What kind of man gets three Zune tattoos?
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted Sep 17th 2007 8:33PM
posted Sep 17th 2007 8:33PM
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I can smell his b.o. even over the internets.
It's the inter-tubes. They pass smells much easier. ;)
he has very small thumbs!
I really wonder what his motives are...
I'd hit it.
What fanboy would get ANY tattoos?
It's a new form of marketing... steve jobs is a fricken genius
logyk... sigh... logyk...
now some even fatter zune fanboy is gonna get a tattoo of Him!
i think logyk is on 2 somethin...here we have a relativly unattractive guy sporting a zune tatoo
AND THEN
here--> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijustine/1365847053/
we have a relativly attractive girl sporting an apple tatoo
cowinkydink? nahhhh
The real question is: "Why did they hyphenate welcome?" It's not like they ran out of space. Hell, I think you could tattoo James Joyce's Ulysses on his back, in that same font and not run out of room.
~Thursday
wow, there is something fatter than the ipod nano fatty.
this guy just wants to be on the internet, getting attention. where there you go bud, you're getting it, everyone can see what you are... be... proud..
how did they get my pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nih- "I'd hit it."
with an aluminum bat.
The first question I come up with is "What is this guy thinking?" Then I realize he probably isn't really thinking.
The Zune isn't bad but I don't think it is worth 3 tattoos that will stay there until you die. I only just saw my second person with a Zune today. The first was a relative on a cruise during Spring Break.
@ amazingrobbie
FYI, its against the Jewish religion to mark ones skin. e.g. piercing, tattoos, etc.
it isnt followed very well even in orthodox communities, but it is a jewish law.
When the next line of Zunes come out (the rumored V2 and the flash based 'minis') he's going to get a tattoo of each of them and their respective prices. I'm calling it, right here, right now.
The man is a walking billboard. A walking, obese, hairy, unsightly billboard. I even like the Zune, but this . . . this is asinine.
@ Toppguunn
It was a joke. Obviously he didn't attach part of his foreskin to his finger. That's something...else entirely, and much more gross, especially with that freakbag smile he has.
"It will be the catch phrase, "welcome to the social" and I will have it tattooed on my back from shoulder to shoulder"
Above quote taken from blog before tattoo was installed.
i guess this tattoo is what you call "bitching out." What happened to shoulder to shoulder?
Furthermore...
Didn't want to have them shave your whole back?
and...
your tattoo is crooked. The letters look like they were stenciled on by a 3rd grader. Is that "Helvetica Crooked"
finally...
Are you excited that they hyphenated welcome?
re: comment by thursday
i misread and though you'd put 'run out of doom' lmao!
This is a top secret plot by El Jobso.
You know in the Axe commercials everyone is hot, so the sheep go buy Axe deodorant? Well, what happens when they are ugly as sin?
Everyone... I give you the Zune tattoo man.
HE must be sponcered by M$!!!!!
Sponcered...probably not. Sponsored...perhaps.
No way. Microsoft is aiming at the hip young teen. This just reenforces the idea that Zune guys are geeky, ugly, guys.
More like sponsored by Burger King...
god no..
I second that emotion.
whats wrong with this guy ... besides his need to get three zune tattoos?
I'm thinking at 4 we should start to call him crazy.... or something
ew
At least he didn't pay 10,000 for a WoW character.
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/wow-character-sells-for-nearly-10-000/
haha, the c in welcome is off
So
much
hair.
I only see two tattoos, where's the third?
It's against standards to show it
I don't think we want to know, haha.
I knew someone would get me(You Win)!!!lol but yes he is Sponsored...perhaps.
This is wrong on soooo many levels........
im scared
Why doesn't he just do one on his forehead?
I tattoo for a living and j would never let any customer get that done!!
or if idid I would atkeast line up the lettering clearly
Jesus those Tattoos are so bad!! Cheap tattoos aren't good
and good tattoos arent cheap
Well, on the bright side the tats will soon be covered in a thick layer of hair. So he won't have to feel as bad about having them when the Zune goes the way of "Microsoft Home" and "Clippy". >;-)
Did he let a 9 yr old draw it? Or does it intentionally look like crap? Well, you know... Zune-related part aside...
he's lonely.
he's hairy.
he can't reach back there to shave off his back-whiskers...
so he gets tattoo artists to have to shave a section and make art on his mural.
and if he keeps getting MS shit on him his eyes will turn red sooner than later with the red-eyes-of-death syndrome.
then we will lament hairy stinky zune tattoo man.
for he is no more.
no, he actually has a girlfriend... (getting married soon... I think)
http://www.zunescene.com/forums/index.php?topic=18679.0
wow, he is actually getting married? how am i not engaged? i'm fairly attractive and even have an iPhone. oh wait, i have standards...lol.
i was reading through that zune message board. and i thought apple fanboys were bad? what the hell! they were talking about tying up iphones and dragging them behind the "just married" car. what a bunch of idiots. i don't care which side you're on, but there's no way you can say the zune is better then the iphone. even the fatty nano is better then the zune. i'd rather have a shuffle than a zune. i'd rather have a sony md player than a zune. i'd rather have a bricked iphone than a zune.
hell, i'd rather have my tonsils removed than have a zune. microsoft makes total crap products. vista sucks...i got it free through my school. i'm back on xp now. my sister just got a new laptop for college with vista basic and its so slow she cant even use her computer to type a paper and it's a dual core with 1gb ram. i just mailed in my xbox 360 for the second time with a 3RLOD error. i can hardly wait for leopard to come out so i can buy myself a mac and i'm seriously thinking about getting a wii...i want microsoft out of my life for good!!
Oh, God No! it says three...and we can only see two. I dont think we wanna see the other.
Actually, the 3rd one is on his other arm, its like rabbits or something. Never quite figured out how rabbits tied into the Zune but whatever.
i hope the 15 minutes of fame is worth it to have those hideous tattoos
"What kind of man gets three Zune tattoos?"
A man who craves attention.
"I told you, tattoos are PERMANENT!"
"But I've got three Zune tattoos!"
"Sorry Roger, you shill now..."
Nicer than grandpa after a blowjob
If microsoft wanted to put their mark on something so bloated and ugly....oh....wait...Vista already has branding all over it.
I wouldn't necessarily say ugly.
But I also really wouldn't say it's bloated either, since it does contain what any OS should at least offer.
If you're trying to pull something down on Vista, come up with better adjectivies.
I wouldn't necessarily say ugly.
But I also really wouldn't say it's bloated either, since it does contain what any OS should at least offer.
If you're trying to pull something down on Vista, come up with better adjectives.
I wouldn't necessarily say ugly.
But I also really wouldn't say it's bloated either, since it does contain what any OS should at least offer.
If you're trying to pull something down on Vista, come up with better adjectives.
Sorry for the triple posts. I had no idea that was happening.
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Something tells me he got the Apple logo tattooed on his rear end...
This tatoo is the closer he will get to THE SOCIAL
vomit
@michael
trouble posting? are you running vista?
He needs a better artist, that lettering is atrocious!
Obviously, he's an asshole of the highest order.
Looks like he wieghs more than my fuckin car.
For all of the flak people give companies - not once have i seen a fanboy go crazy and get tattoos for their favorite gadgetry.
No thank you.
BACNE!
What kind of man? This clown in the pictures.
He reminds me of Eric Cartman in the "Make Love Not Warcraft" episode.
I hope he's making some money off putting silly tattoos on and getting his picture posted all over the internets.
Engadget, what's your motivation for giving this clown, and MS, free publicity?
is it bad to assume that he lives with his mom?
no, that is logical and fair.
looks like he's gotten fatter since last time. nice back hair.
I bet the tattoo artist was resisting the urge to vomit when he was shaving off his back hair. Wait, I'm not even sure I can call him an artist since the lettering is all messed up.
have you ever handlettered on a hairy billboard?
I mean there are certain levels of devotion to something to get a tatoo, i can understand a band getting a tatoo of there first album and i can understand getting a lovers name tatooed BUT A ZUNE TATOO and not one BUT 3!! it is to sad for words (except maybe über-pathetic)
Poor kerning, poor leading... there's so much that's wrong with this...
HAH! Layout artist disgust. Love it. I know the feeling! Did you cringe at the hyphen on the first line after 3 letters? You can't do that!!!
i think apple is the sponsor
Welcome to the Social.
Or not.
Not to slag the guy or anything but why Zune? It's an decent product, not omg this has totally changed my life. I don't get...I can think of a billion better tattoos to get...maybe he's lonely and likes the attention
Poor mentally ill fucker needs his family to step in. The worthiness of the Zune aside, he's tied his identity and probably his happiness to a ridiculous plastic nothing. While I have to admit some of your comments are histerically funny, I have nothing but pitty for this poor dude.
A man that is paid by Microsoft, that's who.
DISGUSTING! and so are the tattoos! What a loser!
Just a matter of time before he gets a "May I squirt you a song?" tattoo...
I don't want to know where he'll get that tattooed.
ucky.
Oh god no. Please let this man come to his senses, or just run out of skin.
Those are going to be hard to explain to the grandkids when they ask you, "What do those mean?"
Oh, wait. Never mind.
You honestly think that this man will ever have children, let alone grandchildren?
That's what the "Oh, wait. Never mind." was for. I don't think it's something he'll have to worry about...
I think I just puked a little in my mouth.
ROFLMAO!
Apple should hire him to represent the Zune in a Ipod vs Zune tv spot a la the Mac vs PC commercials
Use the hotchick with the Apple tatoo vs. the Fatman.
Hmm...
I totally expected this one to be on his ass.
ironic @ welcome to the social
this guy doesnt have a social life
If that guy thinks he is "the social", he needs to stop smoking whatever it is he's smoking.
Please, please, please. Replace the Zune next year with something new. It can be just as crappy as the Zune. Just do it to teach this man a lesson.
Wow...holy crap. I've seen lame tattoos, but 3 Zune tattoos? I rather take a tramp stamp.
He is the bastard son of Steven 'Jester' Ballmer.
a moron... if you read his posts he says shoulder to shoulder... lookin at the picture hes got a hell of a lot more shoulder to cover... and he was dumped for a 56 year old wal-mart greeter... sad sad day...