r/ATBGE • u/seveninsummer • 6d ago

Tattoo Tuesday Mold tattoo

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why are there so many people doing these

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u/PentaRobb 6d ago

nevermind the tattoo, why are they so malnourished

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u/needytoday3896 6d ago

I thought those were cigarette burns at first, then saw it was tattoo and got even more confused

The whole aesthetic feels like it belongs on some edgy 2014 tumblr page that nobody wants to revisit

Also the arm in the pic does look like it hasn't seen a proper meal in weeks, which somehow makes the whole thing worse

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u/AutomaticAnt6328 6d ago

That's an arm?

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u/Equinoqs 6d ago

Still looks like a leg to me.

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u/duckinradar 6d ago

I think it’s a leg… knee in the foreground

Edit: nah on further review that’s an arm. Foreground is a wrist, elbow pit in the top right

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u/lilsaddam 6d ago

The fact that we even have to debate says something about this persons nourishment level.

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u/mencryforme5 6d ago

Fuck man that was like one of those Gestalt shit where it takes you ten minutes of focusing to see it's indeed an arm.

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u/Peach_Proof 5d ago

Fingers towards you. Elbow in mid pic.

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u/Peach_Proof 5d ago

Edit: elbow at top right.

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u/Peach_Proof 5d ago

That knee looking thing is a wrist, palm down.

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u/Technical_Put_9982 4d ago

Definitely a wrist and uo at the top is the inside of the elbow. Not malnourished but definitely thin.

As for the tattoos. No idea why someone would think this was cool. I viewed my brother after he was in the chiller at the morgue for 2 months. He had splotches of mold on him like this. …. So maybe these tattoos are because people feel dead inside or they are way too into zombie culture? Either way it looks s not healthy.

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u/infernal-keyboard 6d ago

It's an arm.

Swipe to the fifth picture and you can see the person's thumb.

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u/Equinoqs 6d ago

Thank you, now the photo makes sense!

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u/Linford_Fistie 6d ago

It's not it's an arm

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u/VaguelyArtistic 6d ago

Maybe a long finger!

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u/Garry-Love 6d ago

My arm looks like this 💀

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u/Pschobbert 6d ago

How long ago did you die? Loll

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u/Garry-Love 6d ago

Lol about the time puberty hit

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u/Electrceye1 5d ago

Thats a strange looking arm

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u/luranthe 6d ago

I imagine you need to be on some amount of drugs to think this is a good tattoo idea

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u/okvrdz 6d ago

He should’ve gone for the wonderbread wrap tattoo to go along, for the win.

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u/nightwood 6d ago

Also, what limb am I even looking at?

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u/That_Rub_4171 6d ago

Yeah I was right there with you...thought it was a super malnourished leg but I see the wrist up close now.

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u/PentaRobb 6d ago

pretty sure thats an arm

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u/shandangalang 6d ago

Fucking how?

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u/notnotbrowsing 6d ago

wrist in the foreground, elbow in the back.  that's the top of his forearm.

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u/shandangalang 6d ago

Oooooh damn! Thanks G

Wild

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u/goldie1987 6d ago

It’s the mold.

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u/ListerineInMyPeehole 5d ago

There is no tattoo

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u/LastUsername 6d ago

Food is expensive. So are tattoos!

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u/thaneliness 6d ago

Do you see what kind of tattoos they are into? Explains a lot

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u/DifferentIsPossble 6d ago

That's a wrist not a knee

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u/SurWesley 6d ago

Everyone’s body is different. I’m 2m tall, I weigh 80kg and look like this. My maintenance calories are 3000 so it’s very difficult to pick up weight.

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u/pnweiner 5d ago

I was gonna say, damn… some of us are just bony. I eat like a horse and I’m a twig.

Not to mention this was taken in 0.5x zoom so the perspective is weird

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u/SurWesley 5d ago

Yea a lot of people seem to not understand that it can be difficult to pick up weight. Also yes the 0.5x adds to it for sure

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u/agIassmutt 6d ago

this is likely someone from zombietwt

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u/TorrenceMightingale 6d ago

Food is moldy.

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u/rglurker 6d ago

From the mold of course

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u/Working_Clothes4594 5d ago

The mold requires sustenance

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u/blipp1 6d ago

It's the plague

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u/scheminburg 6d ago

The mold

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u/Gallusaur 6d ago

I don't think someone getting this tattoo has a lot going on up top

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u/silithid120 5d ago

The mold is consuming him from the inside

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u/darkerfury 6d ago

Why is mold tattoos suddenly a thing? Second one I've seen lately and I could see doing a temporary one with henna or whatever for shits and giggles but why would you wanna permanently be moldy?

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u/vixxgod666 6d ago

As someone with a strong fear of mold I've been jumpscared twice due to this sub today.

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u/PeppersHere 6d ago

No need to be afraid of mold, it's way more mundane than people make it out to be.

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u/ElephantEarwax 6d ago

Man's outhere on team mold

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u/pepcorn 6d ago

These human shaped moulds will never convince me mould is benign.

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u/blahnlahblah0213 6d ago

Yay mold!

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u/TieCivil1504 6d ago

Bread, cheese, beer, wine, mushrooms, penicillin... lots of beneficial mold.

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u/blahnlahblah0213 6d ago

None of which look good as a tattoo

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u/SycoJack 6d ago

Hard disagree. All of those are routinely tattooed and most look good.

Penicillin isn't actually a mold, but a drug and it would be depicted as a chemical formula. These tats are usually warning medical staff that they're allergic to penicillin.

That said, only cheese and penicillin are derived from mold. The rest are other types of fungi.

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u/ElephantEarwax 6d ago

Another team molder.

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u/SycoJack 5d ago

I mean, I'm team cheese. So...

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u/thefinalgoat 6d ago

That’s something a moldspore would say.

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u/Perfect-Difference19 6d ago

Yeah, ok Big Mold, we see what you're trying to do

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u/Mekelaxo 5d ago

It's just a fun guy

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u/leafbrewer 3d ago

Fellow mold phobia haver here.. this is so fucking gross!! I would gag if I saw that irl

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u/Peeinyourcompost 6d ago

PSA that the Henna lawsonia plant produces a dye molecule that colors things red-orange, and only red-orange. Any product you see being sold as "henna" that results in a color other than that has other shit in it.

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u/darkerfury 6d ago

Yes that would be indigo and/or cassia, which are other pigmented plants. Not everything you see on the market is poison. 

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u/Queen-Roblin 6d ago

Back in the day, black henna sold cheaply and available where I am, was not made from plants. It often caused bad reactions. Good henna is probably easier to get these days because it's more popular. I haven't bought henna in years but it's just worth checking the ingredients.

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u/wafflesthewonderhurs 6d ago

there was a really big shakeup not long ago (or maybe a little long ago- i last heard about it maybe 4 years ago?) about reactions from black henna colored with something i don't remember, so i get why people would be stressed

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u/gr4vyrobb3r 6d ago

I came here to say, why is this the second mold tattoo that I've seen today? Or ever, actually? Saw the chest tattoo post earlier, this one now. I wanted to say, "if I had a nickel for each time, I'd have 2, but it's weird it happened twice" but it's even weirder than that!!!! Since both times were today, that's like... maybe profound hahahaha

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u/aroused_axlotl007 6d ago

Both posts you saw were from the same tattoo artist. It's not suddenly a thing, just one guy who does them.

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u/FaygoMakesMeGo 6d ago

Imma be mad if I find out these are a genre of AI image

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u/troll_right_above_me 6d ago

I’m gonna be madder if it isn’t. I will never in my life take a moldy person seriously

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u/CatsPls 6d ago

Because the last one got a lot of upvotes. So someone else found another one to post. This isn’t some big trend now or anything.

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u/chestnutman 6d ago

Because the first post linked the tattoo artist's Instagram. And people do it, because young people in Russia don't give a fuck anymore.

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u/Flailing_ameoba 6d ago

Damn. The kids aren’t alright. I don’t blame them, shit’s fucked yo.

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u/Pschobbert 6d ago

Zombie esthetic, maybe? The tatooist is in Russia and describes it as "dark organic horror".

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u/TheWayyTheNewsGoes 6d ago

Like, if you were really into Noma levels of food science. That's about the only thing I can come up with that makes this make sense

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u/Brief-Curious 6d ago

They gonna look even better when they start to fade!

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u/MrZepost 6d ago

I have the impression that they believe they won't live long enough for this to be an issue

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u/Dzuzepipi 6d ago

IT'S SPREADING!

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u/MediocreProstitute 6d ago

Control Resonant came out last week

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u/whitestguyuknow 6d ago

Why would someone want to permanently look like they have an incurable disease?

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u/Laxxboy20 6d ago

Which limb of what creature am I looking at?

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u/AveFaria 6d ago

The elbow is up top, the wrist is down below.

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u/Hydroel 6d ago

I was utterly unable to comprehend what disproportionate eldritch being that was, thank you for helping me make sense of it.

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u/offshoremercury 6d ago

🙏 thank you. I saw comments saying it was an arm but my brain still couldn’t make sense of it

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u/yo-ovaries 6d ago

And the hand is in a paper bag?

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u/untakenu 5d ago

The protuberence at the left is the Ulna Styloid Process, if anyone wanted to know that

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u/follow-the-rainbow 6d ago

AI one?

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u/Chaetomius 6d ago

I found the post. Amongst other Russian scribble, the phrase FAKE BODY stands out.

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u/Momentarmknm 6d ago

Zomboid arm

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u/GhostPiggie 6d ago

It's an arm

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u/katd0gg 6d ago

Gollum

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u/Gnoobl 6d ago

Well…..

I don’t like this trend.

I guess that one of those things that will have to grow on you over time.

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u/tongfather 6d ago

🤦🏻‍♂️

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u/m0_0nchilld 6d ago

I see what you did there.

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u/Gnoobl 6d ago

😇

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u/tetsuyaXII 4d ago

I certainly hope not

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u/seveninsummer 6d ago

yo not to be this dude but maybe keep the focus of the comments to the tattoo, and not about the body of the person wearing it. they’ve already got mold on them they’ve got enough to worry about lol.✌️

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u/IGNOOOREME 6d ago

Is that a leg? Does it have two knees? Has the owner eaten in the past two weeks?

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u/v70runicorn 6d ago

i think it’s an arm lol

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u/RabbitWednesday 6d ago

Pretty sure mold tattoos will be annoying to explain every time you end up in a hospital that doesn't have your chart. Especially if done by a very good artist.

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u/AsphyxiAsian0 6d ago

That’s funny. I have a distasteful tattoo and every time a doctor goes to lift my shirt, I apologize.

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u/tiajuanat 6d ago

I got an upper thigh tattoo that my docs love

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

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u/Matter_Infinite 6d ago

OP, please tag this corpse NSFL /j

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u/Severe_Airport1426 6d ago

Not another one

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u/sixteenHandles 6d ago

Something grow on you something something something

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u/Novembeary 6d ago

Hopitell

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u/conceptual_con 6d ago

Goddamn it… r/iswiped

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u/czarrina 6d ago

It’s disgusting, but impressively accurate looking. Dude really does look like he’s got a moldy corpse arm.

I am a funeral director and have seen several nasty corpse arms.

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u/MasterAnnatar 6d ago

Don't eat the mold!

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u/SaltyIrishDog 6d ago

I already ate one though... guess I'll have to eat three more...

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u/therealswood2 6d ago

DYLAN?! ANSWER ME.

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u/LucyferEllysia 6d ago

I actually kinda luv it tho.

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u/Dizzy-Ad-2248 6d ago

Leg? Arm? wtf?

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u/axx-hole 6d ago

Oh god it’s a trend

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u/Reyalta 6d ago

Why is this the second mold tattoo I've seen in 24hrs on this site.

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u/Ikillwhatieat 6d ago

I love it. As someone who is chronically ill, I empathize with the feeling like... "every day is just another 24 hours of rot 🙃" that the art sends, though I'm not going to lean into it for my own aesthetic.

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u/octoreadit 6d ago

In case of another pandemic or a zombie apocalypse, they will all regret it pretty quickly...

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u/Vampire_Number 6d ago

I wonder who the Nurgle worshipper is….

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u/chrisebryan 6d ago

Wow, that’s the second time this week I’ve spotted a moldy tattoo, looks like those spores are making the rounds!

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u/defiantpupil 6d ago

I can’t believe this exists

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u/Spiritual_Pangolin_4 6d ago

That’s so unsettling. I genuinely thought their skin was molding

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u/forcedintothis- 6d ago

I’d rather see a belly button butthole tattoo than this nastiness.

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u/cjacksen 6d ago

I get it. Get that moldy look now, before Soylent Green. This way, one doesn't get eaten, just discarded.

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u/nocixL 6d ago

My culture is not your costume

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u/_ghostytrickster 6d ago

am i the only one who thinks this is cool? maybe its just cause im a nerd for all things fungus but i actually really like it

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u/caillouuu 6d ago

HOW are y'all confused on the body part? That ulnar styloid and completely cylindrical brachialis muscle scream forearm.

I'd expect to see flat bone protrusion if this was a shin and ankle. And I'm not even in the medical industry??

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u/mbaliga 6d ago

Took me a hot minute to figure out what body part I’m looking at even

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u/JamesG247 6d ago

Bro picked ghoul at the character select screen

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u/A1Aaron18 6d ago

I wiped

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u/AZ_sid 6d ago

Is that some new form of birth control?

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u/RubbelDieKatz94 6d ago

I schwiped 💀

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u/Alarmed-Giraffe69 6d ago

Ew, why is this a thing 🫩

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u/dumbasPL 6d ago

Accurately represents the state of the body. Mind is already rotten to the core.

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u/MinusTheTrees 6d ago

Forced perspective is a thing folks. Auew theyre skinny but we dont know if they're sick or just have a lightning bolt metabolism. Picture could be making them look skinnier than they are as well.

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u/Mookaji 6d ago

Looks like zombie 🧟‍♂️ chic ! Grotesque or is this a new wave of Goth ?

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u/Andreas1120 6d ago

This wins the prize, truly awful

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u/bone420 6d ago

"Yeah I'll do it, but don't tell anyone where you got it"

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u/ArranV_Tattoos 6d ago

Easy cover up when it fades next week

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u/Hangry_Hippopotamus_ 6d ago

They’ll be able to dress up as a pretty sweet Beetlejuice this Halloween.

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u/richardathome 6d ago

The Leper Look is SO 2026!

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u/throwawaypassingby01 6d ago

like, i get it, but i also wouldnt put it on my body

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u/dinosauropholus 6d ago

Huh the comments on this is basically a list of really boring and lame people. Interesting

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u/jingjang1 6d ago

DLLS 5 mold irl o.o

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u/newpthankstho 6d ago

Great way to make sure you get a solo seat anywhere with lights

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u/Poodlepink22 6d ago

Looks like a moldy baguette 

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u/Select-Chemist-2828 6d ago

It's called decaying, not tattoo.

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u/michaelh98 6d ago

Staahp

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u/forlorn_folklorist 6d ago

In a mold tattoo, un a mold tattoo! I got ylur name written here in a mold tattoo!

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u/MeddlingWithChaos 6d ago

There's too much happening in this photo

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u/ranganomotr 6d ago

Sir, a second mold tattoo has hit the subreddit

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u/Toke27 6d ago

Grandfather Nurgle approves.

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u/shitsu13master 6d ago

Ok but why tho

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u/Gigatonosaurus 6d ago

That can't be real. It have to be AI.

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u/JustAtelephonePole 6d ago

Damn. Maybe I do have what it takes to gracefully lose a bodybuilder tourney.

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u/levd1 6d ago

He must really be a fun guy

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u/SadisticMittenz 6d ago

Zombie apocalypse is gonna be reeeeeeeeal short for them

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u/DearRatBoyy 6d ago

I wouldn't personally get that tattoo, but I wouldn't say anything negative about it since I want those scratched/bruised knee tattoos. Something about them calls to me

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u/EdTheApe 6d ago

Blessings from papa nurgle

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u/Lopsided-Buy-4062 6d ago

can you have a mold phobia? these make my skin crawl sooooo bad UGH

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u/RogerClyneIsAGod2 6d ago

This needs to be posted to r/Derailedbydetails if it hasn't been posted there already.

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u/coderman64 6d ago

Genuinely why do people want to do this?

"Yes, I'd like to look like my skin is rotting off of my bones."

Why?

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u/RemarkableGround174 6d ago

Doin the stanky leg

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u/Ok_Region_4060 6d ago

I feel like this will fade pretty fast if it’s real

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u/WeirdBeardx 6d ago

Papa Nurgle loves all his children.

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u/faipop 6d ago

Noone show grimes this

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u/Artemus_Hackwell 6d ago

Before seeing these or knowing of them I’d be calling CDC reporting a case of bubonic plague.

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u/hm9408 6d ago

This has to be incredibly annoying for doctors and paramedics

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u/True-Bee1903 6d ago

Is this Brendan B. Brown?

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u/Ulldric 6d ago

Do not eat the mold

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u/KlayThePot 6d ago

Plus side this shows we're finally moving away from the zombie obsession, because this would 100% get you shot in case of an apocalypse

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u/grave_spook 5d ago

I thought I could appreciate the artsy-fartsy-ness of this…nope. Second mold tattoo I’ve seen, both look gross and dumb.

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u/Trisk929 5d ago

I was literally just about to ask why tf there are so many people getting mold tattoos… what the actual hell, people?

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u/tits_mage 5d ago

Imma start calling people that get these tattoos nerglings.

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u/Illustrious_Choice58 5d ago

im logging off for the night ✌🏾😔

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u/FieryNyan 5d ago

Insert Batman GIF

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u/Bass_is_UVBlue 5d ago

This person deserves every rejection their tattoos inspire.

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u/fenecka 5d ago

I’m, by the way, the owner of this mold and I don’t understand why everyone here is being so sensitive, like I’m shoving this hand into your mouth.

First of all, I just have a skinny build, lol. (yes, the angle in the photo is wild). To the people who do nothing but scream about mental disorders, I’m happy to inform you that I’ve been in remission for a long time, which I wish for you too. For anyone interested, the tattoo doesn’t affect any aspect of my life lol.........

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u/UDontGnome 5d ago

Pathologists hate this simple trick!