# Stupidity Comes Cheap And On A Tattoo **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 1, 2005, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-comes-cheap-and-on-a-tattoo/310710 "2005-07-01T15:40:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-comes-cheap-and-on-a-tattoo/310710/1 "2005-07-01T15:40:44Z")
I don’t know who should be pitted the most here. The woman, or the shameless organisation who encouraged her to do this. This is just so wrong on so many levels. [Woman Tattoos Forehead with Online Casino](http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,600145187,00.html) But, just to put aside the jaw dropping stupidity of it all, this woman scarred herself for life in the most obvious way for **only $10,000**. Now, I know there’s people in the world who work themselves to death for a living wage of much less. But it’s not as if she had no other option. And it’s not as if her life depended on it. But $10,000!!?? Does she really think that’s going to get her child all the way through the private education system and college?? And let’s not even start on the guilt complex this is going to lay on the boy. I mean, look at that photo. I’d never want to be responsible for doing that to my mother. It’s almost heartbreaking. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-comes-cheap-and-on-a-tattoo/310710/2 "2005-07-01T15:48:22Z")
Totally fucking insane! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-comes-cheap-and-on-a-tattoo/310710/3 "2005-07-01T15:49:53Z")
Heck, Gully Foyle didn’t even get $10,000. But, then again, _Moira_ wasn’t a casino website. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-comes-cheap-and-on-a-tattoo/310710/4 "2005-07-01T16:05:43Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Heck, Gully Foyle didn’t even get $10,000. 😃 I can’t believe this. I could maybe paint it on my forehead for a month for ten grand, but a tatto?!?! Fucking unbelievable. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-comes-cheap-and-on-a-tattoo/310710/5 "2005-07-01T16:08:34Z")
Quick rule of thumb: When the tattooist spends seven hours trying to talk you out of getting a tattoo, you really should listen. It’s only July, but I think we have a winner for “Dumbest Person of 2005”. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-comes-cheap-and-on-a-tattoo/310710/6 "2005-07-01T16:16:20Z")
> [@](#): > > “Will it go numb?” she asked. > “It’ll go as numb as your brain,” Brouse replied. That about covers it. ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-comes-cheap-and-on-a-tattoo/310710/7 "2005-07-01T16:21:13Z")
What a rimnod. It’s not even an _iattractive_ tattoo. ---
**Author:** ![rowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@rowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowe)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-comes-cheap-and-on-a-tattoo/310710/8 "2005-07-01T16:44:45Z")
Wow, seeing that story gives me a sudden urge to go gamble online! ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-comes-cheap-and-on-a-tattoo/310710/9 "2005-07-01T17:00:47Z")
Can they legally prevent them from having the tatoo removed? Generally, you can’t freely dispose of you body by way of contract… ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-comes-cheap-and-on-a-tattoo/310710/10 "2005-07-01T17:02:21Z")
I suppose it’s possible that, in Utah, 10k will buy you an awful lot of private-school education. I just wanted to say that, in my neck of the woods (AKA Southern California), that wouldn’t even buy you a single year at a good private _Elementary school_. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-comes-cheap-and-on-a-tattoo/310710/11 "2005-07-01T17:12:26Z")
“her son promised to get good grades”. He fucking better! "I disfigured my face for tuition and you only get a C+!!! I hope she saves some of the money for therapy after the boy is warped by guilt. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-comes-cheap-and-on-a-tattoo/310710/12 "2005-07-01T17:22:30Z")
> [@clairobscur](#): > > Can they legally prevent them from having the tatoo removed? Generally, you can’t freely dispose of you body by way of contract… That’s pretty big and thick to get removed. Removing it would be expensive as hell, painful as hell, and would only result in a “[goldenpalace.com](http://goldenpalace.com)” scar. They say removing a tat is a hundred more times painful then getting one. Either way she’s screwed. ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-comes-cheap-and-on-a-tattoo/310710/13 "2005-07-01T17:25:04Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > Quick rule of thumb: When the tattooist spends seven hours trying to talk you out of getting a tattoo, you really should listen. > > It’s only July, but I think we have a winner for “Dumbest Person of 2005”. " To me, $10,000 is like $1 million." Yep, she’s pretty good with numbers. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-comes-cheap-and-on-a-tattoo/310710/14 "2005-07-01T17:44:31Z")
I wonder how much it would cost to get the tatoo removed? ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-comes-cheap-and-on-a-tattoo/310710/15 "2005-07-01T17:47:29Z")
She should also win the 2005 “most obviously stupid observation award” for this little quote: > [@](#): > > “It feels like someone is taking a pin and just stabbing you with it,” Smith told her son, Brady Umm, yeah? Really, couldn’t she have just gone with a temporary tattoo and an agreement to wear it for x number of months? And what if she and the current boyfriend break up? It’s going to be an awkward topic of conversation when she’s out on the dating scene again. Guy at a bar, “Say, I couldn’t help noticing…” Smith, rolling her eyes for the nth time, “sigh, yes?” “There’s something about your face.” ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-comes-cheap-and-on-a-tattoo/310710/16 "2005-07-01T17:50:36Z")
> [@Larry Borgia](#): > > I wonder how much it would cost to get the tatoo removed? From [this](http://www.faqs.org/qa/qa-12393.html) page: > [@](#): > > i would say that i will need about 15 more treatments to have them totally gone which means i will be spending around 10,000 to get them totally off. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-comes-cheap-and-on-a-tattoo/310710/17 "2005-07-01T17:57:09Z")
I don’t see what’s wrong with this. She did it for her son’s education. All things considered, I have no doubt that he will end up smarter than, say, his mother. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-comes-cheap-and-on-a-tattoo/310710/18 "2005-07-01T18:17:13Z")
> [@Wonko The Sane](#): > > " To me, $10,000 is like $1 million." > Yep, she’s pretty good with numbers. Which is somehow fitting for a walking ad for online gambling. ---
**Author:** ![Ferdechhio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3e96dc/32.png) [@Ferdechhio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferdechhio)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-comes-cheap-and-on-a-tattoo/310710/19 "2005-07-01T18:20:53Z")
> [@Wonko The Sane](#): > > " To me, $10,000 is like $1 million." > Yep, she’s pretty good with numbers. So, does this mean the casino is only going to pay her $100? ---
**Author:** ![Cynical\_Optimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Cynical\_Optimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cynical_Optimist)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-comes-cheap-and-on-a-tattoo/310710/20 "2005-07-01T18:21:31Z")
To truly qualify as the dumbest person of 2005 she’ll have to gamble away the ten grand at Golden Palace. If she doesn’t do that, I’d have to say Oprah’s Couch Monkey is the dumbest person of the year, but she’s a close second. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-comes-cheap-and-on-a-tattoo/310710.md?page=2)