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 | Tissot's indicatrix
-| {{w|Tissot's indicatrix}} is a matrix of circles placed on a map that change size and proportions (possibly turning into ellipses) based on map distortion. As a tattoo, that would be useful in tracking any distortion of the skin since you had the tattoo.
+| {{w|Tissot's indicatrix}} is a matrix of circles placed on a map that change size and proportions (possibly turning into ellipses) based on map distortion. There is a semi-common gag in media of a character who gains weight having a tattoo distorted as a result (often involving a tattoo of a person that appears to similarly gain weight like the bearer); having Tissot's indicatrix as a tattoo would be a more deliberate means of tracking distortion of the skin.
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 | Summary of the [https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/suffer-to-be-beautiful Snopes page on the tattoo epidural thing] (Lower back)
-| The "tattoo epidural thing" is a mostly debunked medical concern that anesthesiologists attending women in labor would refuse to administer spinal anesthetic (which is injected through the lower back) by needle through the skin with tattoo ink, out of fear of introducing the ink into the spinal column.
+| The "tattoo epidural thing" is a mostly debunked medical concern that anesthesiologists attending women in labor would refuse to administer spinal anesthetic (which is injected through the lower back) by needle through the skin with tattoo ink, out of fear of introducing the ink into the spinal column. Getting a tattoo on the lower back would, naturally, raise that concern among the uninformed, so having the tattoo in question be a summary of that concern would pre-emptively argue the point.
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 | Slide rule markings on forearms
-| A {{w|slide rule}} is a set of logarithmic scales that are used to perform mathematical calculations. This plays off of the idea of a [https://twitter.com/donttrythis/status/1084272599339753473 ruler tattoo], which might be useful for people who frequently need to measure lengths. Using a slide rule involves sliding the sections of the slide rule to align their markings, so a tattoo would be thoroughly useless.  However, Randall specifies the markings would be on his forearms (plural) and, by sliding both arms past each other, he could have a functioning (if awkward) slide rule.
+| A {{w|slide rule}} is a set of logarithmic scales that are used to perform mathematical calculations. This plays off of the idea of a [https://twitter.com/donttrythis/status/1084272599339753473 ruler tattoo], which might be useful for people who frequently need to measure lengths. Using a slide rule involves sliding the sections of the slide rule to align their markings, so a tattoo of a slide rule in its entirety would be thoroughly useless. However, Randall specifies tattooing the markings (and not the slide rule itself) on his forearms (plural) and, by sliding both arms past each other, he could have a functioning (if awkward) slide rule.
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 | Lorem Ipsum text
-| {{w|Lorem ipsum}} is the beginning of and shorthand for a long section of shuffled-up Latin text. It is often used by both print and web designers as placeholder text until final content is available. Having a Lorem ipsum tattoo would possibly suggest that the tattoo's text is a placeholder for a "final" tattoo. [https://i.pinimg.com/236x/cb/a3/78/cba3788d5839c6f6dc24fcb488a2d4e8.jpg A real Lorem Ipsum tattoo found on the web] may just be a photoshop made by a tattoo artist.
+| {{w|Lorem ipsum}} is the beginning of and shorthand for a long section of shuffled-up Latin text. It is often used by both print and web designers as placeholder text until final contents are available. Having a Lorem ipsum tattoo would possibly suggest that the tattoo's text is a placeholder for a "final" tattoo. [https://i.pinimg.com/236x/cb/a3/78/cba3788d5839c6f6dc24fcb488a2d4e8.jpg A real Lorem Ipsum tattoo found on the web] may just be a photoshop made by a tattoo artist.
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 | Email password

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-| Some systems use "changeme" as an initial password, with the expectation that the password will be changed before the system is used.  In programming, some text fields are initialized with "CHANGEME" to allow the programmer to get the program running for development purposes while making it obvious that the actual text needs to be written and inserted, similar to Lorem Ipsum.  This would be a very difficult operation to perform with a tattoo. "Change me" could also have a sexual connotation.
+| Some systems use "changeme" as an initial password, with the expectation that the password will be changed before the system is used.  In programming, some text fields are initialized with "CHANGEME" to allow the programmer to get the program running for development purposes while making it obvious that the actual text needs to be written and inserted, similar to Lorem Ipsum.  This would be a very difficult operation to perform with a tattoo.
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