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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 63 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I was trying to figure out WTF is going on here...

The text tattoos, eyebrow, corner of the eye, chest, are all backwards, but Texas is not.

Makes me think he did the text himself whlle looking in a mirror.

People probably tell him "Dude, your tats are backwards!" at which point he looks in a mirror and thinks they look fine.

[–] dicksteele@lemm.ee 56 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The crack pipe under his chin should give away the reason for any of the other tattoo designs

[–] unaccomplishedbottom@lemm.ee 36 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's a meth pipe. Crack pipes are just a tube without the bowl

[–] match@pawb.social 14 points 1 week ago (3 children)

No, it's a spoon being heated up, so heroin

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago (4 children)
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[–] themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The text on the cap is also backwards, it's just Texas that's the wrong way

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

you know what. reverse texas sounds like a really nice place actually 😌

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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 53 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm always resistant to throwing trashy around. It just feels really shitty to judge that on one picture. Some tats, it really can be the angle or lighting that makes a difference.

But, sometimes, you run across a pic like this where there's so many problems I just can't think of a better word for the tattoos.

Bad placements, bad techniques, bad designs, bad everything. Like, if you're gonna do face ink, make sure they're well executed.

There is a certain degree of intentionality to some people's choices of bad tattoos, where it's a form of self expression to have badly done or otherwise bad ink. But this doesn't look like that, it just looks like someone thought these were good and doesn't know better.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Bad placements, bad techniques, bad designs, bad everything. Like, if you're gonna do face ink, make sure they're well executed.

Lest we forget to specifically mention out "bad content" when there's a meth pipe on his neck

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (7 children)

That looks like a lighter and a spoon.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What does that make it, crack or heroin? I don't know much about this topic.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A spoon would make it heroin. You smoke crack out of a pipe just like meth. The tattoo is definitely a meth pipe though.

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[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe just like warm spoons

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[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Probably on meth when he had them done. He just warning people to stay away from him.

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[–] RizzoTheSmall@lemm.ee 40 points 1 week ago (14 children)

How can you make yourself more unemployable than having a visible face/neck/head tattoo?

It's a badly drawn crack pipe...

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I shouldn't know this but I think it's a meth pipe.

Meth would also explain the other tattoos.

[–] TurnOnTheSunflower@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Or a spoon to heat up heroin perhaps?

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Definitely possible but he'd have less energy to get shitty tattoos

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[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

All the tattoos look like he did them himself in front of a mirror

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[–] bnrnrtbgd@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There's an entire hand covering her face, there's no way to make it "clearer". Might as well let an ai guess what she looks like.

Why not ask them to take another picture? Is this the only one in existence? Did they agree to the wedding invite?

[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not sure if this is so much better

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean, remove a couple of the other tattoos and it's basically presentable.

[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 34 points 1 week ago (5 children)

So, changing everything about them and it becomes an OK picture.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Now give both of them Ratatouille rats please

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Fine, I'll do it myself:

(the left one can't actually control him because of the darn hat)

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

This is basically the art world version of opening and closing your own Pull Request. 😂

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[–] SatyrSack@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] tangonov@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 week ago

Right, the Texas tattoo would be my first priority, too 😅

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago

Are they registered at the local meth house?

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The meth pipe on the neck is …wow yeah

[–] peetabix@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Pretty sure that's a lighter and a spoon for heroin.

[–] thistleboy@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Definitely a bulb for smoking meth.

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[–] ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's for church, honey, NEXT!

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[–] Hobo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You all do realize those are just drawn on with a marker right? If those were real, and fresh enough to have the ink smear, they would be way more red and probably raised a bit.

[–] CanadianCorhen@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 week ago

i REALLY hope you are right

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (13 children)

those tats are entirely real, old, and indistinct because they were put on in prison.

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