These days it's honestly kind of surprising to meet someone without any tattoos. Tattoos are becoming more and more popular and so many people have at least one. It's like a common question to ask when meeting someone now. The thing about tattoos though is that they are very permanent. While there is technology now that can laser them away, it's lengthy and expensive.

A tattoo fail is an embarrassing and cringeworthy thing to have to live with and it is just best to avoid them at all cost. Some tattoos are doomed by a bad artist, some are doomed from the start with a bad idea. Sometimes these two things work together to make an absolute nightmare. Reddit's got a few subreddits that feature and shame these massively failed tattoos made by people all over the world. Here are just 25 of them that should encourage anyone to think before they get inked.