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A man who tattooed his entire body in blue ink has a simple reason for giving himself a Smurf-like tinge.“To be honest, I just like the look of it,” said Donnie Snider, a former forklift driver from Canada. “I thought it would be neat.”It has taken just three years for Snider to transform himself into a jewelry-making, bus-dwelling blue dude. In 2017, Snider — who lives in Scarborough, Ontario — asked his sister to ink a portion of his leg and foot with a bright turquoise hue.The rest, he told Jam Press, is history.“It’s like living life in strange-mode,” said the 26-year-old. “It’s definitely striking, and I think it’s a beautiful color.”He explained that his decision to go big with blue came after years of feeling trapped by conformity and a “lack of confidence.”“I was extremely miserable,” he said. “I decided to quit hiding, break myself out of stagnation and remake my life.”And now, as a blue man, he says he can “actually be happy to live” — partially because of the “whimsical element” it brings his daily interactions.“The questions are endless,” he said, but he doesn’t blame the curious people asking about his blue hue.“I’ve had many bizarre interactions,” he continued, from “smiles” to “gasps,” “free beers” to “flirting,” plus “hugs,” “fist bumps” and “thumbs up.” Some bold gawkers even go so far as tugging at his clothing “to peek underneath,” or “licking their thumbs and trying to rub the tattoo off.”“Questions from strangers about my genitals have increased by, like, 10,000 percent,” Snider joked.Of course, not every interaction is so positive. He also gets “snarky comments” and “eye rolls,” but he doesn’t let the negative energy get him down.“Most insults are unimaginative and predictable,” he said. “Most can be lumped together in the category of ‘unflattering comparisons to other things that are blue.’ ”Friends and family quickly came around to Snider’s new way of life — save his mother, who took some convincing.“Mum was definitely annoyed at first,” he said. “But she quickly accepted blue skin as the new normal.”There is one thing he wants to be very clear about: he’s a hardworking Canadian.“I would sooner eat out of a dumpster,” Snider said, than claim taxpayer assistance for unemployment — despite how difficult it is to get a job as a blue man.Now, he shares his adventures as a jewelry-maker living in a “clapped-out transit bus” on his Instagram account, .His new life in blue has “re-energized” his spirits, he said.“I feel a renewed optimism about the feasibility of pursuing wild dreams,” he said.”I might become a trillionaire, or move to Mars. Or just carry on selling earrings and get my bus fixed up.”&nbsp;

A man who tattooed his entire body in blue ink has a simple reason for giving himself a Smurf-like tinge.“To be honest, I just like the look of it,” said Donnie Snider, a former forklift driver from Canada. “I thought it would be neat.”It has taken just three years for Snider to transform himself into a jewelry-making, bus-dwelling blue dude. In 2017, Snider — who lives in Scarborough, Ontario — asked his sister to ink a portion of his leg and foot with a bright turquoise hue.The rest, he told Jam Press, is history.“It’s like living life in strange-mode,” said the 26-year-old. “It’s...

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