Today, I showed my new tattoo to my friends. It's supposed to be a deep, philosophical quote in Latin, symbolizing strength and resilience. My friend, who happens to be fluent in Latin, started laughing hysterically. Turns out, it actually says, "You are dumb." FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my friend showed off her new tattoo, which is supposed to say "bad bitch" in Italian, and I had to point out that it actually says "defective female". Her response was to cuss me out and inform me that I'm no longer part of her social circle. FML
Today, at my mum’s birthday dinner, my brother-in-law used a Latin phrase in the wrong way. Since we all have learned Latin, I taught him the correct way until everyone facepalmed in my direction. He made a rather nice wordplay and now I’m known as the educated idiot who is too stupid to understand a simple joke. FML
Today, I showed off my new tattoo to my friends. Too bad it says "Walk Earless" now instead of "Walk Fearless." That's right, I'm now supporting Van Gogh. FML
Today, I showed my aunt and mother my tattoo. They both burst out laughing. FML
Today, I was struggling through small-talk at a party where I knew nobody. Tattoos came up and I started talking about trendy, girly tattoos like feathers, anchors and infinity signs with stupid words in them. Turns out the girl I was talking to had all three. FML
Today, I finally found out that the tattoo on my lower back means "slut" in Chinese, instead of "good fortune" as I always thought it did. FML
Today, I found out that the phrase I got tattooed on my lower back is misspelled. FML
Today, I was looking at tattoos and fell in love with a really cool looking one, so I decided to get it. I later showed it to a friend who is a cop. He informed me that it is a gang tattoo. I think I just put a target on my ankle. FML
Today, after months of planning, I finally got my first tattoo: my cat's paw print. I love it so I showed my friends pictures. One said it looks like poop and the other said it looks like I have a disease. FML
Today, I got piss drunk. Being a tattoo artist, I came to the intoxicated conclusion that I could save much more money doing my own tattoos on myself. I now have my ex-boyfriend's name permanently on my thigh. It's not even spelled right. FML
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JuneBleeds4 20
If you have a friend fluent in Latin, why wouldn't you consult them when getting a tattoo in the language they're fluent in? Common sense really isn't all that common anymore.
BurnInDemonFire 39
It's 2024. If you haven't learned from nearly two decades of memes and social media posts that getting a tattoo in a language that you aren't fluent in is a bad idea, that shit's on you. You might wanna start saving to have it removed. Or at least covered up.
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BurnInDemonFire 39
It's 2024. If you haven't learned from nearly two decades of memes and social media posts that getting a tattoo in a language that you aren't fluent in is a bad idea, that shit's on you. You might wanna start saving to have it removed. Or at least covered up.
JuneBleeds4 20
If you have a friend fluent in Latin, why wouldn't you consult them when getting a tattoo in the language they're fluent in? Common sense really isn't all that common anymore.
JuneBleeds4 20
LOL This is too good to not share. User "FinkiusMaximus" messaged me this gem: "Speaking as a Latin teacher myself, while we'll often help with translating mottoes, we generally have a policy against translating tattoos." That just makes you a jerk...