This is one of those stories you can file under "JESUS TITTING CHRIST!" A teenage boy has used a laser-etching machine to "brand" himself with an image of Pac-Man, burning the iconic arcade character into his skin.
The self-scourging Pac-Man fan modified an industrial etching machine to perform the dangerous deed, disabling its safety mechanism with a die and a magnet. He then used its searing hot laser to scar the image into his arm. He also "tattooed" a Space Invader on the arm and a robot on his hand, one that looks suspiciously like a relative of our very own Mr. Destructoid.
Naturally, as with all young men who do stupid things, he filmed his escapades, and the video is embedded after the jump. It might not be for the squeamish among you, as it's quite painful to watch, both for the physical pain, and the outright lack of intelligence displayed.
He's laughing now of course, but we'll see how funny it is when that Pac-Man design gets distorted ... from all the tumors bubbling up underneath it.
[Cheers, Rorschach]
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Contest:
9:41 PM on 07.03.2008
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The.....
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WHY?
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but, umm... yeah there are these things called tattoos they're safe and don't involve any harmful long term effects like cancer (small chance of AIDS but it depends where you go to >_>)
huge song like eight years ago.
i'm still at a loss why you'd use a unmanned laser over a tattoo parlor. But then again, i'm not stupid and dumb all in one.
Also I think that the robot is the instructables mascot.
and dumb kid is dumb
in closing, dumb.
But the real cool kids just cut off their hands and wear them like a necklace. Sure, you can never experience the joy of fingers again, but that is a small price to pay to be balls fucking hardcore.
that looks like FUN!!!
I wouldn't do it, but I sure know some people that would.
"hey check out this unrecognizable blotch of scar tissue i got. i live for pain!"
I don't understand your sentence structure.
To me this looks like it's only burning or etching or whatever through the top layer of skin. This is why the skin around it is red, but there is no bleeding. So while it may have hurt, I dont think it would hurt anymore than someone digging their nails into your skin.
If he does, then epic fail.
I wonder how long that shit'll last, like will his body just heal it up all funky and weird looking.
Because one stupid fucking mistake woudn't be enough, lets do both arms and the back of a hand. Enjoy your infections and your wonderful future in unskilled labour (as a self-identified and labeled idiot, who would hire him for anything more?).
The darker/grey etched parts are scarring, the pale pink dits are where the top layers of skin have come off.
That robot is a graphic from Instructables
Looks like Mr Destructoid's obese nerdy cousin :)
And I believe the correct term is JESUS TITTY-FUCKING CHRIST.
I guess a tattoo would require being a certain age and £££. This is free!
Also, What a twat.