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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


§ ita § - Sep 24, 2007 5:56:27 am PDT #2425 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

For those of us not well-versed in office furniture, what is the significance of an Eames chair?


bon bon - Sep 24, 2007 6:00:52 am PDT #2426 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

That particular chair is one of the most famous of midcentury furniture designs: [link]


§ ita § - Sep 24, 2007 6:04:12 am PDT #2427 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Huh. I don't quite see the point of it still, but there you go. I wouldn't tag it as a worst-ever design, but it's not interesting enough for me to wonder what's the point of (even nice) furniture tattooed on one's body.


Steph L. - Sep 24, 2007 6:05:13 am PDT #2428 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

For those of us not well-versed in office furniture, what is the significance of an Eames chair?

Thank you for asking that, ita. I was just about to ask, myself.

That particular chair is one of the most famous of midcentury furniture designs: [link].

Huh.

I hate the moniker "tramp stamp" for a lower-back tattoo. (1) Because women's lower backs are lovely, and a well-done tattoo looks fantastic there. (2) *I* have a lower-back tattoo, and I got it to cover up my surgery scar -- it has *nothing* to do with providing decoration for all the guys to whom my tattoo says "Fuck me in the ass!!!"

(Seriously, *do* guys really think that's what a woman's lower-back tattoo means?)


bon bon - Sep 24, 2007 6:08:31 am PDT #2429 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Some other classic furniture design tattoos: [link]

ETA: he's a furniture design major: [link]


tommyrot - Sep 24, 2007 6:09:10 am PDT #2430 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

what's the point of (even nice) furniture tattooed on one's body.

Maybe it'd be cool if it was some anthropomorphisized furniture, running into battle while holding a sword over its head.

Hmmm... couldn't find any such images on google....


brenda m - Sep 24, 2007 6:22:11 am PDT #2431 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

it has *nothing* to do with providing decoration for all the guys to whom my tattoo says "Fuck me in the ass!!!"

Wait, what?


§ ita § - Sep 24, 2007 6:22:44 am PDT #2432 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

*do* guys really think that's what a woman's lower-back tattoo means?

From what I can tell, even if it doesn't mean that, it makes many guys think that. However, I have not been able to discern what else (like, say, just seeing a woman from behind) makes these same guys think that too.

I think the furniture tats are going to remain in the "okay, whatever" realm for me. They're too...I don't know. I don't think they look nice, and the jump to meaning is too far for me to make with the wearer.

I don't expect anyone else to dig my tat, so it's not a condemnation of any sort.


Aims - Sep 24, 2007 6:24:13 am PDT #2433 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

From Wiki:

Beginning in the late 1990s the 'lower back tattoo', known in slang as a "tramp stamp", "ass antlers,"[1] or the "back-door bullseye" became popular especially among young women. Lower back tattoos are often oblong in shape, following the slope of the back on either side of the woman's spine. The lower back tattoo is body decoration with the intent of emphasizing sexual attractiveness. Generally, a lower back tattoo will be designed to emphasize the shape and curvature of the female figure. While such tattoos have become increasingly popular and accepted in recent years in many parts of the world especially the west, they remain an object of derision in some quarters. Detractors consider such tattoos in this location as suggestive of promiscuity and an indication of Raunch Culture.[2]


tommyrot - Sep 24, 2007 6:25:42 am PDT #2434 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

What is "Raunch Culture" and why does it get capitalized?