Inked Mag Staff
June 1st, 2018
17 Bad Choices? Or Bad Tattoos? Or Both? You Decide!
Hope your ink is better than this! We all make mistakes. We all make bad choices. However, when that bad choice is made is made when getting inked the consequences…
Hope your ink is better than this!
We all make mistakes. We all make bad choices. However, when that bad choice is made is made when getting inked the consequences are a bit graver than let’s say that fauxhawk haircut you had as a teen. And yes, there are far more life altering bad decisions one can make than a bad tat, but maybe none as funny…well, just as long as the person with the questionable ink is not you!
Here are some of those questionable tattoo decisions. We are not passing judgement here…let’s just say we think a little more thought in the concept or research in the artist chosen may have knocked them out of this list.

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