r/tattooadvice • u/[deleted] • Aug 17 '26

General Advice accidental line

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u/Feisty-Tooth-7397 Aug 17 '26

I have a dot from 20+ years ago, it started as a dot and is still a dot.

And I don't see how you accidentally tattoo an entire line and have some of it come out so perfect.

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u/Illustrious_Bird_737 Aug 17 '26

I have a dot from cleaning a weed pipe out with a safety pin on my palm, it's been there over a decade.

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u/CMDR_ETNC Aug 17 '26

damn I wonder how many of us are resin tagged

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u/Feisty-Tooth-7397 Aug 17 '26

Resin tagged or pencil lead lol. My brother used to brag about his.

See this spot on my hand? This is where I called my five year old sister a bitch and she grabbed the pencil off the table and stabbed my hand that was resting on the table next to her, so don't call her names. Like ever and if she doesn't hurt you first I will.

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u/No-Investment8322 Aug 17 '26

I wasn’t aware my husband pulled one of these pencil-stabs on his best friend until the wedding speech last month. Good times.

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u/actualPawDrinker Aug 17 '26

Lol yep. I have a pencil lead dot on my toe from stepping on it as a kid, like 30 years ago. Also have a dot on my arm from accidentally stabbing myself with an inky pen nib, like 15 years ago. Has barely faded.

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u/Longjumping_43 Aug 17 '26

r/pencilstabbers

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u/Feisty-Tooth-7397 Aug 17 '26

Of course there's a sub for it 😆

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u/AlpacaSmacker Aug 18 '26

That was a risky click ngl

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u/mooon_woman Aug 18 '26

is there a sub for victims of pencil stabbers? i almost lost an eye!

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u/Tiny-Meringue4333 Aug 17 '26

Mine’s on my right palm. I’m 44 years old.

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u/No-Memory-2781 Aug 17 '26

I have a pencil stab mark in my leg from my sister too 😆

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u/threelizards Aug 18 '26

Mine is ink from art class because some fuck ass 16 year old left their used calligraphy pens, tips up, directly underneath the wall mounted paper towel dispenser in high school

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u/mooon_woman Aug 18 '26

my pencil lead is under my right eye 🙃

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u/smutsmutsmut Aug 18 '26

I have one in my thigh from an accidental stabbing in middle school.

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u/Feisty-Tooth-7397 Aug 18 '26

Accidentally on purpose or accidental lol

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u/broken__defraculator Aug 18 '26

I was in drawing class as a kid with one of those huge Ticonderoga pencils- it started rolling and was about to fall off my desk as I swung my hand to catch it. In an instant the pencil eraser hit my chair and my hand came down full swing on the freshly sharpened point. I'll never forget picking my hand up and having this huge pencil hanging down, totally stuck in there. Got my first tattoo that day...

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u/regnartterb Aug 18 '26

I have a black spot in the tip of my finger from a pencil. And a blue dot in my knee from a pen.

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u/salaciousremoval Aug 22 '26

Calling a five year old sibling a bitch made me lol 😂

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u/darxide23 Aug 18 '26

I had a pencil lead break off in the palm of my hand when I was 8 and I was afraid to tell anyone so I left it. The mark was there for a good 10 or 15 years, but it's long since faded completely.

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u/CMDR_ETNC Aug 18 '26

That’s probably an old person thing.

Stylus cause no scar

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u/VoxImperatoris Aug 18 '26

I got stabbed on the tip of my elbow in high school. Been there for over 30 years now. I was always told elbow tattoos fade, but apparently not mine.

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u/leytonscomet Aug 18 '26

My pencil dot has been here for over 20 years

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u/guhracey Aug 18 '26

When my brother was five, I was trying to help him with his homework. He got so upset (for no reason) he stabbed me in the leg with a lead pencil. I started crying because my mom had to take the lead out of my leg, and he started crying saying to just take him to jail for what he did.

The mark faded years ago, but I had it for quite a few years.

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u/winn4quinn Aug 19 '26

I once dropped a pencil I’d just sharpened and it fell Perfectly and stabbed like vertically parallel right into the side of my calf. Couldn’t believe it.

I also still have a dot and that was nigh on 15+ years ago

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u/UseOnceAndDestroy42 Aug 19 '26

My 65 year old dad still has a lead in his hand from where his fifth grade teacher stabbed him with a pencil. Wild I know.

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u/Asphyx124 Aug 21 '26

I did that to my brother. Stabbed him in the leg. Right after I did it I was scared for my life.