About this episode

The episode features a discussion on morality, existential themes, a movie review, and entertaining tattoo shop stories.

The Buds are back, and this time we've got a returning Bud in the building: Robert Gray, co-owner of La Luna Art Collective in Orange, California. But Rob didn't come alone. He brought fellow tattooer and Bud Karina Badillo, so you're getting two tattooers for the price of one. We kick things off with an important moral debate: Is stealing actually wrong if it's from a big store... and you really, really want the thing? The answers may surprise you. Or concern you. From there, things get existential. We talk about death, fate, and whether knowing exactly when you're going to die would help you live life to the fullest or completely ruin the experience. We also dive into the movie everyone seems to be obsessed with lately and try to unpack what's really going on beneath the surface. Is it a thriller? A warning? A cry for help? We're not entirely sure, but we try our best. Then we wind things down the way all good tattoo podcasts do: with a couple of wild tattoo shop stories that remind us why tattooing attracts the most interesting people on earth. And just when you think the episode is over, Rob sends us home on a high note by revealing a hidden talent that nobody saw coming. So…

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