A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

Bulgarian Coca-Cola Fan

Politically I prefer Pepsi because they don’t have their union leaders murdered (that I know of), but I agree the taste of Coca-Cola is better… Point of trivia: did you know that Coca-Cola (well, their parent company) is the largest provider of cocaine in America? They are the sole importer of coca leaf, bringing in I think 110 tons a year. The cocaine that’s left over after the flavor is extracted is then sold to the big pharma industry.

But I digress! This inner lip tattoo is by Toshe at Electric Art in Varna, Bulgaria:

Comments

23 responses to “Bulgarian Coca-Cola Fan”

  1. Israeli Mofo Avatar
    Israeli Mofo

    Wow! that’s the best lip tatto I’ve ever seen,
    usually the level is lower on them lip tattoos…

  2. Izabelle Avatar

    Gee shannon, you’re serious?
    I prefer the taste of Coca Cola but would boycut it in a sec against Cocaine!

  3. Zille Avatar

    Is that ink on his teeth … or spots where the cola has eaten away at the enamel? [grins]

  4. Silverflame Avatar

    lol, I was thinking the same thing, Zille 😀

  5. Tat2Guy Avatar
    Tat2Guy

    Hate to be a sticky wicket, but cocaine in Coca-Cola, while once true, is no longer the case and has become somewhat of an urban legend. Here is the snopes.com entry on the subject – http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/cocaine.asp

  6. Shannon Larratt Avatar

    I know there isn’t cocaine in coca-cola — cocaine is a byproduct of the coca-cola manufacturing process.

  7. wish_I_were_a_dragon... Avatar

    hah, impressive for a lip tattoo 😛

  8. green.plasticjen Avatar

    that’s quite interesting shannon.

    also, i’m not sure if hershey’s is affiliated with coca-cola but on the packaging of special dark chocolate. they claim to use not only cacao but also to process the chocolate with alkali. i dont know shit about manufacturing chocolate but i do know that cacao + alkali = high.

  9. choice Avatar

    apparently ‘coca-cola’ is the second most recognized/known word in the world(all language applies), ‘yeah’ being the first..

  10. smurf Avatar

    The plant which chocolate comes from (cacao) is a completely different plant from the one cocaine comes from (coca).

  11. outmywindow Avatar
    outmywindow

    *coughDRPEPPERcough*

  12. zusanna Avatar

    i love the ink splatters on his teeth. it was really THAT freshly done in the picture.

  13. Kim Avatar

    *votes for pepsi*

  14. G33K Avatar

    Actually, they import coca leaves and extract the flavoring, then they sell it to pharma companies. Coca Cola never extracts the alkaloids (cocaine) but the alkaloids can be extracted after the flavorings which Im sure is why pharma companies want it. But yeah, no coca cola warehouses full of cocaine anywhere that I know of.

  15. modifiedcanadian Avatar

    So I’ll be the first to say: I hate both Pepsi and Coca-cola, and would rather just have the cocaine.
    *(not that I can have drugs or caffeine products anymore)

  16. Horatio Avatar
    Horatio

    green.plasticjen,

    Cacao has nothing to do with coca. Processing cocao/cocoa with alkali makes it less acidic and imparts a smoother flavor.

    Chocolate contains lots of theobromine (similar to caffeine), and caffeine itself. It also contains phenethylamine, but according to Shulgin’s PiHKAL, it is without activity in humans when ingested or even injected. So its effects are likely attributable to theobromine/caffeine in synergy with pleasurable sensations from the taste of the stuff, and sugar.

    Dark chocolate easily contains an order of magnitude greater of theobromine than milk chocolate. Milk chocolate is dilute. Your dog might not even get sick if she eats it. Dark chocolate, bittersweet baker’s chocolate, etc., might very truly kill your dog (or cat, or most other animals). It’s much more potent, and most animals can’t efficiently metabolize theobromine.

    We humans don’t die, we just get high. Well, I’m sure there’s a lethal dose of chocolate; there certainly is a lethal dose of caffeine, and it’s likely close to whatever it is for theobromine. It’s still probably beyond the vomit dose of chocolate.

  17. dazy Avatar

    Mountain Dew!

  18. The Darthside Avatar
    The Darthside

    So what, pretty much all big international companies have union leaders murdered or something equally nasty. In that regard, preferring Pepsi to Coke is like preferring Plague to Cholera – or Gap over H&M, BP over Shell etc. etc.
    You get the idea.
    Still doesn’t mean I’d ever get Coca Cola tattooed on me anywhere.

  19. Boudicca Avatar
    Boudicca

    Unthinkable! Undrinkable!
    I am strictly anti-coke, I can’t remember the last time I had a coke product.
    Addicted to Pepsi though, the *slightly* lesser of the two evils.
    They are both essentially raping India though, so I’m trying to give up cola entirely.

  20. Owen Avatar

    I’ve never understood this kind of corporate/brand/logo tattoo. The idea of becoming a walking billboard doesn’t appeal to me at all. But hey, DWTW…

    For more information on Coke’s atrocities in Colombia, and what you can do to stop it, check out http://www.killercoke.org/

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