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210 ‘WTF Were They Thinking’ Tattoos

June 23, 2009     Posted in Features, Lifestyle

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These days, it seems as though everyone, from your professor to your little sister, has a tattoo. And some of them aren’t half bad. But if the Internet is evidence of anything, there are a hell of a lot more hilariously horrible tattoos out there than anyone would like to admit. So we made it our duty to scour for all the worst pictures the Internet has to off, giving you hundreds of examples of what not to get as your next tat. So get ready for 210 “WTF Were They Thinking?” Tattoos, because this one is gonna hurt.

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Comments

137 Responses to “210 ‘WTF Were They Thinking’ Tattoos”
  1. Rambyte says:

    They’ll love ‘em even more 40 years from now!

  2. Rambyte says:

    They’ll love it even more 40 years from now!

  3. robin says:

    I have to agree with several comments above–some of these tats are great! The shark on the stump, most notably, but also the scissors/dotted line on the webbed toes, the first tramp stamp (the word "TRAMP" in red), and of course…the meat curtains.

    A lot of the others should serve as reminders that not everyone should draw his/her own tattoo.

  4. dimento says:

    I know the guy with the awful shaggy tattoo – and his friend has an equally bad one of a drunk Grover.

  5. HELLO, my name is Sc says:

    I'm honored to be on the same list as Mike Tyson!

  6. BadCartoons says:

    Okay. So some lessons learned would be:

    1. DON’T get anyone’s portrait tattooed on your body. I don’t care how attractive you think your spouse or your gf/bf, or how meaningful you think it will be to have your kid’s dead face across your calf. Don’t do it!

    2. DON’T be subject to “the man” by tattooing well-known or not so well-known corporate logos or sayings, or characters from popular 80’s TV shows.

    3. DON’T incorporate armpit hair, nipples, or your belly button as part of the tattoo – especially if it represents the personal area of the tattooed person, thing, or animal.

    4. DON’T tattoo the two ends of your body – your butt or your head. LISTEN: It’s a BAD IDEA.

    5. DO have your toes surgically separated. The thought it nice. Actually doing it makes us less likely to vomit when we go to investigate why your flip-flops make a slightly different sound than the rest of us.

    6. DO use spell check and a mirror to ensure that any giant letters tattooed on your back or elsewhere are correct. Bring a smarter friend if necessary.

  7. rebecca says:

    The conjoined toe tattoo isn't bad at all – i think it's kind of funny. it's a toe, it's not like it's someone's entire back or chest like some of these on here.

  8. Heather says:

    Hi, everyone! I am the owner of the webbed toes w/ the scissor tattoo. It's pretty funny how famous my tattoo has become. My friends have linked me to pics all over the internet. I'd love to know how the pic got out in the first place! :P But yeah, everyone I've met thinks my tattoo is hilarious and a great way to NON-surgically embrace a deformity. I have a sense of humor, and those hating on my tattoo obviously don't. :D I doubt many would agree that it should be on the Worst Tattoos Ever list.. And many of the comments here back it up. I also don't understand why people are grossed out by my toes. I have all of the bones, it's just the skin that is connected. Getting a tattoo was far less expensive and less painful than surgery (they would have to graft skin from other parts of my body to sew them separately shut, no thanks)! So yeah, I love it, that's all that matters. :)

  9. Steve - Seton Hall says:

    I wish there was a Joey Gladstone tattoo

  10. shaggy says:

    Heather my wife has twin toes like that. I think its kinda hot.

  11. Schoschie says:

    Hey Heather, the scissors and dotted line on your toes is brilliant. Brilliant idea and tastefully executed! This a tattoo even my parents would find cool (hm, I shouldn't have said that).

    The majority of the rest are rightfully horrible. Those failed portraits make me want to pu… uh, feel sorry for those people.

  12. Stacey says:

    Heather – props. You certainly do not belong on this list. The rest of the folks….ummm not so sure. Sharkboy should be removed from the list as well. He survived a shark attack for god's sake. The potraits are inexcusable. Period. How do you take a potrait of a beautiful child and make said child look like they are now 80? I have plenty of friends that have tats – I have two myself. The friends have portraits of their kids and they look great. If anyone wants the numbers of a couple of REAL tattoo artists let me know.

    I personally wish I had never gotten one, but that is just me.

  13. Tom Van den Eynde says:

    I think I'll have to add a category on Geniográfico (http://www.geniografico.com) :)

  14. alena says:

    the scissors/toe one is cute! the buthole/bellybutton ones are so gross dahaha

  15. teleny says:

    This is a prime example of tattoos having jumped the shark (pun not intended). In roughly twenty years, we've gone from "I have a tattoo, it's a spiritual thing, an initiation thing, that means I've finally made an irrevocable life decision." (kinda like how people used to have kids) to "Hey, looky how I'm kinda edgy and weird! And artistic, really artistic!"(kinda like dressing a potbellied pig in a pleather motorcycle jacket and taking it out socially) to "Hey, I'm cute and sexy, and aren't afraid to look like a slut, at least in private!" (kinda like having a portable stripper pole) to "Yeah, I got a 'tattoo'. It goes with my collection of genuine reproduction vintage T-shirts with bands I'd be ashamed to say I listened to if I ever heard them…) The first fingerstache, genius. The next few dozen, boring.

  16. Jeremy says:

    One does not need to look far to see that humanity in a macrocosm is incredibly stupid… or drunk all the time. Why sacrifice sex to look like a skeleton? Fuktards.

  17. mr.wiggles says:

    the meat curtains tattoo shouldn't be on here, best tattoo on here imo. who doesnt enjoy a nice set of meat curtains?

  18. Gregs says:

    hahaha

    Dumps :)

  19. Jeff says:

    How about permanent markers.