By now, everyone probably knows that tattoos are permanent. And yet, that doesn’t stop people from getting truly awful ones, time and time again. At the very least, they make for great lessons and even better comic relief.

Below, we’ve gathered some truly unfortunate tattoo fails shared in a subreddit dedicated to bad ink. Scroll down to see them, and let them serve as a reminder to always think twice before committing to something that will stay on your body forever.

#1 Daughter Of A Friend Paid $300 For This

#2 Cover Up / Touch Up From A Local “Artist”

#3 Blacked Out Fingertips

#4 New Real Estate Agent Tattoos Every House He Sold This Year

#5 More From The Disney Tattoo Community

#6 Girl I Went To School With Got Tats From One Of Her Friends In Some Dingy House

#7 Give Me That School Desk Makeover

#8 My Crane Tat

#9 From A Local Shop’s Page…

#10 Influencer Gives Herself Freckles And Temp Blindness

#11 “I Never Had A Client Be Unhappy With Their Tattoo” (Messages In The Pics)

#12 My Local Tattoo Shop Is Worse Than Yours

#13 Awesome Rodent Tattoo

#14 How Can I Cover Up This Mistake I Made At 18

#15 Terrible Face Tattoos

#16 A Tattoo Only A Mother Could Love

#17 Local Artist Who Likes To Intimidate Other Tattoo Artists Encroaching On His Turf

#18 “A Carbon Copy Of The Original”

#19 Have Never Seen This Concept Well Done

#20 Got Banned From An Animal Crossing Group Five Years Ago For Asking If They Were Real

#21 It Looks Like A Disease

#22 Rip 😢

#23 Yikes!😬

#24 Am I Hater Or Is This A Bad Tat?

#25 What I Asked For vs. What I Got

#26 My 65 Year Old Mom Is Going Through A Phase

#27 “Cover-Up”

#28 Saw This On Facebook. Tagged A Pmu Artist Turned Tattoo Artist :///

#29 Tale As Old As Time

#30 Not Sure If “Bad Decisions” Belong In This Group Or Not, But

#31 Toxicity

#32 Ring Tattoo… Getting Divorced

#33 Got My First Tat And Im Not Happy 🙁

#34 It Would Have Been So Easy For The Kid To Have Gotten Hurt Bro

#35 Is My Tattoo Bad After I Burned Myself?

I work at a coffee shop and spilled hot water on my arm a few months ago. The burn was horrible, but healed. Unfortunately it left my sword looking a little crooked at the tip. Is the tattoo horrible looking now?