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Today's Geeky Tattoos Likely to be Obsolete in the Future

by Tim Stevens on May 1, 2009 at 02:19 PM

Today's Geeky Tattoos Likely to be Obsolete in the Future
Tattoos were once the exclusive domain of shady types, usually of a sea-borne persuasion. By now, of course, they've gone totally mainstream, but that doesn't mean some ink aficionados with geeky interests aren't doing their best to make things a little more niche again. Enter the geeky tattoo, a trend that's funny now -- but for how long?

Above is one example, a tattoo that shows some HTML code indicating the end of one section and the beginning of another -- in this case the transition from a Web page's head to body. It's the sort of thing that would make a computery type snort with glee, and everyone else ask "What does that mean?" However, we're more concerned about the future prospects for these things. HTML has been around for a long time, and while it'll be here for awhile yet, we're not entirely sure the grandkids of these walking canvasses will have any notion of what the stuff was. But, they're cool for the moment, and that's all that matters for permanent body art, right? [From: Trendhunter Magazine]

Tags: body art, BodyArt, geeky tattoo, GeekyTattoo, html, ink, style, tattoo, top

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