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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The meth pipe on the neck is …wow yeah

[–] peetabix@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Pretty sure that's a lighter and a spoon for heroin.

[–] thistleboy@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Definitely a bulb for smoking meth.

[–] normalexit@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I agree with you, but it is hard to tell because it appears a third grader drew it.

Edit: the crystal on the chin leads me to believe it is a meth pipe.

Edit 2: but the fiancee's name is crystal, so the plot thickens.

[–] tangonov@lemmy.ca 36 points 2 days ago

Right, the Texas tattoo would be my first priority, too 😅

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 54 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm always resistant to throwing trashy around. It just feels really shitty to judge that on one picture. Some tats, it really can be the angle or lighting that makes a difference.

But, sometimes, you run across a pic like this where there's so many problems I just can't think of a better word for the tattoos.

Bad placements, bad techniques, bad designs, bad everything. Like, if you're gonna do face ink, make sure they're well executed.

There is a certain degree of intentionality to some people's choices of bad tattoos, where it's a form of self expression to have badly done or otherwise bad ink. But this doesn't look like that, it just looks like someone thought these were good and doesn't know better.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 38 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Bad placements, bad techniques, bad designs, bad everything. Like, if you're gonna do face ink, make sure they're well executed.

Lest we forget to specifically mention out "bad content" when there's a meth pipe on his neck

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (7 children)

That looks like a lighter and a spoon.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago

Thought so as well. But someone in here posted another photo where you can see that it's a pipe

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What does that make it, crack or heroin? I don't know much about this topic.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A spoon would make it heroin. You smoke crack out of a pipe just like meth. The tattoo is definitely a meth pipe though.

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[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Maybe just like warm spoons

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 69 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I was trying to figure out WTF is going on here...

The text tattoos, eyebrow, corner of the eye, chest, are all backwards, but Texas is not.

Makes me think he did the text himself whlle looking in a mirror.

People probably tell him "Dude, your tats are backwards!" at which point he looks in a mirror and thinks they look fine.

[–] dicksteele@lemm.ee 58 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The crack pipe under his chin should give away the reason for any of the other tattoo designs

[–] unaccomplishedbottom@lemm.ee 36 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's a meth pipe. Crack pipes are just a tube without the bowl

[–] match@pawb.social 12 points 2 days ago (7 children)

No, it's a spoon being heated up, so heroin

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[–] themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The text on the cap is also backwards, it's just Texas that's the wrong way

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

you know what. reverse texas sounds like a really nice place actually 😌

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[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago

Are they registered at the local meth house?

[–] RizzoTheSmall@lemm.ee 41 points 2 days ago (15 children)

How can you make yourself more unemployable than having a visible face/neck/head tattoo?

It's a badly drawn crack pipe...

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I shouldn't know this but I think it's a meth pipe.

Meth would also explain the other tattoos.

[–] TurnOnTheSunflower@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Or a spoon to heat up heroin perhaps?

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[–] bnrnrtbgd@sh.itjust.works 35 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There's an entire hand covering her face, there's no way to make it "clearer". Might as well let an ai guess what she looks like.

Why not ask them to take another picture? Is this the only one in existence? Did they agree to the wedding invite?

[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 29 points 2 days ago (11 children)

Not sure if this is so much better

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[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Crystals on his chin.

Classy

[–] Hobo@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

You all do realize those are just drawn on with a marker right? If those were real, and fresh enough to have the ink smear, they would be way more red and probably raised a bit.

[–] CanadianCorhen@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 day ago

i REALLY hope you are right

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (13 children)

those tats are entirely real, old, and indistinct because they were put on in prison.

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[–] ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's for church, honey, NEXT!

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