What’s Wrong with the World?
Bad Tattoos

As a teenager in the 90s, I watched tattoos begin their boom to the all-encompassing cultural phenomena they have become today. I, too, was a 16 year old desperately wanting to ink up my skin with things that, too late, I came to reassess my need for. I know a lot of the time we feature amazing tattoo artists, people who take their craft seriously and for whom each piece is a work of art, lovingly drawn and embedded into the receiver’s skin. However, for every tattoo master, there are 500+ hacks who will give you a “deal” on the bulk purchase of tattoos and piercings. And for every person who saves up to spend good money on a well-done and thought out tattoo done by a master, there are literally tens of thousands who get a misspelled $35 tramp stamp. This post is about those people. These aren’t just the liked-it-when-you-were-16 variety of tattoo, these are truly, truly devastatingly permanent reminders of why the American government needs to invest more in the education system. And just when you think that feminism has gained a foothold in this patriarchal culture, the Semen Demon strikes!! The people who did these tattoos should have their guns taken away and their hands chopped off as punishment. On the bright side, I know the industry I am going to encourage my daughter to go into when she grows up: laser tattoo removal! It’s been a long week and you need to laugh your ass off, so after the jump enjoy some of the worst tattoos out there, and rest assured these are but a drop in the bucket. Although I have to say I kind of like the Kenny Powers one…

Images via WTFtattoos.com