The 20 Worst Tattoo Fails: From Elmo Sleeves to Skittle Boobs

A simple rule of thumb when contemplating getting a tattoo is this: it's with you FOREVER. As in, ALWAYS. As in, when your decomposing corpse finally becomes worm food again. And while yes, there are tattoo removal options, the lasers leave scars and will serve as an unpleasant reminder of that time you had that Elmo sleeve—IF you can afford the laser, of course. So click on through these 20 examples of why you should rethink that tattoo of Miley Cyrus twerking. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/badtattoos/" target="_blank">Thanks to Reddit for source material.</a>

Never get a tattoo by someone with palsy.

My guess is he doesn't have either.

Can I taste her rainbow?

Wow! He fit the entire fam/

Hell Boy at birth.

Your guess is as good as mine.

Maybe not the best treatment option for body dysmorphia.

Gene Simmons if he were a Berenstain Bear.

I have no idea what that is.

Right over the heart. How quaint.

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We get it, you're snarky. But stick to the cartoon t-shirts, lady.

Cool, bro.

He'll never regret that!

I'm oddly okay with this. Great movie.

She's always watching you.

Everyone grab a marker! Color by numbers!

Abstract bears on a boob. Awesome.

Just, stop.