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[โ€“] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, and is it supposed to be functional? How would it even work?

We may be putting more thought into it than the dude who decided to tattoo a random junk food barcode on himself though.

[โ€“] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They just read the dark lines for a few bits of data (it's literally just a number). If you're pale enough and the tat done well enough, it should work, assuming the UPC is in the system for the POS scanning it.