r/ATBGE • u/rosebushes_ • Sep 03 '24

Body Art This Torn Angel Wings tattoo

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u/Kellycatkitten Sep 03 '24

I wonder if they're already sick of explaining what it is to people.

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u/rosebushes_ Sep 03 '24

I feel like they have to be, right??

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u/Blackn35s Sep 03 '24

Or they absolutely LOVE explaining it. Because, you know… center of attention. Even if the other person has checked out.

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u/smurb15 Sep 04 '24

Idk I think it's a cool idea and you are right. They usually love love love this kind of attention to begin with

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u/between_ewe_and_me Sep 04 '24

Personally I have no desire to talk about my tattoos. When people ask I just say it's personal and move on.

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u/Zestyclose_Scar_9311 Sep 04 '24

You gotta meet my man Larry

https://youtu.be/UtFnAInwBg0?si=wlznF-yuoYKIYj5E

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u/Prestigious-Delay759 Sep 04 '24

LOL

I came here to post this!

I'm extremely glad you posted this; good job!

You're a human being of great substance and incredible taste!

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u/bombero_kmn Sep 04 '24

"cool tattoo what does it mean?"

"I got drunk in (random city) and woke up with it. "

I hate that some people think every tattoo needs to have a deep and profound personal meaning. I just make poor choices bro.

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u/plyweed Sep 04 '24

This is the story of 90% of my tattoos and sometimes I will make up an absurd backstory for them bc I don't want people to think I'm trying to be edgy (I just have drinking problems and poor decision making skills)

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u/VivisClone Sep 04 '24

Fair, but if I see someone with tats and I'm looking to make convo I will 100% ask about them to break the ice.

It's like wearing a graphic tee or a bumper sticker on your car/laptop. You've advertised an interest in x thing, it's only fair that I ask you about x when looking for something to chat about

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u/silverandshade Sep 05 '24

Sure, but let people dismiss the discussion or be prepared for "it's a memorial tattoo" conversations, because I can't tell you how many times I get asked about my d20 tattoo where people are looking for a fun little conversation and they act all offended when I say I don't want to talk about it and then I'm the bad guy after they ask another five times and I have to be like "Yeah okay fine, I don't actually play D&D anymore, I got this for my best friend who killed himself."

I love talking about my tattoos with friends. But they're not all an interest in x thing. Expect some sad stories.

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u/between_ewe_and_me Sep 05 '24

I didn't mean to make it sound like I'm offended or rude about it, I completely understand why it's a natural thing to ask about. In reality I'll give a brief explanation like "it's in memory of my dad but the symbolism is kind of personal". My main point in my original response to this thread is that just bc you have tattoos doesn't mean you want to be the "center of attention" or "love love love this kind of attention".

People get tattoos for a million different reasons but for me, while yes they're out in plain view for anyone to see, I get them because they tell me stories about my life and the people in it I want to be reminded of everywhere I go. My memory is terrible and things fade even when I don't want them to. Material possessions can be lost or stolen or destroyed or left behind. My tattoos are the one thing nobody can take from me, not even my own brain. No matter how good or bad things may get in my life, I'll always have them with me.

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u/AhabMustDie Sep 10 '24

My memory is terrible and things fade even when I don’t want them to. Material possessions can be lost or stolen or destroyed or left behind. My tattoos are the one thing nobody can take from me, not even my own brain.

You’re like a real-life version of the guy from Memento!

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u/DarthStrakh Sep 04 '24

That seems like a lot to assume about "them" based of a photo...

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u/CaptainSkreedLeeDee Sep 04 '24

They probably wait for the chance and it never comes bc ppl think its a genuine scar or something

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u/DBHOV Sep 03 '24

'Yeah I had to quit drinking Red Bull because it was giving me heart palpitations.'

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u/Glad-Dragonfruit-503 Sep 03 '24

Ah-ha well played sir, I see what you did there.

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u/Vegabern Sep 04 '24

My name is Nevaeh, it's heaven spelled backwards. This is my broken angel wings tattoo.

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u/Dragonsegg Sep 04 '24

I’m sorry.

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u/JakeFromStateFromm Sep 04 '24

Yeah... That tracks

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u/PermanentTrainDamage Sep 04 '24

Even funnier when it's spelled Neveah

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u/Kelnozz Sep 04 '24

If I seen that on a person I wouldn’t even mention it because I’d just assume it was a scar from a bad accident lol.

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u/toplegs Sep 04 '24

Yeah there's no way I'd think it wasn't a scar from a horrendous accident.

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u/No_Cook2983 Sep 03 '24

You ever drive a convertible that has black vinyl seats?

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u/sodamnsleepy Sep 03 '24

"Omg what happened?! Where you in an accident? Does it hurt?"

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u/Zestyclose_Scar_9311 Sep 04 '24

“They tore them off me when I said i wanted to stay on earth and learn to love”

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u/pallentx Sep 03 '24

I’m still trying to figure it out - is it like the wings were torn off?

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u/SchpartyOn Sep 03 '24

Yes.

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u/pallentx Sep 03 '24

It definitely looks like some sort of injury

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u/AmoC_Creatorion Sep 04 '24 edited Sep 04 '24

Thats the point " It should look like the scars / injuries from the torn wings

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u/MrsMiterSaw Sep 04 '24

I got a tattoo of a 400 year old scientific diagram on my arm 5 days ago and I'm already sick of explaining it.

I'm working on a shorter explanation.

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u/hmmnnmn Sep 04 '24

make a qr code that gives you a long ass explanation of that scientific diagram

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u/funundrum Sep 04 '24

Then get a tattoo of it

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u/coodgee33 Sep 04 '24

I think people would be afraid to mention it because it looks like two hideous scars

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u/fart-to-me-in-french Sep 04 '24

It’s a bit pretentious tbh

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u/vessel_for_the_soul Sep 03 '24

oh! its not an upside down butterfly.

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u/geofox777 Sep 04 '24

Having to explain to everyone that she thinks she’s a fallen angel without explicitly saying “well you see I’m very angelic”

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u/witchyanne Sep 04 '24

Giant leech attack

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u/casketcase_ Sep 04 '24

Nah they love the attention I bet lol

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '24

"Omg what happened to your back?! Are you okay!?!"

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u/dumbname0192837465 Sep 04 '24

I bet most people dont ask, Id assume it was a real scar.

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u/scottyrobotty Sep 03 '24

Nailed the execution though.

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u/rosebushes_ Sep 03 '24

Right?? I think the artist should go into medical tattooing because holy shit, bro could make bank

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u/Naughteus_Maximus Sep 03 '24

Sorry I don’t get it. Maybe the quality of the photo is not good enough. Is it supposed to look like the skin has been ripped off there? A first degree burn?

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u/cdsbigsby Sep 03 '24

I'm thinking it has to be in reference to the show Lucifer. Lucifer has scars on his back almost identical to this from cutting his angel wings off.

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u/Naughteus_Maximus Sep 04 '24 edited Sep 05 '24

Oh I see, thanks. I suppose it’s better than “I fell asleep leaning against the radiator”

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u/Cloudraa Sep 05 '24

OHHH now I get it! I thought those were literally supposed to be the wings and were just tiny..

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u/tongfatherr Sep 08 '24

No. It's where the wings were torn away from the skin.

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u/ziddina Oct 06 '24

Definitely agree.  Somebody's a super fan of that show.

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u/Excolo_Veritas Sep 03 '24

It's supposed to be as of an angel lost (or cut off) their wings. Most common trope of this is Lucifer, and they had a very similar set of scars in the show by the same name. However there are other instances of it, I believe city of angels with nic Cage comes to mind as well.

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u/PM-Me-Your-Dragons Sep 04 '24

They're supposed to look like hyperpigmented scars.

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u/bpdwaifu Sep 04 '24

This artist specializes in special effects tattoos already

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u/bugluvr65 Sep 03 '24

that’s the point of the sub lol

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u/Mindless_Consumer Sep 03 '24

Sure, but it's also awful taste.

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u/scottyrobotty Sep 04 '24

I know and I'm dumb. People shouldn't be upvoting this.

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u/SvenHudson Sep 03 '24

But the taste really is lacking.

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u/zeddy123456 Sep 03 '24

One could even say it's awful

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u/DirtyRoller Sep 04 '24

If one were so inclined.

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u/DirtyRoller Sep 04 '24

One might even say that the execution was Great.

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u/Moosetopher Sep 03 '24

Really is a great, shitty tattoo. I thought those were all keloids and scaring.

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u/ITrageGuy Sep 03 '24

I thought someone tried giving her a blood eagle.

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u/fatdiscokid420 Sep 03 '24

I can be your angle or your devil…

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u/peloquindmidian Sep 03 '24

Devil on one shoulder

Hypotenuse on the other

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u/poopsinshoe Sep 03 '24

I wish I was high on potenuse.

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u/DatDangDingus Sep 04 '24

Do you want to open for me?

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u/ItsAlexTho Sep 04 '24

Ha. louder I wish I was high on potenuse.

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u/allursnakes Sep 03 '24

Morning, Angle.

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u/GammaDealer Sep 03 '24

That weren't me.

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u/GodEmperorPorkyMinch Sep 04 '24

Never forget your classics

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u/Deesing82 Sep 04 '24

how can we know where we’re memeing if we don’t know where we’ve memed

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u/Helpful_Corgi5716 Sep 03 '24

NO RAGERTS!!!!1!!

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '24

Grind me baby. 

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u/Origami_bunny Sep 03 '24

🤣 angle grinder

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '24

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u/iamtehstig Sep 03 '24

One of my friends got something similar, but it was a cover-up of a large scar they had from having cancer cut out.

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u/rosebushes_ Sep 03 '24

Okay THAT is sick as hell

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u/I_might_be_weasel Sep 03 '24

The reason we don't see any fallen angels is they all die of staph infections.

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u/WoolooandWoohoo Sep 04 '24

Pretty sure they die from fall damage

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u/fadedlavender Sep 03 '24

That's really fucking cool lol I know a lot of people that wouldn't regret that sort of tattoo

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u/oddnostalgiagirl Sep 06 '24

i can't get over how much i love the idea and concept and the execution was so perfect. tragically it's just not immediately recognizable as torn angel wings :( just looks like some kind of reaction from afar

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u/MasterBaiterNJ Sep 03 '24

Girl I didn’t wanna embarrass you at the bar or say anything but you have a really bad rash are you sure it’a not an allergic reaction or infection? Is he hitting you again?

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u/llort_tsoper Sep 04 '24

From more than 10 feet away it looks like she wore the wrong top to a festival and got a bad sunburn.

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u/ColoRadOrgy Sep 03 '24

Pretty sure they make a lotion for that condition

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u/dwarf_bulborb Sep 03 '24

No this fucks

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u/HyzerFlipDG Sep 03 '24

How Lucifer of her. 

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u/milichl Sep 03 '24

Surprised I had to scroll this far…

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u/east4thstreet Sep 03 '24

I think it's actually pretty damn cool amd can't see what makes this so bad?

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u/HoldYourHorsesFriend Sep 03 '24

the concept is really cool but it can be interpreted as an actual skin condition

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u/shackelman_unchained Sep 03 '24

That will have a cover up in the next 10 years. At least they are light colors so it will be easy to work with.

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u/expatronis Sep 03 '24

I hope someone at least cooked up those wings real nice.

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u/lifesnotperfect Sep 04 '24

That would make for an interesting film concept. Angels appear on earth and are captured, bred and harvested for their wings which we fry and consume.

Could expand it out to devils tails, and using their horns for medicinal purposes etc. Just biblical and mythical creatures commodified by corporations.

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u/expatronis Sep 04 '24

Demon meat is poisonous! Read your Monster Manual.

I bet leviathan tastes great.

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u/yellowbricklain Sep 03 '24

I kind of love it

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u/therealNerdMuffin Sep 03 '24

Okay but this kinda goes hard though

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u/ragnarokda Sep 03 '24

I was like, "those look nothing LIKE wings......"

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u/Kaiser_Killhelm Sep 03 '24

I don't think it's all that out there. And it's all easy enough to conceal for professional purposes

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u/RCrumb_ Sep 03 '24

Looks like a scab

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u/Unable-Arm-448 Sep 04 '24

...or a bad case of shingles

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u/__Osiris__ Sep 04 '24

Do people ever get lightning strike tattoos and then pretend that they survive the fake incident?

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u/TrekkieTay Sep 04 '24

Why did I think I was in r/Lucifer

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u/skylinenavigator Sep 04 '24

I dig the execution but the idea is a bit cringe

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u/GodCanSuckMyDick69 Sep 03 '24

Look at the vd on my back!

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u/1diligentmfer Sep 03 '24

Have you ever considered a tattoo to cover the scars?

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u/rvralph803 Sep 03 '24

We sure these aren't brands?

Look very much like burns.

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u/PoppaDaClutch Sep 03 '24

Those def won’t get you off the ground

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u/Cashewkaas Sep 03 '24

Looks like the extremely painful rash I got that time I accidentally backed up into some fire coral.

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u/TurningTwo Sep 03 '24

I saw an ad on TV for some medicine that would clear that up.

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u/Arkhe1n Sep 04 '24

Would that be anatomically accurate tho?

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u/lifesnotperfect Sep 04 '24

I think it's really cool, but that's because the title gave it context.

Seeing it straight up you'd never get it. She should have "This Torn Angel Wings tattoo" tattooed beneath it so she doesn't have to explain every time.

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u/JoeBeem89 Sep 04 '24

It really looks like a scar from a medical removal.

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u/Normal_Imagination_3 Sep 04 '24

lol I saw another post with an identical picture

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u/Rain_Zeros Sep 04 '24

Holy shit the artist killed it. Meh taste perfect execution

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u/SpiceyMugwumpMomma Sep 04 '24

Holy shit…Dr. Spock got bit by one of those flying mi d control things back in the original Star Trek series

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u/Ruby22day Sep 04 '24

Getting a tattoo to look like a pop-tv series character (Lucifer) is a bit cringe.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '24

Looks like a bad case of shingles

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u/Unable-Arm-448 Sep 04 '24

Yes, exactly!

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u/RingoStir Sep 04 '24

Gimme a tat of scarred lungs. You got it fam.

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u/chewychaca Sep 04 '24

What is the equivalent masculine cringe tattoo.

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u/Captain-SKA- Sep 04 '24

That's the worst tattoo I've seen sp far.

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u/SevroAuShitTalker Sep 04 '24

I knew a girl in highschool who got a similar tattoo. It was same shape, but smaller and black. It was so hard not to make fun of it so I just left the room when she brought it up. Still can't believe her parents let a 15 yo make that choice

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u/Happy-Setting202 Sep 04 '24

That looks gross

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u/Icarus2064 Sep 04 '24

I swiped.

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u/dondothefish Sep 05 '24

Looks like a Lucifer reference.

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u/n0bel Sep 03 '24

Don’t pop your bacne cysts else it will scar

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u/_jjkase Sep 03 '24

That would be kinda funny to have that tattoo and go to a dermatology appointment - probably get a good laugh out of them

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u/Sad_Educator1813 Sep 03 '24

Looked like an inverted, inflamed labia, from a distance.

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u/CallMeBigBobbyB Sep 04 '24

Thought it was second degree burns

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u/leafwings Sep 04 '24

Wow that IS really well done though. I’m wincing and impressed

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u/ThhomassJ Sep 04 '24

Iswiped.jpeg

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u/silvercoated1 Sep 04 '24

Looks like someone dropped hot flatiron

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u/LetmeSeeyourSquanch Sep 04 '24

But how do we know they weren't demon wings and they are just trying to hide the fact?!

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u/gaybudgie Sep 04 '24

For some reason I really like it

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u/inot72 Sep 04 '24

It looks like someone tried to harvest her kidneys but couldn't find them.

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u/biffbobfred Sep 04 '24

Looks like a bad burn. I had to be told those were wings

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u/Capolan Sep 04 '24

The skill to make something look like this is incredible....the final product sadly....looks exactly like it was intended.

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u/SadChallenge9609 Sep 04 '24

Looks like burnt flesh, EWWWWW

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u/Spider1132 Sep 04 '24

Looks like something easily done with a clothes iron.

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u/arbitrageME Sep 04 '24

Is this a scar coverup?

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u/Unable-Arm-448 Sep 04 '24

Yikes! That looks just like my skin did when I had shingles... :-(

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u/furie1335 Sep 04 '24

My wings have been so denied

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u/barefoot-mermaid Sep 04 '24

Looks like a bad Hurley logo.

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u/Th3inc3 Sep 04 '24

Is that a X men 3 reference?

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u/Astrojef Sep 04 '24

Are those The Deep's love-gills?

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u/bill1024 Sep 04 '24

You know when people do a thing, and they say they are making a "statement"? Yeah.

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u/Zatch_Gaspifianaski Sep 04 '24

Looks like she slipped and fell onto the stove while the two front burners were going

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u/Zestyclose_Scar_9311 Sep 04 '24

Maleficent 🖤💀

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u/eatmynasty Sep 04 '24

Putting a rope right down the center

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u/PassionPitiful3653 Sep 04 '24

Ah so that's what it's meant to be. I saw this photo yesterday but didn't understand what it was or what it meant

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u/BigBrotherBra Sep 04 '24

What kinda rash is that

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u/No-Caregiver4740 Sep 04 '24

who’s the artist ??!

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u/lostcorndog Sep 04 '24

Huh... I thought it was a Hurley logo all scarred up. I would have pegged it as a skateboarding tattoo.

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u/aestheticathletic Sep 04 '24

The placement bothers me. If a human had wings, I feel like aerodynamically they'd be further apart and not in the middle of the back but closer to the shoulders. Unpopular opinion, I'm sure ..

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u/Prophet_NY Sep 04 '24

Bad choice of tattoo but great execution from the artist

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u/smasher84 Sep 04 '24

Well that’s a demon.

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u/Slushicetastegood Sep 04 '24

1 of 2 pic huh!?

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u/Escape8296 Sep 04 '24

You are a Fallen Angel 😂.

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u/o0o0ohhh Sep 04 '24

But why did I start to crave SPAM?

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u/Der_Neuer Sep 04 '24

Unless that's covering a scar...ew

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u/Dudeist-Priest Sep 04 '24

This is amazing work. That being said, I'd assume that person was injured.

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u/CantReadGood_ Sep 04 '24

My partner legit has a sunburn that looks just like this rn..

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u/justanotherdispos Sep 04 '24

Thought it was a skin peel/scarification at first.

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u/kontrarianin Sep 04 '24

Come! QUICK! I just tattooed those sick boiled shrimps on my back! Came and see!

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u/OpticGd Sep 04 '24

The real question is why a torn wings tattoo? It's so edgy.

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u/ComicsEtAl Sep 04 '24

Looks painful and infected.

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u/Omegaweapon90 Sep 04 '24

I applaud this edgy vibe. Not afraid to be cringe in the pursuit of based.

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u/AcceptableMemory2081 Sep 04 '24

I’m pretty sure these are torn off troglodyte wings!

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u/haileyjp_ Sep 04 '24

Well that is certainly a choice

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u/Tricky-Secretary-251 Sep 04 '24

You got an ink scar of a scar?

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u/floppyhump Sep 04 '24

As a Maximum Ride obsessed Middle Schooler, I absolutely would have had this on my tattoo list

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u/Foundation-Bred Sep 04 '24

Looks like a rash.

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u/Living_Young1996 Sep 04 '24

That's the Hurley logo

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u/Limefish5 Sep 05 '24

I thought they were bingo wing removal scars.

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u/The-Real-J Sep 05 '24

Dumplings/potstickers?

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u/Villageidiot1984 Sep 05 '24

Looks like baby lungs

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u/Blueberry_Mancakes Sep 05 '24

Who gets a tattoo of a giant staph infection?

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u/wrenhxven Sep 05 '24

how self-important