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
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Thanksgiving
Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, my girlfriend's parents took pictures of my tattoos to make sure I'm "not affiliated with any gangs." I have never even been arrested. 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
Today, I was showing my unique new tattoo to my friends when a man approaches me with his digital camera and asks if he could take a picture of the tattoo for his website. I agreed. I find out later that it's a site about ugly tattoos. FML
Today, I went out drinking with my tattoo artist brother-in-law. I was so wasted that I agreed to let him try working on me. I woke up with a tattoo of an animated marijuana plant smoking a cigarette. This'll look just great when I'm defending clients in court. FML
Today, I woke up after a long night of drinking with my friends. I vaguely remembered visiting a tattoo parlour, but nothing prepared me for the sight of the words "YOLO" and "MOFO" tattooed across the fingers of my left and right hands. Now I'm officially a bandwagoning douchebag. 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 my first tattoo. It's a large broadsword which runs the length of my spine. I went home to show it off, only to learn that the hilt on my neck looks just like a penis when the rest of it is covered with my shirt. 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 found out that the phrase I got tattooed on my lower back is misspelled. FML
Today, I got my first tattoo. It was a surprise for my fiancé: our names together over a heart. I went home but before I could show him, he said we had to have a "talk." So now my ex's name is tattooed on my back. The kicker? Turns out I'm allergic to the ink. FML
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GothicAngel17 24
That's why you never, ever get a tattoo out of a book. Always pay the extra to have it designed for you. It's worth the extra money.
angelchvz94 2
You can try to embrace your newfound gang, what's the worst that can happen?
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Comments (110)
carminecris89 13
Sounds like you got a tattoo to get a tattoo. The meaning and artistry behind the tattoo should be so important that you don't just go "I think I want a tattoo today, so ill just pick one". It'll be on you forever, YDI for not putting any thought into it.
GarageDragon 22
Always a good idea to research a tattoo and think about it for a while before getting it. Google is your friend :)
DeathBunny218 37
Most tattoos are designed to look good, chances that they're affiliated with a gang are incredibly slim and, since a lot of tattoos are similar, researching one in particular could be near impossible.
GarageDragon 22
Fair enough. Best is to design your own. It would be more meaningful that way as well.
madisonrose626 5
Why would you get something so permanent on impulse?? YDI it means nothing to you.)
imepelepticsir 5
WhatHood You From? Represent
IsRaeliPrinCess 8
That's why you always do you research or wait to see if you still want it after a while.
sawuuhcat 11
You totally deserved this one! From how you wrote this, it even sounds as though you walked into the tattoo parlor off the street and simply picked a tattoo out of their "selection". ALWAYS do your research on whatever you're going to be putting on your body, and ALWAYS take more time than you think you need to put some actual thought into what you're doing.
debbster7 18
Wear pants so nobody will know
kiraleann 16
You should always, ALWAYS research symbols before you get them inked into your skin! YDI.
neuroticallyyour_fml 17
Moral of the story: never, ever for any reason, get flash tattooed on you. If you can't come up with any ideas that are original and say something about your life and you as a person then you have no business getting tattoos.
BriarpatchSF 1
Tattoos are almost never good impulse purchases.