Tribal right of passage

Richar900 (10:50:48 PM): whered all your hair go
Richar900 (10:51:05 PM): vacationing in your buttcrack for the summer?
BigDogDaddy83 (10:51:32 PM): I shave it down every now and then
BigDogDaddy83 (10:51:36 PM): especially when it gets hot
BigDogDaddy83 (10:52:00 PM): so wtf? Billy Mayes too now?!?
BigDogDaddy83 (10:52:05 PM): This shit’s outta hand
Richar900 (10:52:41 PM): for realz
Richar900 (10:52:48 PM): haaaaaaaaaaaa


Richar900 (10:52:59 PM): seriously? skeletal john dear?
BigDogDaddy83 (10:53:36 PM): It’s “deere”
Richar900 (10:53:43 PM): if ever i were to approve of hideous body staining/defacement, that one might come close
BigDogDaddy83 (10:54:02 PM): you approve?!?
BigDogDaddy83 (10:54:10 PM): I woulda thought you’d hate it
Richar900 (10:54:14 PM): no. and i do. but it’s closer to the line than anything else
Richar900 (10:54:46 PM): i mixed up John Deere with Dear John
BigDogDaddy83 (10:55:17 PM): Like in dumb and dumber….
BigDogDaddy83 (10:55:35 PM): “Next thing I know she sends me some John Dear letter about how she’s meet some other man”
Richar900 (10:58:08 PM): thats effed up that its done in negative space
Richar900 (10:58:45 PM): sounds like a lot of time sitting having a needle stab you to stain your shoulder black so you can have jumping animal bones stand out on it
BigDogDaddy83 (10:59:05 PM): 6 hours, and I still have to go back for a little more
Richar900 (10:59:25 PM): gross
BigDogDaddy83 (10:59:50 PM): 5 hours is a tatau (sp?) right of passage
BigDogDaddy83 (11:00:02 PM): something about bringing one spiritually closer to God or something
Richar900 (11:00:04 PM): havent you ever heard of paper? you can carry it around with you if you like the image that much and then if you want your skin shoulder back then blip – there it is.
Richar900 (11:00:16 PM): tattoo
BigDogDaddy83 (11:00:28 PM): no, tatau… the origins of tattooing
Richar900 (11:00:59 PM): thank god thats a thing or i was about to cry for, and then hate you
BigDogDaddy83 (11:01:04 PM): lol
BigDogDaddy83 (11:01:23 PM): normal blank shoulders don’t get a second look
BigDogDaddy83 (11:01:36 PM): even if someone see’s it and thinks it’s retarded, they’ll remember it.
Richar900 (11:01:49 PM): so its a “look at me” thing? like a human peacock?
BigDogDaddy83 (11:01:55 PM): And if I don’t wanna show it, I just wear short sleeves and it’s gone
BigDogDaddy83 (11:02:14 PM): If that were the case, I’d get ink on my face or something
BigDogDaddy83 (11:02:24 PM): I have it where I can hide it if I want to
Richar900 (11:02:52 PM): my awesome personality is my tattoo. its always there and will get me noticed if i want to, but if not, i just dont let it out and i can leave my sleeves open all i want
BigDogDaddy83 (11:03:11 PM): I wanted something that was at least 5 hours of work, so I could say I did the 5 hours thing. and my friend came up with the idea, so I just did it.
Richar900 (11:04:44 PM): i like how it was important for you to pass that symbolic goal post that you describe as “bringing one spiritually closer to god or something”
BigDogDaddy83 (11:05:36 PM): Well, I’m not going to sit here and say it was a holy experience or anything like that though either
BigDogDaddy83 (11:06:17 PM): it’s a tribal right of passage
Richar900 (11:06:45 PM): and whats cool about that again?
BigDogDaddy83 (11:08:11 PM): The ancient Samoan art of tattooing (tatau). It’s what seperates the men from the boys, if you can go so long through a tattoo without showing pain.
Richar900 (11:08:54 PM): if tribal right of passage is important to you, wouldnt it gain more street cred to cook your slaughtered meat in an outdoor open flame regularly instead of microwaving a hot pocket every time you get the munchies?
BigDogDaddy83 (11:09:15 PM): lmao. prolly
BigDogDaddy83 (11:09:47 PM): Not about street cred, it’s about doing something to see if you can do it for your own acknowledgment
BigDogDaddy83 (11:11:04 PM): People who see mine, who are at all into tats are just blown away by it
BigDogDaddy83 (11:11:23 PM): Which, yes, is street cred, but hey… a little of that doesn’t hurt either
Richar900 (11:12:57 PM): so its all about testing yourself for your own acknowledgment…as long as everyone else acknowledges it too
BigDogDaddy83 (11:14:14 PM): outside acknowledgment is nice, but like I said, if I demanded it, I woulda gotten it somewhere more obvious
BigDogDaddy83 (11:14:22 PM): like my face
Richar900 (11:15:24 PM): so its like a security blanket that you dont NEED. like, you can go to school and stuff. its just there for comfort at night. every night. no matter what. cuz its a fucking tattoo.
BigDogDaddy83 (11:16:23 PM): Ummm. yeah. sure.

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