# Really bad tattoos. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 21, 2006, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-tattoos/357596 "2006-05-21T01:36:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-tattoos/357596/1 "2006-05-21T01:36:07Z")
> **[no demographic: vintage and screen printing by nodemo on Etsy](https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/nodemo)** > > You searched for: nodemo! Discover the unique items that nodemo creates. At Etsy, we pride ourselves on our global community of sellers. Each Etsy seller helps contribute to a global marketplace of creative goods. By supporting nodemo, you’re... There HAD to be alcohol/drugs involved in the decisions to get these tattoos. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-tattoos/357596/2 "2006-05-21T01:49:22Z")
Yeah. It seems like they’re _trying_ to get laughed at. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-tattoos/357596/3 "2006-05-21T01:49:27Z")
I think the creepiest was the one of Maddox Jolie-Pitt. I’d be really disturbed if someone got a tattoo of my kid on his arm like that. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-tattoos/357596/4 "2006-05-21T01:54:22Z")
Holy crap, that’s some funny shit. The best is the last one on the third page, Mr. Cool Ice. Points for picking a theme and running with it, I guess. I like the guy in the back, who’s getting a tattoo, and clearly having second thoughts after realizing what a douche Mr. Cool Ice looks like. One of the posts from that page provided [this link.](http://cruft.starblind.net/bad_tattoos/coolice/zakarias-nowak_mrcoolice.mpg) Guy’s got a whole documentary about him! In German, naturally enough. Love to get an English transcript of that. Anyway, here’s [more fun with bad tattoos.](http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=3136) ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-tattoos/357596/5 "2006-05-21T01:54:41Z")
Obligatory link to SA’s [Horrible Tattoo Fashion SWAT](http://firstcom.com/default.aspx?skiplaunchpage=yes). ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-tattoos/357596/6 "2006-05-21T01:56:01Z")
Damn you, **Miller**! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-tattoos/357596/7 "2006-05-21T01:59:24Z")
Oh wrong damn url anyways. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-tattoos/357596/8 "2006-05-21T02:00:03Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I think the creepiest was the one of Maddox Jolie-Pitt. I’d be really disturbed if someone got a tattoo of my kid on his arm like that. Ok, a guy gets his penis made up like Puff the Magic Dragon, and you pick _that_ one as the creepiest?? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-tattoos/357596/9 "2006-05-21T02:21:49Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > Ok, a guy gets his penis made up like Puff the Magic Dragon, and you pick _that_ one as the creepiest?? Oh, no doubt. Dragon Dick’s tat is certainly squirmworthy, but there’s no indication that he has any designs (so to speak) on someone else’s john thomas. Getting a tattoo of someone else’s kid? Seriously creepy stalker territory, there. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-tattoos/357596/10 "2006-05-21T03:14:06Z")
Holy shit, the first tattoo on the [second page](http://www.capohedz.com/typebrighter/2005/11/really-bad-tattoos-part-2.html) is the same as the one [I have](http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=26567914&size=m&context=set-603192) on my left arm! :eek: I knew it wasn’t an original design when I got it, but I never expected to see it on a “bad tattoos” web page! ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-tattoos/357596/11 "2006-05-21T03:29:38Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > Holy shit, the first tattoo on the [second page](http://www.capohedz.com/typebrighter/2005/11/really-bad-tattoos-part-2.html) is the same as the one [I have](http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=26567914&size=m&context=set-603192) on my left arm! :eek: > > I knew it wasn’t an original design when I got it, but I never expected to see it on a “bad tattoos” web page! At least yours looks like a wolf. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-tattoos/357596/12 "2006-05-21T03:54:23Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > [http://www.capohedz.com/typebrighter/2005/10/really-bad-tattoos.html](http://www.capohedz.com/typebrighter/2005/10/really-bad-tattoos.html) > > There HAD to be alcohol/drugs involved in the decisions to get these tattoos. If you look closely, the one on the woman’s forehead is fake. You can see the edge of the clear plastic under about a half inch under the lettering. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-tattoos/357596/13 "2006-05-21T04:00:22Z")
No, that tattoo isn’t fake, that woman made the news, and it showed pictures of her right after she got the tattoo, with the redness and swelling still prevalent. I remember, because I thought it was a very bad decision. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-tattoos/357596/14 "2006-05-21T04:06:34Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > I knew it wasn’t an original design when I got it, but I never expected to see it on a “bad tattoos” web page! Yours is actually done WELL, though. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-tattoos/357596/15 "2006-05-21T04:14:06Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > Holy shit, the first tattoo on the [second page](http://www.capohedz.com/typebrighter/2005/11/really-bad-tattoos-part-2.html) is the same as the one [I have](http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=26567914&size=m&context=set-603192) on my left arm! :eek: > > I knew it wasn’t an original design when I got it, but I never expected to see it on a “bad tattoos” web page! At least yours appears to be suckling a breast… hehe… kidding yours is much better then that crap on the other site. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-tattoos/357596/16 "2006-05-21T04:16:21Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > If you look closely, the one on the woman’s forehead is fake. You can see the edge of the clear plastic under about a half inch under the lettering. I saw that and thought that too at first but I think thats just from the stencile that was applied and then removed… left a red line like a bandaid ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-tattoos/357596/17 "2006-05-21T04:37:56Z")
Yeah, but at least yours is done with some skill. The wolf in the first one is seriously crappy art. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-tattoos/357596/18 "2006-05-21T04:43:39Z")
Whoever wrote that seems to not understand that the cheeseburger tattoo is supposed to mean “Cheeseburger in Paradise,” a Jimmy Buffett song. Whether or not this is a concept worthy of a tattoo is beside the point, it is symbolic of something. ---
**Author:** ![Ragiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6de8d8/32.png) [@Ragiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ragiel)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-tattoos/357596/19 "2006-05-21T05:01:26Z")
Does anybody else think the “brain on drugs” guy looked as if he was wearing some kind of fake scalp? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-tattoos/357596/20 "2006-05-21T14:48:56Z")
The tattooed johnson boggles my mind. I can’t imagine how uncomfortable it must be to get testicles tattooed. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-tattoos/357596.md?page=2)