pdenisowski:"Ĉiu unu populo"

What is this supposed to signify?!

Bruso:

InsaneInter:Are tattoos looked down apon in the Esperanto community?

I sincerely hope so.

...why exactly?

Kirilo81:

pdenisowski:"Ĉiu unu populo"

What is this supposed to signify?!

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.

erinja:

Kirilo81:

pdenisowski:"Ĉiu unu populo"

What is this supposed to signify?!

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.

Yep, thanks - just a typo. Pretty big difference without the "j"

Picture of my 20 year-old magnet here.

Aubright:

Bruso:

InsaneInter:Are tattoos looked down apon in the Esperanto community?

I sincerely hope so.

...why exactly?

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"

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

I'm always a little puzzled by the huge increase in tattooing over the last 20 years or so

Me 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.

pdenisowski:

Aubright:

Bruso:

InsaneInter:Are tattoos looked down apon in the Esperanto community?

I sincerely hope so.

...why exactly?

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"

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

It's just us young ppl trying to be "cool" LOL.

pdenisowski:
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"

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.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ballpoint_pen_dr...

I've never seen so many people avidly against tattoos. 0.o In so much as to question one's sanity for getting one.

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...

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 ....

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