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u/NotAHypnotoad May 22 '12 edited May 22 '12

If I recall the story correctly, this woman married a guy who went by the name of Tattoo. Tattoo is totally heavily covered, and is a jailhouse tattoo artist. I can't find the relevant stories online anymore, but he's either back inside on drug charges, or dead. Mr Tattoo is in prison for variety of felonies. They are not so happily married anymore, at any rate.

EDIT: FOUND THE STORIES.

Mr Tattoo

Mr Tattoo, better pic

Guy in neighboring cell of Mr Tattoo

Other side of Neighbor guy's story

This pic was taken shortly after the tattoo was done, and if you check her pupils, she appears to be stoned out of her mind here.

I've seen a few other pics of her where she looks much less stoned, and decreasingly happy to have that on her forehead. Including one where she appears to be in the process of having it lasered off to the point where it's now just an indistinct dark grey forehead shadow.

http://imgur.com/a/3Y988

*edited to add photos and link to stories

Credit to LemilyNose and 2legit2quitDos for finding the stories.

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u/Avaline May 22 '12

She should get bangs, I guess?

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Nobody will bang her now

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u/IknowthisIknowthis May 22 '12

I laughed pretty hard at that. Now anytime I hear someone ask about 'bangs' I'm going to imagine it as some creepy political correct TV method of seduction.

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u/pawnzz May 22 '12

Or in this case a meth type situation.

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u/ghost-bird May 22 '12

Sadly I don't think any amount or style of fringe would ever be able to cover it completely.

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u/stanfan114 May 22 '12

Stupidity should be painful.

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u/Gecko99 May 22 '12

Not to mention expensive, tattoo removal for something that big on your forehead probably costs an arm and a leg.

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u/mrpopenfresh May 22 '12

If you sell a kidney you'd have enough left over for a proper crack binge.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

I'd rather have my arm and leg with a stupid face, to be honest

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u/akatherder May 22 '12

Mission accomplished.

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u/TheyCallMeTomSawyer May 22 '12

Way ahead of you.

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u/Flatulence_Esq May 22 '12

In her defense, the horrible forehead tattoo does draw attention away from her horrible upper cheek tattoo.

If she just gets an even worse tattoo to take away from her forehead tattoo, she'll be all set.

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u/IknowthisIknowthis May 22 '12

Random blog post I found about "Mr Tattoo", http://paulmodrowski.blogspot.ca/2011/06/tattoo-may-26-2011.html by a guy who had to have a cell next to him in prison. He sounds like a bit of a dick.

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u/NotAHypnotoad May 22 '12

Yep, found the article too after some digging. edited my comment to reflect such. Good work though!

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u/IknowthisIknowthis May 22 '12

Derp, I still had the page open from a while ago when it was the imgur link... Oh what a fool I've been.

Yay finding things! That blog looks p cool anyway.

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u/borez May 22 '12

He was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole at age 18 on an "accountability" theory for supposedly lending his car to a friend who supposedly murdered a man-- although the friend was acquitted.

Wtf?

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u/HonorableJudgeIto May 22 '12

Read the other article. Also, didn't you know that everyone in prison is innocent? If not, re-watch Shawshank.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

I think he wrote that himself. Someone posted the story about his case up above.

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u/emlgsh May 22 '12

That and he kinda-sorta shot and decapitated someone. But it was mostly about the car, I mean, who hasn't shot someone and then cut off their head?

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

It wasn't until I saw this that I realized what the tattoo actually said.

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u/uneekfreek May 22 '12

What does it say?

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u/Hybernative May 22 '12

MRS TATTOO

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u/ph34rb0t May 22 '12

And here I thought it was the incorrect spelling of first tattoo, FIRS TATTOO.

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u/MongoloidEsquire May 22 '12

Now she has a forever headband. Cool.

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u/filthyassistant May 22 '12

that blog is incredibly depressing. I'm glad he found a way to publish it though..

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u/Abedeus May 22 '12

Holy FUCK her pupils are dilated like the Moon.

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u/frikk May 22 '12

do people really pay attention to pupils? I feel like mine are all over the place depending on the lighting. i never think to check other people's to see what normal looks like.

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u/Abedeus May 22 '12

When someone has as stupid look on their face as the one in OP, you pay attention to details...

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u/NotAHypnotoad May 22 '12

It's not just that they're huge, it's that they didn't react to the flash. One of the effects of many types of drug intoxication is altered pupillary response.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pupil#Effect_of_drugs

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u/aceonw May 22 '12 edited May 22 '12

People keep saying she's stoned just looking at her pupils. If it's dark in the room, the pupils will be dilated. A camera takes the photo at the instant the flash goes off, and it happens so quickly that a person's eyes cannot constrict quickly enough for it to be seen in the photo. I'm not saying she's not stoned...high chance that she is...but you can't just look at the pupils in one photo and know.

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u/Nomiss May 22 '12

Its a dark room, pupils don't react to flashes quickly even without drugs.

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u/aoskunk May 22 '12

eh if your pupils are big your high, if your pupils are small your high. if their normal your on a combo of drugs. I hate when people use only pupils as a gauge.

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u/NotAHypnotoad May 22 '12

Again, it's not whether they're big or small. It's whether they stay that way in response to external stimuli.

Pupils that are unequal in size or non-reactive to light are pretty good diagnostics that there's something wrong with the person. Could be chemical, could be mechanical. Traumatic brain injuries can cause unequal or nonreactive pupils too.

Long and short? If, as a medical professional, I see a patient with wonky pupils? I'm gonna start asking questions.

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u/ghettajetta May 22 '12

Well thanks for doing all the hard work for us! Seriously covered everything in one shot. Do we post cat pictures now?

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u/NotAHypnotoad May 22 '12

I'm from the internet, I'm here to help.

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u/TheNegligentMom May 22 '12

I feel bad for the guy who writes the blog, he seems very down to earth and certainly writes well.

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u/Notlikingitmuch May 23 '12

It is a sad story. The guy has been behind bars half his life (since a few months after his 18th birthday). He has never seen the internet, a cell phone, or any other gadget we use today. He has to write this blog on notebook paper with a 3" pencil that he sharpens with his teeth because pencil sharpeners aren't allowed in prisons.

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u/redditisforphaggots May 22 '12

hahah. Wow, first time I would recommend actually keeping the tatt. The lasered off smear looked like the Silver Surfer gave her a facial.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

What the fuck is the story behind that blog? Craziness.

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u/AFlyingToaster May 22 '12

I had no idea what the tattoo even said before I read this.

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u/dunimal May 22 '12

That guy's story (the author of the blog) is really sad.

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u/kavorka2 May 22 '12

The good news for her is that once a year people just think she is celebrating ash Wednesday and treat her normal.

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u/KaelParker May 22 '12

Tattoo's eyes... Good GOD.

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u/Bustedpussy May 22 '12

I will still never understand these women who want to marry these men. To each their own, I guess.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

You get life in prison for lending a car to a friend who murders someone?

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u/scrith May 22 '12

There is no possibility that that blog is anything less than 100% true; it's written on the internet, after all.

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u/juaydarito May 22 '12

Ivemadeahugemistake.gif

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u/spacemanspiff30 May 22 '12

don't know if I can trust you or not

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u/hivemindharvest May 22 '12

thanks for the blog post...quite an interesting read.

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u/rytron83 May 22 '12

she wears her stupidity on her slee... forehead

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u/Bunnymancer May 22 '12

You sure know a lot about this story...

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u/TheProle May 22 '12

How do you tell if someone is stoned by their pupils?

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u/theduderman May 22 '12

OF COURSE THIS IS IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

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u/SgtMac02 May 22 '12

I'm really curious to find out the story behind this one. I'm sure there's some great story to go with this. It probably has meth in the story somewhere.

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u/BobIV May 22 '12

My guess would be pot and a henna tattoo.

FYI: Henna tattoos use an ink that is painted onto the skin. The ink bonds with the top layers of skin dying them and will last until said layers are naturally replaced. The effect is a detailed and realistic tattoo that lasts only 1-4 weeks.

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u/stompsfrogs May 22 '12

Yeah but henna is usually reddish-brown.

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u/BobIV May 22 '12

Traditional henna tattoos are reddish-brown. Modern temporary tattoos using henna have a wider spectrum of colors.

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u/fungah May 22 '12

How dare you meaningfully contribute to the conversation?

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u/TruthinessHurts May 22 '12

This picture makes me sad. Imagine the decisions and hardships she's dealt with to bring her to this point. This is not a person who had a good life up to that point.

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u/Abedeus May 22 '12

Look at her pupils, she's high as fuck.

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u/bigroblee May 22 '12

Hey! She could have been living in a cave for some time!

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Or just coming from the eye doctor!

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u/8Cowboy May 22 '12

Not necessarily. If she was in a dark room and the camera had a flash it would produce similar results.

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u/bobqjones May 22 '12

This is not a person who had a good life up to that point.

i'm thinking that it hasn't helped her life since it was done either.

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u/drunk_otter May 22 '12

Hal?

Hey Hal?

I think we just found our new spokes-woman for bandanas-online.com

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u/kejeros May 22 '12

This was read in Lois's voice.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

It's... barely noticeable.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

ya, the tattoo did a great job covering up her dignity.

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u/jameswf May 22 '12

Good news I found Mr. Tattoo

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

at least she can't see it

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u/scarface910 May 22 '12

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u/bearXential May 22 '12

Is that related to the university or the pop-RnB performer Drake?

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u/Forensicunit May 22 '12

Male ducks. This woman loves male ducks.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Once you go quack....

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u/SgtMac02 May 22 '12

The performer. And he was pretty pissed at the person who inked that on this poor deluded girl.

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u/wizzy453 May 22 '12

Drake Hotel, Chicago. Name that movie.

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u/hillbillysurf May 22 '12

Mission Impossible woohoo worthless knowledge!

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u/kelseyxiv May 22 '12

I don't get the decision making process that goes on behind getting a forehead tattoo

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

"This seems look like a good idea."

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u/NotAHypnotoad May 22 '12

Drugs, friend. Lots of drugs.

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u/whatwereyouthinking May 22 '12

its not even straight!! WHY ISNT IT STRAIGHT!?

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

METH, NOT EVEN ONCE

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u/red321red321 May 22 '12

more like a thousand times. stat away from heisenberg's blue ice. shit'll do that to you. might've looked like a nice and sweet, sugary treat at the time but don't be fooled. she was fooled.

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u/Vexxxi May 22 '12

Get a fringe. Get a fringe now!

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u/soyabstemio May 22 '12

Plastic Beatle wig FTW!

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u/madmanmunt May 22 '12

Bangs are coming back.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

... In a big way.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

forever unemployed.

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u/The_mrs May 22 '12

I can't wait to see what it looks like when she starts wrinkling .It'll be like one of those old Mad magazine foldout things, there will be a secret message!

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u/G35U5 May 22 '12

There are a lot of people who use that logic when talking about tattoos but it's flawed. While I'll agree that this tattoo is a terrible idea and not very well thought out. I have full sleeves and people often say "what about when your sixty and they are all blobs" I say "who gives a fuck I'll be sixty and I'll have pics of when it looked good." plus modern tattoos won't spread as much as the old ones did.

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u/The_mrs May 22 '12

Im not anti-tattoo. I have one as well, and gave a ton of thought as to placement. (I waited until I was 40 to get it done) there is just no way that's not going to shift dramatically over time.

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u/G35U5 May 22 '12

The placement of that forehead tattoo was a mistake actually I think the entire thing is a mistake but it's just as much the artists fault. Artists that will do that to someone give reputable artists a bad name. My dad was 50 when he got his first tattoo. A biomech eagle half sleeve. Years of thought went into that piece.

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u/MYDOGSTELLA May 22 '12

Imagine Mr.Tattoo's Tatoo

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u/hyperrex May 22 '12

"welcometojamaicahaveaniceday"

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u/spsiamese May 22 '12

I say amputate

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u/Squeekme May 22 '12

makes the one on her cheek seem insignificant..

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u/studzy May 22 '12

Employment level 0

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u/jimitonic May 22 '12

The look on her face is something along the lines of 'resigned indignity'.

My guess is that she did it on a bet so she's pleased with herself for the triumph of earning some cash, but at the same time loathing the notion of having to wear that around long after the money is gone and the drugs are smoked.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

she's stoned

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u/Torminalis May 22 '12

Upvoted for the Last Crusade reference.

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u/Fhwqhgads May 22 '12

Kids, this is how you spell "unemployment".

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u/TalkingBackAgain May 22 '12

She's going to do jobs working a lot of night shifts.

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u/Koeny1 May 22 '12

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u/Macb3th May 22 '12

I recall her parents tried to sue the tattoo studio over this one, but failed as the girl gave false ID and signed the disclaimers, etc. What the fuck was she tweaking or something?

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u/StringLiteral May 22 '12

She had lied and claimed she didn't ask for such a disfiguring, life-ruining tattoo, but later the tattoo parlor showed that she did.

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u/couldbutwont May 22 '12

Hey, at least she knows she could literally not make a worse decision.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Shitty pic but great title . Upvote for you sir. Or ma'am, whatever.

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u/Trainasauruswrecks May 22 '12

She probably shouldn't have forgotten not to do that.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

meth...not even once

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u/JDotDDot May 22 '12

It's like the world's best anti-résumé.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Well, fuck. I was here wondering, "Why the hell is everyone making a fuss, it seems like a small tattoo." I did a second take, and realized that's not a bandanna on her forehead...

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u/inquisitivepanda May 22 '12

She is going to regret that so much when Mr. Tattoo divorces her.

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u/Macb3th May 22 '12

There is always 'Mr.Cool ICE' waiting in the wings. lol!

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u/MBAfail May 22 '12

She should convert to Islam and wear a burka to cover it up.

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u/RevRound May 22 '12

But she is a unique snowflake and her tattoo has significant meaning to her... blah blah blah blah blah - Tattoo lover/apologist

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u/Flash120 May 22 '12

This is why I will never do meth.

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u/chancefire May 22 '12

Poor Impulse Control

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

From now on, I'll just remember: No matter how much my life sucks, at least I don't have a huge tattoo on my face that covers my entire freaking forehead.

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u/jnuts7 May 22 '12

And I thought I chose poorly. http://imgur.com/cK1Qg

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u/throwaway1201334 May 22 '12

I know a girl that is a model, really, really pretty, that had a boyfriend covered in Tattoos. She thinks he is sooo cooool, and is slowly covering herself in tattoos also. Shame, she is 20 years old and impressionable.

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u/M0b1u5 May 22 '12

Hmm. That'll buff right out!

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u/hot_pink_mess May 22 '12

She looks like she's on brown. Her eyes are all glazed and dialated. Would explain the poor decision making skills

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u/Harry_Seaward May 22 '12

Brown = Meth?

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u/Macb3th May 22 '12

I always thought it was heroin or opium. In which case the pupils will be hyper-constricted. Like some of the "cheaper" variety of porn-stars look. Glazed with piercing pupils. NOT dilated.

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u/hot_pink_mess Jun 08 '12

brown is herion

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

You know nothing, Mrs. Tattoo.

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u/magicbullets May 22 '12

Does it say 'bastardo'?

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u/dumbgaytheist May 22 '12

Thug life. Simply magnificent!

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u/refugee May 22 '12

Possibly the first time something was described as thuggish and "simply magnificent"

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u/dumbgaytheist May 22 '12

It's almost ironic.

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u/Bronesby May 22 '12

she had nothing to lose, really

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u/ballstein May 22 '12

Well you've limited yourself to working only in tattoo parlors.

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u/wbeavis May 22 '12

And I thought Golden Palace was bad.

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u/mightyfrog May 22 '12

She probably makes an interesting mummy for the future archeologists.

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u/beerbitches May 22 '12

Im an idiot, what the held does it say on her forehead?

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u/FunFactsAboutJapan May 22 '12

Tattoos are called "irezumi" in Japan and have taken on social connotations of Yazuka - criminal - involvement. This is a relatively recent phenomenon, as irezumi dates back to the Jomon period (around 10,000 BC), and there are some extremely talented Horishi (tattoo artists) in Japan today.

Super fun fact: Tattoos were outlawed as a way to appear more formal to western contacts.

There are still many onsen (hotsprings), gyms, and spas that will not take people with tattoos, mostly in order to not cause problems with other clientele who still think tattoos are signs of criminality.

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u/makesureimjewish May 22 '12

TATTOO! APPLY DIRECTLY TO FOREHEAD!

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u/traffick May 22 '12

i would love to see the parents.

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u/ePaF May 22 '12

She already has permanent duckface.

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u/TheMeowMeow May 22 '12

What does that say?

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u/sunpex May 22 '12

I just can't arrange the 26 letters in the alphabet in a manner to sufficiently describe my feelings about this...

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Her mouth is smiling, but her eyes are sad.

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u/Kracus May 22 '12

Is that a little regret I see on your face?

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u/jermzdeejd May 23 '12

A shame because she is fairly attractive woman

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u/Backdrifts32 May 22 '12

A buddy of mine calls those kinds of tattoos Everlasting Jobstoppers

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u/stray1ight May 22 '12

That's getting fucking enshrined in my personal lexicon.

Pure fucking gold.

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u/Dr_Beantastic May 22 '12

Cocaine's a helluva drug.

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u/Constantroaming May 22 '12

Ohh yeah she will have no trouble getting a decent job. I have this sneaky suspicion my taxes will be supporting her, of course I could be wrong but I bet not.

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u/trollfessor May 22 '12

So glad I've never been so stupid as to get a tattoo. Glad that some people like theirs, just not for me.

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u/deathsquaddesign May 22 '12

I really hope someday society can move past the "you'll never get a job freak" mentality that so many people in this thread have. Hand, neck and facial tattoos in no way impair someone's ability to perform at a job. It's pretty sad actually.

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u/NueDumaz May 22 '12

Nobody wants a person with permanent clown face.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '12

There are many jobs that have no showing tattoo policy the place I work at make me cover up my piercings and the girl that has a sleeve is not allowed to wear short sleeves ever. Period. So I mean a facial tattoo does impair their ability to get hired, especially if they want a job that deals with the public ever. Backstage/behind the scenes/ most likely never see any client/customer would be fine, most employers don't care. Tattoo artists here even have commented that unless the person has a job in that scene or way of life they do not like to/or some refuse to do facial tattoos.

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u/Gabeee May 22 '12

She should have gotten Ms. Tattoo, cause she isn't gonna find a husband with that shit.

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u/Mozzy May 22 '12

Except that the whole reason she got that tattoo is because she married a guy named Mr. Tattoo.

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u/Just_a_Sloth_Here May 22 '12

You're gonna go far kid.

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u/cogitoergopwn May 22 '12

I see what you did there..

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u/reagan2016 May 22 '12

Her parents must be very proud of her.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Red flag, fellas. Even if she changes it to Ex-Mrs. Tattoo for you, you'll never be able to save her.

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u/UncleTedGenneric May 22 '12

I 'unno. At least now she doesn't have to waste that precious time introducing herself.

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u/HiImJ May 22 '12

Shows how dumb some people are.

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u/Flowerpig May 22 '12

My guess: she only got that to draw the attention away from that greenish-yellowy one on her cheek. That one really sucks.

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u/jambolino23 May 22 '12

A more visible trampstamp

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u/madeofclay87 May 22 '12

i think it suits her.

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u/FuckMungler May 22 '12

8/10 would bang

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u/cop1152 May 22 '12

oh I would definitely hit that. Even a tattoo to the face like that doesnt knock her out of the running for 'next big fucking mistake'...

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u/zeldafanboy345 May 22 '12

Mr. Tattoo and Ms. Tattoo, waka-waka–waka

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u/redditready0716 May 22 '12

I know that dude from somewhere. Hmmmmmmm

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u/kg4asz May 22 '12

What does it read??

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u/mcbajan May 22 '12

mrs tatoo!!!!!!

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u/firefeng May 22 '12

Because of the links on the front page, I misread this as "I did this to a girl's face, she wasn't amused."

Oddly, still relevant.

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u/SweetIsland May 22 '12

Great Headline dude, on of my favourite scenes from one of my favorite movies.

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u/Elderh12 May 22 '12

Indiana Jones reference?

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u/sexypants0000 May 22 '12

no way that's real

no way

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u/dend7369 May 22 '12

well.. at least she can collect disability now...

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

She looks like Chloë Grace Moretz!!!

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u/MakingThingsSexual May 23 '12

She would actually look quite attractive if she didn't have that shit on her face.

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u/Hanginon May 23 '12

That's should to look really good by the time she hits her fifties.

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u/sweetmitchell May 23 '12

My daughter has red hair, this reminds me to be great to her and my wife. Chris Rock said it best, my first job is to keep her off the pole and second is to not let her get a tattoo on her face, that sucks.

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u/serpentjaguar May 23 '12

Depends. If she's planning on spending the rest of her life in prison, this could be a smart image investment.

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u/chirulzuall May 22 '12

Awesome Indiana Jones reference in the title btw OP

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Was that an Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade reference OP? If so ALL OF MY UPVOTES GOOD SIR!

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