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Find the meme

Can you figure out the common theme in Rivers‘s finger tattoos by Dave Kruseman at Memorial Tattoo in Cabbagetown, GA?

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64 responses to “Find the meme”

  1. Phil Avatar
    Phil

    Zapf Dingbats?

  2. Chaq Avatar
    Chaq

    This one’s got me stumped. I was going to say that they might be ‘good luck’ charms, but I’m not so sure that a cup of coffee and a pretzel symbolize good luck.
    Hmmmm
    They look really cool though, and I love his mutton chops.

  3. Casper Avatar
    Casper

    I too m drawing a complete blank…. I can see Lucky Stars, Jewish Pretzel, maybe even Sea of Diamonds? And then… Death by coffee? But I can’t see a theme just yet. Maybe they are songs?

  4. kate Avatar
    kate

    i cant figure out what the one of his left pinky is…

  5. Tinu Avatar
    Tinu

    the one on his left pinky is a sideways skull, I think.

    Can’t figure out the meme either

  6. Bobbie Avatar
    Bobbie

    @ no.3

    Jewish Pretzel? Star of David, and a pretzel.

  7. Huez Avatar
    Huez

    How about different trends or fads that most people seem to go through at some stage in their life?

  8. Kara Avatar

    hearts, stars, horseshoes, cloves, and blue moons, pots of golds, and rainbows, and me red balloons???

  9. Kara Avatar

    clovers****

  10. rosie Avatar

    Whenever I see a pretzel I think of Bush and how we were almost saved by a pretzel…

  11. Campbell Avatar
    Campbell

    Coffee, Star of David, Omega, Diamond, Anchor, Star, Pretzel, Skull….

    *stumped*

  12. horman Avatar
    horman

    I’m guessing that those are the symbols you get whenever you hit a key on the home row for whatever font that is.

  13. Ri Avatar
    Ri

    Charms? But, this guy is wicked hot. Muttonchops!

  14. _Zala_ Avatar
    _Zala_

    TRUE LOVE

    😀

  15. Travis Avatar
    Travis

    At #7.
    I didn’t know that Judaism was a fad or trend.
    I guess you learn something new everyday.

  16. Sade Avatar
    Sade

    food,god,luck and wealth?

    i have no idea

  17. Swims_in_the_Ether Avatar

    Rosie- that little incident would definitely designate pretzels as good luck then, wouldn’t it? hehehe

    Ayway, I think that they are very neat tattoos, but I can’t guess any better than anyone else as to what they mean.

  18. jordyn Avatar
    jordyn

    my best guess is that they somehow all represent different religons

  19. bettie cracker Avatar
    bettie cracker

    I was really hoping someone figured it out in here… haha crap. I guess I’ll check back later, since I have NO CLUE.

    p.s. nice chops!

  20. Giles Wallwork Avatar

    Since when did Wolverine have Tattoos ?

  21. boff Avatar

    surely wolverines healing powers would reject the tattoo?

    note to self: “get a life!”

  22. CreativeNonFiction Avatar

    Wolverine was discussed earlier; yes, in one comic book he tells another X-man that he would get tattoos to impress chicks and they’d be gone in a couple hours.

  23. Louie Avatar

    It looks like that wingdings (sp? haha) font found on some computers. Don’t know what it would translate as, if it was said font tho…?

  24. Albert Avatar
    Albert

    Could be his stages of life past present and future(including places he could of worked at….sounds silly but just taking a stab at it:
    Coffee mug- cofee shop
    Star of David- started bcoming faithful
    Anchor- joined the navy
    Skull- obviously when he dies…
    doubt thats it
    I am stumped…

  25. anna Avatar
    anna

    is it… true love?

  26. Em Avatar
    Em

    I’m thinking about the alethiometer in His Dark Materials, but that ain’t right.

  27. starless_dark Avatar

    If it was “true love” it would have the two ‘e’s as the same symbol, so it can’t be that unless they were different cases. Hopefully the guy will get on here and tell us what it means!

  28. starless_dark Avatar

    Forgot to mention that it might not even spell anything! Shannon only talks about the ‘common theme’ or ‘meme’ after all.

  29. guess Avatar
    guess

    they’re all cliched tattoo symbols except the java symbol and the pretzel??

  30. Toothpaste Avatar

    so no answer :(??

  31. shokroklove Avatar
    shokroklove

    i really wanna know D:

  32. Paul Avatar
    Paul

    I know who that is! it’s WOLVERINE from the X MEN isn’t it?
    Those sideburns give him away everytime!

  33. IAM:AeChei Avatar
    IAM:AeChei

    OK. Shannon, if you know the answer to this and you don’t tell us, we are going to be very displeased with you! I’ve rechecked this about 6 times now because it’s driving me nuts for some reason.

  34. Blake Avatar

    lucky charms?

  35. Nat Avatar
    Nat

    I’m thinking something along the lines of “happiness”. Not spelling the word, but all of those things indicate something that makes some people very happy, no?

  36. rivers Avatar

    So, first off, my name is Sean. Second, I never thought that I would be modblogged, let alone have this many comments. Thanks everyone for the vindication and a good feeling or two.

    Concerning my tattoos, there is no theme or general intention behind all eight tattoos together. The only two that really matter are the Star of David and the pretzel; they’re on matching fingers and are for my parents. I have a Jewish mom and a German dad.

    The coffee cup comes from my unrequited love for the drink, simply enough. The rest are just symbols that appeal to me, aesthetically.

    Sorry that there isn’t a better story to put down, but I am willing to consider some more theories. Thank you, Shannon, for the appreciation.

  37. Franny Avatar
    Franny

    Dude, the last tattoo on his left pinkie is Cthulhu, that’s the meme right there.

  38. Amanda Avatar
    Amanda

    Love those lipssss

  39. Amanda Avatar
    Amanda

    How about relating the symbols on the opposite fingers (ie pinky to pinky) Lets see… Dead people(skull) can’t drink coffee(coffee), Germans(pretzel) persecuted the Jews(Star of David), Pirates(anchor), look for treasure(diamond), and I don’t know about the star and omega.

  40. Maledict Avatar
    Maledict

    is mostly worn off and probably done at home the theme?

  41. pete Avatar
    pete

    is it wingdings?

  42. jared Avatar

    Things to hold you over.

  43. Josiah Avatar

    I don’t think it’s Omega on his right middle finger. Its upside down. So I guess horseshoe? Or maybe omega being upside down has some importance. I just hope after a hundred guesses we aren’t told “they’re all symbols. DUH”

  44. rivers Avatar

    What looks like an Omega is really a horseshoe. They were done, once, at a shop. Parts of the horseshoe, a lot of the diamond, and a side of the pretzel fell out worse than the others. They will be re-lined in the near future.

  45. LD Avatar
    LD

    on the right hand are the passing (transitory) aspects of life (money, lucky, addictions, religion). and on the left hand are intransitory aspects of life, the stuff that anchors us down???? death (skull), endless space (star), infinity (even though it looks like a pretzel?

    the chops are really coming in.

  46. LD Avatar
    LD

    i need to calm down. whew.

  47. LeaveThePoliticsToMadmen Avatar
    LeaveThePoliticsToMadmen

    LD —- SCROLL UP. answer is right there in front of.

  48. LeaveThePoliticsToMadmen Avatar
    LeaveThePoliticsToMadmen

    * in front of you.

  49. Ben Avatar
    Ben

    nice chops

  50. Katt Avatar
    Katt

    I have to agree with #38, those lips are to die for.

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