Tattoo Fails

[southernbackwoods]

I have some ink myslef and while talking with my bro today who also has alot of ink our discussion turned to failed tattoos and it got me thinking of what a disaster a bad tattoo would be. So for your viewing pleasure here are some tattoo fails.

[Coldwater]

Higher Education might help.

Harm my family and I promise not to Juge you as I shoot you.

[Monkeybird]

When I was a young woman only 'trashy women' had tattoos.  It was ok for some males, but only if they were service related and in a non-public place on the skin.

So, my skin has no ink and never will.  I've seen a lot of people sporting them these days in very public places, and am somewhat curious at exactly what message they're trying to send.   Someone tell me why people permanently mark their bodies??

Flame me if you want, but I think tattoos should have meaning.  The purpose of them in tribal settings was to mark a major accomplishment or passage.  Now they are nothing more than a fashion statement. 

[southernbackwoods]

When I was a young woman only 'trashy women' had tattoos.  It was ok for some males, but only if they were service related and in a non-public place on the skin.

So, my skin has no ink and never will.  I've seen a lot of people sporting them these days in very public places, and am somewhat curious at exactly what message they're trying to send.   Someone tell me why people permanently mark their bodies??

Flame me if you want, but I think tattoos should have meaning.  The purpose of them in tribal settings was to mark a major accomplishment or passage.  Now they are nothing more than a fashion statement.

No flaming here. Just as tattoos had different meanings for different tribes and at different times in history, the same goes now. Different times then those you grew up with. All my tattoos have a meaning, some may see them in different lights and assume different messages are being sent but most of the time they are wrong. As these pictures show getting a tattoo from an unqualified artist or while drunk or otherwise incapacitated is just foolish. Thats when a tattoo becomes a mistake.

[Sunspot]

No flaming here. Just as tattoos had different meanings for different tribes and at different times in history, the same goes now. Different times then those you grew up with. All my tattoos have a meaning, some may see them in different lights and assume different messages are being sent but most of the time they are wrong. As these pictures show getting a tattoo from an unqualified artist or while drunk or otherwise incapacitated is just foolish. Thats when a tattoo becomes a mistake.

I agree...meanings and taboos change with culture.  I have several, but each has an important meaning to me.  I am, however, very careful in placement and think of every situation in my personal and professional life where they would actually be detractors.

[The Expendable]

This has been floating around the internet for a while.  I'm not sure if this is true or not... I kind of doubt it is... but it's funny and I really wish it was true!  I know stuff like this happens.


Pitt junior Brandon Smith wanted a tattoo that proclaimed his manliness, so he decided to get the Chinese characters for "strength'' and ''honor'' on his chest. After 20 minutes under the needle of local tattoo artist Andy Sakai, he emerged with the symbol for ''small penis'' embedded in his flesh.
 
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Above: Symbols on the back of a Pitt student inked by Sakai (inset) were originally
meant to say ''princess.'' They really say ''prostitute.''

       ''I had it for months before I knew what it really meant,'' Smith said.

      ''Then I went jogging through the Carnegie Mellon campus and a group of Asian kids started laughing and calling me ''Shorty.'' That's when I knew something was up.''

     Sakai, an award-winning tattoo artist, was tired of seeing sacred Japanese words, symbols of his heritage, inked on random white people. So he used their blissful ignorance to make an everlasting statement. Any time a customer came to Sakai?s home studio wanting Japanese tattooed on them, he modified it into a profane word or phrase.

     ''All these preppy sorority girls and suburban rich boys think they're so cool 'cause they have a tattoo with Japanese characters. But it doesn't mean shit to them!'' Sakai said. ''The dumbasses don't even realize that I've written ''s**t'' or ''pervert'' on their skin!''

     In the last month, seven people unknowingly received explicit tattoos from the disgruntled artist. Kerri Baker, a Carlow College freshman, paid $50 to have the symbols for ''beautiful goddess'' etched above her belly button, but when she went into Szechuan Express Asian Noodle Shop sporting a bare midriff, the giggling employees explained to her that the tattoo really said, ''Insert General Tso's Chicken Here!''

     ''I don't even like General Tso's!'' Baker sobbed. ''I'm a vegetarian!''

     Sakai doesn't feel guilty about using hapless college students as canvases for his graffiti.

    ''I think I'm helping my fellow man by labeling all the stupid people in the world,'' he explained. ''It's not a crime, it's a public service.''

[Sunspot]

This has been floating around the internet for a while.  I'm not sure if this is true or not... I kind of doubt it is... but it's funny and I really wish it was true!  I know stuff like this happens.


Pitt junior Brandon Smith wanted a tattoo that proclaimed his manliness, so he decided to get the Chinese characters for "strength'' and ''honor'' on his chest. After 20 minutes under the needle of local tattoo artist Andy Sakai, he emerged with the symbol for ''small penis'' embedded in his flesh.
 

OMG....I think it says "fried rice" on my back!!!!!  lol...jk...I'm positive it says "sexy god" like I asked for...

[Chief]

OMG....I think it says "fried rice" on my back!!!!!  lol...jk...I'm positive it says "sexy god" like I asked for...

So the one that says "Bubba's Boy". that a jail House tat? or the one ya got in the Navy.... jk..

 

[Sunspot]

So the one that says "Bubba's Boy". that a jail House tat? or the one ya got in the Navy.... jk..

lol....the "enhanced" little mermaid with a dixie cup on my right shoulder blade is my only Navy tat....and she's looking a little aged at this point.  Lol...it doesn't say "bubba's Boy"....it actually says "bubba's beeeoch!" lol 

[southernbackwoods]

This has been floating around the internet for a while.  I'm not sure if this is true or not... I kind of doubt it is... but it's funny and I really wish it was true!  I know stuff like this happens.


Pitt junior Brandon Smith wanted a tattoo that proclaimed his manliness, so he decided to get the Chinese characters for "strength'' and ''honor'' on his chest. After 20 minutes under the needle of local tattoo artist Andy Sakai, he emerged with the symbol for ''small penis'' embedded in his flesh.
 
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Above: Symbols on the back of a Pitt student inked by Sakai (inset) were originally
meant to say ''princess.'' They really say ''prostitute.''

       ''I had it for months before I knew what it really meant,'' Smith said.

      ''Then I went jogging through the Carnegie Mellon campus and a group of Asian kids started laughing and calling me ''Shorty.'' That's when I knew something was up.''

     Sakai, an award-winning tattoo artist, was tired of seeing sacred Japanese words, symbols of his heritage, inked on random white people. So he used their blissful ignorance to make an everlasting statement. Any time a customer came to Sakai?s home studio wanting Japanese tattooed on them, he modified it into a profane word or phrase.

     ''All these preppy sorority girls and suburban rich boys think they're so cool 'cause they have a tattoo with Japanese characters. But it doesn't mean shit to them!'' Sakai said. ''The dumbasses don't even realize that I've written ''s**t'' or ''pervert'' on their skin!''

     In the last month, seven people unknowingly received explicit tattoos from the disgruntled artist. Kerri Baker, a Carlow College freshman, paid $50 to have the symbols for ''beautiful goddess'' etched above her belly button, but when she went into Szechuan Express Asian Noodle Shop sporting a bare midriff, the giggling employees explained to her that the tattoo really said, ''Insert General Tso's Chicken Here!''

     ''I don't even like General Tso's!'' Baker sobbed. ''I'm a vegetarian!''

     Sakai doesn't feel guilty about using hapless college students as canvases for his graffiti.

    ''I think I'm helping my fellow man by labeling all the stupid people in the world,'' he explained. ''It's not a crime, it's a public service.''

Yeah getting something in a foriegn language you dont speak is not a good idea. In my experience most of the people who get chinese or japanese writing are the ones who've jumped on the band wagon trying to be hip. The rest actually know exactly what they have written on them and somewhat have an understanding of the language and meaning behind the tattoo. Kinda hard to feel sorry for these folks as bad as it is, they asked for it.

[southernbackwoods]

Perfect!

[webmmt]

A Tattoo is fairly permanent good to be sure what you are getting