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Kirilo81 (Mostrar o perfil) 31 de maio de 2013 07:45:54
pdenisowski:"Ĉiu unu populo"What is this supposed to signify?!
Aubright (Mostrar o perfil) 31 de maio de 2013 08:09:30
Bruso:...why exactly?InsaneInter:Are tattoos looked down apon in the Esperanto community?I sincerely hope so.
erinja (Mostrar o perfil) 31 de maio de 2013 12:06:35
Kirilo81:I think it is meant to be Ĉiuj unu popolo, right? Each individual as a group, all individuals (ĉiuj) rather than each individual being their individual one people.pdenisowski:"Ĉiu unu populo"What is this supposed to signify?!
pdenisowski (Mostrar o perfil) 31 de maio de 2013 12:46:34
erinja:Yep, thanks - just a typo. Pretty big difference without the "j"Kirilo81:I think it is meant to be Ĉiuj unu popolo, right? Each individual as a group, all individuals (ĉiuj) rather than each individual being their individual one people.pdenisowski:"Ĉiu unu populo"What is this supposed to signify?!
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Picture of my 20 year-old magnet here.
pdenisowski (Mostrar o perfil) 31 de maio de 2013 12:57:16
Aubright:If I draw all over myself with magic markers, people would probably wonder about my sanity. If I pay someone to do the same thing to me permanently using needles and ink, I'm "expressing myself"Bruso:...why exactly?InsaneInter:Are tattoos looked down apon in the Esperanto community?I sincerely hope so.
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I'm not that old, but I remember when the only people who got tattoos were sailors, bikers, and criminals. Obviously, adults have the right to do whatever they like with their bodies, but I'm always a little puzzled by the huge increase in tattooing over the last 20 years or so -- you used to have to pay money at the circus to see those kinds of tattoos
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Amike (kaj sentatuaĵe),
Paul
sudanglo (Mostrar o perfil) 31 de maio de 2013 15:09:13
I'm always a little puzzled by the huge increase in tattooing over the last 20 years or soMe too Denis. Bizarre, isn't it? Even tribal Africans and other primitive peoples had the common sense to decorate their bodies with stuff that would wash off.
InsaneInter (Mostrar o perfil) 31 de maio de 2013 17:12:26
pdenisowski:It's just us young ppl trying to be "cool" LOL.Aubright:If I draw all over myself with magic markers, people would probably wonder about my sanity. If I pay someone to do the same thing to me permanently using needles and ink, I'm "expressing myself"Bruso:...why exactly?InsaneInter:Are tattoos looked down apon in the Esperanto community?I sincerely hope so.![]()
I'm not that old, but I remember when the only people who got tattoos were sailors, bikers, and criminals. Obviously, adults have the right to do whatever they like with their bodies, but I'm always a little puzzled by the huge increase in tattooing over the last 20 years or so -- you used to have to pay money at the circus to see those kinds of tattoos
Amike (kaj sentatuaĵe),
Paul
evanamd (Mostrar o perfil) 31 de maio de 2013 17:19:13
pdenisowski:If you draw all over yourself, with no rhyme or reason, then people will probably wonder about you. I've never seen any tattoos of haphazard stripes, though. If anything, marker or pen body art is more sane than a tattoo, because it's washable.
If I draw all over myself with magic markers, people would probably wonder about my sanity. If I pay someone to do the same thing to me permanently using needles and ink, I'm "expressing myself"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ballpoint_pen_dr...
Moosader (Mostrar o perfil) 31 de maio de 2013 21:50:47
I guess most of who I hang out with are young-adult college students in Kansas City, so uh... different culture? Anyway, I think it's kind of... well, mean so be so negative about something that can mean a lot to people. Sometimes people get tattoos for a symbolic reason, to mean something to them. I don't want any tattoos, but I'm not going to put down anyone who does want them.
Besides, this person wants to express an excitement and love of Esperanto through a medium that isn't that rare these days. Maybe it's a desire to find others who speak Esperanto easily while out in the world, aye? I made a "Mi ŝatas Esperanton" t-shirt for the same reason, but I can't wear it every day... it'd get crusty. D:
Other groups may have other ways to distinguish themselves; specific jewelry and whatnot. Either way, maybe just taking the question as "Are there any specific [symbols] for the Esperanto culture?" rather than tattoos.
Anyway, to go back on-topic - InsaneInter, maybe find a song or phrase that means a lot to you and use that.
I've come up with my own design that is a green background, and instead of a white star I basically drew up a lily with five points, because I thought it'd be a little unique.
Beyond the Esperanto star/flag, there's also the "melon", but I think it's kind of ugly.
http://openclipart.org/people/esperanton/melono.sv...
pdenisowski (Mostrar o perfil) 31 de maio de 2013 22:17:03
Moosader:Anyway, I think it's kind of... well, mean so be so negative about something that can mean a lot to people. Sometimes people get tattoos for a symbolic reason, to mean something to them. I don't want any tattoos, but I'm not going to put down anyone who does want them.Sorry, I sincerely apologize if that sounded mean -- it wasn't meant to be negative: it's just that I don't understand the massive increase in tattooing over the last 15 years or so. Maybe we should start a thread so people with tattoos can explain it to me ....
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Moosader:Besides, this person wants to express an excitement and love of Esperanto through a medium that isn't that rare these days. Maybe it's a desire to find others who speak Esperanto easily while out in the world, aye?Call me (really) old-fashioned, but I just wear my green-star pin when I'm out cruising for Esperantists : here's a picture of it on top of my 111 (yes, one-hundred and eleven) year-old Esperanto book :
Green star pin
When I was first studying Esperanto in the 1980s, the green-star pin was (supposedly) the way to discretely spot other Esperantists -- kind of like Mensa's little yellow map pin.
Amike,
Paul