Super Fans: 89 Technology Inspired Tattoos

It's easy to forget that not that long ago, tattoos were only seen on metal-heads, bikers, hoodlums, convicts and sailors. Sporting ink was an easily identifiable symbol of an outcast, a black sheep, a pariah of society... much like a computer nerd, sci-fi geek or early gamer, actually. Maybe that's why there's so much overlap now between the two groups: both identify themselves as slightly outside the norms of society, or have been seen by others as different from the rest.
However, given the current ubiquitous nature of tattoos - and the ever-increasing visibility of gamers, PC culture, sci-fi sitcoms and the like - it's probably no surprise that members of our own computer-loving community are choosing to demonstrate their fandom using more permanent methods. As the most-heavily tattooed member of the Maximum PC (and Maximum Tech) staff, I tasked myself with finding the best examples of the intersection between tattoo-enthusiasts and PC-lovers. Check out the best technology-related tattoos below, and feel free to share your thoughts (or your own tech tats) in the comments!
Worst... or Best ?
Way to be Old School. Image courtesy of Spaciousplanet.com

Image courtesy of Geekytattoos.com

Image courtesy of Bodyartsgallery.com

Image courtesy of Geekytattoos.com

Image courtesy of Gamellama.com

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Image courtesy of Geekologie.com

Adobe tattoo: still cheaper than CS5. Image courtesy of Whibb.com

Image courtesy of Hackmaskate.net

How you can tell if your friend is a digital pirate... Image courtesy of Walyou.com

Image courtesy of Cooldamnpics.com

Image courtesy of Linuxidx.com

Image courtesy of Gamellama.com

Image courtesy of Webupon.com

Image courtesy of Hackmaskate.net

I think it says "trolling"... Image courtesy of Fyeahtattoos.com

Image courtesy of Hubpages.com

Image courtesy of Bryn.me

Please tell me you were paid an astronomical sum to do this. Image courtesy of Linuxidx.com

Image courtesy of Digitalbusstop.com

Image courtesy of Geekytattoos.com

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Image courtesy of Tattoosvalley.com

Image courtesy of Tattooloaders.com

Image courtesy of Gamellama.com

Image courtesy of Blogs.discovermagazine.com

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Image courtesy of Fyeahtattoos.com

Image courtesy of Blog.wix.com

Image courtesy of Inquisitir.com

Image courtesy of Checkoutmyink.com

Image courtesy of Woodsteverpay1.blogspot.com

Image courtesy of Shinyshiny.tv

Image courtesy of Stackoverflow.mobi

Image courtesy of Linuxidx.com

Image courtesy of Ugliesttattoos.failblog.com

Image courtesy of Checkoutmyink.com

Image courtesy of Webupon.com

"How do we turn this guy off?! Wait, nevermind, found it!" Image courtesy of Cooldamnpics.com

Image courtesy of Whibb.com

Image courtesy of Geekytattoos.com

Image courtesy of Lorla.com

Image courtesy of Gamellama.com

At least it's not an AOL account... Image courtesy of Bryn.me

I'm a PC. No, really. Image courtesy of Bryn.me

Image courtesy of Geekologie.com

Google, you Jane. Image courtesy of Geekologie.com

Image courtesy of Geekytattoos.com

Ironically, Fred is now a Chrome user. Image courtesy of Cooldamnpics.com

Image courtesy of Whibb.com

Image courtesy of Cooldamnpics.com

Image courtesy of Spaciousplanet.com

Image courtesy of Bryn.me

Image courtesy of Cooldamnpics.com

We have so many comments about this... Image courtesy of Cooldamnpics.com

Steve wondered why he kept waking up with "Metallica Rocks!" written on the side of his head... Image courtesy of Gamellama

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I bet reader 159 was bummed. Image courtesy of Cooldamnpics.com

Please don't... oh, just... please don't. Image courtesy of Cooldamnpics.com

Image courtesy of Whibb.com

Image courtesy of Whibb.com

Image courtesy of Geekytattoos.com

Image courtesy of Stackoverflow.mobi

USB 3 point what?! Dammit. Image courtesy of Walyou.com

"One day, this USB tattoo will mean as much to my grandkids as my dads SCSI tattoo does to me." Image courtesy of Whibb.com

Image courtesy of Gamellama.com

Image courtesy of Whibb.com

Image courtesy of Geekytattoos.com

Image courtesy of Forums.massai.net

Image courtesy of Java4noobs.blogspot.com

Image courtesy of Hubpages.com

Image courtesy of Inquisitir.com

Image courtesy of Linuxidx.com

At least you can make fun of noobs when they say "cute penguin tattoo" Image courtesy of Geekytattoos.com

Image courtesy of Cooldamnpics.com

Image courtesy of Webupon.com

Image courtesy of Whibb.com

Image courtesy of Benhodgson.me

Image courtesy of Inquisitir.com

Image courtesy of Whibb.com

Image courtesy of Gamellama.com

Image courtesy of Tattoos99.com

Image courtesy of Geekologie.com

Image courtesy of Hubpages.com

Image courtesy of Webupon.com

Blasphemy! Image courtesy of Geekologie.com

Image courtesy of Whibb.com

So...which one of you wasn't thinking differently? Image courtesy of Hubpages.com

Geez... somebody needs a hug. Image courtesy of Tatto-o.info