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  1. Johnny G says:

    Wow, that is tragedy.

  2. wertyn says:

    SECOND1!!!!!!ONE111!!!!!ELCEN

  3. Sob says:

    Epic Fail! x)

    I wonder if he/she must pay for that in the end.

    • The all-knowing says:

      I thought they show these things to you first, just painted over your skin before they needle in the paint, so he must have thought it was fine like that… It’s hard to see how thick his biceps is, so maybe nobody even tells him. (Or her…)

      • Hrmm says:

        Usually you take the design in, they scan it onto paper (reversed) with transfer ink, wet your skin and then press it to you so you have an outline you can use to make sure it’s placed properly. It’s possible this person is so smart that they did this on purpose to add real tragedy to their tattoo, but I highly doubt that.

      • Cheryl H says:

        It’s on a girl’s shoulder haha but close

  4. Megan says:

    I wonder how long he or she had the tattoo before they realized?

  5. ghiangelo says:

    shoulda just stuck with ‘Mom’

  6. Suellen says:

    Can you sue for something like that?
    Or would showing it in court just add to the shame?

    • Failing is all says:

      next commenter is gay

    • Clara says:

      You have to double check the artist’s work before they put it on your body, so taking it to court would prove pointless… since they approved the work before having it done.

      My sister had our father’s dead date tattoo’d on her forearm, and didn’t notice after she approved the design that they screwed the date up. She had thought that they put it on incorrectly, but she was shown a photograph of the initial stencil that proved neither she nor the artist were smart enough to notice the error.

  7. timbob says:

    6th !!

  8. Silver says:

    First to say first.
    You all fail.
    Kthnxbai

  9. Silver says:

    I pwn.

  10. psychonaut says:

    The real tradgey is the poor conjoined twins depicted in this tattoo.

  11. Pretty stupid ass ink even if it was done right. Hell, that “tribal” bs you see all the time looks better, and that stuff looks like crap.

  12. Muhammad The Camel Guy says:

    Did the masks need explaining in the first place? If you’re going to be a retard and get inked up, at least make sure the guy can spell.

    Hilarious.

    • Dragonwriter says:

      Ahem.

      *pokes Muhammad*

      I have ink and I am hardly a retard, so pplllbbtttt.

      Though granted, my ink and artistry is of incredible quality, and I’d never have words tattooed on my body anyway. But still. :p

      • Yeah, ink rules! Don’t bag it out!

        • Muhammad The Camel Guy says:

          O.K. Someone explain to me why one would want to permanently paint something on themselves? I just don’t get it. If you like art, how about a picture on a wall? Don’t tattoos just make you look trashy? I’m not trying to be insulting, I honestly don’t get it. I’ve always wanted to ask someone with tattoos about their motives, but didn’t want to do it in person to avoid conflict. Would someone please give me 5 good reasons why I should go out and get a tattoo today. If they are 5 good reasons, I will. However, I’ll start by giving my 5 good reasons not to:

          1. They look very unprofessional
          2. They have a lower-class connotation
          3. They scream “does anybody have illegal drugs I can buy?”
          4. If at age 20 it looks cool, I bet at age 50 it doesn’t
          5. Nothing turns me off faster than a beautiful woman with a green something or another tattooed on her lower back. It sends the message “you ain’t the first buddy, and you won’t be the last.”

          Again, I’m not looking for a fight. I’d just like some pertinent and mature dialogue to further my understanding of why someone would want to get a tattoo.

          • ... says:

            So you’re saying that everyone with a tattoo is lower-class?
            What about the people that were forced to get one during the holocaust?

          • ok says:

            Muhammed you make very good arguments as to why someone would not want to get a tattoo, I am tatted, and I do agree there is nothing trashier than the tramp stamp, but like many things in this world, it is unfair to simply say that because one type of tattoo is trashy and ugly, it makes all people with tattoos unprofessional, trashy, and lower class. Sadly enough I really can’t give too many reasons as to why someone would want to tattoo themselves and honestly I dont want you to go get a tattoo just because someone can pull 5 good reasons out of their ass to get one. For most people the reasons they got a tattoo is as varied as the tattoos themselves (if you aren’t a dumb sheep that went out and got the butterfly tramp stamp, idiotic tribal, or a chinese character you were told meant strong warrior but probably means sugar substitute) For me, it was an experience, I grew up around people with tattoos that I looked up to and respected for who they were and the things they had done. I looked at these people as professionals who worked hard and earned what they had, and like most impressionable children I wanted to be just like them, tattoos and all. I work in a very professional environment and chose to get my tattoos on my shoulder blades so that I could be professional while still holding on to something that made me, me. To discuss your if you like art hang a picture on a wall, well I can’t take the picture on the wall with me wherever I go, the picture can be stolen, damaged, burned, my tattoo will be with me forever.
            Many people experience tattoo regret, so its best to make sure you actually want the tattoo, deciding one day out of the blue to get one, walking in and pointing at something on the wall is a bad idea, and then what looks good at 20 probably doesn’t at 50, I have had my tattoos for 4 years now, still love them, wanted them for 5 years before I got them. Its best to know what you want before getting it and taking the time to find out if you REALLY want it or not.
            Tattoos can be a good way to express your love for someone (though I personally think if you are going to it should be love for children or parents, its not a good idea to get a tattoo of your boyfriend/girlfirend/fiance/or spouse’s name) and what is a better way to show that your love is permanent than by placing it on your body forever?
            They can also be a good way to remember something big in your life, or SOMEONE big in your life. I had a friend who had the dates and times of their children’s births tattooed over his heart, another friend had their best friend’s name, birth, and death dates tattooed with wings and a halo after she died in a car crash caused by a drunk driver.
            So there ya go, 5 or 6 good reasons to get a tattoo, are they good reasons to get up right now and go get a tattoo? No, but I honestly believe there is NO good reason to get a tattoo without thinking it through.

            • California Dave says:

              If I were to get a tattoo, it would likely be one of the following:

              1) Animal from the Muppets (I play drums and I’m a Muppet fan, so…) on my shoulder
              2) A bar code on my shoulder (just to make people wonder, I’d tell them is was the IRS’ idea)
              or 3) A tattoo on the sole of my foot that says IF FOUND, DEPOSIT IN ANY MAILBOX

            • Muhammad The Camel Guy says:

              Works for me!! I’m going to tattoo “O.K.” over my heart in remembrance of having generated the longest ever response on Fail Blog.
              Thanks!

              • ok says:

                Sadly enough making arguments for something like a tattoo is a lot harder than making argument against.

                Ugh, Bar codes are so overdone. but I love the foot tattoo idea.

                • ok says:

                  wow apparantly my entire grasp of the english language was lost in my first post…should have said, “sadly enough making arguments for something like a tattoo is a lot harder than marking AN argument against IT.”

                • Malfeasant says:

                  it should be harder. too many people take tattoos lightly and get something they regret later. if one has to think long and hard about it, and hear all the reasons not to from parents, friends, co-workers, strangers on the street; and after all that, still wants to get a tattoo, go for it.
                  personally i have no problem with tattoos, but i’ve never felt strongly enough about anything in the world to have on there permanently. in a way, i envy the people that have.

              • ok says:

                and it is ok, not capitalized no periods, if you’re going to immortalize me on your skin at least get it right ;)

          • Dragonwriter says:

            I can only give you the reasons that *I* got tattoos.

            First: I got a tattoo of a tendril of forget-me-nots over my heart in remembrance of my son, who died when he was an infant. I wanted something very permanent and very beautiful to remind me of him…living, breathing, permanent jewelry, as it were.

            Second: I write and publish fantasy novels. In my books, my characters have a specific way to greet and say goodbye to each other. They say, “A dragon at your back”…as if it say, “May you be as safe and secure as if a dragon guarded your back”. So…I decided I REALLY needed a dragon at my back, and let me tell you…it’s made a difference. I can feel her back there…she lends me strength and helps me remember that I’m stronger than I think I am. Humankind has always used symbolism and emblems to reinforce memory or will or fortitude. I just carry mine with me all the time.

            If you click my name link, you can see my dragon tat design at the top of my webpage.

          • Stephieee says:

            No one wants you to get a tattoo. Tattoos are cool. And you are not. You probably get beat up all the time by people with tattoos, don’t you?

            • Muhammad The Camel Guy says:

              I’m just going to take a wild guess here… You’ve got one of those tramp stamps don’t you?

              Stephieee (if that’s your real name), you’re spelling it horribly wrong, I’m cooler than my name implies, and I don’t need a tattoo to make me cool, or to increase my ability to defend myself.

              Now, with that out of the way, I’d like to add that your avatar thingy is very cute.

              I’m forming a picture in my mind of what you look like based on your cute avatar thingy.

              OMG, you’re smoking hot in my mental image of you!

              Hang on a second, need to change a few things…

              O.K., you’re now blond, have bigger boobs, and I removed the tramp stamp (you can thank me later).

              Now I’m picturing us in a rowboat heading toward my secluded private island. You should see the dress I’ve put you in. $2,000 custom made to fit that hot shapely body God has blessed you with.

              You’re becoming hypnotized by my awesome man beauty as you stare deeply into my very blue eyes. I’m now carrying you with my huge ripped biceps to a table already set with candles, flowers, and food. I’ve got your favorite wine.

              I reach across the table with a napkin to wipe the steak sauce off your pouty fat beautiful lips, in spite of the fact that it’s turning me on.

              I’m reaching across the table again and doing some hand flirting. I’m slowly caressing your fingertips. Oh, you’re doing it back now. That’s nice.

              The sun is setting. The wind is warm and refreshing. I point like there is something behind you. You turn to look, but see nothing. You turn back to me, but I’m not there.

              You flinch as you realize I’m under the table seducing your painted toe nails with my face and hands. You cross your legs like the lady you are, but that fails to deter me.

              I’m making my way up your awesome torso. How do you stay so thin? My face is pressed closely to your breast. I can hear your heart pounding harder and harder.

              I’m now carrying you again to the hammock on my private beach. We’re snuggling and watching the seagulls sore in beautiful rhythmic circles.

              [@#$%! Hang on a minute, my grandson is texting me…BRB…]

          • Well.... says:

            Damn, talk about classist snob!

            Lower class? Trash? Women with tat’s must be sluts? Anyone with tat’s must be a junky looking for drugs?

            If you’re not looking for conflicts, perhaps you should start with actually using your brain instead of using what is quite frankly antiquated stereotyping.

            And as to your request. Five reasons you should get a tattoo?

            Well, I won’t give them to you. If you need someone ELSE to tell you why you would want a tattoo, then you really do not want a tattoo. Yes, they are for the most part permanent, removal is not easy, and nobody else can tell you what design really means enough to you to place it on your body.

            If you don’t want a tattoo. Don’t get one. Even if you DO want a tattoo, don’t get one unless it is something you’re ready to live with forever.

            I have tattoos. I’m not ashamed of them, nor am I a low class junkie incapable of being a professional.

          • parson says:

            personally the comment about getting art for your wall, not your body, etc. i am im both a tattoo artist and a painter, my walls are covered, but my body is a walking gallery, i have tons of artists work on my body. each one has its own significance. and i actually know a lot of people who didnt even start getting tattoos til after 50-60 yrs old.

            by the way tho, you should never rush out and get a tattoo thats probly the dumbest thing you can do. thats how you end up with crap like this inthe picture ( not to mention being a dumbass ) the artist who did it may have even told them to check it and such, but who knows. and the comment of lower class and drug dealer status is simply ignorant. hell, many cultures use different forms of body modification for a way to show their social status or even religious status.

  13. patella bend says:

    I’m reminded of this blog:
    http://www.hanzismatter.com/
    that documents tattoos of misinterpreted Chinese and Japanese text.

  14. RedWhiteAndBoom says:

    Usually the guy getting inked has to be sober, maybe they should make that requirement for the artist

  15. elsestar says:

    such a sad fail…

  16. heruyan says:

    yet another win for irony.

  17. jimthebrit says:

    Ah, the iorny…

  18. shoobeydoobey says:

    what a tradgyc comedy :P

    • SmogMonster says:

      Quite so. The piece is both ‘tradgey’ and comedy in itself, as was doubtless the artist’s intention.

  19. 27th says:

    27th!

  20. RalphTheWonderLlama says:

    Tragic Fail=Comedic Win!

  21. 999 says:

    why is my comment not showin up?

  22. 999 says:

    i bet Matir’ d drew this tat before he got into his 20 year fast food career. looks like his lovely spelling.

  23. Anna says:

    Took a while for me to notice the writing… I was searching for fails and found that the “tragedy”-face had a really weard cheek. the one on the right. It looks freaky.

  24. ausador says:

    Yep, thats a Tradgey alright……

  25. anonym(jew)an says:

    first, next is gay!

  26. cheffe says:

    bäm

  27. Ben Dova says:

    That’s what happens when you outsource tattoos to Idnia

  28. Nwabby says:

    I had to little dots tattood on my dickhead, so that if I have an orgasm, my soldier will go :O

  29. VOLcano says:

    Every tat I have ever seen was a fail, this one only slightly more so.

  30. Muffles says:

    Not a fail. It’s a nurse shark, they’re in no real danger.

  31. Steps says:

    When the feeling’s gone, but the ink’s still on, it’s tradgey!

  32. ReTARDIS says:

    Double fail: Tragedy looks like Hank Hill.

  33. Insanus says:

    Tradgey?

    Tradgay?

    TRADE GAY! OMFG IT’S A SECRET MESSAGE!

    Cheryl H. stop doing publicity. No one will care for your services.

  34. reza s says:

    This is a clear fail even without the spelling error.

  35. BananaDib says:

    Tragic has no “d” in it…

    Caption and picture. Double fail.

  36. ghiangelo says:

    tradgey/comedy…. who the heck chooses that for a tattoo? gotta be an actor. probably Casey Affleck. he deserves it.

  37. willy says:

    What is the inked one’s last name actually is “Tradgey” ?

    • Insanus says:

      “Tradgay” (i’m not being homophobic, it really looks like someone is coming out of the closet by a secret code: teh tatoo!)

  38. AnonEmoose says:

    What a comeydic fail.

  39. dickkkk says:

    amazing… this one really IS a photoshop job… and no-one has picked it up yet…

  40. Christian says:

    Wait…it’s supposed to be Tragedy! Not Tradgey! 1st!

  41. psychonaut says:

    It actually says “Tradgev Comedy”. Tradgev is a small town in Ukraine and this tattoo is a tribute to the local stand-up comedians.

    • Insanus says:

      We were so happy bitchin’ about this fail… You destroyed our lives… :(

    • Muffles says:

      So you’re suggesting that it is not in fact a misspelling on the part of the tattooist, a profession known for its ability to fail on an epic scale, but instead, it’s an obscure town that doesn’t show up on a google search, and in fact has never been spoken on the internet outside of your comment, that just happens to have a name strikingly similar to “Tragedy” which just happens to be the term for a form of theatre represented by the mask directly under the word in question?

      No, no I don’t think that’s what the person had in mind.

      • Malfeasant says:

        you actually looked for the town on google maps? you actually searched teh intertubes for other mention of this town?? way to miss obvious facetiousness.
        you know, gullible isn’t in the dictionary

  42. Zahlman says:

    Anyone else think Tradgey sounds like a Pokemon?

    • Insanus says:

      it looks like more Teletubbie to me.

      • .. says:

        He said ’sounds like’ not ‘looks like’
        You fail.

        • Malfeasant says:

          fail yourself, for picking on a guy for not claiming to know what a graphic sounds like
          with the exception of the blind, and the occasional video, we all experience this forum visually.

          • Malfeasant says:

            heh i just realized how silly that sounds, visual except for videos, but heh you know videos have sound too… i’ll go back under my rock now

  43. Slurp says:

    I got a “W” tattoo’d to each ass cheek… so… WOW!

  44. Cheryl H says:

    She had this for 2 years before she met me and had no idea it was spelled wrong…

  45. crispy says:

    its so much funnier that i know someone that has this tattoo. but its spelled right.

  46. Curben says:

    I put on my wizard robe and hat . . .?

  47. the writer says:

    did anybody actually realise that whoever put this photo up, also spelt tragic as tradgic.
    that is just really really sad.

  48. Me says:

    This tradgey is a comedy hahahaha…

  49. Metalllemmy says:

    And it won’t ever come off…

  50. T4 says:

    i believe this is a gang tatoo. someone’s losing a finger over this one.

  51. Sexy Tomboy says:

    What’s really funny about this is that every person who notices the spelling fail is gonna tell someone. Then pretty soon, this dope is going to be known all throughout his/her hometown as the “Dumb ass with the tragic tattoo.” Who would go outside again with a title like that?

  52. Yulia says:

    Wow, even without the spelling fail that it just badly drawn. I realize it’s warped to our view in the picture a bit from being on the curve of a human body, but even so it is just…bad art! Not even getting into the bad outlines, the shading does not even make sense! Where exactly was the artist’s light source supposed to be, here? Someone needs to go back to art school before they start putting their doodles on people’s skin forever!

  53. Claire says:

    What makes me think fail is that not only is the tattoo spelled wrong, the “tradgic fail” insert also contains a very relevant spelling error. If you are going to point someone out as failing at spelling and post it all over the web, at least make sure you spell the correction right!

  54. IlykCheezburger says:

    Wow, that is a tradgic Fail…….Tradgic.

    ~Cheez~


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