Kids today.

May 19, 2009 14:03

The Broken Window Theory is not an overcompensating emo band. It is instead a sociological theory that suggests that images of urban delinquency and decay --like a broken window on an abandoned house that no one bothers to fix, for example-- invites further delinquency.

This is the principle idea why the State feels the need to erase graffiti.




An interview with Hepe, one of Manila's many hard-working graffiti artists.




While you slave through your weary office hours so you can sleep like a log at night, he and his ilk prowl your streets, turning your investments into their playground. They do this thanklessly, and without expecting any salary. They're probably happier than you, to boot.




*Pro-tip, friend artist. When living in the fast lane and taking pictures of your work, make sure the file name of the pictures isn't your real name.

This guy wants a scientific tattoo.

I'm telling you one of my best tattoo ideas:

F=ma on your fists, you know, like the love/hate thing



Jimmy writes, “This is a picture of my recent ink in commemoration of getting my Ph.D in Molecular Pharmacology. Occam’s Razor in its original Latin text -Numquam ponenda est pluralitas sine necessitate-roughly translated, plurality should never be posited without necessity. I’ve always subscribed to this fundamental tenet behind the scientific method not only in my passion for science, but also in my beliefs in philosophy and religion.



“I just finished my Ph.D. on microbially-mediated uranium bioremediation and chose to get a new tattoo to commemorate this milestone. The tattoo is a uranium atom with each orbital and all 92 electrons represented. The center is blue with a swirl to represent the ocean where I grew up.”

The Science Tattoo Emporium I once wondered aloud if scientists had tattoos of their science. The answer was yes, and this ever-growing collection is the evidence.

One T points out the proper decorum when getting a tattoo. Kids today. No damn respect.

street culture, tattoos, link dump, graffiti

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