JO I'M BEGGING YOU if anyone ever walks up to you and says "you know that's permanent, right??" PLEASE say something like "oh yeah don't worry, I knew it wasn't going to grow back, it's okay 😀"
Your ink is awesome, and way more a part of your personality than having a prosthetic. We don't choose our limbs, but we do choose how we decorate our bodies and what those decorations mean to us. I love when people compliment my tattoos. It feels so much nicer than when they notice and want to talk about why I walk strangely. (I'm not an amputee, I just have MS)
This is it exactly! I love to compliment people's choices. Tattoos, piercings, shoes, hairstyles. If someone has decorated their mobility aid that's fun too. 😁 I try to talk about this a lot, because "I love those shoes!" is almost always a welcome compliment 😁 and it's so great to give people a reason to smile.
Sometimes it does! (Don't touch strangers omg 😅) My spouse is sensitive to some inks, so they have a couple tattoos that raise up or get bumpy sometimes (usually from stress)
i've had tattoos for a while now and recently I've noticed more and more people stop me to say how awesome they think my tattoos are. its been awesome.
Decades ago I chatted with a woman who had a prosthetic left arm that she had had covered with a *paisley fabric wrap* on the forearm, with the hook free. That turned it into a positive conversation piece and a thing of beauty.¹ These days with 3D printing it might be an idea to beautify your leg. Prehaps go with something that matches and carries on the theme of your tattoos? ¹ I still remember it because it was so distinctive.. and being recently out of hospital and just walking again from a wheelchair everything was hyperreal. ....I was also on some _really powerful painkillers_ at the time.
On a completely separate note, I had NO IDEA you could use superscript in a YT comment! Is it an android feature? I can’t figure out how to do it. I know how to put a “degree” mark - ° But superscript 1 (a footnote) doesn’t work the same way.
@@auntlynnie you hold down the *1* _"button"_ and options appear in a small submenu bubble next to the number. ¹ ½ ⅓ ¼ ⅕ ⅙ ⅛ The other numbers have various fractions as well.
I love tattoo conversations! Tattoos are chosen and most folks are happy to hear that I like their ink 😁 I enjoy complimenting people! I would never ask you about your leg without an invitation but I'd definitely say your sleeve looks great 😂
I taught my son when he was small to rather approach, greet and respectfully ask when he sees a person with a disability or something he doesn't understand, instead of pointing and staring or loudly asking me. That way we met a lady who lost her leg in a motor cycle accident, a wonderful little girl with alopecia who spoke to him for almost an hour, a couple of people in wheelchairs who were all very kind and patient with my son's intrusion... and a guy with full body tats who sat with my son for almost two hours explaining the story behind each tattoo! No regrets. I'm sure you would have also been great with him. ❤
I always say that we need to be teaching our children about the wonderful variation of human bodies and minds so that when they meet someone different, they are prepared to approach them with respect and curiosity, not shock and awe. Sounds like you're doing a great job!
@@Terminal_Boneitis thank you. I worked with kids with differing abilities and was fortunate enough to have them teach me how they feel comfortable to be treated. They would much prefer the opportunity to explain their body differences on their own terms instead of treated as displays explained by others in hushed tones.
I was so surprised that since ive gotten my more visible studio ghibli sleeve (after just the first session still in progress) i had so many people ask to see it and one even ask to take a picture of it! I was so flattered! And so is my artist!
I am glads you take the interest so well. Either seems like a very good ice breaker. Personally, I think getting a chance to talk with you a real treat. Your videos show a sparkling wit and a great spirit. Now folks can get to know you asking about your ink. If this easier on you than the old questions on how you " lost weight the hard way. " I am delighted. I bet sometimes you wanted to have a handout, and say "Read the damn FAQ. " I believe you are too polite for that and endured the questions as well as anyone could. God Bless you.
I recently completed a full sleeve, and now I walk around looking for other sleeved people because it’s not common around my area, the rural Midwest. I stand out everywhere!
Hey I was watching an old short where you couldnt sleep due to phantom sensations and wanted to offer an idea. Im sure youve tried this but if you havent theres a trick called mirroring, essentially you set up a mirror on your amputated limb so that you can only see your in tact limb. Then while moving your in tact limb imagine moving your amputated one. After a bit, Lets say you are feeling a phantom itch, scratch that part of your limb on your in tact limb while looking at the mirror. Its a cool trick my friend with an amputated arm uses whenever he has phantom pain / sensations. Hope this helps if you havent tried it yet! Good luck!
I love having dyed hair, but admittedly, part of the reason I dye my hair outrageous colors is that if people approach me in public they'll compliment my hair rather than make weird comments about an eyepatch lol
Ive had my tattoo for more than 2 years now and I still get suprised when people comment on it after it's been hidden for the whole winter. Like I've genuinely forgotten about it in some part of my brain.
I will never understand where people have this belief that it's totally fine to walk up to strangers and ask them about details about their personal lives...and when you refuse to tell them and get upset they had the nerve to not only ask but believe you're required to tell them.
I’m not usually a fan of tattoos but I find a sleeve appealing much more than random tats. I’ve also realized that my opinion doesn’t matter to you so I rarely voice it.
I'm disabled, and I use forearm crutches. I am Quaker and decided to start wearing a traditional Quaker bonnet on a daily basis. I did this as a religious commitment, but by far the best unintended side effect of it is that now instead of asking about my crutches or ask what my disability is, people mostly just ask about my bonnet. It's really rather fabulous, because I was really getting sick of people thinking they had a right to know my medical diagnosis just because I was a person existing in public with crutches.
This is exactly why I dyed my hair bright red (in a conservative & homogeneous country where even brown hair is considered “delinquent”) when I started using mobility aids and people were staring & pointing 😅 give em something to really stare at.
You could modify your prosthetic leg to look like Red's in The Lone Ranger. Her leg was made of ivory, had 'tattoos' on it, and even had a gun built into it.
Well to be fair your ink is pretty epic and you’re a fit, energetic, attractive young woman. I would be more surprised if people didn’t approach you. Still, if your tattoos are a good ice breaker that makes things less awkward for you or others trying to learn a bit about you then so much the better.
I have full sleeves, and I started wearing long sleeve shirts because I got tired of people coming up to me. I appreciate the compliments, but many people get annoying about it. And worse, there's people who will grab your arm without saying a word to "get a better look". I've about body slammed people for that!
I’ve been going to a bar near where I work for lunch where one of the regulars is missing both legs. I DIDN’T NOTICE FOR TWO MONTHS!!! I saw him 4-5 times a week and not once did I see that he is MISSING BOTH LEGS!!! In fact I only noticed when he referenced the accident that did that to him, which I looked down and said out loud “Oh my I didn’t even notice.” He thanked me for this and we continued on. HE WAS WEARING SHORTS, NOT HIDING IT AT ALL!!! I’m so oblivious I make amputees feel normal. And if you need more proof, this happened twice at the same bar.
My loved one has to carry her portable oxygen concentrator when she's living at high altitude, and she found this pink mesh backpack with rainbows all over it from the kid's section. I call it her Dora the Explorer Backpack 😂. I've been kinda shocked at how many people are skipping over the pity and are just shook about her cool bag. So many have whispered to me about how they love her bag. It sometimes gets to the point that people don't see the air hose coming out of it and think it's her normal daypack or something.
I once had a shirt that said "I hate everybody" and so many fucking people talked to me about it that I had to toss it. It's much more difficult to get rid or tattoos.
One day you should do a video about same things you have had people say or do about your tattoo that people have said about your prosthetic if there are any
I will frequently ask folks where they got their ink done if I like it. Always looking for new and good artists. Speaking of which, I am assuming that you got yours in the Denver area. Not exactly local for me.
I've always been tall and growing up people constantly commented on my height and how skinny I was. Definitely messes with you. People I've only seen once in my life would comments on it... I think I might not give off the vibe that I have things to do in places to be and no time to talk about it.
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JO I'M BEGGING YOU if anyone ever walks up to you and says "you know that's permanent, right??" PLEASE say something like "oh yeah don't worry, I knew it wasn't going to grow back, it's okay 😀"
Brilliant!
This! Definitely want to see their face drop after that.😂😂😂
So much this! 😂😂😂
Alternatively "Well the ones on my leg weren't."
@@schaynegeorge4793 THAT'S way better... 🤣🤣🤣
Wait. The cool tattoo UA-camr is missing a leg?
My new favorite comment 😆😆😆
I had no clue TattedJo was an amputee. Thats wild!
Your ink is awesome, and way more a part of your personality than having a prosthetic. We don't choose our limbs, but we do choose how we decorate our bodies and what those decorations mean to us. I love when people compliment my tattoos. It feels so much nicer than when they notice and want to talk about why I walk strangely. (I'm not an amputee, I just have MS)
This is it exactly! I love to compliment people's choices. Tattoos, piercings, shoes, hairstyles. If someone has decorated their mobility aid that's fun too. 😁
I try to talk about this a lot, because "I love those shoes!" is almost always a welcome compliment 😁 and it's so great to give people a reason to smile.
Wait until your first stranger starts touching them because they think it feels different than regular skin 😂
Like that creep in line at Rite Aid who grabbed my arm to allegedly get a better look at my wrist tats.
@@juliav.mcclelland2415 ewwwwwwwwww
Sometimes it does! (Don't touch strangers omg 😅)
My spouse is sensitive to some inks, so they have a couple tattoos that raise up or get bumpy sometimes (usually from stress)
@@thefaboo My skin is still bumpy on some of the lines of a tattoo I got almost 10 years ago.
Noooo!😮 they do not!?😂😂😂 Gosh...is it really just me, or would they rather be busy with their bleeding nose if that was my ink?!
i've had tattoos for a while now and recently I've noticed more and more people stop me to say how awesome they think my tattoos are. its been awesome.
The shirt is so cute! ♡
The shirt made me laugh out loud
Your tats look great , just like your lovely personality !!!!!!
It's lovely to see you standing again. The ink is wonderful.
You should do a video on your tattoos. They look pretty badass on you. 😊
It’s because you ARE honest and that’s precisely why you have your followers.
Decades ago I chatted with a woman who had a prosthetic left arm that she had had covered with a *paisley fabric wrap* on the forearm, with the hook free.
That turned it into a positive conversation piece and a thing of beauty.¹
These days with 3D printing it might be an idea to beautify your leg.
Prehaps go with something that matches and carries on the theme of your tattoos?
¹ I still remember it because it was so distinctive.. and being recently out of hospital and just walking again from a wheelchair everything was hyperreal.
....I was also on some _really powerful painkillers_ at the time.
Really cool idea to use ¹ instead of *, given the fact that asterisks actually change text on UA-cam. Anyway, this is a robbery.
On a completely separate note, I had NO IDEA you could use superscript in a YT comment! Is it an android feature? I can’t figure out how to do it.
I know how to put a “degree” mark - °
But superscript 1 (a footnote) doesn’t work the same way.
@@auntlynnie you hold down the *1* _"button"_ and options appear in a small submenu bubble next to the number.
¹ ½ ⅓ ¼ ⅕ ⅙ ⅛
The other numbers have various fractions as well.
@@auntlynnieif you hold it in and stay on the number apparently! ¹ ² ³
@@plant_12 It doesn’t work on my iPad. Oh well.
A beautiful lady, with amazing ink, and what you been through with your leg proves how tough you are! I’d say an amazing women
The t-shirt...
God I love the subtle self reflection
You're amazing
Hahahaha I hadn't even noticed that thanks for pointing it out
i like ur shirt 😂😊 and your tattoo sleeve is cool, i only got one tattoo so far but hoping to get more!
I love tattoo conversations! Tattoos are chosen and most folks are happy to hear that I like their ink 😁 I enjoy complimenting people!
I would never ask you about your leg without an invitation but I'd definitely say your sleeve looks great 😂
I taught my son when he was small to rather approach, greet and respectfully ask when he sees a person with a disability or something he doesn't understand, instead of pointing and staring or loudly asking me. That way we met a lady who lost her leg in a motor cycle accident, a wonderful little girl with alopecia who spoke to him for almost an hour, a couple of people in wheelchairs who were all very kind and patient with my son's intrusion... and a guy with full body tats who sat with my son for almost two hours explaining the story behind each tattoo! No regrets. I'm sure you would have also been great with him. ❤
This is beautiful! Great job. 😊
I always say that we need to be teaching our children about the wonderful variation of human bodies and minds so that when they meet someone different, they are prepared to approach them with respect and curiosity, not shock and awe. Sounds like you're doing a great job!
@@Terminal_Boneitis thank you. I worked with kids with differing abilities and was fortunate enough to have them teach me how they feel comfortable to be treated. They would much prefer the opportunity to explain their body differences on their own terms instead of treated as displays explained by others in hushed tones.
That’s an excellent thing to teach your child. Thank you for contributing to the betterment of humanity. ❤
Nice parenting
Jo, hell with the ink, the shirt is priceless!
I haven’t seen this creator in a while, watched their prosthetic content and now I’m pleasantly surprised to see that they’re tattooed!
I love your tee shirt!
Your tattoos look absolutely beautiful.❤❤
That T-Shirt. It is perfect.
I was so surprised that since ive gotten my more visible studio ghibli sleeve (after just the first session still in progress) i had so many people ask to see it and one even ask to take a picture of it! I was so flattered! And so is my artist!
Ooooh I'd love to see that! There are so many options for what you could depict.
@@evantesseract737same! Like what movie, what artstyle, etc
"Oh snap" love thats shirt
I am glads you take the interest so well. Either seems like a very good ice breaker. Personally, I think getting a chance to talk with you a real treat. Your videos show a sparkling wit and a great spirit. Now folks can get to know you asking about your ink. If this easier on you than the old questions on how you " lost weight the hard way. " I am delighted. I bet sometimes you wanted to have a handout, and say "Read the damn FAQ. " I believe you are too polite for that and endured the questions as well as anyone could. God Bless you.
I adore your tattoos! They’re beautiful ❤
As long as you get the attention you crave and deserve i might add. That's the most important thing.
The shirt is priceless. Took me a sec to realize it was for your leg.
If you ever get one with false skin, you need to get tattoos on it as well.
That shirt is amazing, it fits you so well
Love the shirt Jo!
Ink and prosthesis aside, I must say that I like your sense of humor as evidenced by the shirt you have on. 🤪
I recently completed a full sleeve, and now I walk around looking for other sleeved people because it’s not common around my area, the rural Midwest. I stand out everywhere!
Nice tat. It turned out way better than my first and only one so far.
coolest guy i've ever seen in public had a cover for his prosthetic that matched his tattoo sleeves
The ink looks amazing!
100% Can confirm. Jo, you do indeed have totally sick ink!
as a person with Tattoos I love you ink!
I LOVE your shirt!!!!❤❤❤
I have tattoos now and I honestly notice them a lot more than I used to I will always be like yo your tattoo is sick I absolutely love it
Hey I was watching an old short where you couldnt sleep due to phantom sensations and wanted to offer an idea. Im sure youve tried this but if you havent theres a trick called mirroring, essentially you set up a mirror on your amputated limb so that you can only see your in tact limb. Then while moving your in tact limb imagine moving your amputated one. After a bit, Lets say you are feeling a phantom itch, scratch that part of your limb on your in tact limb while looking at the mirror. Its a cool trick my friend with an amputated arm uses whenever he has phantom pain / sensations. Hope this helps if you havent tried it yet! Good luck!
dude you look frickin coool!!!🖤
So true. People comment on my ink all of the time. It took some getting used to. 😅
I love your ink work
The tats look Fab Sis…
IT LOOKS SO GOOD
Crazy enough that people only comment on your leg or your ink. Don't they see these loving eyes in that beautiful face? Don't they love that attitude?
Omg last time I saw you, there was minimal ink, now you practically have a whole sleeve what!?
They look so good on you, I'm just so shocked 😂😂
THE T SHIRT haha i loved it! ❤
Nobody told you life was gonna be this way 👏👏👏
Cool! A pleasant diversion... that's a win-win! I'm 6' 10''... it takes people a bit to finally look down and see my leg, or un-leg. Works for me!
I love that you call it your “un-leg” 😂
@@TziporaRaphaella 🤣🤣 Well... I just had made that up! It's an "Un-leg" Ha! 🤣🤣
The ink looks sweet!
Doesn’t anyone ever come up to you and say, hey did you know, you’re beautiful!
That t-shirt!!! Love it!
Your tattoo looks really cool
I love having dyed hair, but admittedly, part of the reason I dye my hair outrageous colors is that if people approach me in public they'll compliment my hair rather than make weird comments about an eyepatch lol
Might I say that you're really rocking those tattoos!
Ive had my tattoo for more than 2 years now and I still get suprised when people comment on it after it's been hidden for the whole winter. Like I've genuinely forgotten about it in some part of my brain.
I will never understand where people have this belief that it's totally fine to walk up to strangers and ask them about details about their personal lives...and when you refuse to tell them and get upset they had the nerve to not only ask but believe you're required to tell them.
Love the shirt!
I love the shirt! 🤩
I’m not usually a fan of tattoos but I find a sleeve appealing much more than random tats. I’ve also realized that my opinion doesn’t matter to you so I rarely voice it.
Beautiful ink!
It’s weird but I find having tattoos makes you more approachable. (Which was the opposite 20 or so years ago.)
I'm disabled, and I use forearm crutches. I am Quaker and decided to start wearing a traditional Quaker bonnet on a daily basis. I did this as a religious commitment, but by far the best unintended side effect of it is that now instead of asking about my crutches or ask what my disability is, people mostly just ask about my bonnet. It's really rather fabulous, because I was really getting sick of people thinking they had a right to know my medical diagnosis just because I was a person existing in public with crutches.
Love your t-shirt!
love the artwork
The algor1th1m has kept Jo away from me...have we commented how perfectly dark humor that shirt is?
Oh snap, OMG I love your shirt 😂
This is exactly why I dyed my hair bright red (in a conservative & homogeneous country where even brown hair is considered “delinquent”) when I started using mobility aids and people were staring & pointing 😅 give em something to really stare at.
Hahaha that's great. Might as well go all in with it.
You could modify your prosthetic leg to look like Red's in The Lone Ranger. Her leg was made of ivory, had 'tattoos' on it, and even had a gun built into it.
It's your choice on what you want to do with your body. I think your tattoos look good.
Well to be fair your ink is pretty epic and you’re a fit, energetic, attractive young woman. I would be more surprised if people didn’t approach you. Still, if your tattoos are a good ice breaker that makes things less awkward for you or others trying to learn a bit about you then so much the better.
I LOOOOOVE TATTOOS!!
Oh god, this! Wait until a stranger decides to touch them. Took about 4 years before it happened to me, but it did! I don't understand people.
I have full sleeves, and I started wearing long sleeve shirts because I got tired of people coming up to me. I appreciate the compliments, but many people get annoying about it. And worse, there's people who will grab your arm without saying a word to "get a better look". I've about body slammed people for that!
I’ve been going to a bar near where I work for lunch where one of the regulars is missing both legs. I DIDN’T NOTICE FOR TWO MONTHS!!! I saw him 4-5 times a week and not once did I see that he is MISSING BOTH LEGS!!! In fact I only noticed when he referenced the accident that did that to him, which I looked down and said out loud “Oh my I didn’t even notice.” He thanked me for this and we continued on. HE WAS WEARING SHORTS, NOT HIDING IT AT ALL!!! I’m so oblivious I make amputees feel normal. And if you need more proof, this happened twice at the same bar.
the shirt is PRICELESS 😂
You do have some awesome tats
You don’t need ink , you to pretty ❤
My loved one has to carry her portable oxygen concentrator when she's living at high altitude, and she found this pink mesh backpack with rainbows all over it from the kid's section. I call it her Dora the Explorer Backpack 😂. I've been kinda shocked at how many people are skipping over the pity and are just shook about her cool bag. So many have whispered to me about how they love her bag. It sometimes gets to the point that people don't see the air hose coming out of it and think it's her normal daypack or something.
Your tats are nice. Getting tatoos can be addictive :-). You have a full sleeve almost
I once had a shirt that said "I hate everybody" and so many fucking people talked to me about it that I had to toss it. It's much more difficult to get rid or tattoos.
And you talking mutch also😂😂😂, but it‘s in positive sens🤣
The tattoo are amazingly
One day you should do a video about same things you have had people say or do about your tattoo that people have said about your prosthetic if there are any
You got sick ink!!! Seems like people are more interested in mine sometimes so that could very well be to yours as well
I will frequently ask folks where they got their ink done if I like it. Always looking for new and good artists. Speaking of which, I am assuming that you got yours in the Denver area. Not exactly local for me.
I noticed your t-shirt first. I like it ...
Your ink IS pretty rad.
You are unique and people are curious
Love the shirt
I use this trick with my wheelchair - when I’m using it I wear something really eye catching so that people can skip over the chair.
Your tats are sweet ❤
Just wait till the random touching starts 😅 also they look awesome!
My dad is covered in tattoos, literally from his neck down. People used to come up and literally touch him without saying a word to him
I would come up and talk to you just because you're beautiful and have an amazing personality ❤
Lovely tattoo!
DAYUUUM you'v been working out.
Look at thosse arms
:o)
I've always been tall and growing up people constantly commented on my height and how skinny I was. Definitely messes with you. People I've only seen once in my life would comments on it... I think I might not give off the vibe that I have things to do in places to be and no time to talk about it.
I love your shirt
You do have sick ink! Damn!
Love the shirt.😂