# Nerdy tattoos! mk. 2 **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 24, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-tattoos-mk-2/345947 "2006-02-24T18:40:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-tattoos-mk-2/345947/41 "2006-02-26T06:24:44Z")
I didn’t recognzie the Discordian symbol, **Giant Spongess** , but I like it. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-tattoos-mk-2/345947/42 "2006-02-26T09:10:28Z")
> [@kushiel](#): > > It is 12:30 am, and I meant Hylian Shield, but I suck at life. Maybe, but you have a nice tattoo. A guy where I work has _._ tattooed on his calf. If he had it lasered, would he disappear? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-tattoos-mk-2/345947/43 "2006-02-26T10:14:01Z")
I was thinking of getting one saying **Lev 19:28**. ---
**Author:** ![MsMitey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@MsMitey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsMitey)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-tattoos-mk-2/345947/44 "2006-02-26T13:38:29Z")
> [@don't ask](#): > > I was thinking of getting one saying **Lev 19:28**. [bmezine.com](http://bmezine.com)’s blog had a pic of a guy who got that on the inside of his bottom lip. Don’t feel like digging up the link right now, but it was in the last month or so. ---
**Author:** ![Sgt.Pepper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Sgt.Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sgt.Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-tattoos-mk-2/345947/45 "2006-02-26T13:54:50Z")
> [@Buckler of Swashing](#): > > Ok, [this is the only picture](http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/0261102214.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) I can find as I don’t have a camera with me - but does a Tolkien dragon such as this one count as nerdy/geeky? Maybe Tolkien is too mainstream now. I don’t know. What’s a girl to do? I love my dragon. 😃 Whoa! That’s the same one I have on my right shoulder. I got it before the hype with the movies. Here I thought the idea was pretty original. Funky stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckler_of_Swashing)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-tattoos-mk-2/345947/46 "2006-02-26T22:58:41Z")
> [@Ol'Gaffer](#): > > Do you really have that dragon? A few years ago when all of my friends were getting their tattoos that was the design that I picked out for myself. What a great choice. > > It may be nerdy and/or geeky but for lots of people, that isn’t really a bad thing…😉 I do indeed. It’s on the right side of my navel. My camera went on vaction with a friend, otherwise I’d post a picture. What excellent taste you have. 😃 Did you end up getting it or just enjoy the fun of picking one out? > [@](#): > > Originally posted by Sgt.Pepper: > > Whoa! That’s the same one I have on my right shoulder. I got it before the hype with the movies. Here I thought the idea was pretty original. Funky stuff. Funky indeed. Same here, as regards movies/ tattoo timing. However I also thought it was pretty original! Again I underestimate the Tolkien fan-base! ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-tattoos-mk-2/345947/47 "2006-02-26T22:58:42Z")
I recognized the “hand of Eris” right off, as well, but then thought, “Well, maybe it’s just some walrus tusks, or something.” ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-tattoos-mk-2/345947/48 "2006-02-26T23:05:22Z")
For those with enough pain tolerance, I would think that the [gates of Moria](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/Guinastasia/moriaDoor.jpg) might make a good back tat. What about the [Ring text](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/Guinastasia/ringtextbround.gif)? ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-tattoos-mk-2/345947/49 "2006-02-26T23:26:12Z")
How dorky would it be to get [an antique map compass](http://library.ucsc.edu/maps/graphics/compass.gif) tattoo? Because that’s the only tattoo I’ve ever considered getting. I really, really, really like maps. P.S. The linked image is from my alma mater’s Map Room’s website. (Just a coincidence, I found it on a google image search.) I didn’t know we had a Map Room! Mmm…Map Room… Possibly it’s a good idea I didn’t know we had a Map Room when I was in school. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-tattoos-mk-2/345947/50 "2006-02-26T23:51:18Z")
> [@kushiel](#): > > It is 12:30 am, and I meant Hylian Shield, but I suck at life. A Hylian shielf is geeky enough, indeed. In fact, were I to get a tatoo, there’s a good chance it would be Zelda related. (The triforce, probably. Simple, yet elegant. Though I’m sure tons of nerds have it.) ---
**Author:** ![fifty-six](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-tattoos-mk-2/345947/51 "2006-02-27T00:06:48Z")
Well I have been wanting a tattoo of a Duck Billed Platypus for quite some time. I think I will have one within the year. I also would like a tatoo of a tree. My wife seems to think the tree seems a bit girly though. Funny thing Is I have never seen a girl with a tat of a tree yet somehow she seems correct. I think I want a bristlcone pine or a white birch. I am not a tree hugger or a natutalist I just think the Plat represents the way I feel aobut myself and the tree is a nice object. Just like I like the number 56 it sounds good to me and is fitting. Nerdy or not? Probally just dumb but I dont give a shit I like them. ---
**Author:** ![yBeayf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e274bd/32.png) [@yBeayf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yBeayf)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-tattoos-mk-2/345947/52 "2006-02-27T00:07:07Z")
> [@](#): > > For those with enough pain tolerance, I would think that the gates of Moria might make a good back tat. No way – that’s the kind of thing that’s just begging to be tattooed on a lady’s nether regions. “Speak, friend, and enter!” ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-tattoos-mk-2/345947/53 "2006-02-27T00:08:56Z")
> [@yBeayf](#): > > No way – that’s the kind of thing that’s just begging to be tattooed on a lady’s nether regions. > > “Speak, friend, and enter!” :eek: Not without a full on epidural and a wheel barrel full of valium. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-tattoos-mk-2/345947/54 "2006-02-27T00:33:01Z")
Yow! Thanks for subjecting me to that image, **Guin**. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-tattoos-mk-2/345947/55 "2006-02-27T00:49:45Z")
Oh yeah. My best friend’s ex had something written in Elvish (not sure if that’s right - LOTR stuff?) on his arm. The words weren’t ‘nerdy’ because the tattoo was in memorium of a friend, but the language was. He had some other ones too, but I don’t remember. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-tattoos-mk-2/345947/56 "2006-02-27T02:32:46Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > How dorky would it be to get [an antique map compass](http://library.ucsc.edu/maps/graphics/compass.gif) tattoo? > > Because that’s the only tattoo I’ve ever considered getting. > > I really, really, really like maps. One of the two tattoos I have considered is the mercator projection of the five continents excepting Antartica on my upper back. Alaska and the Aleutian Islands at my left scapula and Kamchakta, Chukotka, and Koryakia at my right. The other is [this](http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77/aesiron/miscellaneous/graphics/4da205d8.jpg), which is the symbols found on Tennessee’s flag but rotated 90º. Both’re rather nerdy to me. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-tattoos-mk-2/345947/57 "2006-02-27T03:03:07Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > A Hylian shielf is geeky enough, indeed. In fact, were I to get a tatoo, there’s a good chance it would be Zelda related. (The triforce, probably. Simple, yet elegant. Though I’m sure tons of nerds have it.) The Triforce is like the butterfly of the video game tattoo world. Everyone has it. I like to get tattoos that represent what I like at the time. Even if Nintendo goes under in 15 years and no more Zelda games, or I suddenly turn around and become a rabid FPS fan, I’ll remember a time in my life where I was happy and made friends because of my passion for the series. That, and it kind of stands as a sign of courage and protection for me, being Link’s shield and all. My next ‘geek’ related tattoo will probably be sakura petals in a symmetric pattern on my upper back. I’m a bit of a CLAMP fan. That, and I already have Phedre’s marque from the Kushiel book series in small scale right under my neck. I want to go another limb up on the size scale for a tattoo, and the whole flower thing fits. But I don’t want to start shoving random things all over my body, I want to plan it so it doesn’t look random. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-tattoos-mk-2/345947/58 "2006-02-27T03:39:12Z")
> [@kushiel](#): > > The Triforce is like the butterfly of the video game tattoo world. Everyone has it. Heh, yeah. Although I think a neat trick would be to get it on the back of my hand with UV ink (assuming there is one that glows yellow.) That way, it’s a lot closer to how Link has it in Ocarina. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-tattoos-mk-2/345947/59 "2006-02-27T04:11:28Z")
If I were to do a fandom tat, I’d get the [Rebel Alliance symbol](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/Guinastasia/symbol.jpg). In blue. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-tattoos-mk-2/345947/60 "2006-02-27T07:01:18Z")
[Pi Sign](http://photobucket.com/albums/f44/JoeyJoeyPP/) that really really really needs a touch up. Oh, what’s that, you want to see the others while we’re at it. The schnauzer\* on my left [forearm](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=339709&) is only a few months old (but only a few hours old in the picture, it never bled or scabbed). The Zeppelin signs are about 7 or 8 years old, done by someone who shouldn’t have been tattooing in the first place and I shouldn’t have let him anywear near my back. Oh well, you live, you learn. In fact any Milwaukee dopers here may have heard of the place commonly reffered to as “Accidents in Ink.” I asked another place if they could re-do it and he said, “Well I could cover it up with like a bomb” Yea, I think we’ll leave it alone for now. \*I have two mini schnauzers the tattoo looks like one of them and if I stretch the skin out a little it looks like the other. For other dopers here with nerdy tattoos, one of the reasons I got the dog tattoo is becuase I got tired of explaining my tattoos, if someone asks what it represents instead of talking to them for an hour about math and music I can just say “I have two schanuzers” and leave it at that. That’s also the reason my pi is on my back, if they don’t see it they don’t ask about it and I don’t have to explain it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-tattoos-mk-2/345947.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-tattoos-mk-2/345947.md?page=4)