tattoo of the day
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- microkorg1
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"It is likely that this specimen came from a seafarer, because all of the tattoos are commonly associated with, and have significance for, sailors. A swallow could be tattooed for every 5000 nautical miles a sailor had travelled and also because they are known to migrate huge distances safely home. Snakes have a variety of meanings, but could signify power. Finally, a fully rigged ship showed that he had navigated around Cape Horn, the southernmost tip of South America. He was most likely American, as the flag on the ship is probably that of the United States. The ship is a clipper, and he probably sailed in one just like it. A picture now emerges of an American sailor who had travelled for thousands of miles around the globe!"
Imagining what our ancestors will think when they dig up someone with a tramp stamp above theie ass.
- or all the hipsters with swallows who've never sailed a day in their life. "holy shit everyone was a sailor!"scarabin_net
- For a bit there every gangly cunt had that type of work done here. Didn't get being asked 'aaar, matey, when ye next brave The Horn and head East!?'face_melter
- Nowadays hipsters get swallows tattoed every 5000 Matcha Lattes.microkorg
- lolmoldero