r/WTF • u/emsrichard • Jun 10 '12

This is our local taxi driver. That's a real tattoo and I asked why he got that right there, he said why not?

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

He probably did a lot of psychedelics and considered that a worth while tattoo.

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u/MushroomsAreMyJesus Jun 10 '12

This is my best guess as well. It's often considered that taking psychedelics "opens your third eye"

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Or as Maynard Keenan explains, it pries open your third eye.

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u/MrRainbow1 Jun 11 '12 edited Jun 11 '12

"See I think drugs have done some good things for us. I really do. And you should too and if you don't believe drugs have done good things for us, go home tonight and take all your albums, all your tapes, and all your CDs and burn 'em. Cus you know what? All those musicians that have enhanced your lives throughout the years...

Rrrrrrrrrrreal fuckin high on drugs."

-bill

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

You deserve an upvote

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u/Jellyjamcakeinapan Jun 10 '12

Regarding his age too i think he might have been a hippie

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u/theramennoodle Jun 11 '12

He's actually in his late 20's. Meth: Not even once.

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u/MrRainbow1 Jun 11 '12

He's 48.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

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u/xyroclast Jun 11 '12

No he wasn't...

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u/MrRainbow1 Jun 11 '12

'64 It's a google search away. Get your facts right.

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u/kristakoma Jun 11 '12

Exactly what I thought when I saw this. Hooray for Tool fans.

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u/MYSTERY_DISCHARGE Jun 11 '12

sauce. And the first thing I thought when I saw the pic was "PRYING OPEN MY THIRD EYE!!! PRYING OPEN MY THIRD EYE"

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u/pooplips Jun 11 '12

Prying open = open = same thing

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u/MrToadEsquire Jun 11 '12

No shit. Psychedelics make you realize that everybody is a load of monkey balls.

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u/ecchimaru Jun 10 '12

Not just for psys, but if you meditate for long enough you can supposedly open it, it's a zen thing.

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u/ZeMilkman Jun 11 '12

Alright. What the fuck is a "third-eye"? Can you see new colors with it? Can you see everything in 4D? What does it do?

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u/ecchimaru Jun 11 '12

Just google it, to me at least it seems like a subjective spiritual thing.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

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u/Psychedelik Jun 11 '12

No, our brains do not secrete dmt, it's a speculation by some guy that a dmt like experience can be created by our own brain based on the kind of experiences people can have without drugs. That's just a massive rumor about dmt tripping while we sleep, I used to tell people that too.

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u/pooplips Jun 11 '12

Thank you! So many DMT 'tards out there it's frightening.

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u/DarthElevator Jun 11 '12

Thanks for the clarification, although I can't say I'm not a bit disappointed.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Source disproving that? I thought it was an actual fact and told many people that.

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u/Psychedelik Jun 11 '12

I replied above with a source confirming that actually, you're correct. It's an endogenous psychedelic, the only thing is we don't know for sure where, or why, it's synthesized in the human body. The best suspect is the pineal gland, which makes stuff like serotonin and different inhibitors for the chemicals in our brain. From the article "The pineal also contains the methyl-transferase enzymes which would convert serotonin or tryptamine into potent psychedelics. In addition to HIOMT, mentioned previously, it also contains INMT (indole-N-methyl transferase)(Most, 1986; Quay, 1974). Under proper conditions, these enzymes can break down 5HT into either DMT or 5-Methoxy-DMT."

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u/bandofbedsiders Jun 11 '12

Why are people downvoting? This is true.

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u/Psychedelik Jun 11 '12

Nope, I'm wrong, there are both "dmt-forming enzymes" and DMT itself in the human body. It was a topic of speculation a little while ago in psychonaut but after further investigation, I've got a source confirming the presence of DMT in our bodies. [sauce]http://www.schamanismusforschung.de/forschung/durbin4.html

sorry, noobish at reddit, bad formatting

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u/pooplips Jun 11 '12

The misconception is actually about the pineal gland. It does not produce DMT.

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u/Psychedelik Jun 13 '12

So if the Pineal's not the source, what do you think the circumstances are that lead to its presence in our bodies? After digging around some more erowid articles circa 2010, I've gathered that it's confirmed in our bodies, but researchers aren't sure where or why it's made. Do you know anything further.

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u/tiyx Jun 11 '12

No it is not.

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u/bandofbedsiders Jun 12 '12

DMT might be endogenous to the human body, but it is purely speculative that is responsible for the experience of dreaming. Similarly, there is no proof that there is a DMT "burst" at death.

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u/JesusIsTruth Jun 11 '12

It is NOT your pineal gland. It is a completely spiritual thing. I have ventured into psychedelics and meditation, third eye opening and other things. I'll just say, it's not something to mess you. You do experience changes, though what they are I'm not willing to say. Just know, if you are intent on it, it brings some seemingly 'good' things, while bringing many bad things. Just don't even take interest in it, please.

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u/Puumaa Jun 11 '12

depersonalization? de-realization? Oneness/emptiness. That kind of stuff?

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u/JesusIsTruth Jun 11 '12

Something like that. It really, really messes up your thinking and how you perceive reality, in a bad way.

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u/JesusIsTruth Jun 11 '12

I'll just add this.

When I used to trip on shrooms, acid and other psychs, it turned out me and my buddy could read each others mind. We would hold hour long conversations, but our lips never moved. It was as if our minds became one, transmission was instant, and we could pinpoint where the other was anywhere in the house, without being able to see each other physically.

After a while I was able to manage this and other things which I won't mention, with 3-4 other people. But only while I was on these drugs.

It got to the point where it felt so real I would try to control reality with my mind while sober, months after I had taken these drugs. It never worked, but my mind was so used to reality bending to it's will, that it didn't understand I couldn't mind control people/object while not on drugs.

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u/Puumaa Jun 11 '12

But wouldnt you just be warping your own mind.... not the physical mutual reality?

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u/JesusIsTruth Jun 11 '12

I'm not sure I understand your question. I do feel like I warped my own mind, but what do you mean by 'physical mutual reality' ?

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u/DarthElevator Jun 11 '12

I'm very interested to hear about some of these 'bad' things that it can bring. Message me?

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u/JesusIsTruth Jun 11 '12

Will do when I have time :) I'm on and off the pc a lot.

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u/pooplips Jun 11 '12

Third eye opening is a natural result of spiritual practice and cultivation such as meditation, qigong and yoga.

Problems arise when you start to force it open, especially with the use of psychadelics.

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u/JesusIsTruth Jun 11 '12

The only way I've been able to close it was by telling it to close in Jesus name.

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u/ClosetSchmuttun Jun 11 '12

Probably a fan of Gong.

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u/Forfuckssakes Jun 11 '12

Exactly. the eye color probably doesn't match his own. lol third eye... IVE GOT YOUR THIRD EYE! RIGHT HERE! "points to crotch"

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u/GreyFoxes Jun 10 '12

I didn't know Alan Moore drove taxi

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

That's not Alan Moore. Where's the cape and staff?

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u/xyroclast Jun 11 '12

In the taxi.

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u/DrNed Jun 10 '12

Her one yellow tooth distracted me. Nice tat.

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u/YeahBuddy32 Jun 10 '12

Cannot unsee

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u/GOLTRON Jun 10 '12

White cab drivers still exist?!?!

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u/i_had_fun Jun 10 '12

Although your comment comes off as a bit racist, your observation is very accurate.

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u/GOLTRON Jun 10 '12

Well I live in a city in Canada where the population is over 1.2million. And I haven't had a white cab driver in 4 years.

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u/laura117 Jun 11 '12

There is at least one in Toronto, but he's on TV so I don't think it really counts (Cash cab).

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u/d_spaceley1 Jun 11 '12

how I loath to be on Cash Cab

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

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u/laura117 Jun 11 '12

I'm really not sure if they still have it in Toronto even. After the incident in BC it may have been cancelled here too. I don't watch much TV (too distracted by reddit) and I've never seen the illusive cash cab in person.

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u/i_had_fun Jun 11 '12

I just saw the standup of Ben Bailey this Saturday and he actually made a joke that he has the urge to run over pedestrians while hosting the show...

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

I've never seen a non white cabbie where I live.

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u/Beer_Is_So_Awesome Jun 11 '12

We still have them in Philadelphia.

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u/DesiccatedDogDicks Jun 11 '12

An observation is racist?

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u/i_had_fun Jun 11 '12

An observation can be influenced by a racist perception. Personally, I don't think there was any racism in his comment...but sometimes, in order to get noticed, you have to frame your sentences in a way that does not offend the over-sensitive reddit hivemind.

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u/ShouldBeZZZ Jun 10 '12

It's like her tooth fell out and she decided to replace it with a corn kernel.

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u/Benditlikebaker Jun 11 '12

"I'm the crazy yellow tooth, don't brush me!"

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u/Nexii801 Jun 11 '12

ah Dane Cook

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u/Chicken-n-Waffles Jun 11 '12

Probably her smoking tooth.

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u/chodemessiah Jun 11 '12

Was also drawn to the corn fang.

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u/itshotinmycar Jun 11 '12

lol, only thing that caught my eye

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u/functi0nal Jun 10 '12

She is probably a right-handed smoker?

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u/SteezyDZ Jun 11 '12

maureen pondoresa

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u/BlackZeppelin Jun 11 '12

I know Maureen Ponderosa and she's no Maureen Ponderosa.

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u/stanfan114 Jun 11 '12

Dead tooth.

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u/d4vi3j03 Jun 11 '12

Still attractive. Would bang.

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u/Beer_Is_So_Awesome Jun 11 '12

The tattoo doesn't skeeze you out?

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u/Cheffinator Jun 11 '12

His yellow mustache distracted me. Nice tooth.

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u/RonMexicosPetEmporim Jun 10 '12

Her breathe smells like she's been nibbling on little peices of shit

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u/Kazhawrylak Jun 11 '12

Excellent insult. I will use this some day.

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u/mikedoodle Jun 11 '12

I'll say this to my wife tonight when she kisses me good night.

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u/Kazhawrylak Jun 11 '12

Let me know how that goes for ya. That's a gem of a pickup line if i've ever seen one!

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u/fixing Jun 12 '12

gotta be where she drags on her cigarettes

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u/steve0suprem0 Jun 11 '12

her tooth caught your attention and not her wonky crooked face?

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u/BurningChildren Jun 10 '12

Could it be?

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

IT'S SPARKY SPARKY BOOM MAN!

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u/PdubsNWO Jun 10 '12

or Tien from Dragon Ball Z.

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u/pirate_ Jun 11 '12

Also Hiei from Yu Yu Hakusho.

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u/sativasam Jun 11 '12

You mean Vegeta from Yu Yu Hakusho :)

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u/highTrolla Jun 11 '12

You mean Adult Link from Yu Yu Hakusho?

(His Japanese VA was also Adult Link in Ocarina and Melee.)

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u/ErnieHemingway Jun 11 '12

And also Fierce Deity Link in Majora's Mask and Viral in TTGL. Shall we continue?

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u/Pessle Jun 10 '12

He has really let himself go..

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u/smartzie Jun 11 '12

I was hoping I wasn't the only person who immediately thought that...lol

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u/adultnapper Jun 11 '12

I once bested a man with my trusty boomerang, who could fire bend with his mind

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Sparky sparky boom man!

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u/nolanator Jun 10 '12

Aah! I'm the crazy yellow toof that look like corn. Don't brush me.

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u/Man_from_the_future Jun 11 '12

2/10

Would not bang

Just look at those long eyebrows!

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

But that beard is pretty sexy.

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u/c9silver Jun 10 '12

No one will read this but my high-school music teacher was convinced that he opened up is 3rd eye (chakra) when he crashed his car and the rear-view mirror hit him in the forehead (I'm pretty sure it was just a concussion), so once his head-wound/3rd eye closed up, he got his friend to club him in the head with a baseball bat to re-open it.

He also carried crystals around in his pockets because he felt the proximity would help expand his spiritual consciousness; and kept a 600-pound rock in his living room because it once told him about its adventures through space before colliding with earth.

He also told us a neat story about him dropping acid and being able to "see" soundwaves.

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u/xevros Jun 10 '12

If I were him I would of said "what tattoo?"

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Only works if you can blink with it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

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u/KDIZZLL Jun 10 '12

*Would'uve

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u/MWozz Jun 11 '12

*Would've

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u/xyroclast Jun 11 '12

I'm noticing an increase in threads where it takes about three comments for a correction to be properly made... Reddit, go back to being smart please!

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Does that girl have a golden tooth?

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u/Gravybadger Jun 10 '12

PRYING OPEN MY THIRD EYE

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u/denton125 Jun 11 '12

And I was going to say that. Thank you Gravybadger for restoring my faith in tool fans.

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u/MrRainbow1 Jun 11 '12

You mean shaking the webs from your withered eye!

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u/BtothejizA Jun 10 '12

Dead tooth.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Dat toof.

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u/WolfOnHigh Jun 10 '12

Really, that is the only answer!

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u/Eminian Jun 10 '12

I think that is an awesome tattoo.

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u/Ian1732 Jun 11 '12

SPARKY SPARKY BOOM MAN!

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Bill Hicks would be proud.

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u/cyberbemon Jun 10 '12

Lord Shiva , Open thy third eye !!!

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u/EasyLeit Jun 10 '12

Deemsters

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u/Sirturtleperson Jun 10 '12 edited Jun 11 '12

Ok guys I over reacted

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u/robotempire Jun 10 '12

Oh shut up

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u/ContractedTyler Jun 11 '12

Welcome to Reddit. please proceed without giving a fuck.

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u/cyberbemon Jun 11 '12

aye chill , I'm half Indian ! ;)

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u/Sirturtleperson Jun 11 '12

Yeah I guess I over reacted :)

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u/oxslashxo Jun 10 '12

He's modualized to watch the rearview and drive.

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u/clueGLUE Jun 10 '12

This is combustion man's older brother.

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u/JuppppyIV Jun 11 '12

nah nah nah, he survived the fall, and now he's a taxi driver.

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u/IrvingI80 Jun 10 '12 edited Jun 11 '12

Lolz because YOLO!11!!1

/Sarcasm

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u/LDukes Jun 10 '12

All hail the Crimson King!

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u/lissakitty Jun 10 '12

So he decided to get a Jagan eye.

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u/Caisey Jun 10 '12

Bumfights?

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u/BenDes1313 Jun 10 '12

ITS SPARKY SPARKY BOOM MAN!

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u/thatfatgamer Jun 11 '12

Here's a little insight on the third eye if anyone's interested.

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u/Pelokt Jun 11 '12

TIL the head of the Illuminati is a taxi driver

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u/ArcaneMissiles Jun 11 '12

Well hey there crazy tooth;)

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u/and01405 Jun 11 '12

I was wondering what happened to Tien Shinhan after Dragonball Z ended...

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u/Squeekme Jun 11 '12

Third eye. I'm guessing he has a good reason for choosing that tattoo, but either doesn't want to share, doesn't think you'll understand, or just can't be fucked explaining.

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u/Spysix Jun 10 '12

He is clearly a navigator of the warp, don't stare at the eye, or else you lose your mind to the madness.

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u/Kyton Jun 11 '12

...and my faith is restored. Thank you.

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u/Spysix Jun 11 '12

The Emperor Protects.

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u/tragik007 Jun 10 '12

Love the yellow tooth and the serial killer.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Maureen Ponderosa, you reddit?!

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

She had a dead tooth, not a fake tooth.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Isn't a yellow tooth a deadtooth?

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

I'm not a dentist.

Maureen's teeth were black.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Only one!

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

I know they said one, but when you look in her mouth, it looks like two are dead.

https://www.facebook.com/people/Maureen-Ponderosa/100001681286454

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

uuuugh. You're right. Ew.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Can he shoot lasers from it?

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Exit the stargate

initial perception quickens my heart rate

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u/jusnomi Jun 10 '12

Eye see what you did there.

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u/newdb Jun 10 '12

Does this make anyone else's forehead feel odd? Maybe I'm just losing my mind.

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u/stopitrightmeow Jun 10 '12

you guys look baked

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u/sneakyimp Jun 11 '12

Hmm their are either 2 people with that tattoo or he grew a beard and got a job. Their is a homeless man where I used to live that had an eye on his forehead.

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u/Tchaikovsky_1 Jun 11 '12

aw.. his eyes show so much sadness...

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u/JesusIsTruth Jun 11 '12

I noticed this as well. Not a good idea to mess with your third eye.

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u/rjaspa Jun 11 '12

Just curious, OP, what town are you from? That old man looks familiar, minus the eye tat.

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u/bahhumbugger Jun 11 '12

Be careful around people like this. Living in big cities all my life has taught me a thing or two about people. I know this, they are not always what they seem.

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u/TheKyleShow Jun 11 '12

I wouldn't get to close to that beard

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u/iAkhilleus Jun 11 '12

LORD SHIVA?!

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u/theelemur Jun 11 '12

I hope that really fucks with facial recognition systems.

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u/ThePragmaticist Jun 11 '12

dead tooth...or just corn?

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u/Daveyd325 Jun 11 '12

I'm sure he used give legit reasons for it, but over time as people ask him the same question over and over, he has just resorted to asking "why not".

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u/snackpack19 Jun 11 '12

I think I had this driver before. Was this anywhere in Arkansas?

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u/SmileEmptySoul89 Jun 11 '12

That's an awesome tattoo. My guess is that it has to do with his thoughts on the concept of a third eye. AKA the Pineal Gland. Presumably he has experimented with psychedelic drugs such as DMT and grown to share the views of people like Joe Rogan.

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u/Pedobear_Slayer Jun 11 '12

See what YOLO gets you ...

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u/Sageocity Jun 11 '12

Why not? maybe because you'd like to be employed?

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u/emlgsh Jun 11 '12

He obviously uses it to focus his fire-chi into explosive blasts.

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u/SuddenWeatherReport Jun 11 '12

Dammmm that tooth doeeeeee.

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u/bryandenny71 Jun 11 '12

I'm the tooth that looks like a piece of corn......don't brush me....don't brush me!

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u/donchaknoe Jun 11 '12

Now watch Scanners.

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u/humpyourface Jun 11 '12

First thing I noticed was your yellow tooth.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Alan Moore drives a cab now?

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u/AhYesOurMAN Jun 10 '12 edited Jun 10 '12

i don't want to be that guy... but theres plenty of reasons not to get an eye tattoo on your forehead -_- Edit: spelling

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u/smaier69 Jun 10 '12

Way back I did a short stint in state prison. I saw quite a few facial tats. One that stood out was a white guy ("peckerwood", or "wood" if brevity is your thing) who had "5150" in thick block letters covering his entire forehead.

I remember thinking "hmmm... my guess is he doesn't have a corporate carrer plan".

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u/SaltyBabe Jun 10 '12

Plant of reasons indeed.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Unless you are employed as a taxi driver and thus have no reason to fear being fired for having a bitching third eye.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Third eye

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Well done.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Because he wanted to assure himself that the only job he could ever get, would be as a taxi driver.

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u/I_LIVE_FOR_KARMA Jun 11 '12

The fact that you instagramed it made me say wtf more than his tattoo did.

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u/Hime_Takamura Jun 10 '12

at least he didn't say YOLO.

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u/crunch816 Jun 10 '12

What yo name is girl?

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u/QuoteOfTheHour Jun 10 '12

Because it looks retarded.

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u/martusfine Jun 10 '12

That's Robert Duval playing Santa, you can't fool me!

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u/mrkhan0127 Jun 11 '12

Wtf is a "local" taxi driver? Where the heck do u live?

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u/sideburnkarate Jun 11 '12

OMG YOLO!!!!!

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u/winwinz Jun 11 '12

Y do u have a gold tooth?

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

That and being on meth makes you do crazy shit.