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50 People Reveal What They Think Are The Cringiest Tattoos That No One Should Be Getting
A person’s taste in art and design might be incredibly subjective; however, this doesn’t mean that their choices won’t be judged by their peers. Some people’s ideas on what to get inked are so bizarre that others can’t help but criticize them.
AskReddit users, both tattoo artists and fans of getting tattooed themselves, took to several online threads to share their thoughts about the tattoo types they find to be the most cringeworthy and weird. Scroll down for their personal opinions about what designs you might want to consider avoiding.
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#1
Hate symbols.
Billo66 8 months ago
A guy came in wanting to cover a swastika he got in prison. I turned it into a grey alien walking like an Egyptian. :)
J Adams 8 months ago
They are Borneo rosettes. Not hate related in any way. The background to them is that they symbolise the eyes of a mythological dog type creature that watched over and protected the native tribes in Borneo.
Load More Replies... sdorph 8 months ago
BP adds random photos with little or no connection to the text in the post, probably selected by AI, I don't see anything 'hate' related in the pic
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Beak Hookage 8 months ago
I actually saw a guy openly walking around with N.azi tattoos (first time I've ever seen one in real life). I'm not sure if he caught the disgusted looks I was throwing at him.
Pencil 8 months ago
I think you're responding to the image because the text says "Hate symbols."
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#2
Not a tattoo artist, but my sister has possibly the worst/stupidest tattoo i have ever seen.
On her lower back she has this elaborate cross thing with arrow like points on the end of each bit, which when she wears a shirt (and lets face it, she is pretty bogan so the shirt never meets the pants) all you see from behind is a whopping great black arrow to her a**e crack.
To top it off she has gone and got 'love hurts' tattooed across her shoulder blades in f*****g huge letters (you can almost see this s**t from the moon) so on warm summer days when she is wearing a singlet top all you see from behind is "love hurts" and an arrow to her a**e.
She gets s****y when I point out that love does hurt if your aiming for that hole. Doesn't see the funny side at all.
Needless to say she is classy as f**k.
Wild Cream 8 months ago
Girl I went to high school with got a MASSIVE tramp stamp of a cross that dips into her crack and “RIP GRANDPA” across it. Plus two dog paw prints, one on each shoulder.
justagirl 8 months ago
I just wanted to put in...I don't understand why christians wear crosses. What part of the Bible makes you thin that Jesus likes crosses? I'm sorry if I'm being rude, that was not my intention. I'm just curious.
Kira Okah 8 months ago
The cross is the symbol of the sacrifice that Jesus made. He died on the cross as a sacrifice to the people to absolve their sins, that is a rather big important part of the Bible.
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#3
Incorrectly translated foreign text.
Howl's sleeping castle 8 months ago
My manager got some paragraph in a foreign language. I asked what it means. She tried explaining it but didn't make much sense. I asked why didn't she get the same thing in a language she can understand. She got offended and didn't speak to me the whole day
Bacon Tentacles 8 months ago
Or random Chinese characters that someone saw on a menu. "This dish cheap but extremely tasty"
UncleJon_TheMadScientist 8 months ago
Like Sheldon asked Penny why she had the symbol for soup tattooed on her butt
Toothless Feline 8 months ago
I remember once encountering a tale online from someone who claimed that their tattoo in Chinese says, “I don’t know. I can’t read Chinese.” So when someone asks what it says, they can sound clever and stupid at the same time, I guess.
Jane Hower 8 months ago
Heard about a gal who had a chinese symbol from a restaurant tatooed on her arm, thinking it said 'delishous' or something like that. Later found out it said 'cheap but good'. hehe
According to Singulart magazine, butterflies are the most popular tattoos in the United States, with 201k people searching for them on Google every month.
In second place with 165k monthly searches are rose tattoos, followed by flower designs and dragons (both 110k searches each). Next up in terms of popularity are snakes (90.5k searches), tribal designs (74k searches), and more ‘traditional’ ink designs.
#4
Forehead, anywhere else I'm ok with but foreheads sorry not for me.
Geoffrey Scott 8 months ago
ANYWHERE above the neck for me. "Why won't anyone hire me?"..."Well Cletus, that's hard to say".
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Bacon Tentacles 8 months ago
Unless you belong to a race/culture where facial tattoos are the norm, I think they're generally a really bad idea. Or I suppose if you are independently wealthy to the point where you never need to apply for a job (or care about anyone else's opinion).
Beak Hookage 8 months ago
First tattoo joint I went to actually had a sign saying WE DO NOT TATTOO FACES.
SkippityBoppityBoo 8 months ago
A guy who worked in a supermarket near me? He had loads of facial tattoos. He got them during his time there, a new one each month. I saw him from fresh faced to tattooed. Okay fair enough... Bleugh... But it was when he and his floor manager started using swear words including the C-word in front of customers? They both got fired.
quentariel 8 months ago
I agree. I would never have a face tattoo, and mostly don't like the look of them. But I've seen a few that are fitting for the person's personality and style and those can be beautiful.
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Lowrider 56 7 months ago
I have plenty of tattoos but would never tattoo my face. Thats just me though. You do you.
Jane Hower 8 months ago
Face and neck tatoos mean some people and some jobs will NEVER want you.
#5
Lips on the neck. Every time.
BookFanatic 8 months ago
Like a Victorian wasting disease. "Oh, yes, my dear husband finally succumbed to a bad case of lipneck."
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Tropical Tarot 8 months ago
I have lips at the base of my neck. My hair covers it most of the time. It's the Rocky Horror lips.
#6
Names, unless it is the name of your child, don’t do it.
BlackestDawn 8 months ago
Also friends/family that are departed, especially if it was prematurely.
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Colleen Glim 8 months ago
Were just talking about this at work tonight. Johnny Depp’s “Winos forever” tattoo. Don’t get your girlfriend’s name tattooed unless maybe they die. Just dont
Gingersnap In Iowa 8 months ago
I had an ex boyfriend who tattooed my name on his arm. I begged him not to.
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MalayDragon 8 months ago
I have both my daughters names tattooed on either side of my chest, 10 year old Born Year of the Horse, Tattoo is a horse with her name incorporated to the maine, 8 Year old born year of the monkey, Tattoo is a Monkey with her name incorporated into the tail.
Bacon Tentacles 8 months ago
Random names could be interesting. "Why do you have Steve tattooed on your arm?" "No reason."
quentariel 8 months ago
We aren't talking about tattooing it onto forehead or anything. Besides, if you see a random person that has a name tattooed, do you really know whose name it is and what relation they have to the person? And if you know the person, then you probably already know the name of their child.
Load More Replies...The least popular designs, at least in the US, are likely star signs, musical notes, Disney characters, and pet tattoos.
On the other side of the Atlantic, in the United Kingdom, butterfly and rose tattoos also rank in the top two spots.
Other popular designs are dragons, flowers, lions, snakes, and matching tattoos, all of which are equally desired by Brits, with 18.1k searches on Google each per month.
#7
Not a tattoo artist but when I went to get my first tattoo, I was sat waiting for the tattooist to get the stencil ready so I was reading through some tattoo magazines and there was this one tattoo... It was a full on v****a with a tampon sticking out of it with blood leaking all over the place. Just.. Who the f**k would get that.
Nannychachi 8 months ago (edited)
I have a bite mark tattooed on my left b**b. I wanted something different. (He folded a piece of paper in half, bit it, opened it up, spritzed it with water and then put it on me to get the image and then tattooed over that)
Rachel Pelz 8 months ago
Reminds me of illegally recorded and published phone calls of Charles and Camilla...decades ago.
#8
Chinese characters whose meaning people don't understand.
Charlie the Cat 8 months ago
I don't think the picture depicts Chinese characters. Correct me if I'm wrong but that looks like runes.
Bacon Tentacles 8 months ago
Yeah the pictures in this article aren't exactly representative of their respective topics, are they...
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Mr.Punch 8 months ago
This "Chinese Characters" are nordic Runes meaning "Energie" (index), "Protection" (middle) and "Courage" (ring).
LakotaWolf (she/her) 8 months ago
BP is notoriously terrible for selecting incorrect/the worst possible free stock photos for their articles XD
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Colleen Glim 8 months ago
Always, always double check the meaning with someone you trust or even Google translate before you do the deed
Kira Okah 8 months ago
Google translate is not in the slightest a good reference for Chinese character translations. You have to really trust a person if you don't know a language, I have seen way too many people boast about telling their friend some characters mean strength or the like and have given them digusting slurs.
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liam newton-harding 8 months ago
The Intern doing the image search for this article not understanding the job.
SkippityBoppityBoo 8 months ago
"So okay... You love Chinese Noodles... Erm why advertise it?"
LakotaWolf (she/her) 8 months ago
That's a stock photo that Bored Panda put in the article, not part of OP's original comment.
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Not me but my mentor tattooed the words "No daddy don't!" on some guys hand. apparently the dude wanted to see that so he thought about his kids every time he reached for a drink.
Don Adams 8 months ago
If it worked, well worth the money. He is the only one that has to understand it. Good for him...unless he is an ambidextrous drinker.
BookFanatic 8 months ago
I like this one. But it does have some...troubling...connotations for those not familiar with the story.
In the UK, angel, bee, and dreamcatcher designs are also popular, while Roman numerals are very much lauded in specific cities like Birmingham, Bristol, and Glasgow.
Meanwhile, in Edinburgh, tree tattoos are the most wanted, while people living in Bristol are also big fans of stars.
#10
Babies' faces.
Uncle Panda 8 months ago (edited)
"This one? This one was pureed carrots, thanks for asking!"
Load More Replies... Emilu 8 months ago
Unpopular opinion — a decent chunk of babies are ugly anyway, let alone in tattoo form…
Beak Hookage 8 months ago
I love my sister's kids but as far as babies are concerned I've really never seen the appeal.
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Badly done ones and misspelled words.
#12
Faces of people.
Boo 8 months ago
One of the regulars at my local pub has a famous Scottish tennis player's face tattooed on her upper arm....it's not good. The tat isn't small either.
Rebecca McManus 8 months ago
Even if they are well done they will start to fade/smudge=distort over time
What are some tattoo types and styles that you utterly loathe, dear Pandas? What ink designs get you all riled up when you see them? On the other hand, what tattoos are you genuinely huge fans of?
Do we have any veteran or amateur tattoo stylists here with us today? What do you personally think lies at the core of truly great designs? Let us know what you think in the comments.
#13
I've written about this before, but back when I did tattoos, I had a guy who wanted "failure is not an option" on his stomach. I warn him that the stomach area doesn't feel all that great. He says he can handle it. Ok, whatever. So, I draw it up, get the stencil on him and start the tattoo. Immediately he's yelling, "holy s**t! Stop!!!". So I stop. "Oh my god! S**t! I didn't know it would hurt that f*****g much!" Well, I tried to warn you. He goes and has a cigarette, comes back, and has me start again. So I slowly get through the outline, the whole time he's swearing at me and he's having to take breaks every few letters because the pain is too much for him. Finally it's time to fill in the letters. This guy just could not handle it. I got to "failure is" before he completely quit. So, I guess, failure WAS an option. Lol.
When I was an apprentice at a shop, we had a girl that came in who lost a bet at beer pong that had to get "don't call me in the morning ❤" tattooed on her a*s. Whatever. So the chick I was learning from draws it up and puts it on her. As she's tattooing the girl's butt, she asks her, "what if you meet a guy you like? He's not going to call you back!" And she said, "I just won't do him doggy style then." Lol. Ok.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 8 months ago
Respectfully, I disagree. That's entirely on the person getting the tattoo, not the responsibility (moral, ethical, or otherwise) on the tattooing parlor/tattoo artist. The person who lost the bet is a grown adult who can tell their friends "no, I won't" or "we were all drunk when we made this bet, now that we're sober, I refuse." There's no actual abus!ve coercion going on (a partner forcing their significant other to get their name tattooed, etc.) and absolutely nothing will reasonably happen if the bet-loser welshes on a bet to get a stupid tattoo. If their friendships end because they refuse to get a tattoo, then they shouldn't be friends with those kind of people anyway. Either way, the bet-loser is an adult and is responsible for those decisions, not the tattoo parlor. If the bet-loser ARRIVES still drunk, then yes, I believe the artist should refuse to tattoo. Otherwise, it's not their responsibility to make that call at all.
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Spellflinger 8 months ago
I have 8 tattoos and every tattoo artist that worked on my stated men are much more likely to stop midway due to pain.
CG 8 months ago
I got 9 (going in for a touchup), as a now 30 year old man, and I've only ever taken breaks during my tattoos. Never gave up during them, but location on the body can affect things, and the pain tolerance is going to be different from person to person. It might be scientifically true that women have a higher pain tolerance than men, but it's likely a case by case basis.
Load More Replies... BookFanatic 8 months ago
My first tat was on my stomach. Of course, that was 20+ yrs ago so I've probably forgotten how painful it was.
Nancy Lynch 8 months ago
If you're not sure about a tattoo, get it done with a sharp ie first.
Chris the Bobcat 8 months ago
I'm beginning to wonder about myself, as this is funnier to me than it should be.
#14
It was way back during my high school years. My friend decided to get a tattoo from our weed dealer (used to run a parlor). Next morning I met him for tea, he is sitting there like his cat died. I ask him what’s wrong. He said nothing and started to unbutton few buttons. By then I started to speculate that that guy f****d up his tattoo. But it was magnificent- he wanted his dad’s portrait on his chest. And the portrait was done just right; every little feature. Too bad it wasn’t his dad’s portrait.
Otto Katz 8 months ago
? I need this back story. Did he show his mom, and a horrible truth came out?
LakotaWolf (she/her) 8 months ago
OP said "Those pótheads don’t know whose portrait it was. They mixed up the photo (and we don’t know whose pic it is)" - so I guess the dealer(s) mixed up the reference photos somehow while tattooing OP's friend and literally tattooed a photo of some other random man on him and no one knows who it is.
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I have a friend that's an apprentice in the midwest, so I get bizarre tattoo stories all the time.
He told me recently a young woman was vehemently demanding that the artists tattoo "Daddy's Little Girl" on her mons pubis. All 4 artists in the shop refused and sent her away.
Pencil 8 months ago
An apprentice to a tattoo artist which is legally required training in many places if you want to get your own tattoo license. But even where it isn't, it's a good way to learn. And apprentices and interns are two different things.
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Unfinished ones because they couldn't bear the pain.
quentariel 8 months ago (edited)
Bigger tattoos are often done in several sittings. So seeing a sleeve or a back piece with just outlines and some shading is completely normal. A small unfinished one could be caused by the pain, but also by some unforeseen circumstances from either the tattooer or the client.
BookFanatic 8 months ago
Although you do get the odd client who sits through a marathon session. When I got my 3rd tat I was seated next to a guy who was getting a gorgeous full back tat of a Chinese dragon. He was doing it all in one go. It was an 8-hour session. Suddenly my little phoenix tat didn't seem so bad.
Load More Replies... CG 8 months ago
It would one thing if it's a tattoo that requires multiple sessions, like a back piece or a full sleeve, or one that needs to be touched up again after the healing is done. But the pain tolerance of one person is going to be different from another one's.
Royal Stray 8 months ago
I honestly don't judge people too hard on this one as long as they come back to fix it, or something, because it can be really difficult to know just how much something like that is going to hurt before you've actually done it. I don't have any tattoos but I have piercings, and I constantly saw the whole "It'll feel like when you pinch yourself" or "needles hurt way less than piercing guns". Yeah... both of those were a lie when it came to vertical helix piercings. It felt like getting st*bbed. Now that is technically what they're doing, but c**p that hurt. Same with the normal piercings with a g*n, gave me an awful headache to boot. You can't really help being in pain from things like that and it's difficult to know just how bad it's going to be before it's already too late.
Load More Replies... justagirl 8 months ago
I'm having trouble reading this. could you maybe explain again? without the lols? thanks.
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#17
I’m not a tattoo artist but I’ve got a cousin who got a speech bubble on his arm with The Voice written on it so that he could ask people if they preferred XFactor or The Voice and then when they asked him, he could just lift his sleeve up.
No clue why.
Lowrider 56 7 months ago
Also known as Chairman of the Board and Ol' Blue eyed
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I get this question almost every day. you do so many tattoos that you get jaded. so eventually none are weird or cringy. everyone gets em for whatever reason they feel they need em. so , judgy shouldn't be part of the job. that being said. these mother f*****s coming in to get each other's names after only being together for a couple weeks is pretty bad. my shop is across from a bar. this one time, a few years back. a man and a woman come in and want shot glasses with each others names in em. say they met that night. decided to be spontaneous. i was like " f**k yeah you do, come on in. " never heard from them again after that. don't know if they killed each other? or spending quarantine in bliss?
Colleen Glim 8 months ago
A lot of tattoo shops have rules about refusing service if clients have been drinking
Royal Stray 8 months ago
I feel like that's for the best of everyone involved. All my local piercing shops have this rule too. It's not worth getting someone coming back p*ssed or being stuck with something they'll regret for the rest of their lives because they got drunk and lost their common sense
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BookFanatic 8 months ago
My regular artist said he had to turn away a mom with a 12 yr old who wanted to get inked for her 13th birthday. Didn't matter she had Mom's permission.
Ever 8 months ago
A friend of mine was madly in love with this hot guy she met online. Trying to tell her that she didn't even know if he was real got us nowhere. This was early days internet and they talked through ICQ. One day she proudly told me she was getting a tattoo of his name and that she was flying to USA to meet him. I begged her to not get the tattoo but she insisted. then she flew to USA and an old guy picked her up at the airport, claiming to be her love's dad. when they got to his home the guy confessed, he was the one she was talking to online, the photos he sent was stolen, and he was living with his parents. Now she has a tattoo that remind her how lucky she is to be alive.
Emilu 8 months ago
Oh hell no. The only name I (might!) get tattooed on me is if I ever have a kid. Partner, nope. I really don’t want an ex’s name on me. (Yes, I have faith in my relationships).
LakotaWolf (she/her) 8 months ago
I think I'd only ever get my pets' names, if I ever got a name tattooed on me at all XD A child might grow up hating their name (even if it's a normal name) and get a legal name change once they're an adult. XD
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Barbed wire around the bicep.
Richienotsorich 7 months ago
Gaelic bands on people who have never even been to Ireland but like Guinness!
#20
Not a tattoo artist, but a friend of mines cousin has the words "Your Name" tattooed on his a*s. So he goes around at bars betting people that he has "Your Name" on his a*s. This man makes some decent money off of people.
Uncle Panda 8 months ago (edited)
If his fètish is showing his a*s to strangers, he's hit the jackpot.
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William Wilburn 8 months ago
Hundreds (at least) of other people have the exact same tattoo in the same spot for the same reason... how original.
#21
My ex bf was a tattoo artist before he was paralyzed. He did some amazing cover ups. One guy had f***k the police tattooed under his left eye/ upper cheek. After years of terrible encounters with law enforcement ( understandably) he came in for a cover up. My ex did an amazing scorpion covering all traces of the words. My ex was an amazing artist ( he did the majority of my tattoos) that unfortunately had his career cut short.
WestleyJackson 8 months ago (edited)
@luke - it's okay man, they just don't get it. I gave you an upvote. Because they really truly are all b's
Paulina 8 months ago (edited)
Yeah, because "fück the police" from the distance looks just like it's made of not 3 but 4, completely different words 🤦♀️
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#22
Not an artist, but my friend posted a picture of this HUGE forearm tattoo of a Green Day concert ticket. It was probably one of the most stupid tattoos I'd ever seen. The friend said that her little brother got his first tattoo, and I asked if it was a joke. It wasn't.
I happened to save the picture to my computer, so here it is!
Subaru645 8 months ago
Not what I expected, that is not well thought out at all.
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#23
I'm an apprentice atm and asked my mentor this question a while back. He wouldn't give specifics, but said he "doesn't do a*s tattoos anymore..." I'm hoping that if I'm patient I'll get the story out of him eventually...
#24
Trendy ones. Currently seeing a lot of lions with blue eyes or clock faces.
Debbie 8 months ago
A clock is quite timeless though. No pun intended... Memento Mori, time is ticking away. My friend has one with the time her mother died.
Beak Hookage 8 months ago
Wait, that's NOT what we were supposed to picture?!
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Spencers slave no more 8 months ago
ICE have designated clock faces as signs of M S 1 3 for ID purposes at the US borders.
#25
What I find cringy in a tattoo is not the tattoo itself but the explanations that always go with it, like : “yeah you know, I decided to get this tattoo of a car with flames and a rifle surrounding it because my best friend had a car accident and I thought he could have died and once I shoot a gun and ...” dude stop it ! You like car, you got a tattoo with a car, period. You also like guns and think you look badass with it, go for it, but don’t make cheap excuses.
BookFanatic 8 months ago
All of my tattoos have meanings. If it's meaningful to the owner, that's all that matters.
William Wilburn 8 months ago
Soo judgmental. Why do you get to say what someone's reason to get a tattoo is? Basic Karen.
#26
I have a tattoo of Borat on my butt.
Chris the Bobcat 8 months ago
While on the Graham Norton Show, Judi Dench said that she has a tattoo of one of her early critics on her rear end. That way, she can sit on him as she relishes the successful career she continues to enjoy.
WindySwede 8 months ago
There is a Imgure link on reddit, but they have super bad cookies policy so wouldn't check it out.
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The cousin of a friend got his first name in big letters on his right arm and his last name on his other arm. The first time we got introduced he showed me his arms.
Rachel Pelz 8 months ago
...which satire has it is also the real reason for kid's name+birthday tattoos.
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Lez Be Honest 8 months ago
I cannot for the life of me fathom why someone woudl get their own name tattooed on their body. Not judging by any means, I just don't understand it.
UncleJon_TheMadScientist 8 months ago
Worked with a guy who's son had his last name tattooed in very large black letters across his chest from shoulder to shoulder, he asked his kid if that was so they could identify the body after someone blows his head off.... Texas Rednecks are funny sometimes
#28
Tramp Stamps.
Robin Roper 8 months ago
I fiirst read this as "Trump Stamps." That is worse than Tramp Stamps.
Becca not Becky 8 months ago
I'm sure someone somewhere has combined the two concepts
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SkippityBoppityBoo 8 months ago
Tramp Stamps, a tribal tattoo on their lower back combined with low rise jeans and their thong showing... Yes... Erm... Classy 🙄
CatD 8 months ago
The one on the bottom right who's pants say "Cràzy Bítch" is the chef's kiss tho'.😂
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#29
My tattoo artist had on her instagram where she covered up what looked like a prison tattoo on a woman's Mons Pubis that said "Amy's Property". The coverup was Tweetybird on a lilac, which isn't a subject matter that I would personally get tattooed on myself, let alone in the swimsuit area, but has to be better than "Amy's Property." Especially since my artist told me the lady is now married to someone who is presumably not named Amy.
Lez Be Honest 8 months ago
Plenty of girls I was in prison with did this sort of nonsense and it was voluntary. I was bunked for a while with one of the "tattoo artists" so I saw a lot of interesting things...
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Joseph Miller 8 months ago
Another reason to not get your significant other's name on you. Mom, dad, children? Sure. Significant other? No.
AsylumWalker 8 months ago
I dont think amy was the significant other, mate
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#30
Not a tattooer but I worked at a tattoo shop for several years. One of the funniest/oddest tattoos ive ever seen was on this black guy who was about 50 years old. He got his forehead tattooed with a faux hair line and had one of those pencil thin beard, goatee, chin strap type of facial hair styles, tattooed. He was very very insistent on how he wanted it done and how thin it needed to be. It wad maybe 1/4 inch all the way around. Im pretty sure he eventually got his entire scalp tattooed to resemble a stubble growth. And his eyebrows done to appear perfectly waxed at all times. Very weird individual. He was loaded though so good for him I guess.
Chris the Bobcat 8 months ago
I saw pictures of a guy who tattooed dark stubble on his bald scalp. Looked like a full head of hair buzzed short, and it looked good too.
Jake Bertz 8 months ago
Honestly, that's kind of brilliant. Most of the look, none of the maintenance.
#31
Do not tattoo, but draw tattoos for artists to put the ink to skin.
The worst was a lady who had miscarried. And not only wanted the ultra sound picture with a little heartbeat indicator turning into a flatline. And something like "You're mother will always love you".
No matter how much I tried to correct her grammar, she would not listen. I turned it into the artist and he saw the pic, said "are you kidding me?!" then I brought his attention to the text. He went and spoke to her, and she said "Why cant you people just give me what I want?!".
Cydney Golden 8 months ago
Ignorance is when you haven't learned, stupid is when you don't want to learn.
#32
I'm not a tattoo artist, But my friend got a tattoo of a d**k riding a d**k with a speech bubble saying "D**k-Seption".
Winter 8 months ago
Look, if you self-censor a word because you know BP will do it for you, DON'T ENTER THE TEXT, because you KNOW, or SHOULD know, that nearly EVERY one who doesn't have the same kind of mind as yourself (or BP's) WON'T know what the hell it means, and will DOWN VOTE you, as **I** am about to do!
Chris the Bobcat 8 months ago
My ex's mom was a nurse. One day they got an unconscious patient and had to document his tattoos. His dong had the words "Fvcking Stick" running lengthwise, and it only fully showed when he got an erection. Classy.
Doug Moyer 8 months ago
So they got him erect enough to make note of that? Hmm.
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#33
My fiancé tattooed "shazam" with a lightning bolt exclamation point on some guys balls.
A girl 8 months ago
I'm female from birth. Even I know you don't disturb testicle skin. Ow we!
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#34
A buddy of mine is a tattoo artist so I just asked him this question. His reply:
"I had a gay guy come in once to get some prices. Now, merovingion, ya know I don't have anything against gay people but this guy wanted a tat I just had to refuse out of hilarity. He wanted the Dodge Ram symbol, yes the truck, with 'Don't Dodge It' on top and 'Ram it' on the bottom. Here's the kicker, he wanted it a tramp stamp. . ."
I mean, really? We weren't sure if this guy lost a bet or if this was legitimate.
Peter Bear 8 months ago
Nah, sounds like a switch. Don't dodge the front, and ram it from the back.
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#35
New a guy who got deadpool riding a unicorn on his entire chest.
#36
Somebodies name.
Nona Jaynes 8 months ago
I have my childrens' names tattooed on me, and I will NEVER regret that.
Wild Cream 8 months ago
My stepdad - let’s say his name is Frank - has the name “Frank” tattooed on his arm. His own name 😂
Becca not Becky 8 months ago
A significant other? Agreed. But if it's a name of a pet, a child, or a deceased loved one, I think it's fine.
Chris the Bobcat 8 months ago
A certain John Osbourne has the name "Ozzy" tattooed on his fingers.
#37
I had to tattoo an icecream machine on someone's lower back and handle going down to his crack.
He kept saying that 'softserve was hilarious'
what a freak.
#38
I'm no tattoo artist by my grandma has her eyebrows tattooed on and same with her eyeliner. She never has to do her makeup.... Ever.
UncleJon_TheMadScientist 8 months ago
Unless it makes you look like an extremely startled klingon
Uncle Panda 8 months ago
I knew a 40 something woman who had permanent mascara tattoos. When she was made up, it looked nice. When she wasn't, she looked surprised all the time.
Jane Hower 8 months ago
Did eyebrows - redone a few times at my age. Tried eye liner 2xs but they scabbed off, never tried again.
#39
Used to be really good friends with a dude named Greg. And his wife was... nice enough but not nearly as cool. Very b****y, not very nice to him or others. My friendship with the dude was very cut and dry, not something that could ever be considered questionable or indecent, etc. We'd just video game together.
Anyhow, they were married with a kid, and I went over to play DDR or some similar dance game with them on her invite. Apparently during this time, (to hear Greg tell it) she got jealous of me for some reason and asked if I would let her use a zombie self portrait I had painted of myself as a tattoo.
I thought nothing of it and assumed she meant as a reference for something kind of different... etc, I said sure.
The next week, this girl got my WHOLE A*S LIKENESS done as a FULL back piece. I'm talkin neck to butt crack. Before proceeding to divorce her husband a month later and abandoning their baby girl with him.
To this day I have no idea what she was thinking.
JK 8 months ago (edited)
Ok, this is BULL. Anyone who has ever had, or knows someone who has, a full back tattoo, these things take *months* to complete. No artist will sit you through the amount of work that would be required in just 1 sitting. Hell, anything this involved would be MULTIPLE sittings, not just 1 or 2. So this is absolutely B0LL0CK$
Tom Brincefield 8 months ago
Somebody in the comments earlier was telling about a guy he saw getting a full back done. In 8 hours.
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My female friend and I were really drunk one night. We decided to go to a tattoo artist to get matching tattoos. When we got there, she decided to get a tattoo of a d**k in the middle of her t**s. Me being my drunk self, decided to do the same. The tattoo artist asked me three or four times if I actually wanted to do this and I just said, "Yeah dude, totally, just stick the needle already." The next day, we both laugh and stare at our respective tattoos. After a couple of years I decided to remove it, but it was a fun night.
Royal Stray 8 months ago
Yeah it doesn't really matter how many times a drunk person think what they're doing is a great idea, they most likely won't the next day. Some things are obviously personal responsibility, but people under the influence of something (that isn't prescribed every day meds) shouldn't be allowed to get tattoo's or piercings
Load More Replies... Richienotsorich 7 months ago
I just wouldn't do that as a tattoo artist. Go home, sober up and rethink your life choices.
#41
The second week after I moved to LA I got black out drunk and woke up with an LA tramp stamp. I'm a dude...
#42
Not a tattoo artist but one of my friend's mom got her husbands name tattooed on her left arm and after they divorced she tried to cover it up but some s**t got messed up and now her left arm has a huge black blob.
Royal Stray 8 months ago
Go all in and get the entire arm painted black. Or fix it up by having a white tattoo of something on the black ink
William Wilburn 8 months ago
That looks ok for about a week, then the white fades into the black.
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Southern Cross tattoos.
Kenneth Barns 8 months ago
It used to be an image associated with Australian national identity. After the 2005 Cronulla riots, lots of White supremacists started getting Southern Cross tattoos.
Emilu 8 months ago
If it's the Aussie one... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_Flag#/media/File:Eureka_Flag.svg I know for us it's a... erm, sign you are tacky/drunk when you chose to get a tattoo of it.
Load More Replies... Robin Roper 8 months ago
I traveled from the to South Africa and something on my bucket list was to see the Southern Cross. Checked it off is glorious splendor in Kruger National Park. Sad the image has racist connotations.
Chris the Bobcat 8 months ago
I've read that the Southern Cross constellation can be seen from the Florida Keys for about a month, on the horizon. Bucket list item to see. Did not know that images had racist connotations. How disappointing.
Jennik 8 months ago
I'm a Kiwi. As far as I know an image of the actual constellation doesn't have racist connotations but the image of the Eureka flag does (Aussie white supremacists).
Load More Replies... Beak Hookage 8 months ago
Obviously I can only speak for myself here but as an Aussie I've never met a single countryperson who had that tattoo and wasn't a giant piece of garbage.
Gullible Lefty 8 months ago
This is a complicated issue. The 'Eureka' flag (which still exists) was used by miners of many cultures as they rebelled against government soldiers. The trade union movement (representing workers) have used it for years. But in the 21st century it has become a symbol of white nationalism, changing from a symbol of unity to a symbol of exclusion. In 1975 for example Whitlam Labor party rallies had large Southern Cross flags on display.
#44
When I just turned 18 my friends and I thought it would be a great idea to all get tramp stamps. I had always wanted to work with dolphins and loved them since I was little. When it was my turn I pointed at the wall and said that one. The guy looked at the wall paused and said “that cartoon dolphin? Really?” Needless to say I regret it to this day.
#45
Tribal tats that looks like something from those old WWE games.. we make fun of this guy and his tat cos of how it looks.. like it was a design you put on as a car vinyl rub on tat from a pack of gum.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 8 months ago
I wanted one of these (armband, preferably) when I was a kid in the early 90s XD Luckily for me, that phase did not last into the time I was legally old enough to get a tattoo!
Emilu 8 months ago
Omg me too. And thankfully I grew out of wanting it as did you.
Load More Replies... #46
Saw one a co-worker’s ex had done that was funny but dangerous.
I used to waitress with this nice enough woman but she had a temper. I knew she was fairly newly divorced, cuz her ex would often come in at the end of her shift and drop the kids there, as it saved him drive time. All friendly but a few times I saw her unleash her temper at him.
One day, we’re in the bathroom before shift and she says want to see my new tattoo cover up? Sure. Turn around and I’m greeted with way more of her a*s than I thought I’d ever see, but ok, nice job. What was it? It used to be ex’s name. Said she had to cuz he told her he was going in to get his tattoo of her name covered. Ok, moving on.
He comes in when end of shift is near with kids, and I have no fear of seeing his a*s cuz I knew her name was on his forearm, so I ask to see his new ink. He chuckles, turns red and asks think she’ll be pissed? What am I looking at? The grim f*****g reaper. He turned his ex’s name into the universal, timeless symbol of death personified. My eyes just got wide as I backed away.
She walks up and knows what I’m looking at, sees it and loses her s**t. I bet your m***********g FRIENDS told you to do that! Is that what you think of me when I have you two KIDS?! On and on. And yeah, his idiot friends spawned the idea, but he got it done. I still felt bad for them. I mean divorce doesn’t mean never in each other’s lives.
#47
One military tatto is cool. two is okay. three or more is just too much.
Krd 8 months ago
Ehh, Sailors and the Military used to be the only people who got tattoos; so it's a bit of a tradition. Now if someone barely made it out of boot camp or something, then yeah, don't go covering your body in military symbols, it just looks like you are compensating for being bad at it.
#48
Not an artist but, coworker had some weird ones.
Stormtrooper playing the cello on his thigh.
Mother Mary praying but her face was Uma Thurman ODing on h****n from Pulp Fiction.
Beautiful landscape scene with a couple sitting on a bench looking at the sunset, but the sunset was a tablesaw blade for some reason?
They all looked pretty great actually.
#49
Birthyear.
Doug Moyer 8 months ago (edited)
My daughter has her grandparents' wedding date on her side (in Roman numerals). They watched her as baby/toddler while we were at work and then lived with us from when she was four until their deaths and were a significant part of her life.
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Skogsrået 8 months ago (edited)
Cringe tattoo - a white woman with the tattoo "100% White" (example of a cringe tattoo i seen irl) i usually don't care but nazı tattos or other racist bs tattoos gives me the cringe.
Beak Hookage 8 months ago
I'm a white woman and I'm cringing SO HARD just thinking about it. Also, odds are those people aren't "100% white", whatever the hell that even means. I for one *look* "white" but there are some pretty good odds I've got a few black or Asian ancestors.
Load More Replies... Pencil 8 months ago
"Harley Davidson." Okay, you're a biker, I get it. But it's a forking corporate logo, you dumbash.
Sandy Jones 8 months ago
I don't understand the crossover tattoo's. Spongebob, in stiletto heels, with a ball gag, WTF?
A girl 8 months ago
You seriously have to ask about "what's your kink" nowadays
Load More Replies... Amelia Jade 8 months ago
As long as it is quality work, and wasn't done in some dude's garage with a gun ordered off of Amazon--I don't find any tattoo cringe. You do you. My tattoos might not be anyone else's cup of tea, but I didn't get them for anyone else.
SkippityBoppityBoo 8 months ago
All my tattoos have meaning. As in... People I've lost in various ways... My most significant one is just above my right elbow, my best friend designed it for me, especially for me. He "unalived" himself a few months later. Fast forward to when I could afford it? I got it...... It's some tattoos really are absolutely "What were you thinking???" but some are beautifully designed if you go in to the tattoo parlour and explain what you'd like, they're great! Mine have been because they always asked why. Why do you want this particular tattoo? The huge black cross just above my left ankle is the cross from my childhood church. I've others in my Native American Indian language. Each and every one was well thought through........
Beak Hookage 8 months ago
I've got a tattoo of my late and lamented dog. Looking at it makes me happy.
Load More Replies... A girl 8 months ago
My father had a beautiful Italian woman tattooed on his upper arm in his 20's. He got into his 70's and that gal looked like The Picture of Dorian Grey. I really don't want any skin work that's not medically necessary. If I have life altering, skin altering surgery, I might consider it. My kids get initials and such. My take, do you
Bacon Tentacles 8 months ago
I like the idea of a tattoo, and some can be really well done. I just can't think of anything I want on my body for the rest of my life that is unique and interesting enough to be worth it. So I guess I will remain un-inked.
God of Sarcasm 8 months ago
So long as the tattoo isn't offensive, like hate speech, then I don't give a sh*t.
StrangeOne 8 months ago
Those rockabilly tattoos people think are "so original". Then some take it further with the Marilyn Munroe, or Betty Boop, or Betty Paige, donned in weed leafs, bandannas and chunky gold chains. Or the dice, royal flushes and crowns. None of that is going to convince anyone you're a bad gangster rolling in money.
Skogsrået 8 months ago (edited)
Cringe tattoo - a white woman with the tattoo "100% White" (example of a cringe tattoo i seen irl) i usually don't care but nazı tattos or other racist bs tattoos gives me the cringe.
Beak Hookage 8 months ago
I'm a white woman and I'm cringing SO HARD just thinking about it. Also, odds are those people aren't "100% white", whatever the hell that even means. I for one *look* "white" but there are some pretty good odds I've got a few black or Asian ancestors.
Load More Replies... Pencil 8 months ago
"Harley Davidson." Okay, you're a biker, I get it. But it's a forking corporate logo, you dumbash.
Sandy Jones 8 months ago
I don't understand the crossover tattoo's. Spongebob, in stiletto heels, with a ball gag, WTF?
A girl 8 months ago
You seriously have to ask about "what's your kink" nowadays
Load More Replies... Amelia Jade 8 months ago
As long as it is quality work, and wasn't done in some dude's garage with a gun ordered off of Amazon--I don't find any tattoo cringe. You do you. My tattoos might not be anyone else's cup of tea, but I didn't get them for anyone else.
SkippityBoppityBoo 8 months ago
All my tattoos have meaning. As in... People I've lost in various ways... My most significant one is just above my right elbow, my best friend designed it for me, especially for me. He "unalived" himself a few months later. Fast forward to when I could afford it? I got it...... It's some tattoos really are absolutely "What were you thinking???" but some are beautifully designed if you go in to the tattoo parlour and explain what you'd like, they're great! Mine have been because they always asked why. Why do you want this particular tattoo? The huge black cross just above my left ankle is the cross from my childhood church. I've others in my Native American Indian language. Each and every one was well thought through........
Beak Hookage 8 months ago
I've got a tattoo of my late and lamented dog. Looking at it makes me happy.
Load More Replies... A girl 8 months ago
My father had a beautiful Italian woman tattooed on his upper arm in his 20's. He got into his 70's and that gal looked like The Picture of Dorian Grey. I really don't want any skin work that's not medically necessary. If I have life altering, skin altering surgery, I might consider it. My kids get initials and such. My take, do you
Bacon Tentacles 8 months ago
I like the idea of a tattoo, and some can be really well done. I just can't think of anything I want on my body for the rest of my life that is unique and interesting enough to be worth it. So I guess I will remain un-inked.
God of Sarcasm 8 months ago
So long as the tattoo isn't offensive, like hate speech, then I don't give a sh*t.
StrangeOne 8 months ago
Those rockabilly tattoos people think are "so original". Then some take it further with the Marilyn Munroe, or Betty Boop, or Betty Paige, donned in weed leafs, bandannas and chunky gold chains. Or the dice, royal flushes and crowns. None of that is going to convince anyone you're a bad gangster rolling in money.
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