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[–] Teknikal@eviltoast.org 2 points 5 hours ago

I think it's the one Conor Mcgregor has on his chest I can't tell if it's meant to be a monkey a bear a dog or something else.

For the cash that guy has its one terrible tattoo.

[–] Waldelfe@feddit.org 3 points 8 hours ago

Maybe not quite as dumb as others here, but I once saw a woman in a sauna who had a GIANT 女 (woman) on her back. It went from the shoulders to the ass. I get finding Chinese characters cool and wanting them tattooed, but why on earth would you just tattoo "woman" instead of something meaningful and why so large it covers your entire back?

[–] CatZoomies@lemmy.world 36 points 15 hours ago (4 children)
[–] Etienne_Dahu@jlai.lu 4 points 7 hours ago

The Trump stamp.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 9 points 11 hours ago

That's just sad.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 15 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Alright, folks lock the thread, we have a winner. Lol

God, there's a huge part of me that hopes this isn't real, but I've also been on the 'net long enough to know better.

[–] Jourei@lemm.ee 10 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

oh

oh no

Can we get an interview from her in 4 years?

[–] CatZoomies@lemmy.world 14 points 12 hours ago

We can! So long as they let women speak for themselves in four years.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 21 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

In my late teens, maybe 20 I worked in a restaurant and got invited to a party after work in a very rough part of town. So rough that the taxi driver wouldn't let us get out until we found the exact address (this would have been mid nineties so well before GPS nav was popular).

Anyway we get there. Folks are nice. Maybe ten in total plus the 4 of us from work. They're rough around the edges but generally salt of the earth characters which I love so it's all going well. Get chatting to one lad and he shows me his new tattoo on his forearm that his friend had done for him.

It was a palm tree on a tiny desert island with a dude sitting against the tree smoking a massive joint.

Now this monstrosity was one colour, all outlines, looked like it was done with a compass from your school pencil case and my 11 year old would have done a better job. It's very difficult to describe just how shite it was.

Felt really sorry for the lad. He was definitely going to regret it if he didn't already. Never forgot that tattoo though.

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 0 points 6 hours ago

Sounds like an easy removal at least.

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 14 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Reminds me of a dude I met at college. Had the shittiest arm tattoos known to man. I’m talking 5th grade blurry doodles. His response was, “I was trying to get with a hot girl at a party giving out tattoos”.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago
[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

My tattoo is very well designed, but it is a lotus flower with the Om symbol in it because at the time I was practicing a lot of yoga, and I didn't realize it looks kind of...... culturally foolish, shall we say, especially now that I live in a city with a lot of South Asian folks, and some have asked me about it, I am white as the driven snow. I did not intend it in any cultural appropriation way and it isn't offensive or anything, they all seem to like it, but it was a bit thoughtless ultimately.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Totally chill, it really is fine, they won't take it seriously.

It's not cultural appropriation to practice another's religion, in whole or in part, belief and spirituality is one area where you should feel free of judgement, we're all just finding our best path.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Thank you. I just felt a little silly.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago

On the list of things to get tattooed, yours is pretty much at the top that I wouldn't judge someone harshly for.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago

Nobody owns culture, don't stress about it.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 8 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

As a human being that shares this earth with the rest of us...I don't see anything wrong with this. You were practicing lots of Yoga, and it was significant enough for you to outwardly mark yourself with it, you can back up the fact you studied and immersed in that (sub)culture.

You clearly didn't just spot it on the wall and go "lol that looks cool." While drunk or something lol.

I am white as the driven snow.

It sounds like this is where some perceived guilt is coming from. Contrary to what sections of the internet will tell you, there's nothing wrong with consciously adopting a culture that meant something to you. Even if you're "white."

There's this weird expectation that white folks should only be able to get tattoos of like, what, the Wonderbread logo, or Elvis or something LOL.

they all seem to like it

This speaks volumes in itself. It's obvious to the people OF that culture that you're not just some poseur ripping them off to self-aggrandize. They seem thrilled to meet someone who saw it and said "I want to learn from them!" This is why humanity is beautiful.

The world's a smaller place now. People move. Cultures evolve now as they always have. That's how traditions like Yoga or Kung Fu traveled across the world in the first place right?

I'm just some guy on the internet, but It sounds like a cool tattoo, and I hope maybe you can feel less burdened by it, especially when it doesn't cause anybody else any harm.

Sounds like the opposite, actually! It seems like it gives you a connection to others and has started a lot of conversations, when you'd otherwise be seen as an outsider!

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago

Thank you for saying this. I genuinely would never not take someone's cultural practices and religion seriously. I just really like what it symbolizes to me.

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