bad tattoos

If you ever feel like you're a bad person or call yourself trashy as a joke, boy, do we have some news for you. There's an entire internet's worth of proof that it can get much worse. From parents dragging their children into their toxic drama, to people who have no qualms about being a homewrecker, these garbage people are so awful that they honestly make us feel better about ourselves. We just hope their hypothetical offspring somehow turn out better than their classless parents. 

Getting a tattoo is - or should be - a serious decision. Getting inked up is a hell of a lot easier than getting a hasty tattoo removed. That's why you should never get the name of that person you're absolutely in love with after just a few months of dating. It's also why you need to choose an artist you trust, and try not to request a tattoo when you're under the influence of alcohol or under the influence of stupidity. These awful tattoo fails will probably scare any lackadaisical ink addicts straight.

We've got to hand it to these, uh, aspiring artists. While we respect anyone's desire to pursue a creative outlet, these artisans are showing nothing short of inflated self-esteem. Making crappy art is one thing, but having the gall to charge an exorbitant sum for it, or even tattoo the cringe is where things start to baffle us. Here are some serious offenders.

We're not sure who is more to blame: the people that actually immortalized these images on their bodies, or the so-called tattoo artists that changed these peoples lives forever. Either way, these photos of terrible tattoos are pretty much guaranteed to shock and entertain you - they might even make you lose your lunch. The cringe is real.

Cringe. Cringe everywhere.

They say laughing is therapeutic, so go on and get memeing!

Warning: these tats may cause unhealthy levels of cringe.

These people f***ed up bad.