Bad ink - mermaids

[SeaGlass Siren]

The tatt artists just walked into a bar that has mermaids ... And the guy who has to get his tatt fixed has a sea monkey wearing a suit.

Anybody else who's kinda irked that the mermaids wear goggles?

[Merman Dan]

Don't mermaids hate chlorine as much as any Drylander?

My tattoo artist has been out on maternity leave but will return in a few weeks. I want some fresh ink!! (topical because I have a mermaid tattoo)

[Blondie]

I think it does take away the whgole realistic aspect of a mermaid.

Personally, I think you SHOULD wear goggles in springs (especially here in the south) and in natural water. Just because the water does carry bacteria. And have you read those stories about the brain eating amoeba? The amoeba is more in warmer waters but still.. It's not worth it to look more natural in my opinion in those situations.

However, I think if you're preforming in a tank or in chlorine, it would be so much better to wear nothing. I wear contacts and I can swim with my eyes open and keep them in. But I know chlorine irritates some peoples eyes a lot more than others. I guess you know if your health is at risk, it's probably better to wear the goggles.

[Anahita]

Honestly, I HATE it when I see hired mermaids wearing goggles. You're being paid, which means you can afford to buy a saline solution to flush your eyes out after you perform if it irritates you that much. If you hate the way the water feels in a controlled environment, then you shouldn't have the job... They should hire a mermaid who is willing to suffer a bit for her craft, because there's many MANY mermaids out there who do/are willing/capable to do so.

[FreshWaterMermaid]

I didn't think the Dive Bar mermaids wore goggles.

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[SeaGlass Siren]

Blonde I've never heard of those amoebas 0-0 maybe I did but I forgot because I recall someone talkig about these amoebas. Yeah they were in tanks. I personally can't deal with chlorine but I don't want to b seen with them on so I jut float on the surface with my head up.

[MerEmma]

Blonde I've never heard of those amoebas 0-0 maybe I did but I forgot because I recall someone talkig about these amoebas. Yeah they were in tanks. I personally can't deal with chlorine but I don't want to b seen with them on so I jut float on the surface with my head up.

You're not from the south, haha. Every last lake and stagnate water here is full of them (according to papers, I dunno if it's genuinely true but NOBODY wants to risk it) so nobody here swims in lakes or ponds unlike up north. Springs seem okay since they're moving but if it's not moving, don't risk it around here...I've never swam in a lake and my friends say I'm missing out and I always joke and respond with "Missing out on losing my brain?" :P

[Anahita]

I remember hearing about those amoebas on the news.... Didn't a girl catch one and they had to put her in like a coma or something to save her? I'm always wary about swimming in lagoons and stuff here in California just because a lot of the lagoons used to be used for old storm-drain run-offs. And there was a body found in one of them a few years back... But nowadays there's been a lot of attempts at cleaning them up. (and thankfully no cadavers as of late)

Not sure if there's something like this in other states, but in California we have Heal the Bay which offers like a beach "report card" where they go out, and grade the beach for cleanliness (this includes a water test to make sure there's no harmful bacteria). Not sure if they do the same for lakes, and rivers in Cali, or if there's something similar in other states, but who knows, it might be worth a look into.... I'm sure some states must have something similar set up.

[Blondie]

Naegleria fowleri / (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English)n (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key)ə (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key)ˈ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key)ɡ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key)l (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key)ɪər (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key)i (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key)ə (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key)/ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English) (also known as the "brain-eating amoeba") is a free-living excavate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excavate) form of protist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protist) typically found in warm bodies of fresh water, such as ponds, lakes, rivers, and hot springs. It is also found in soil, near warm-water discharges of industrial plants (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_plant), and unchlorinated or poorly chlorinatedswimming pools (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming_pools) in an amoeboid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amoeboid) or temporary flagellate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagellate) stage. There is no evidence of this organism living in salt water. It is an amoeba (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amoeboid) belonging to the groups Percolozoa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percolozoa) or Heterolobosea.
N. fowleri can invade and attack the human nervous system and brain, causing primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_amoebic_meningoencephalitis) (PAM). Although this occurs rarely, such an infection nearly always results in the death of the victim. The case fatality rate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_fatality_rate) is estimated at over 99%.

It's pretty bad. It's not common but it's not something you can rule out. Plus, I mean it seems like once you've got it. You've got it. There's not much of a cure for it.

[SeaGlass Siren]

The girls were in a fishtank I'm sure they're fine :P

[deepblue]

The Dive Bar mers I've seen footage of were not in goggles... how odd. But I see a vid of a mer gal in a lark tank in Vegas, and her goggles are ridonk. I wonder if she has to or if it's her choice. It looks ridiculous.

[PearlieMae]

It's pretty bad. It's not common but it's not something you can rule out. Plus, I mean it seems like once you've got it. You've got it. There's not much of a cure for it. Fxxx a bunch of that! I promise not to complain about my chilly NJ lake again!I might use goggles as a prop, plucked from the tank floor, then discarded, but the only time I wear goggles in the wild is if I am swimming for myself.

[AniaR]

Silverton mermaids wear goggles. Long term exposure to chlorine is very hard on your eyes and vision. Even when washing your eyes out. I've had weeks of pain my eye doctor said was from over chlorinated pools. Now I minimize how often I open my eyes underwater in chlorine.

[deepblue]

I was just thinking of the mermaid I saw in the tank- it was a huge aquarium, she was swimming with many fishies. I wonder if eye protection is compulsory in a fish tank for some reason. Maybe not all of them, but that one.

[Anahita]

It would seem weird and make that aquarium the lone one in a larger group of aquariums that feather fish with mermaids....




Edit: have no idea how I got feather in there... I meant gather, but that's a pretty awkward sentence in English when I read it back. Oh well, it's worth a giggle at least. :)

[Echidna]

Personally, I think you SHOULD wear goggles in springs (especially here in the south) and in natural water. Just because the water does carry bacteria. And have you read those stories about the brain eating amoeba? The amoeba is more in warmer waters but still.. It's not worth it to look more natural in my opinion in those situations.

Except goggles won't do much to protect you from said amoeba, because it enters through the nose, and eats its way up through the sinuses to the brain.
A noseclip would be more effective; best is to wear both.

I wouldn't risk swimming in those regions no matter what though, if they can eat through the sinus, who says they can't enter through the ears as well?

[Blondie]

Except goggles won't do much to protect you from said amoeba, because it enters through the nose, and eats its way up through the sinuses to the brain.
A noseclip would be more effective; best is to wear both.

I wouldn't risk swimming in those regions no matter what though, if they can eat through the sinus, who says they can't enter through the ears as well?
Your eyes hold lots of vessels that go directly to your brain. It is actually very common to get sick from just rubbing your eyes. Yes, it can go up your nose and if you wanted to be totally safe a nose clip would help. But your eyes are just as vulnerable.

[PearlieMae]

Between brain eating amoeba, over chlorinated pools, pollution, sharks and jellyfish, I think I might just spend the winter in my tub!

[Daphne]

A month or so ago I was playing around with the idea of a carnivale-style mask/headress that has goggles embedded behind the eyes and some kind of protection for your nose. That way it looks intentional to the whole outfit while protecting your eyes and nose. I did draw it out but it wasn't thrilled with the result. Dunno if that could be a possible option, though.

[Mermaid Shayna]

Except goggles won't do much to protect you from said amoeba, because it enters through the nose, and eats its way up through the sinuses to the brain.
A noseclip would be more effective; best is to wear both.

I wouldn't risk swimming in those regions no matter what though, if they can eat through the sinus, who says they can't enter through the ears as well?

They can only get so far before the skull stops them, if they enter through the ears. But, I'm kind of glad I live in Massachusetts now.

[Blondie]

I mean it is, like said before, in warm water. So hot springs is a place you can get it and pond. Most "warm" water areas I know of are kinda... Gross, you know? Very dirty, probably a breeding ground for bugs. They wouldn't be places I'd swim in the first place.

[SeaGlass Siren]

:P kinda glad I live in a cold region now. Maybe since its a fish tank and fish feces is floating everywhere in the tank I assume that why they're wearing the goggles?

[Merman Dan]

Maybe since its a fish tank and fish feces is floating everywhere in the tank I assume that why they're wearing the goggles?

Under the sea / That's where fish pee....

[Anahita]

Under the sea / That's where fish pee....

Lol... I was gonna say...

I don't wear goggles in the ocean, and I'm fine. Yes, I know, the ocean is bigger, but the aquariums have really spot-on filtration systems and are probably cleaner than the sea (after all, we don't dump chemicals and other crap in aquariums like we do the ocean)

[PearlieMae]

My grandfather didn't like to drink water because "fish f*ck in it".

[Anahita]

My grandfather didn't like to drink water because "fish f*ck in it".

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

[Gem Stone]

you guys are getting me all weird about swimming anywhere now. even though most places I swim are under 85 degrees

[Imogen Finnly]

I think it would be safe to wear goggles in an aquarium that has fish living in it, just because their fecal matter might carry bacteria. They do have these amazing natural pools out here (other places I'm sure) that do not have any chemicals in them but rather have plants and stuff do the filtering in its place. I saw one where the floor of the pool was wood! maybe then it would be safe but even then the plants may carry some form of little buggies.

[Echidna]

Yea, I did research on natural pools and stuff, and finally came to the conclusion swimming in oceans, lakes and rivers would only happen goggled and noseplugged for me.

But don't think you're safe in chlorinated pools!
I saw a tick floating in a (chlorinated) outdoor pool, happily rowing around, and looking for someone to attach to.
If I hadn't been swimming underwater where it was, or if it had been one of the smaller varieties, I'd never even seen it.
Seems they can swim, and survive up to 4 weeks underwater (!).
So, in addition to all the other nasties out to get me, my personal nemesis has found its way into the only pool I have good access to.
BOOOO!

[Seatan]

I've been in hot, murky lakes in Texas 75% of the year for 27 years and neither I nor anyone I know has ever had ill effects from it. The ameba is very rare and somewhat sensationalized by the media. I swear the medias goal is to make people afraid to leave their houses LOL. My whole family has spent their entire lives in these lakes with nothing bad happening. Its like when the city tells me not to leave my house on "orange level" pollution days, but I would rather die younger for having enjoyed the outdoors despite the pollution then die old having been stuck inside. As for goggles in the ocean and aquariums, if there is coral or delicate life like sea fans, I do think it is important to wear goggles so you don't run into them. Otherwise it's a personal choice, though since I am blind as a bat without contacts I can see why some people use them!

[PearlieMae]

I've been swimming in every kind of water there is all my life. I even had to get a typhoid series of shots when a dead body was found in the river near where I was taking canoeing lessons, and NOTHING untoward has happened to me from swimming.

The Coral Room in NYC (now closed :( ) wouldn't let you mermaid with makeup, deodorant, lotion, etc...because of all the live fish and corals in the tank.

[AniaR]

I have literally had a nightmare about it now hahah I blame you all! I was blissfully ignorant!!!

[Echidna]

The Coral Room in NYC (now closed :( ) wouldn't let you mermaid with makeup, deodorant, lotion, etc...because of all the live fish and corals in the tank.
Tbh, a pool which had such a policy in general would be my fav.
I understand some people slather themselves with hair conditioner and stuff before going in (in addition to the usual dirt, band-aids, dissolved tissues, lost diapers, etc etc, that usually drift around), ugh.
Make-up is also gross.


I have literally had a nightmare about it now hahah I blame you all! I was blissfully ignorant!!!
You should be safe where you are.
Year-round cold water MUST have some advantage...

[AniaR]

it's so cold here hahaha all the time.

[SeaGlass Siren]

LOL.. Raina we're safe :P

Im trying to look up the episode of bad ink but I can't seen to find it. It's the one with the guy that has a sea monkey wearing a pimp outfit tattooed on his "lower back"