Looks awesome! I donât miss that sausage arm feeling, you have my sympathy 
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This. I have been looking for the words.
Just a better view of the back of myforearm, being held up. When I walk, tiny points down,
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Usually, I define it as âfollowing my own individual normsâ, but yeah, I rarely use it at allâŠ
Just had a slight lack of words - I mean, I have no solid black tattoo, no handpoking (yet!^^), no dotwork, no⊠whatever, just a ânormalâ tattoo in a way 
But I really like good solid black tattoos, especially when combined with scars or white lines (I like scars more, because it is usually a stronger contrast).
This is interesting, I think, for I had a long debate with my mum on bodymods - she assumed that people do it because they donât like themselves or the way they look, and I said that I already loved myself the way I am and still feel a lot like âupgradingâ or âimprovingâ myself with the mods, more like âshowing on the outside whatâs already inside of meâ. I think both points are valid (and I am sure there are about a million other reasons for modding oneself), but I always like to understand the motivation behind all that.
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Sarcasm is terrible over the internet. I wasnât being serious with you. But thank you for going into detail, I agree. It is not a traditional tattoo
I mean, I donât hate my skin I suppose. I just have never really cared about it much I guess. I kinda have to commit now I guess.
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Yeah, I almost thought that But I like going into detail with words, especially with words many people use without ever thinking much about them^^
Oh yes, this looks like a good case for good sunblocker - everything else would be a bad idea 
Donât want to go too âdeepâ on that one, too, but I realized that I started caring for myself a lot more when I started getting modified - for me, it was the fact that my body demanded some things afterwards⊠more sleep (still get tired about 1 or 2 hours after a piercing^^), good wound aftercare, more consciousness in every day life (like, not raising the phone to the ear that was just piercedâŠ), maybe slight aftercare for a pretty long time⊠and so I started to listen to my body more than before. Might not be a bad idea
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Wtf?
Installing applets on a Fidesmo card costs money?
Do I need a credit card to use the FlexOne?
I remember there was a way to manually install applets over a PC⊠I hope that works without credit card.
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A lil update: the fidesmo go applet is free. I canât install it thoâ, it says it failed to load.
Then itâs in the list of connected services and uninstalling works so idk what to believe.
Fidesmo Go: Sweden was installable but I canât uninstall it.
Only transit applets are free, I guess fidesmo earns commissions there so they dont charge you for the install.
EDIT to add images.
I guess it can be done for free with the developer tools.
Thereâs some cli that can work with fidesmo devices, I guess that doesnt need my credit card info.
EDIT: yeah seems like using fdsm allows me to install applets for free, using fidesmo developer keys. Maybe a dev acc costs money?
EDIT 2: Good, thereâs a free plan for dev accs.
Sigh. This is the derailing-thread anyway, so I can just put my sadness and anger in hereâŠ
They are shutting down tattoo-/piercingstudios again in Germany, for 4 weeks. This is such a stupid thing⊠yeah, okay, we can all still go to the mall, to giant furniture stores, to our hairdressers and whatever, run around there with tons of other people, but they shut down studios where just two persons are in the same room.
What really kills me is the fact that I can do nothing to help, nothing to change that. Itâs just sad.
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Donât forget that good piercing studios and everyone in them are usually soaked in sanitizer.
Stupid.
Here itâs 2 housholds with a max of 10 people.
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Iâm not sure if thatâs the actual limit for visiting IKEA 
Nah, I know, they limit the group size of course, but still - they just shut down the most safe industry in the whole country, I think. And yes, I even got âattackedâ with sanitizer-spray directly after entering the studio the last few times, so I think every little virus will stay away from piercing studios^^
Yep, totally And it starts to hurt a bit, guess my skin is properly irritated
Ah, thereâs one thing we customers can (and maybe should) do - I just asked my studio if I can buy some vouchers or just pay in advance for mods I am planning to get. I think if we have a few bucks to spend, we might all help little companies staying alive 
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That is very altruistic of you and a great example to others.
I know your situation sucks, and it makes little logical sense, but remember, there are other countries in a far worse situation than you.
I would rather be in Germany who are at least trying to do something, rather than a country that is doing very little.
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Nah, I think itâs totally selfish - I want to be able to visit my bodymod artist again after all this, so itâs bad for me if he has to shut down his studio (okay, I like him a lot, so this is not the only reason, but still^^)
Totally agree. Weâve made it pretty good so far, in international comparison. We just have a bunch of stupid idiots who think that they have to keep on partying and such, or who behave just silly, and that leads to the events now following.
The only thing that makes me so angry about these measures is that they are, in the case of bodmod-studios, completely illogical and simply unfair - thatâs just something I canât stand Other than that, Iâm fine with all those restrictions, if they actually lead to something.
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Iâll have to disagree with you there, yes, you will benefit in the long term, and it is something that you are passionate about.
BUT
At the end of the day they could still go out of business, but your contribution will help them delay that and then you will get nothing, you are willing to take that risk to support them. Yes you have a vested interest, but you are still thinking about them and their livelihood.
Another example would be, somebody buying tickets for a vintage steam train tour in advance.
That would be them supporting something THEY are passionate about, in my book, that doesnât make them selfish.
Again, like somebody donating to Animal shelters, doesnât make you selfish because you donât donate to GreenpeaceâŠ
letâs agree on you being selfless rather than selfish 
By the way, I agree with you there
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Okaaaay⊠I get your point
I really think if it is possible to help a bit, one should do it. I wouldnât do it if it would ruin me financially, but it doesnât, soâŠ
I just donât like those goodguy badges people stick on their chests because they donate money, so I just disguise it as total, brutal selfishness
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There are good selfish reasons to wish for others to have it good.
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