Bored Panda works better on our iPhone app

Continue in app Continue in browser

“Which Type Of Tattoo Makes You Cringe The Most?”: 50 People Don’t Hold Back

ADVERTISEMENT

The earliest evidence of tattoo art dates from 5000 BCE. In fact, Charles Darwin wrote that there was no country in the world that did not practice tattooing or some other form of permanent body decoration.

Across time and cultures, tattoos have many different forms and meanings. Today, getting your skin inked still remains one of the most popular ways to express your personality. But not all tattoos are made equal and badly executed, poorly designed, and simply questionable tattoos are more common than we think.

“Which type of tattoo makes you cringe the most?” someone wondered on Ask Reddit, and the responses started flowing in. Below we wrapped up the most interesting responses that serve basically as a guide of what tattoos you should think twice before getting permanently carved on your body.

This post may include affiliate links.

#1

“Which Type Of Tattoo Makes You Cringe The Most?”: 50 People Don’t Hold Back I met a guy once who had a phrase in a foreign language on his arm. I asked him what it said and he replied «buy me a drink and I’ll tell you». So I bought him a drink and asked again. It turns out it actually said «buy me a drink and I’ll tell you». It apparently got him a lot of free drinks over the years.

JebSenrab , gstockstudio Report

Final score:

404points

View more comments

#2

I had to have a polyp removed from my colon a few years back. When they removed it, they actually tattooed a marker inside my colon, so that spot would be easier to find and check in a colonoscopy. So while, not a tattoo artist, I do have a tattoo up my a**. That qualifies as f*****d up.

Troubador222 Report

Final score:

324points

View more comments

#3

“Which Type Of Tattoo Makes You Cringe The Most?”: 50 People Don’t Hold Back I was at a concert years ago in Philly when this guy showed up with a tattoo of a woman that had some very poorly executed features (eg oddly crooked nose, teeth out of alignment, etc). My buddy says to me “if some tattoo guy screwed up a picture of my girlfriend that badly I’d kick his ass”. Well about ten minutes later this young lady shows up and damn if she didn’t look just like the tattoo.

ExtensionBluejay253 , Ohki_lifta Report

Final score:

277points

View more comments

ADVERTISEMENT

According to the Welcome Collection, the earliest evidence of tattoo art comes in the form of clay figurines that had their faces painted or engraved to represent tattoo marks. The oldest figures of this kind have been recovered from tombs in Japan dating to 5000 BCE or older.

Meanwhile, in terms of actual tattoos, the oldest known human to have tattoos preserved upon their mummified skin is a Bronze-Age man from around 3300 BCE. The man, named ‘Otzi the Iceman’ was found in the Otztal Alps glacier and he had an impressive number–57 tattoos.

#4

“Which Type Of Tattoo Makes You Cringe The Most?”: 50 People Don’t Hold Back The “Only God Can Judge Me” tattoo.

No, we can all judge you.

buck9000 , acidr4in Report

Final score:

248points

View more comments

#5

“Which Type Of Tattoo Makes You Cringe The Most?”: 50 People Don’t Hold Back Nothing says "I've been to prison for cooking Meth in my trailer" like a Joker neck or face tattoo.

Celer_Umbra , allsteezy Report

Final score:

247points

View more comments

#6

“Which Type Of Tattoo Makes You Cringe The Most?”: 50 People Don’t Hold Back Those creepy faces of babies, which look like there's a little demon on your body

Muximal , Petkevic29 Report

Final score:

237points

View more comments

ADVERTISEMENT

Scientists also traced back early proof of tattoos to the Middle Kingdom period of ancient Egypt. Meanwhile, in early Greek and Roman times (eighth to sixth century BCE), tattooing was associated with barbarians. They believe that the Greeks learned the art of tattooing from the Persians, and used it to mark slaves and criminals so they could be identified if they tried to escape. Later, the Romans continued this practice they learned from the Greeks.

Still today, tattoos remain these fascinating objects that bind cultures, societies, and people into a huge community of ink art lovers. But with the increasing amount of incredible tattoo artists and more people wiling to get their skin inked, bad tattoos are also getting more common.

#7

I knew a guy who lost some bet with another group of friends and he had to get a tattoo of Scrat from Ice Age on his inner thigh...reaching for his nuts.

Jagasaur Report

Final score:

237points

View more comments

#8

“Which Type Of Tattoo Makes You Cringe The Most?”: 50 People Don’t Hold Back This young man wanted a tattoo on his back. It said something like, “Lisa please forgive me.” I told asked him if this was some last ditch effort to get this girl back. He said yes, and I told him this is a really bad idea you shouldn’t do this. He wanted the tattoo anyway, so he got it. If it worked out with him and the girl she will always remember this terrible thing he did that was so bad he had to go get a tattoo to try and prove how wrong he was. Or if it didn’t work out with them, whoever he dated afterwards would ask him what terrible thing he did that was so bad he had to go get a tattoo to try fix things with his ex. It seemed like a no win scenario with that tattoo. My advice is, if your tattoo artist is telling you that something isn’t a good idea to get, just take a moment and consider why.

silverhandguild , Fulvio Pessi Report

Final score:

233points

View more comments

ADVERTISEMENT

ADVERTISEMENT

#9

I'm a tattoo artist. Had a regular come into the shop, he was an older swinger type and my coworker tattooed him.

He got Pinocchio tattooed above his junk with his penis as the nose, and script that said "Lie to Me"

I try not to judge tattoos but I figured you'd all appreciate this one

Edit: Obligatory "wow this blew up" edit. Thanks everyone for correcting my shrug

Biscuit_McFizzle Report

Final score:

232points

View more comments

While we can argue for hours on what is a bad and a good tattoo, and agree on the fact that every ink artwork is deeply personal and can indeed be incomprehensible to an outsider, it doesn’t change the fact that bad tattoos exist.

Dr. Kirby Farrell, a University of Massachusetts professor specializing in anthropology, psychology, and history, thinks there’s a bigger explanation for bad tattoos. For Farrell, bad tattoos are a representation a self-defense mechanism people have. They offer “physical and artistic representations of values you can identify with.”

#10

A cartel hitman got a pretty detailed back tattoo of a pretty unique murder scene, and when he was arrested and processed for something else entirely, the tattoo was so unique and obvious that it was a particular murder in question that he was arrested and convicted for the murder.

StopSwitchingThumbs Report

Final score:

218points

View more comments

ADVERTISEMENT

#11

“Which Type Of Tattoo Makes You Cringe The Most?”: 50 People Don’t Hold Back "I refuse to sink" next to an anchor. That is literally what anchors are made for.

tanahoe , littleawkwardgirl Report

Final score:

216points

View more comments

#12

“Which Type Of Tattoo Makes You Cringe The Most?”: 50 People Don’t Hold Back Former tattoo artist here, and it has to be infinity symbols.

ESPECIALLY when they want them to be “uNiQuE”, so they have you spend three hours drawing up different ways of cramming little McKayzleigh and Brackxston’s names, birthdates, birth weights, blood types, and favorite ice cream flavors in there.

Fine, I’ll find a way. I can work for my money.

“Oh, and can it also have a thin blue line in there for my husband?”

Sure, lady.

“And maybe some birds breaking off of it, cause my meemaw loves birds!”

Sighhhh. Yeah, okay.

“And can you do it on the side of my finger in white ink?”

F**k you, get out.

EDIT: Bonus points on these if they walk in holding a monogrammed Yeti tumbler full of the alcohol they’re trying to smuggle in.

rumpertumpskins , Jessy Rone Report

Final score:

212points

View more comments

ADVERTISEMENT

“People feel especially pressured to try to find their own magical reinforcement for things that the culture is not really helping you much with,” Farrell explained in an interview for Vice. He believes that bad tattoos give people exactly that, a reassurance that their existence is somehow different, heroic, and special, and the tattoos are meant to capture that.

Farrell argues further: “Like if you want to tattoo yourself with a line from your favorite song, almost certainly you're feeling a kind of emotional excitement and admiration for that song. A kind of warm, romantic ecstasy. You hear people say, ‘It has special meaning for me.’ It's a kind of emotional halo that's around this object.”

#13

*me reading these replies to see if any of my tattoos are on here*

Final score:

194points

View more comments

#14

“Which Type Of Tattoo Makes You Cringe The Most?”: 50 People Don’t Hold Back I actually plan on getting a biohazard symbol as a tattoo. Some people have said, "Eew, what, are you trying to be punk or edgy or something?" or something along those lines when I tell them, but then I explain it's because of my career. I'm a medical lab tech, and I deal with biohazardous substances all day, so it's a nod to the fact that the human body (and everything it produces) is considered biohazardous material. I'm just being a good little lab tech and labeling myself appropriately.

EDIT: It has been brought to my attention by several people that the biohazard symbol is used in the gay community to denote HIV+ status. I appreciate the information, but being the fact that I am a happily married bi woman, I don't think it will affect me in the same manner.

Syntania , maisaMassa Report

Final score:

180points

View more comments

ADVERTISEMENT

#15

A guy I worked with had a failed pregnancy. Stillborn. So he was mourning. I have very high quality work on my arms that is very visible. So he asks me who and how much. I tried explaining that with portrait work, you get what you pay for. He calls gets a price and then confronts me on the number like we were in cahoots. I reminded him that you don't cheap on portrait work. And he told me he knows a guy who knows a guy. One last time I said don't, but he fully believed I was in on scamming him.

He goes to guy of the guy and when he returns I ask if I can see how it turned out. He pulls up his shirt and starts to cry. He has what anyone can see is the worst tattoo of his dead baby on his chest. Just crying he said "I just wanted to remember him"

Just tragic

Tl;Dr

Don't cheap out on dead baby portraits

NeverBeenOnMaury Report

Final score:

176points

View more comments

#16

I had a gentleman come in when I’d only been tattooing for about three years. I was in the middle of a tattoo and somewhat (understandably) distracted. The fella pulls out his knob and shows me a poorly done star on the head. He wants it fixed… and wants me to add another star and a crescent moon added. If you’re asking yourself “why?”… you’re not alone. He told his wife he’d giver the moon and stars.

He made an appointment for the following day… a few hours after we’d opened. I remember feeling like I was waiting for my execution. Then I came to the realization that it was his dick about to get stabbed… not mine… and I got over it. When he showed up, I gave em a set of gloves and told em he was gonna be helpin stretch the skin. He was a good sport about it and all went well and fine… till he told me they were swingers and invited me over to their home to drink crown and bang his wife. I politely declined… which is probably why she got the only “tip” outta the deal. Almost two decades ago and I still remember it vividly.

shedontmissme Report

Final score:

165points

View more comments

ADVERTISEMENT

#17

“Which Type Of Tattoo Makes You Cringe The Most?”: 50 People Don’t Hold Back Any tattoo with something in Chinese or Japanese written on it. I am learning Japanese coz why not, and I saw this dude with a tattoo saying sakana (fish). I was like, hey what does that mean and he said poison. He may have typed poisson into Google translate lol

SC_FaiL , HeavySigh14 Report

Final score:

157points

Congratulachiens 1 year ago

只有神才能審判我 translates to: "Happy sisters coming to Beijing"

69points

Astrius 1 year ago

Regerts

27points

Load More Replies...

Lakota Wolf 1 year ago

It's... actually a gibberish "alphabet" that someone made up a while ago, to "force" Chinese characters to conform to English letters. So, this SUPPOSEDLY spells "FAMILY", but since the characters in Chinese CAN'T be transliterated to English this way, it's just a hot mess. I asked my ex, who is Chinese, to translate the actual characters, and he said they translate to, in order from left to right: "Sister" - ?? (not an actual/properly-drawn character) - "To arrive" - "jing" (the second character in the word Beijing, theoretically could be used as a nickname for Beijing)- "Fast" - ?? (not an actual/properly-drawn character)

18points

Grammarly 1 year ago

Google translate thinks it says 'only god can judge me'

3points

RoanTheMad 1 year ago

I was thinking "女且阝示来京忄天系" which according to translate means "The woman said that she came to Beijing to meet the sky" .... buuut most likely this is gibberish.

3points

Mark Mark 1 year ago

Um...ok, thanks?

-1point

Sergio Bicerra 1 year ago

I saw a series where a guy that supposedly tattooed 'Unstoppable Power' in chinese or something along the lines. His roomate didn't believe him so when they ordered chinese food they asked the chinese delivery guy what did it say and the guy goes: "it's a little bit hard to explain, but lets say 'in a sexual relationship between two men, you are the woman"

22points

Pumpkin Spice 1 year ago

Unstoppable power bottom?

9points

Load More Replies...

Paulo Freitas 1 year ago

Thats actually hilarious, even more hilarious if you're Portuguese lol, because " sacana " here lol, means " Son of a b***h "

13points

Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago (edited)

If you're going to do it, I'd go with a dead language. Maybe Cunnneiform.

10points

Libstak 1 year ago (edited)

Knew a tattoo guy who confessed he had no idea about Chinese characters and when someone would come in who also had no idea but wanted something like brave or honour etc tattooed in Chinese characters he would refer to a Chinese restaurant menu he kept which had both English and Chinese translations. Alot of clueless dudes are running around with dim SIM or fried rice tattooed on their arms and back in Melbourne...

8points

PolymathNecromancer 1 year ago

This is a LOL !

0points

Load More Replies...

Tinykame 1 year ago

I think I have 'mind body peace and harmony forever' in Japanese as a tramp stamp. I have regerts

5points

Royal Stray 1 year ago

Was he French?

3points

jimmy pop 1 year ago

I guess it would make more sense if he just mistyped poison and Google translate auto "recognized" French and he didn't even notice. I want to think French people may actually check for this particular spelling since both words exist, but in English, there's no particular reason to check for an accidental 2nd s.

2points

Load More Replies...

Tams21 1 year ago

Anything in a language you don't understand or have no connection to is risky.

1point

R.A. Haley 1 year ago

Who remembers Penny's "soup" tattoo on Big Bang Theory?

1point

Cthulhu Kitty 1 year ago

If it is your native language then it's auto okay. Otherwise tread lightly and double triple check the meaning. If you are not Asian with an Asian language tattoo trying to date someone Asian, prepare to be rejected.

1point

Random Dolphin 1 year ago

Only time I feel this is normal is when it's from the language that may be there fams native language/culture

0points

goodguybrad 1 year ago

this not chinese

0points

patricia patricia 1 year ago

And lots of people say good spelling is not that important! 😂😂😂

0points

Chairman Miaow 1 year ago

Is the last character an attempt at writing “杀”? (Kill) or 我（me/I)

0points

Jewels737 1 year ago

I have a full anime sleeve & I have Japanese on my arm. But they're straight from the anime, so I think it's ok lol.

0points

rob 1 year ago (edited)

Any tattoo in chinese or Japanese is bad? Why? What if people actually lived in that country or speak the language? Like i spent several years abroad so often considered getting a tattoo like that as a reminder. In the end i didn't do it but sometimes people can have a good reason for getting a tattoo like that That would basically mean that any tattoo in a foreign language should be bad?

0points

Jessica J. 1 year ago (edited)

That would only make sense if he was trying to translate from French to Japanese...wonder where this happened.

0points

un-izzy 1 year ago

I mean, French is spoken in all the continents, so could be many places. But maybe Canada? I dunno.

2points

Load More Replies...

PrettyJoyBird 1 year ago

Whoopsie

0points

View more comments

#18

“Which Type Of Tattoo Makes You Cringe The Most?”: 50 People Don’t Hold Back Armpit coochees. It’s when someone gets two woman’s legs tattooed around their armpit hair. Yes.

anon , Morten Skogly Report

Final score:

150points

View more comments

#19

I just started tattooing, so I was taking any kind of walk in I could get. This guy would come in every few weeks and get his girlfriend’s name tattooed on him. The same name, all different ways; in a diamond, attached to an infinity symbol, with a lady bug. One day he came in WITH her and I was surprised because i never seen her and always wanted to know who this muse of shitty name tattoos was! She seemed pissed off and unapproachable, the guy was in high spirits though. I skipped the small talk with her, did the tattoo, let them leave. He came in a few weeks later, alone. I finally asked him “why all the name tattoos?” He told me he would tattoo her name on himself every time he cheated on her and she found out. He then asked me if I would like to go to dinner after his tattoo. That was our last interaction.

KCollins04 Report

Final score:

145points

View more comments

ADVERTISEMENT

#20

“Which Type Of Tattoo Makes You Cringe The Most?”: 50 People Don’t Hold Back A defendant in the courtroom I clerked in during law school had “homicide” tattooed on his face, over his eyebrow. Not a great look.

Silidon , Pavel Danilyuk Report

Final score:

144points

View more comments

#21

“Which Type Of Tattoo Makes You Cringe The Most?”: 50 People Don’t Hold Back Barbed wire around the arm that doesn't even go all the way because it hurt too bad.

DDKLondon , Siegfri3d_139 Report

Final score:

137points

View more comments

#22

“Which Type Of Tattoo Makes You Cringe The Most?”: 50 People Don’t Hold Back Nothing super weird and usually things I didn’t feel comfortable putting on people, I would turn away. But I had a coworker who would scoop them up and do the tattoo for them. One was a girl who had just turned 18. She wanted a chain around her waist with a lock hanging on it just above her vagina and the words “property of Dave” or whatever the f**k her boyfriends name was. First off, she was 18 so I figured the relationship probably wasn’t going to last so I wouldn’t do it for that reason. Then come to find out, her boyfriend had just been sentenced to life in prison for murder. The girl was making a terrible emotional mistake. I refused but my coworker did do the tattoo.

ChampChains , alicerubik2 Report

Final score:

131points

View more comments

ADVERTISEMENT

#23

Had an older lady come in wanting a butterfly tattoo… on her labia. Actually turned out really pretty, she loved it and was a pleasure to work with! Every time I do a butterfly tatt now I think of her flaps.

bigboyrobbie_ray Report

Final score:

126points

View more comments

#24

I’m not an artist, but several years ago I was waiting in a shop in my hometown to do a consultation for a tribute to my late step-dad, and there was a woman doing a consultation with my artist right before me.. this lady wanted to have “Jeff’s Slut” tattooed on her lower back.. apparently she’d been dating “Jeff” for like three months.. the artist declined to create her masterpiece (she was visibly upset about it) which let me know that I was in good hands..

polarrrburrrr Report

Final score:

125points

View more comments

#25

“Which Type Of Tattoo Makes You Cringe The Most?”: 50 People Don’t Hold Back Couple tattoos like portraits or names. Mostly when they proudly tell you it’s because they’ve been together for 5 months and just know they stay together forever.

Gingeraffe25 , Ernest James Report

Final score:

121points

View more comments

ADVERTISEMENT

#26

“Which Type Of Tattoo Makes You Cringe The Most?”: 50 People Don’t Hold Back Lips on the neck.

I get it, you're a gangster with an attitude problem and probably want to fight.

LooseLeaf24 , pinterest.com Report

Final score:

116points

View more comments

#27

Swastika.

Final score:

116points

View more comments

#28

“Which Type Of Tattoo Makes You Cringe The Most?”: 50 People Don’t Hold Back I have a tramp stamp that says “no regrets” in very fancy cursive. It’s the only tattoo my dad laughed at rather than cringed. I can judge no one.

Marzipanland Report

Final score:

111points

View more comments

#29

Famous people. I get that you really are a fan of said famous person, but to permanently ink their face onto yourself is just wild IMHO.

poopellar Report

Final score:

111points

View more comments

#30

“Which Type Of Tattoo Makes You Cringe The Most?”: 50 People Don’t Hold Back Know a girl who tattooed her firstborn’s name... as a tramp stamp. Not what I would want someone to be looking at while tagging from behind.

equlalaine , pinterest.com Report

Final score:

108points

View more comments

ADVERTISEMENT

#31

I knew a guy that got rabbit prints on his a** cheek leading to his butt hole.

“Want to see my new rabbit tattoo? Aw man it must’ve jump in his hole”

Zekafoose Report

Final score:

108points

View more comments

#32

Chinese writing when they have no cultural connection to it and got it just because it “looks cool” specially western names “translated” into Chinese.

Hide_the_hotdog Report

Final score:

103points

View more comments

#33

“Which Type Of Tattoo Makes You Cringe The Most?”: 50 People Don’t Hold Back Once i saw a dude in a gym who had an elephant tattooed in his crotch. Guess what was the trunk?

serhiy_b , Gabriel Lara Report

Final score:

101points

View more comments

#34

Tattoos of brand logos. It's basically free advertising. At least email them and ask what they would pay you if you advertised for them until you die.

Anonymous Report

Final score:

97points

View more comments

ADVERTISEMENT

#35

“Which Type Of Tattoo Makes You Cringe The Most?”: 50 People Don’t Hold Back The tattoo of a clown holding a gun smoking a joint on my leg .....

Edit: Thanks for all the love and awards guys! Never thought my horrible tattoo from 9 years ago would blow up like this.

wherearemyvoices , wherearemyvoices Report

Final score:

95points

View more comments

#36

“Which Type Of Tattoo Makes You Cringe The Most?”: 50 People Don’t Hold Back memes

the thought that a lot of people have dead memes from 2017 in their arms or legs is kinda funny

KSMR_ , Mr-Nuka-Cola Report

Final score:

91points

View more comments

#37

Not a tattoo artist myself but trained a bit. Asked a master what the weirdest thing he tattooed was and he said, without hesitation “a pair of eyes on me mate’s balls”

torra_cas Report

Final score:

91points

View more comments

#38

“Which Type Of Tattoo Makes You Cringe The Most?”: 50 People Don’t Hold Back That stupid cliche thing that says "life" one way and "death" the other.

PhilipLiptonSchrute , 50milmidas Report

Final score:

86points

View more comments

ADVERTISEMENT

#39

“Which Type Of Tattoo Makes You Cringe The Most?”: 50 People Don’t Hold Back I once stood in line behind a lady who had, like, the bad tattoo parade going from the nape of her neck. She had "Only God Can Judge Me", something in Asian characters, and an ugly, faded, poorly drawn crucifix.

transemacabre , facebook.com Report

Final score:

85points

View more comments

#40

Any image that incorporates bodily hair.

ALinLOSANGELES Report

Final score:

85points

View more comments

#41

NSFW tattoos. Like its cool that you really love your girlfriends vagina, or that you want to showcase the ginormous imaginary d**k you have. But the rest of us don’t really want to see that.

To be fair though, I haven’t really seen these much in person. Mostly online.

JustOurThings Report

Final score:

83points

View more comments

#42

“Which Type Of Tattoo Makes You Cringe The Most?”: 50 People Don’t Hold Back One time I saw a lower back tattoo that was a bullseye and it really solidified for me why those are called tramp stamps.

SamDumberg , Pavel Danilyuk Report

Final score:

83points

View more comments

ADVERTISEMENT

See Also on Bored Panda

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women

Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women

Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women

#43

“Which Type Of Tattoo Makes You Cringe The Most?”: 50 People Don’t Hold Back Had a lady come into the store I was working in with a big neck tattoo that said Daddy’s girl....may have been the most shocking one i’ve ever seen

UnpavedWalrus , pinterest.com Report

Final score:

82points

View more comments

#44

“Which Type Of Tattoo Makes You Cringe The Most?”: 50 People Don’t Hold Back Tattoos that are gifts from you to someone else. For example “For your birthday, I got your birth date tattooed on me!”

AlexatRF21 , teachermotherwarrior Report

Final score:

81points

View more comments

#45

8 ball on a guys testicle

Final score:

80points

View more comments

#46

Guy wanted the thumbs up emoji on his taint. Apparently he wanted everyone down there to "know he appreciates a job well done".

I passed him off to a male colleague, who did not stop giggling the entire half an hour session.

But as most artists on here have said, we get ridiculous requests all the time, but they either don't show up, or we have to ask them to leave.

CrazySnekGirl Report

Final score:

80points

ADVERTISEMENT

See Also on Bored Panda

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#47

My friend's dad had a tattoo that covered his entire forearm of two pigs going at it doggy style (piggy style?) and it said "making bacon" above it. He was made to cover it up every time we visited but I saw it once and it's quite graphic.

Final score:

77points

View more comments

#48

“Which Type Of Tattoo Makes You Cringe The Most?”: 50 People Don’t Hold Back F*****g wings. Where you think you’re flying to??

Candi_O , Ettore Bechis Report

Final score:

76points

View more comments

#49

Some vague inspirational quote that in all likelihood the tattoo-ee didn't even choose before they went to the tatto parlor, but rather selected from a pre-chosen list written up by the parlor.

Dickcheese_McDoogles Report

Final score:

75points

View more comments

#50

“Which Type Of Tattoo Makes You Cringe The Most?”: 50 People Don’t Hold Back Knew of a guy once who had “DUBSTEP” tattooed on his chest in VERY VERY large letters. He also insisted that dubstep was the future of music and was here to stay.

Shadesmctuba Report

Final score:

71points

View more comments

Continue reading with Bored Panda Premium

Unlimited content

Ad-free browsing

Dark mode

ADVERTISEMENT

See Also on Bored Panda

50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

French Diver’s “Jewels” In Tight Swimming Trunks Become Talk Of The Town At Olympics

French Diver’s “Jewels” In Tight Swimming Trunks Become Talk Of The Town At Olympics

French Diver’s “Jewels” In Tight Swimming Trunks Become Talk Of The Town At Olympics

#51

Idc what you want tattooed on your body. I do however hate seeing s****y work eg. Poor line work, muddy colors, incoherent shading, disproportionate shaping etc.

lividresonance Report

Final score:

27points

View more comments

#52

My tattoo guy tells a story of a woman who wanted ‘Sweet Pea’ tattooed on her neck but insisted that it is spelled ‘Sweat Pee’. He declined.

Final score:

26points

View more comments

#53

Any tattoos of genitals or an a**s makes me cringe.

Final score:

25points

#54

Asked my first tattoo artist this question. Super professional guy who has gotten awards for his work. But he said he did some dodgy tattoos in order to get his reputation started. One of those was a girl who was an aspiring porn star. He tattooed her butthole to be a "more appealing" pink color.

jazzehcakes Report

Final score:

25points

View more comments

ADVERTISEMENT

See Also on Bored Panda

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

#55

“Which Type Of Tattoo Makes You Cringe The Most?”: 50 People Don’t Hold Back Just saw a couple of days ago a writing on some dude: "Karna isnt a b***h" - just as I wrote it.

melocop , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

24points

View more comments

#56

My ex has a tattoo of a gravy boat sucking itself off.

Hugebluestrapon Report

Final score:

24points

View more comments

#57

“Which Type Of Tattoo Makes You Cringe The Most?”: 50 People Don’t Hold Back Be happy, be free, live, laugh, stay positive, daddy’s lil girl, daddy’s princess...these tattoos they get. At least put some thought and make it original or unique or at least interesting

fuckitaaaaaaaa , Jaime Napier Report

Final score:

23points

View more comments

#58

I was in line behind a guy who had a tattoo on his neck of two obese, naked cartoon women going at it, tongues hanging out, flying sweat drops, the works.

koookoookachoo Report

Final score:

22points

View more comments

ADVERTISEMENT

See Also on Bored Panda

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

“This Breaks My Heart”: People Stunned—And Angry—After Woman Buys Lost Luggage From Airport

“This Breaks My Heart”: People Stunned—And Angry—After Woman Buys Lost Luggage From Airport

“This Breaks My Heart”: People Stunned—And Angry—After Woman Buys Lost Luggage From Airport

#59

I don't know the exact English word but in German it's called "a*s antlers". I'm not sure what it's actually supposed to represent but it kind of looks like you've got a deer tossing your salad inside your pants

sharmaji_ka_papa Report

Final score:

22points

View more comments

#60

I was an apprentice in a studio that seemed to attract the weirdest people ever.

Dude comes in carrying a baby, couldn't have been more than 9 months old and demands we tattoo his full name on the child. Obviously we said no, and he went on a huge, emotional rant about how "she's trying to say that child's not mine, I want to make sure she never forgets whose he is!" We had to threaten him with police to get him to leave, because he wasn't listening when we told him no. (We did call the Gardaí over it, his name was very common so they couldn't do much.)

The worst that actually got tattooed was literally Hitler with cat eyes, the SS logo on a banner above it, and the words, "You're a f****t". That was a guest artist in the studio. The owner told him there was no way in hell that he would let him tattoo that under his studio's name. The artist went on a rant about how Stalin and Mussolini were worse and we'd probably let him tattoo that. I told him the Tate Modern would likely love the piece if it was on canvas or something, but as a tattoo he was asking for his client to get beaten up. The owner stood his ground, and last I heard, the tattoo was done off the premises. Hope it was worth it, edgelord.

The weirdest was the guy who wanted a brown star outline tattooed on his elbow, because, "my ma says I can't tell my arse from my elbow!" Once it was healed, apparently people didn't get the joke, so he came back with printed photos from a disposable camera of his own butthole and he wanted that tattooed in the middle of the brown star. His girlfriend also got a tattoo of Tricia Takanawa humping David Bowie's leg (Family Guy), so it was a really weird studio in general.

And no, I don't tattoo anymore. I developed a physical disability and can't do tattooing.

ElectricSpeculum Report

Final score:

22points

View more comments

ADVERTISEMENT

See Also on Bored Panda

"I Didn't Start The Dryer": Karen Gets Taught A Lesson After Throwing Out Neighbor's Wet Clothes

"I Didn't Start The Dryer": Karen Gets Taught A Lesson After Throwing Out Neighbor's Wet Clothes

"I Didn't Start The Dryer": Karen Gets Taught A Lesson After Throwing Out Neighbor's Wet Clothes

Guy Divorced 3 Years Ago Drops Off 3 Y.O. With His Ex-Wife Completely Out Of The Blue

Guy Divorced 3 Years Ago Drops Off 3 Y.O. With His Ex-Wife Completely Out Of The Blue

Guy Divorced 3 Years Ago Drops Off 3 Y.O. With His Ex-Wife Completely Out Of The Blue

#61

Any tattoos like “(name) + (name) together forever” because if that relationship goes down and the two break up, that is gonna be awkward

shayworld Report

Final score:

21points

View more comments

#62

Bad portraits, misspellings.

Final score:

21points

#63

My friend asked this when he got his first tattoo. The tattoo artist said he had a totally sober girl come in and asked for the Kum n Go logo tattooed right above her ass. The artist went through and ensured she understood everything the tattoo implied and that it was permanent. She still got it.

Final score:

21points

View more comments

#64

When I was about 20yo I made a bet with the singer in my metal band that he couldn't shave his beard for a year and if he made it the year I would get "property of [name redacted]" tattooed on my ass cheek.

He made it about 3 months and then had to shave because he was basically a young Gandalf.

So he has "property of xIFdp" tattooed on his left ass cheek.

Final score:

21points

View more comments

ADVERTISEMENT

See Also on Bored Panda

“All Three Shot Out Pink”: Triplets' Baby Shower Turns Sour, Pregnant Wife Wants A Divorce

“All Three Shot Out Pink”: Triplets' Baby Shower Turns Sour, Pregnant Wife Wants A Divorce

“All Three Shot Out Pink”: Triplets' Baby Shower Turns Sour, Pregnant Wife Wants A Divorce

College Student Does Exactly As Told After Roommates Demand They Keep Their Stuff In Their Room

College Student Does Exactly As Told After Roommates Demand They Keep Their Stuff In Their Room

College Student Does Exactly As Told After Roommates Demand They Keep Their Stuff In Their Room

#65

My artist said he tattooed a haunted house on some guy's ribs, and the dude insisted on hiding penises everywhere in it. So, the wrought iron fence had penises, and the spire, and the chimney had smoke with swirls that concealed penises.

Anonymous Report

Final score:

21points

View more comments

#66

I've met the guy that had 'Party 'til impact' tattooed on his eyelids while intoxicated. I think he later had it removed.

Crazy-Swiss Report

Final score:

21points

View more comments

#67

A misspelled tattoo

Edit: a purposely misspelled tattoo makes sense, I meant ones that were by accident. Thanks for the award 😁

floridagirl2000 Report

Final score:

19points

#68

Ones where the person gets a tattoo of someone using either their real nipple or belly button to replace the tattoo of a person's nipple or belly button (e.g. Buddha with real belly button). S**t's f*cking gross, don't get one.

bennnr101 Report

Final score:

19points

View more comments

ADVERTISEMENT

#69

Sayings, especially ones that span multiple limbs/areas.
I was in the Army with a guy from Texas that thought he was hard as woodpecker lips. He had ‘Cowboy The [Hell] Up’ tattooed across his forearms (ostensibly so if he put his fists up to fight you, you would read it and...I don’t know, be scared or something?). But due to the size, he got 'COWBOY THE' on one arm and '[Hell] UP' on the other.

RistaRicky Report

Final score:

19points

View more comments

#70

I've seen a woman with the Rolling Stones' lip-tongue thing inside of her armpit. Must have hurt like hell.

mrdewtles Report

Final score:

19points

View more comments

#71

Baby faces.

You have a child, I get it, you love him.

But he will be a generic newborn for a few months, and you will think fondly ever after about his grown up version, with specific facial features. His baby picture will mean very little after a while.

Final score:

16points

View more comments

ADVERTISEMENT

#72

Not an artist myself, but my boyfriend is. He got his start tattooing his dad, who was a literal Nazi. My boyfriend did his back piece, which was an eagle with a swastika behind it. The eagle had a dick bulge, bc bf's dad wanted to be able to tell it was a man eagle.

rheedicqlous Report

Final score:

16points

View more comments

#73

One my sister did for a guy on his arm of a juice carton with a pussy on the side saying pussy juice
Edit:if I remember correctly it also had a droplet coming out the end of the straw

NCR_RangerVeteran Report

Final score:

15points

View more comments

#74

Well I know someone who Asked for a 90 year old naked man Tattooed on his a**

whomp_whomp_whomp5 Report

Final score:

15points

View more comments

#75

Hyper-realistic porn star facial tattoos.

Yes, you read that correctly, this is actually a thing. I just can't imagine getting that permanently put on your body for display.

Final score:

14points

ADVERTISEMENT

#76

Names of significant others...

TheMightySenate Report

Final score:

14points

#77

I was in the supermarket today and saw a man with a full body Harley Quinn tattoo on his arm. The Margot Robbie movie one.

Dr_Fluffybuns2 Report

Final score:

14points

#78

I got Pokemon tattoos... So I'm not judging anyone.

Edit: here's some pics. https://imgur.com/a/YXbZR01

TheCraftypickle Report

Final score:

9points

View more comments

#79

Famous people. I get it that you really are a fan of said famous person but to permanently ink their face onto yourself is borderline crazy imo.

poopellar Report

Final score:

7points

View more comments

Liucija Adomaite

Liucija Adomaite is a creative mind with years of experience in copywriting. She has a dynamic set of experiences from advertising, academia, and journalism. This time, she has set out on a journey to investigate the ways in which we communicate ideas on a large scale. Her current mission is to find a magic formula for how to make ideas, news, and other such things spread like a virus.

Liucija Adomaite is a creative mind with years of experience in copywriting. She has a dynamic set of experiences from advertising, academia, and journalism. This time, she has set out on a journey to investigate the ways in which we communicate ideas on a large scale. Her current mission is to find a magic formula for how to make ideas, news, and other such things spread like a virus.

Gabija Palšytė

Gabija is a photo editor at Bored Panda. Before joining the team, she achieved a Professional Bachelor degree in Photography and has been working as a freelance photographer since. She also has a special place in her heart for film photography, movies and nature.

Gabija is a photo editor at Bored Panda. Before joining the team, she achieved a Professional Bachelor degree in Photography and has been working as a freelance photographer since. She also has a special place in her heart for film photography, movies and nature.

What do you think ?

sofacushionfort 1 year ago

The absolute worst tattoo I’ve seen online was a woman with a crying anime schoolgirl on her belly and inner thighs, so that whoever was having intercourse with her would see himself committing an unspeakably vile act.

23points

Persephone hates Pomegranate 1 year ago

That's just rancid. That person is disgusting.

23points

Load More Replies...

Mickysixxx 1 year ago (edited)

I wonder where my sexy Jesus tramp stamp would rank on this once I get it. I want him laying across with his loin cloth just so, ripped muscles and him pointing and winking all sexy like lol. I'm already covered in dodgy tatts so what's one more

12points

madbakes 1 year ago

I like it!

2points

Load More Replies...

gas station cola 1 year ago

for an extra cheeky touch, maybe you could give him a glass of wine & a bottle of water ;)

1point

Joyce Blodgett 1 year ago

That is probably the most disgusting and utterly blasphemous thing anyone has ever come up with where Jesus Christ is concerned. I do hope it gets severely infected and burns and hurts so badly, you have to have it removed---and I hope that hurts a lot, too!

0points

Lavender 11 months ago (edited)

That is so disrespectful to Jesus Christ, the man who died so you wouldn’t have to. He is the kindest, strongest, most respectful man and He is coming back. PLEASE don’t get the tat! It’s disrespectful and rude!

-2points

Alecto76 1 year ago

My favorite tattoo was my dad's. When he was 16, he and his friends drove down to Chicago and decided to get tattoos. For $1. My dad's was on his forearm. He claimed it said "Jim" (his name) but by the time I existed it was a blue blurry mass. As an adult, I liked to call him bllurrbbbooo at times. Well that is what his tattoo said his name was.

11points

DC 1 year ago

I always love remembering that dude who wanted "Asian Girl Lover" tattooed on him in chinese or japanese or whatever ... and got "Foreign Pervert" instead. Hahahaha, serves him right ... at the time at least. Forever, I'm not sure, but there's removing procedures, so ... he'll either never know, or spend another few times what the actual tattoo has cost.

9points

Lord of the laserprinter. 1 year ago

Best one I ever saw was one dude trying to look tough. You know the type, Engulund T-shirt, neck tattoo yadda, yadda. And across his chest the words: "Blute und Ähre" I asked him why he has "Bleed and Ear," as in ear of wheat and that in English fracture type. He got angry and told me it meant "Blood and Honor" in German. So I continued in German and asked if he had kept the receipt.

6points

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

Oh, I thought ear was Ohr.

0points

Load More Replies...

Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 1 year ago

Facial tattoos. First the disclaimer: it's your body and you can use it to express yourself however you want to. But don't come whining to me later because no one will hire you for a job.

4points

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

yep. I'm the least conservative person I know in a country with an actual commie party,... and even I think a face tat is a bad idea. It's just ... too much commitment.

2points

Load More Replies...

Lakota Wolf 1 year ago

I feel like a disgusting human being for even WANTING a tattoo now XD I'd just get pawprints or a clean lineart of a kitty or a doggo (yes, I'm one of those "pet memorial tattoo" people XD ) but just reading this list makes me feel shady about getting a tattoo at all... xD

4points

DC 1 year ago

... still have four cats to be piched into me who aren't catting anymore ...

0points

Load More Replies...

AJJ 1 year ago

My husband has his own initials in letters he drew when he was 18. I lovingly refer to it as his prison tattoo.

2points

Mickysixxx 1 year ago

I have some dodgy tatts from when I was a kid too hahaha they make me laugh now, so much for regrets lol

1point

Load More Replies...

Joyce Blodgett 1 year ago

When my son was learning to be a tattoo artist, he apprenticed with a very good one (I dislike tats, but am going by what he said). One customer came in week after week to get the ongoing work done a full-body tat---head to toe, including his penis, he was tattooed to look like a hooded cobra, with the back of his shaved head being the snake's face with the hood in full flare. Son said it made him sick to see it, so he made a rule for himself to never tattoo what a bikini could cover on a woman, or what a Speedo would cover on a man. He died at 31 y.o. without having to compromise his personal rule.

1point

VonBlade 1 year ago

The worst one ever is Mr Cool Ice. And if you have never googled Mr Cool Ice, do so immediately. Totally SFW, just not safe without eye bleach.

1point

Sardonyx_3 1 year ago

is it from a show or

1point

Load More Replies...

Rabbit Lord 1 year ago (edited)

I like the idea one of the "Blade" movies had about tattoos: if someone is property of some vampire (which can be seen as a metapher) they got this vampire's sign/logo tattooed somewhere so other vampires keep off that person.I know and then have the feeling that this store is more true than it sounds at first.

0points

Shyla Bouche 1 year ago

That's really sick! Thanks for explaining, though.

0points

sofacushionfort 1 year ago

The absolute worst tattoo I’ve seen online was a woman with a crying anime schoolgirl on her belly and inner thighs, so that whoever was having intercourse with her would see himself committing an unspeakably vile act.

23points

Persephone hates Pomegranate 1 year ago

That's just rancid. That person is disgusting.

23points

Load More Replies...

Mickysixxx 1 year ago (edited)

I wonder where my sexy Jesus tramp stamp would rank on this once I get it. I want him laying across with his loin cloth just so, ripped muscles and him pointing and winking all sexy like lol. I'm already covered in dodgy tatts so what's one more

12points

madbakes 1 year ago

I like it!

2points

Load More Replies...

gas station cola 1 year ago

for an extra cheeky touch, maybe you could give him a glass of wine & a bottle of water ;)

1point

Joyce Blodgett 1 year ago

That is probably the most disgusting and utterly blasphemous thing anyone has ever come up with where Jesus Christ is concerned. I do hope it gets severely infected and burns and hurts so badly, you have to have it removed---and I hope that hurts a lot, too!

0points

Lavender 11 months ago (edited)

That is so disrespectful to Jesus Christ, the man who died so you wouldn’t have to. He is the kindest, strongest, most respectful man and He is coming back. PLEASE don’t get the tat! It’s disrespectful and rude!

-2points

Alecto76 1 year ago

My favorite tattoo was my dad's. When he was 16, he and his friends drove down to Chicago and decided to get tattoos. For $1. My dad's was on his forearm. He claimed it said "Jim" (his name) but by the time I existed it was a blue blurry mass. As an adult, I liked to call him bllurrbbbooo at times. Well that is what his tattoo said his name was.

11points

DC 1 year ago

I always love remembering that dude who wanted "Asian Girl Lover" tattooed on him in chinese or japanese or whatever ... and got "Foreign Pervert" instead. Hahahaha, serves him right ... at the time at least. Forever, I'm not sure, but there's removing procedures, so ... he'll either never know, or spend another few times what the actual tattoo has cost.

9points

Lord of the laserprinter. 1 year ago

Best one I ever saw was one dude trying to look tough. You know the type, Engulund T-shirt, neck tattoo yadda, yadda. And across his chest the words: "Blute und Ähre" I asked him why he has "Bleed and Ear," as in ear of wheat and that in English fracture type. He got angry and told me it meant "Blood and Honor" in German. So I continued in German and asked if he had kept the receipt.

6points

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

Oh, I thought ear was Ohr.

0points

Load More Replies...

Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 1 year ago

Facial tattoos. First the disclaimer: it's your body and you can use it to express yourself however you want to. But don't come whining to me later because no one will hire you for a job.

4points

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

yep. I'm the least conservative person I know in a country with an actual commie party,... and even I think a face tat is a bad idea. It's just ... too much commitment.

2points

Load More Replies...

Lakota Wolf 1 year ago

I feel like a disgusting human being for even WANTING a tattoo now XD I'd just get pawprints or a clean lineart of a kitty or a doggo (yes, I'm one of those "pet memorial tattoo" people XD ) but just reading this list makes me feel shady about getting a tattoo at all... xD

4points

DC 1 year ago

... still have four cats to be piched into me who aren't catting anymore ...

0points

Load More Replies...

AJJ 1 year ago

My husband has his own initials in letters he drew when he was 18. I lovingly refer to it as his prison tattoo.

2points

Mickysixxx 1 year ago

I have some dodgy tatts from when I was a kid too hahaha they make me laugh now, so much for regrets lol

1point

Load More Replies...

Joyce Blodgett 1 year ago

When my son was learning to be a tattoo artist, he apprenticed with a very good one (I dislike tats, but am going by what he said). One customer came in week after week to get the ongoing work done a full-body tat---head to toe, including his penis, he was tattooed to look like a hooded cobra, with the back of his shaved head being the snake's face with the hood in full flare. Son said it made him sick to see it, so he made a rule for himself to never tattoo what a bikini could cover on a woman, or what a Speedo would cover on a man. He died at 31 y.o. without having to compromise his personal rule.

1point

VonBlade 1 year ago

The worst one ever is Mr Cool Ice. And if you have never googled Mr Cool Ice, do so immediately. Totally SFW, just not safe without eye bleach.

1point

Sardonyx_3 1 year ago

is it from a show or

1point

Load More Replies...

Rabbit Lord 1 year ago (edited)

I like the idea one of the "Blade" movies had about tattoos: if someone is property of some vampire (which can be seen as a metapher) they got this vampire's sign/logo tattooed somewhere so other vampires keep off that person.I know and then have the feeling that this store is more true than it sounds at first.

0points

Shyla Bouche 1 year ago

That's really sick! Thanks for explaining, though.

0points

You May Like

30 Times People Listed Hilariously Wild Ads And Expected To Actually Sell Something

Gabija Palšytė

91 Funny Tattoos That One Can't Help But Laugh At

Aivaras Kaziukonis

“I Want To Leave”: 50 Pics That Will Probably Make You Uncomfortable (New Pics)

Evelina Šiukšterytė

Back to Homepage

More about Funny

Related on Bored Panda

Related on Bored Panda

Trending on Bored Panda

Also on Bored Panda