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The girl who became a star 56 times in 1 starry night
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Robot_Teacher



Joined: 18 Feb 2009
Location: Robotting Around the World

PostPosted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 4:13 am    Post subject: The girl who became a star 56 times in 1 starry night Reply with quote

If you read the news this morning, you might had seen the 18 year old Belgium teen who got 56 black stars tattooed who claims she ordered and paid for only 3, but feel asleep during the tattooing and woke up with 56 stars. I'm not including a link as it's all over the internet.

How do you fall asleep while getting tattoos?

I'm wondering if the possibility of her being drugged in the same fashion as date rape might be so?

After seeing it in the news, millions of people all over the world are curious as to how this horrendous mistake happened.

What do you think?
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oldtactics



Joined: 18 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think she asked for 56 and once it was done, realized that she would have to deal with it for the rest of her life, so now she's backtracking and blaming the tattoo artist. I hope she loses the stupid case and has to pay him for potential lost revenue.
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Tundra_Creature



Joined: 11 Jun 2009
Location: Canada

PostPosted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 6:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's a lot of a stars. I'm too much of a chicken to get a tattoo, though apparently it doesn't hurt that much.

I call a possibility of the girl being totally smashed and probably passed out and asked for the 56 stars in her drunken haze. That's just my assumption though. I think I've watched to many teen movies.
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MollyBloom



Joined: 21 Jul 2006
Location: James Joyce's pants

PostPosted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 6:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

There's no way you can fall asleep during one.
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AmericanExile



Joined: 04 May 2009

PostPosted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 7:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

And when no hope was left in sight on that starry, starry night...
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Auslegung



Joined: 14 Jan 2009
Location: MB, SC

PostPosted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 10:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

MollyBloom wrote:
There's no way you can fall asleep during one.


I could definitely fall asleep during some, especially if it was going to be three stars, depending of course on its location. Everyone's pain tolerance and location on the masochist spectrum is different, and their alcohol tolerance is different, too, I hear.
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oldtactics



Joined: 18 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 3:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Auslegung wrote:

I could definitely fall asleep during some, especially if it was going to be three stars, depending of course on its location. Everyone's pain tolerance and location on the masochist spectrum is different, and their alcohol tolerance is different, too, I hear.



Keep in mind where the tattoo is though - there's not really any fleshy parts to absorb the pain, he's essentially tattooing on bone with skin - I'd say it would be pretty difficult to fall asleep through that.
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harlowethrombey



Joined: 17 Mar 2009
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 4:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

3 stars or 56 or a giant anus covering your face, you're not getting a high paying job after that.

maybe she was preparing for a career in hosting bum fights?
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DorkothyParker



Joined: 11 Apr 2009
Location: Jeju

PostPosted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Did she only pay for three? What a great deal!

In all seriousness, though, facial tattoos are a bad idea regardless of size. Her likelihood of finding employment would have diminished considerably just with those three stars.

The artist would have put a stencil on her skin for placement. I don't know of any artists who freehand so I sincerely believe she agreed to it because she's 18 and crazy.
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Big_Bird



Joined: 31 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 1:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It does seem possible that she fell asleep:

From another forum:

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The only improbable part of this story is that the tattoo artist would "lost the plot" and cover half of this girl's face with stars if she had made it clear that she only wanted three stars, not 56. Perhaps it was he, not she, who was drunk (or something).

As a psychologist I can tell you that, unlikely as it might seem, there is actually nothing improbable about her claim to have fallen asleep during the procedure. In fact it is quite common for people to fall asleep during painful procedures (for example, as any acupuncturist will tell you, the majority of patients - and I believe there was a study which put this at over 90% - fall asleep during treatment). Patients undergoing lengthy dental treatment also frequently fall asleep. This happens because the body produces endorphins (a kind of naturally occurring morphine) and other anaesthetic neurotransmitters in response to the low threshold pain of the needle.
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Kikomom



Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: them thar hills--Penna, USA--Zippy is my kid, the teacher in ROK. You can call me Kiko

PostPosted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Perhaps it was he, not she, who was drunk (or something).

She may have fallen asleep if she had it iced. Back in the old days, cocaine was the 'ice' used to numb the site. And he may have lost the plot if he was indulging too?
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ChopChaeJoe



Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 9:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

whotta idiot. Outside of the fine arts, sex industry, telemarketing, and a few other professions, she won't find a job.

I'm sure she thought that through though. More to life than just working.
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BS.Dos.



Joined: 29 Mar 2007

PostPosted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 9:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tramp Stamped
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iotaphi821



Joined: 15 May 2009
Location: Currently North Carolina

PostPosted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 1:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

MollyBloom wrote:
There's no way you can fall asleep during one.


You'd be surprised. I have 16 and fell asleep during 4 of them. I apprenticed as a piercer at a tattoo shop so I've seen more than my fair of people conk out....but not for as long as it would've taken for her artist to do those. She made a mistake and realized it after it was a bit too late.

There's no way he could've gone over her cheek or nose with her asleep. Hell cheek alone he'd prolly have to put his hand in her mouth, or have her hold it open so he could keep the skin taut enough to ink.

Ah well.
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Ruthdes



Joined: 16 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://www.theage.com.au/world/girl-who-said-she-woke-up-with-56-tattoos-on-her-face-admits-lying-20090623-cumb.html

It's official. She admitted to lying because she was scared when her dad reacted badly.
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