Inked: The Tattoo Thread

[LVAllen]

That's clearly a Power On/Off button. Not sure what it goes to, though.

[Donuthole]

JL censoring me. This post never went through?

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[Jeff Lebowski]

JL censoring me. This post never went through?

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Must be image recognition. The OG post was automatically flagged too.

To be honest, I should have deleted the original photo. Barf.

[Donuthole]

Any of the latin aficionados want to chime in as to what the following phrase means:

"Constringo is ere inxi icum per aeternitas"

I'd like to know if it means what someone thinks it means, since he now has it tattooed across his back.

Good night, that's incomprehensible Latin. The best I can come up with is "I bind my beloved to me for eternity" - that's trying to get at the gist of the words without paying too much attention to grammar.

But the Latin makes practically no sense at all. Constringo (I bind) is a good start (if you're into bondage and all that), but even the "per aeternitas" should be "per aeternitates" (for eternity)

As for the middle part, I'll make a guess that "ere" is supposed to stem from era, -a,(a lady or beloved, but it should be 'eram' if that's who he's binding) but I can't really figure out the inxi icum part. I guessed that the icum was a bad version of "mecum" (with me) but the "inxi" is a mystery. Trying to be a verb, perhaps, since the -xi suffix shows up in 3rd conjugations, but it's a head-scratcher. Most of the sentence is basically gibberish.

Wow. Tattooed with incomprehensible Latin for life.

He claims it says "Linked together for eternity," and he has it on one shoulder with the names of his children on the other. But he seems very much like the type to punch something into a translator and then tattoo the latin "translation" on his back, which is why I immediately doubted the accuracy of the phrase.

FTR, the tattoo is hideous. Honestly, the worst tattoo i've ever seen. Ever.

Okay, you've got to get a photo of it now. Like have to.

Might be time to bump this thread. Also, the above-referenced tattoo lives rent-free in my mind. I legit think about it whenever the idea of bad tattoos comes up. Not sure if I ever posted a photo of it in this thread, but thankfully I know right where to find it.

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[MartyFunkhouser]

Might be time to bump this thread. Also, the above-referenced tattoo lives rent-free in my mind. I legit think about it whenever the idea of bad tattoos comes up. Not sure if I ever posted a photo of it in this thread, but thankfully I know right where to find it.

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There is so much wrong with that tattoo that I don't even know where to start.

[Jeff Lebowski]

That is hideous

[Jeff Lebowski]

This is really interesting.

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[MartyFunkhouser]

This is really interesting.

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I'm white, straight, and have a post graduate degree. I am a poor though. Maybe that is why I have tattoos.

[Non Sequitur]

I'm white, straight, and have a post graduate degree. I am a poor though. Maybe that is why I have tattoos.

It's a dumb survey. I don't personally understand the draw of tattoos, but I know plenty of people that have them, and for those people each of those tattoos is some sort of celebration. We're all looking for something to celebrate.

[Jeff Lebowski]

It's a dumb survey. I don't personally understand the draw of tattoos, but I know plenty of people that have them, and for those people each of those tattoos is some sort of celebration. We're all looking for something to celebrate.

Lol. What is dumb about it? Seems like a very straightforward set of categories and numbers.

[Clark Addison]

Checks out. Some of my kids like tattoos and they are definitely gayer and poorer than I am.

Having said that, none of them (thankfully) are 40 yet.

[falafel]

I'm white, straight, and have a post graduate degree. I am a poor though. Maybe that is why I have tattoos.

You are also trash. Poor, white, trash. That ups your percentages considerably.

[MartyFunkhouser]

You are also trash. Poor, white, trash. That ups your percentages considerably.

When did I become trash? Also, I prefer to be called "a poor" not simply poor. It is how I identify. Please respect me and use the right words.

[falafel]

When did I become trash? Also, I prefer to be called "a poor" not simply poor. It is how I identify. Please respect me and use the right words.

You became trash the minute you supported the University of Utah athletics department.

You are "a poor" white trash.

Edit. "A poor" sounds very similar to "Apoor", so you might actually be Indian trash.

[Jeff Lebowski]

You are also trash. Poor, white, trash. That ups your percentages considerably.

I saw his face on a billboard today. He looked very professional.