• JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
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    14 hours ago

    I have a friend who got a Chinese letter tattoo on his arm.

    It was supposed to say “Strength” or some such, but it was actually the word for “arm”.

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      I’ve often thought, were I to ever get tattoos, it would have to start with RIGHT and LEFT on the backs of my hands.

      Maybe even reversed, as a test for people when they see them.
      Do they notice?
      Will they say something?

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        13 hours ago

        Personally my favorite tattoo of an idea to play with the viewers ignorance. I want a tattoo that is just “Leviticus 19:28” as a fun poke at people who get bible verse tattoos.

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        14 hours ago

        I write a big “L” on the toe of my right boot and a big “R” on the toe of the left.

        It’s amazing how many people it triggers

        Yes, I’m a cunt

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      There are short videos on YouTube (search for “westerners’ Chinese tattoos”) where a Chinese person reads out what some of those tattoos translate to, some are hilarious, others just gibberish…

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        12 hours ago

        I would guess that the tattooer had no clue. That is incompetence better explains this than malice