.
dorxy.
Haha yes!
What about those scratch marks? Looks like he is “in to” a few other things as well.
Furries?
Those are cat scratches, you’d know if you had cats. Obviously the ultimate layer of it all is the cats, got to have cats with this tat.
I like it
It’s the scratch marks that disturb me…
His girlfriend hates apple.
Win.
Thank you for that comment. It’s what I was going to say, but you saved me the trouble
“And lo, he said unto them ‘cast off your hatred and divisions, all operating systems are created equal. Let them be unto a trinity; the Buggy, the Snobby and the Obscure. Amen.’”
Well put. I feel like I’ve been to church. Go in peace.
I don’t get the point of the celtic knot though. It kind of spoils the composition
He may be using it as Rauss said as the “holy trinity” of computer nerdness. Or he may also be a pagan. The symbol is a Triquerta and traditionally symbolizes the trinity of the Goddess.
thank you black sheep for not bein a mainstreem moron that made a charmed reference and knowing the meaning. Blessed be
I think it’s a geeky way of expressing his desire for peace. The OS wars pit Windows, Mac and Linux users against each other, but the network cable joins us all together despite of our differences.
Deep.
Maybe he’s a Charmed fan, too? Phoebe, Piper and Pru/Paige a la ethernet cable.
The knot is the un-official symbol of a polyamorous relationship in the BDSM community.
And dont ask me how I know that
Ha, I love it!
I get ‘cat’ vibes from those scratch marks. So he’s a computer guy and a cat guy? Maybe? I also get ‘Gordian knot’ vibes from the Celtic design. I could be wrong though. Just guessing.
at least he’s getting some.
So that’s what the scratches are from. XD
So does he have Bill Gates and Steve Jobs tattooed on each buttcheek? I must know.
I only get ‘ick’ from this.
Hmm, while the Windows and Apple logos, and Tux, don’t look so bad, the ends of the CAT5 cable look decidedly craptacular…. that’s if they’re supposed to be CAT5 that is.
I think the CAT5 connections melt when you try and plug two ends into three different systems :/
I like your explanation. If they can manage to copypasta the OS logos, the least he could have done was to get a decent CAT5 connector pic. This is inexcusable.
CAT5 is a cable rating, those connectors are supposed to be RJ45.
Which parts of “ends of the CAT5 cable,” “connections,” and “connector” above did you not understand? lrn2read.
An uber dork who’s gettin some! Love it! Filthy pierre, I think the dork in you is just jeleous, question is- is it the tat, or the love life?
THAT IS SO AWESOME
I will say. When I saw the heading for this one, I fully expected a tattoo of Jimmy Fallon dressed as a rude IT nerd….
Damn. Now you’ve got me picturing Jimmy Fallon naked. With penguins all over him. Hot!
That comment is way, way more disturbing than this tattoo will ever be.
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he’s probably super ugly… and wanted some atention
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funny you should say that
You should give your dictionary a bit more “atention.”
You can tell I’m an oldlady mommybrained nerd because I went “Windows, Apple, and Club Penguin? One of these things just doesn’t belong!”
high 5.
Hmmm… At least there is space to put in all the other operating systems out there, that might be feeling neglected…
BSD, BeOS, RiscOS, OS/2, Plan 9 and ‘ol Google must be really upset at not making the cut…
Finally a well-conceptualized tattoo. We don’t see a lot of those here – but I’ll agree – the ends of the CAT 5 aren’t so hot… bit of shame the artist didn’t take the time to detail them apporpriately.
Very good, a nerd that realizes that none of those OSs are completely infallible. It always annoys me when people exclusively choose one OS as the best. They’re all good operating systems, otherwise they wouldn’t be in such wide use. I have had admittedly more significant problems with Macs than with anything else, but whatever…
This is an awesome tat. Of course, this is coming from a nerd who has that same exact set-up on their computer (Apple computer that runs all three OS’s in the tattoo)!
He’ll fix your computer and then he’ll make fun of you!
“MOVE!”
notice the scratches under the apple…this fag”s gettin some!
i’m the source of the scratches, this is my boyfriend’s tattoo.
we’re having a good laugh that it ended up on ugliest tattoos.
So this is my tattoo, and I guess cool for getting such a high rating. The tattoo was something I sat on for a long while (5 years) before getting, and after finding the right artist I got it done. The tattoo has the 3 OSes I use every day, and without one I wouldn’t be able to do my job to the fullest (I am a network security consultant / Pentester), and the idea was basically to say that we shouldn’t care about what OS is 1337 and which is teh suXz0rz but just choose the right one for the job. I wasn’t super pumped about the RJ45 ends, but after another couple sessions they are much better. The scratches came from my girlfriend….haters gonna hate.
Also if anyone is intrested I also have 802.11 and 802.3 with their respective symbols tattooed on the inside of my elbows.
That’s AWESOME!
You give Nerds and Geeks alike a good name dude!
Cowabunga to you!
Awwweeeeeyeahhhhhhhh!
Am I really the first to notice that the “Celtic knot” is in fact not? The whole point of the design is to create a mandala of one continuous thread…
Zoso.
IT”S THE TRIFORCE!
John Paul Jones’ symbol from Zeppelin IV?