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I’ve always wanted a tattoo, still do, but nothing has ever seemed right for this reason—what will stand the test of time? What won’t I want to remove from my s
by evincarofautumn 9y ago
I’ve always wanted a tattoo, still do, but nothing has ever seemed right for this reason—what will stand the test of time? What won’t I want to remove from my skin?
Some day I may do something mathematical like a visual proof of a theorem I care about, or some symbol meaningful to me. Or maybe just something like this on my wrist:
Blood type: A+
Allergies: Penicillin, Eggs
If Dead: Cryopreserve
- qubex 9y agoI have Turing’s Theta Combinator: http://dkeenan.com/Lambda/Graphical_lambda26.gif http://dkeenan.com/Lambda/Graphical_lambda26.gif
- qubex 9y agoHere’s an image of the tattoo itself, for those that might be curious: https://imgur.com/gallery/a9KhF https://imgur.com/gallery/a9KhF (I’m simultaneously very reserved about it, almost to the point of embarrassment with family members, while at the same time being very proud and admiring of it. Odd combination.)
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- teeray 9y agoI'm sure the blood type and allergies information would be welcome, but the "if dead" bit may be problematic if you don't follow it up with legal docs. Recently there was a dilemma in an Emergency Room where a collapsed patient had a DNR tattoo on their chest: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/12/01/a-man-collapsed-with-do-not-resuscitate-tattooed-on-his-chest-doctors-didnt-know-what-to-do/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/1...
- evincarofautumn 9y agoYou’re absolutely right. That was a bit of a joke in reference to exactly that situation, and in retrospect it didn’t come through.
- fenwick67 9y agoIronically, are you 100% sure you're allergic to Penicillin?
- evincarofautumn 9y agoHah, no actually, I’m half-joking here. I did get hives and bleeding from amoxicillin/clavulanate and my mother has had the same, so it’s probable, but I would definitely want to double-check anything I put on me! The “If Dead” bit is tongue-in-cheek because it’s probably legally useless, although I guess something like that could function as a way to get in contact with the right people in the event of an emergency, whether for cryo or notifying kin.
- Fnoord 9y agoRecommend to make it say chicken eggs instead.