slayer9019

I treat a tattoo like I would any other wound. Would you keep an old bandage on for a few days on a massive scratch? I wouldn't!

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That is NOT a good idea.

In my opinion I think we as non-tattooers really don't have all to much to say in this area. While yes we are getting the tattoos, all the backend stuff like references, inspiration, etc are not understood by us. We just don't do it. I treat it like people treat me at my job in computers. They don't ask me how I did everything, they just expect some magic and a positive outcome. Also since I like to stick to classic imagery I know that my tattoos will end up looking pretty damn close to a million other tattoos. I mean really how many skull+snake tattoos do you think have been done before mine, and how many will be done after. While sure I might be a bit bummed out if I saw an exact replica of mine on someone else, whatever, I still got mine!

Like I stated before ALL money nowadays is "virtual" to a sense. Without gold backing money, it is essentially worth what people are willing to trade for it. Technically the USD could become as worthless as the Deutsche Mark or the Zibabwean Dollar. I also think you were referring to the Deutsche Mark post-WWI not WWII. The hyperinflation in Germany was one of the catalysts for WWII Hyperinflation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I can say I understand a bit from time to time about the kinda shock about being tattooed. This only really happened recently when I looked down at my legs at realized "holy shit that is mostly tattoos...and I got appointments booked out till 2014". Then came me visiting my extended family over the weekend and not wearing long sleeves and jeans. Let's just say I got some really shitty responses and left early. (That by the way was the first negitive reaction I have ever received at least to my face). I really like what I got and have been looking forward to getting this stuff done since I was 12 and marker-ing in tattoos on myself. The only thing I know I will regret will be when I run out of space and when a great artist comes up and I don't have room for whatever it is I want. This especially effects me because I like HUGE tattoos (it seems I do limbs or most of a limb at a time). I've talked to a bunch of people older and wiser than me. 99% of the time the biggest regrets was NOT doing something.

Actually I think the easiest way to answer this question is: Would you like your job to pay you in BitCoins.

Cash is king

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I've been in discussions about this stuff since it started. I think the media is hyping it too much, and people are manipulating the market as well. Personally I advise people steer clear until the dust settles on this. Now that banks and governments are getting their nose in it, it's just gunna turn into a pile of crap. The time to get in this is like all other things, a long time before you heard about it.

I stopped mining because at the time it seemed kinda pointless and I lost access to free electricity. I found projects that were much more rewarding for use of my free CPU cycles and turned my rigs into folding rigs (Folding@home is for protein folding), which helps scientific research to help cure diseases. I think that BTC will never be easy to use as cash, simply because cash is physical, harder to trace than BTCs (BTC is not untraceable as people think it is). and fiat currencies are much more stable. If you were to say own a store that accepted BTCs and BTCs that day were worth 1USD=1BTC. You sell 200USD worth of product. Then the next day you went to spend that 200USD on product, only to find out that it is .70USD=1BTC. You effectively lost 30% of your money. Also another problem I have is keeping too much USD tied up in BTC. Bank accounts are federally insured for 250,000, something that is a major pain point with BTCs. I treat BTCs as high-risk investments, not as a currency. I also have not found a benefit for using them personally.

Yea I had a few hundred BTCs. I was generating them back when it was just some dudes posting this crap on forums. Sold em when I need some cash for a longboard...mistake. Well you live and you learn. I'm just glad I shorted Apple stock and skipped on Facebook! (Whew). The concept of BTC feels so foreign to most, because people think that money nowadays is actually tied to something, it isn't. USD used to be redeemable in gold, not anymore. Moneys today are worth what people can get for them. BTCs became a valued commodity because they were used for "anonymous" transactions (aka Silk Road), and for moving money around to other sources without getting whacked with massive fees, or having to pay taxes on it. Without the underground markets needing such a device, this currency would be worthless. The reason the price dipped after the 200+ spike was the US Fed wanting to get a piece of the pie, and starting to monitor the transactions. This kinda killed the "value" tied to such a currency. Imagine if you get paid in JPY but you live in the United States. You never had to pay a tax on it, and you could make "anonymous" transactions to shady people, etc; then one day you find out that all that will change. Well that kinda makes you not want to get paid in JPY anymore now does it, because at this point it is more of just a pain in the ass. It is a cool concept, and interesting traders market (if your into Forex type-stuff), but I will steer clear myself for the time being. I also know of people who have lost a ton of money on it, but there is also a dude who bought a house with BTCs...madness!

It's like having a online account in EUR in the US. You would have to swap your BTC for USD to withdraw at a US bank. It is just another currency. The exchange rate is just less stable than a fiat currency. Most people view it more as like stocks since the price can be all over the place. Just to let you all know I sold my BTCs when they were around $2 a BTC....they sold for over $140 a piece....I could have been pretty friggen wealthy.

Well it seems we all know how you like your battle royal

First: Where are you located, so we can point you in the direction of a shop that could be of better service to you. Second: Welcome to LST.

It probably just felt so bad because that outline was put on so fast 1 hour 15 minuets. Also you should move out here and get tattooed all the time at invisible! You'd never run out of good artists to get tattoos from!

So it seems that the 21st is a good day, so the 21st it is. I am gunna say 4pm at Top Hops since I got free drinks after showing up after they closed after last tattoo. So to establish it (and I will post it in the first post): When: July 21st (Sunday) Where: Top Hops What: LST NYC Meetup #3 I'll show up a bit earlier.

I guess I would say I put lotion on it if it is overly dry and looks like it would crack or something. Just keep it comfortable. When I heal my knee/thigh I am probably going to only occasionally lotion my knee.

Yea like I said before try switching products (I've personally never used A&D) and use less and less. The most important thing is cleaning it with hot water and soap well. Pimples = clogged pores, you just gotta figure out what is the cause. Also, if you sweat alot in those areas, it probably doesn't help

From someone who know has had both done, back of the knee is worse but at least for me the problem with the front of the knee is there is zero spots that dont suck.

Just turned a knee tattoo into a knee and thigh tattoo over at invisible NYC with mat vancura. Fuckin brutal session. Who knew the knee and thigh would suck?

So me and a friend were talking about this the other day. When we started getting tattooed we always did all of the aftercare instructions as prescribed. This involved numerous applications of Aquaphor, lotion, etc etc. As time passed (and we were getting tattooed very regularly) we have done less and less to our tattoos. I simply wash them with super-super-hot water the first couple of days to get all the gunk off. At this point I pretty much just dry heal all my tattoos unless they are "ultra crunchy" feeling. The results at least for both of us have actually been better. I heal pretty much a day before my next session (2 weeks exactly apart), and my tattooer has always been amazed at how fast and clean I heal. While I am not sure if it related to the person tattooing us (same person) but I know we have pretty different skin. Anyone else use this method?

This has been talked about a bit on LST. It is a fairly common occurrence. Generally, in my experience it is caused by using too much lotion or product on the tattoo. This causes your pores to get clogged. I personally use very very minimal (almost dry heal) my tattoos now, and I don't get any kind of pimples on them. While I'm going to say this is the best method, it does work for me quite well. Try just easing up on the lotion.

When I first met @gougetheeyes I used one of his tattoos as a reference haha.

here you go @G.Uristti, a nice awkward post-tattoo photo. I'll be there so everyone find me. - - - Updated - - - By the way I am thinking about doing a bar (as we have in the past). Manhattan as Brooklyn seems to far for some. Thinking either Peculiar Pub in Greenwich or Top Hops in LES.