One of those not-so-often-discussed benefits for getting tattooed?
It's easier for the authorities to identify your body, like this John Doe whose ink helped the powers-that-be identify him. Full story here.
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| The Department of the Medical Examiner (Hawaii) released a photo of an eagle or phoenix tattoo found on the body of a man recovered from the ocean off Sand Island Thursday morning. (Courtesy Department of the Medical Examiner) |
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On the flip side, if you get a unicorn tattooed on your butt, you might still be regretting it thirty+ years later, as this writer recounts in the New York Times here. Thanks to Marisa at Needles and Sins for pointing that gem out to me. There's no photo, but if you're jonesing for one, it might look like this:
Or perhaps not, but you can see more like that one on Holy Taco's gallery of 30 Awesomely Bad Unicorn Tattoos.
Then again, Buzzfeed always rocks out with their awesome lists, like this one I saw late Friday: "47 Cringeworthy Tattoos Being Regretted As We Speak" here.
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The big news this week in New York was Rapid Realty's promise to give significant raises to any employee who got their logo tattooed on them.
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| via CBS |
Read about the deal here (among others).
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And my favorite link of the week came from those mammoth sources of all thing tattoo, Inked Magazine.
Among other goodies, they feature "The Best Tattoos in Movies Ever" in three parts. One of my favorites:
Gotta love those Blues Brothers!
That should whet your appetites for the weekend!
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