30 Most Embarrassing Tattoos of All Time

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10a

  • Your skin is a blank canvas, and nothing says I love you like getting a loved one’s name immortalised in ink.

  • Of course, nothing says we’ve broken up and I now hate you! like an angry amendment to said tattoo. With divorce rates as high as they are, maybe try make your romantic gestures a little less permanent.

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9b

  • ‘This is Spartaaaa!’ Oh, wait, no it’s not. It’s a tattoo. It says so right there. How, um, helpful.

  • This is what happens when you walk into a tattoo shop with no actual idea about what you want.

8

8a

  • Not that this douchebag seems ashamed, but in theory this is an embarrassing tattoo. (Racism is supposed to make you feel shame, not pride.)

  • Would be super handy if all racists were this easily identifiable.

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7a

  • Wrong, young man. Misspellings and random capitalisations offend me, so I will judge you for your horrible command of the English language!

  • And, nope, your grim reaper doesn’t scare me. I’ll drag you by the ear back to English class, son. You clearly napped your way through it the first time.

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6a

  • This is a perfectly serviceable tattoo on someone who clearly adores Star Wars. However, there’s no getting around that Jar Jar Binks is a terrible character who symbolises everything wrong with the prequels.

  • However, a tattoo of Jar Jar getting impaled by an Ewok is something most fans will get behind.

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5a

  • You know when you have a really good meal that leaves you practically licking your fingers for the following hour? This guy clearly such an experience because he decided to tattoo the details of his McDonalds receipt on his forearm.

  • I’m sure his parents thought it was a riot. I mean, it’s hilarious at seventeen, but less funny when you’re in the unemployment line at forty-five, wishing you could somehow scrape three coins together for a McDonald’s cheeseburger.

4

4a

  • Another idiot foreigner getting Chinese character tattoos in an attempt to seem cultured.

  • I’m sure they told him it means ancient warrior of the earth or some shit.

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3a

  • This cool chick just saw Memento so decided to get a tattoo of her own name – y’know, just in case she one day wakes up with amnesia.

  • Unfortunately the cursive font she selected makes ‘Anna’ look a lot like ‘anal’. Awkward.

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  • ‘That witch / does not kill me / makes me stronger’. So deep, so provocative. It’s just a pity she used the wrong ‘which’.

  • Pointy-hatted witches probably will kill you. And eat your bones, too.

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1a

  • Another English major dropout. There are multiple interpretations here. Do you need to tighten your hope so it isn’t loose? Or maybe Hope’s a person and loose is slang for promiscuous. So many options!

  • This video may be over, but don’t lose hope – the future will bring a whole new generation of embarrassing tattoos.

 

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