Or is it an anti-Windows tattoo? I’m not sure… Paul got this Windows 98 bluescreen tattoo done by Sam Rulz at Two Hands Tattoo in Auckland, New Zealand.
Update: If you’re wondering about the motivation, the artist explains,
What Paul loves most is the idea of explaining this tattoo to his grandkids, when Windows 98 is so outdated as to be completely obsolete. The knowledge that this tattoo’s subject will certainly become outdated was key to inspiring Paul’s decision to make something so indefinitely fleeting so indelible. As was the idea of taking something so mundane and using it in such a way usually reserved for subjects the wearer deems important. Truth is Paul doesn’t love Windows 98, and Paul doesn’t hate Windows 98, Paul doesn’t really give a fuck about Windows 98 one way or another.
The guts of it is; Paul wanted this Tattoo because it goes against the norm, it is not an image that one would see and instantly consider appropriating as a tattoo. It encourages people to think and ask questions, not necessarily ask Paul questions, but question what they currently think or know about Tattoos. That’s what good art does; it stirs conversation within the audience. The same goes for all other art forms, painting, film, music… You may not like it, you may not understand it, the important thing is that you’re thinking about it, you’re not just a passive viewer. All art has an intended audience, its very possible that what you are looking at, watching, or listening to …wasn’t made for you.
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155 responses to “Best. Windows. Tattoo. Ever.”
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the mask with the tongue hanging out and spikes on top…have the same one hanging in my room and tattooed on my shoulder blade. i thought mine was one of a kind 🙁
hahahaha what an idiot…. 20$ says that guy is a virgin
Shouldve gotten a mac “Beach ball of death”…
Why didn’t he paint his arm in blue?
Oh bad flashbacks! The Blue Screen of Death! And always in the middle of something important =(
Never ceases to amaze me what people will do. That is cute for now but how about 30-40 years down the road when he won’t be able to read it as it fades. Yes we do all age.
that’s the most retarded tattoo i’ve ever seen.
what is the thought behind this? has he suffered by the bsod so much that he has to have a public record of it?
I can imagine mac users must be confused. The concept of written instructions on a screen tend to frighten the “one button mouse” brigade 🙂
Hahah this dude is my flatmate, he fucking rules. My gf, Sam, did the tattoo! http://www.myspace.com/samrulzok is her tattoo myspace page.
Best tattoo idea ever. I told him that he should get a mac tattoo, then said ‘ah nah wait, they never crash’. Turns out the next day I got a Kernel Panic and my comp is totally fucked. Karma’s a bitch!
blue screen of death… is that the best you can do mac fans? how about “this application unexpectedly quit…”, you can’t even give me a reason. Or the good ol color wheel which sticks around like a giant herpy. all you mac users are probably aware that pc has far superior gaming abilities, and far superior games. And Im sure all of you douche bag mac users are aware that pretty much all buisnesses used microsoft spread sheets. So why don’t you guys go make another “cool movie” about it, and we’ll keep the buisnesses around the world running, including apple. Ha ha bitches, mac sucks.
LOL
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ITS THE BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH!!
So many lost essays and reports!!
*runs to hide* If I can’t see it, it didn’t happen!
I love my Mac for that exact reason. I love this tattoo, and I love how even the lettering is.
Haven’t had any BSOD messages on my PC of ages osx x86 if far superior to windoze on any pc but I wouldn’t write NERD all over my arm
Hehe nice, though I would rather have a Guru Meditation (hint Amiga) tattoo. 🙂
Wouldn’t it just suck, if the tattoo artist accidentally made a typo?
Andy, yeah, the tattoo might crash?
due to the massive ignorant speculation on so many geek forums, here is why Paul got it:
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=146907343&blogID=293176897
I thought I was a nerd because I had this on a t-shirt…I bow before this dude, and hand him the crown of nerdness.
pero que es esto? lo proximo que será tatuarse la biblia en verso?? dios que pirada esta la gente. y yo me hago una pregunta: por que no hay ningun comentario español en este foro?? soy yo la unica tonta que escribe aqui? VIVA SPAIN, JODER!
pues no se…….. para ser para toda la vida me parece un tema de tattoo un poco equivocado….. pero si a el le gusta…..
Pos Hija no eres la unica, este tio es mas tonto que pichote que me tio la picha en un bote y no la pudo sacar..
Estamos en la epoca en la que todo el mundo busca sus 15 minutos de fama a base de demostrar su deficiencia mental.
UN SALUDO PA TODOS.
VIVA ESPAÑA COJONES
ERES UN PRINGAO! ajajajaj
Vaya gente mas enferma..
ali 23, viva viva vivaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Haha this is the best. He should get a mac wheel on his chest now too! He might be a bigger nerd than I am. I’m on federal house arrest for “hacking”. http://www.freemikekelly.org But this guy has this forever!
q tio mas gilipoyas!!!
jajajajjajajajjajajajajaj a eso es a lo que se le llama un verdadero friki o komo se escriba… en fin.. hay gente pa to… personalmente no e visto un tatto mas feo en mi vida… q asko…
vaya una mierda de tatuaje,ya veremos si con el paso del tiempo esas letras siguen igual de nitidas xDD
a to esto alicia,porque no me agregas al msn,que es [email protected] y asi luego podemos decir que nos conocimos en un blog de un guiri,bueno la idea es tonta,pero los dos venimos del mismo lao,ea
Gilipollas
Ni friki ni leches, eso es un verdadero gilipollas!!
What an asshole. The ugliest tattoo ever. Stupid fucks like you should not be born.
Vaya pedazo de gilipollas !!! Hay que ser muy friki…..
que te den por saco mario23. fíjate lo tonto que eres que solo te falta hacerte el Tatuaje Windows este de mierda.
only thing gayer than this tattoo is the fags bragging about their Macs. all of you, die
vaya subnormal
now it’s funny but let see when you get older if you still want to have this tatoo..
Te tienes una pedrada de cojones
Un auténtico gilipollas. Otro pobre tipo patético de los que desgraciadamente abundan por la red.
G I L I P O L L A S
Creía que lo había visto todo en cuanto a idioteces en la red…
ati si que te iva a gustar que te diese “por saco”
y no,no tengo tatuajes ni me gustan,matá
it could write: GURU MEDITATON
or maybe update its brain’s drivers!
=(
A este tio habria que ir a buscarle a su casa y cortarle el brazo con una lima. Hay que ser subnormal pero bueno q haga lo que quiera.
Vaya tonteria de tatuaje,ademas de ser estar en un sitio q no viene a cuento. como decian por hay ese tatuaje en un futuro no tiene ni pizca d gracia y menos hay.
too bad stupid isn’t painful …… what a moron
w0w… you’re terribly stupid! Into 10 years, you will visit the “laser store”.
Por el bien de la especie humana, espero que este tio (o gilipollas que es mas correcto) nunca tenga descendencia.
Venga chicos, ir dejandome el email de cada uno que va a haber un striptis exclusivo para uno al azar. 😛
vaya tela lo ke hay ke ver!! hay gente pa’ to!!
Saludos a la gente de yonkis