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09-25-2012, 02:36 PM
By Ben Popken, TODAY contributor
The dotcom bubble may have burst long ago, but some of its lingering effects are permanently etched on the backsides, forearms and foreheads of a few human billboards. Buzzfeed profiled some people who still carry the “skinvertising” tattoos. They got cash from websites to ink ads directly onto their flesh back in the 2000s, when the trend was all the rage. The cash is gone. So too are many of the websites. But the ink remains.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/jackstuef/branded-for-life
http://lifeinc.today.com/_news/2012/09/25/14012181-tattoos-from-dot-com-boom-still-mark-those-who-took-the-money?
The dotcom bubble may have burst long ago, but some of its lingering effects are permanently etched on the backsides, forearms and foreheads of a few human billboards. Buzzfeed profiled some people who still carry the “skinvertising” tattoos. They got cash from websites to ink ads directly onto their flesh back in the 2000s, when the trend was all the rage. The cash is gone. So too are many of the websites. But the ink remains.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/jackstuef/branded-for-life
http://lifeinc.today.com/_news/2012/09/25/14012181-tattoos-from-dot-com-boom-still-mark-those-who-took-the-money?