# "Bad Ink" - who here has seen it?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ink-who-here-has-seen-it/669539>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 23, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ink-who-here-has-seen-it/669539 "2013-09-23T19:49:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ink-who-here-has-seen-it/669539/1 "2013-09-23T19:49:44Z")

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So I was channel-surfing (which I rarely do) and came across a show on A&E called “Bad Ink”. It’s a “reality” show about these two guys in Las Vegas who do cover-ups of bad tattoos. The one guy is the artist who owns the shop and the other guy is his comic-relief best friend. The shop is called “Pussy Kat Tattoos”.

We all know that “reality tv” is heavily produced and edited, but how bad do you think this show is? My skepticism arises when I see the finished tattoo supposedly right after it’s completed - with no bleeding or swelling. Riiight.

FTR I don’t care if it’s “fake” or whatever, I find the show entertaining.

What do you guys think?

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**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ink-who-here-has-seen-it/669539/2 "2013-09-23T20:38:53Z")

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Dunno if it’s the same show, but I saw a couple episodes of some “fix awful tattoos” show where you could tell that all of the tattooing scenes were re-creations, as the person getting the work done would be moving around a lot while recounting their story.