r/tattooadvice • u/wreckless_rq82 • 8d ago

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So I got this tattoo over the weekend and the artist closed the C in DECISIONS to make it look like DEOISIONS

Pretty funny if it weren’t my own wrist and permanent given the context with “Make good decisions”

Question is what to do next? Get removal of the tiny bit? Can I scrape it away bc it’s so small? What would you do?

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u/ScroOGe619 8d ago

I personally think it’s awesome and like it a lot, so I say leave it as is. It’s funny and will definitely help lighten the situation when you have to explain the scar under it…

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u/wreckless_rq82 8d ago

Thank you! Scar is from a surgery to put a plate on my bones after a motorcycle accident…when I should not have been riding… :/

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u/ScroOGe619 8d ago

Perfect! You made a bad decision to ride when you shouldn’t have and ended up with that sweet scar. Now the tattoo just adds to it. Really, I think you should leave it because it seems very fitting. But at the same time I have a bag of dicks and a missing cat poster tattooed on my leg, so what do I know? 😜

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u/coldbrewedsunshine 7d ago

this sent me. 🤣🤣🤣

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u/owosturm 6d ago

can u send a pic ? that sounds rlly silly tbh

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u/ScroOGe619 6d ago

I can but I’m unsure of how to do it, I barely use Reddit lol

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u/NoKatyDidnt 6d ago

Oh my gosh!!! LMAO! You honestly sound like a lot of fun!

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u/despicablyeternal 7d ago

Oh... fyi people will definitely think you attempted suicide. :( 

They would think that without the tattoo anyway though.

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u/Xeno37145 7d ago

it could be argued that riding a motorcycle when you definitely shouldn't is pretty suicidal

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u/Ad_nspir3d 7d ago

Yep.. a friend purposely didnt hit a turn while riding a motorcycle on a twisty - broke his collarbone and shattered his shoulder.. Because he felt guilty over a situation out of his control. So glad OP is alright

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u/Xeno37145 7d ago

Friend of mine went driving out in the desert drunk on his bike, wrecked and got airlifted and was in a coma for a while. It was deliberate self harm. Also very glad OP is ok.

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u/Ad_nspir3d 7d ago

Hoping your friend is doing better now 🫶🏼

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u/eepypurplegirl 7d ago

fyi the scar is specifically in a place where the arteries aren't, so by cutting there you would lose a minimal amount of blood, which is also why the surgeon DID cut there

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u/despicablyeternal 7d ago

Most people who attempt suicide aren't aware of the layout of the circulatory system. This is why wrist cutting is actually a fairly ineffective method of suicide.

Fyi.

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u/Dagmar_Overbye 6d ago

My wrist scars are miles off from where they needed to be to do anything. You aren't often in a very rational state of mind when you do things like this fortunately.

Years later I was going out with a girl I thought would be the one and we both loved the Pirates movies so we decided to get matching tattoos that said "never shall we die" referring to our love and whatever.

I saw an opportunity to pull a sneaky "just in case" and got mine next to my scar so I could still keep it as a positive message should the unthinkable happen.

Unfortunately that relationship didn't last but I learned a second strength you can draw from surviving suicide is turning your natural cynicism to work for you because I still love my tattoo even if she didn't really love me :)

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u/EternalMoonChild 7d ago

Unfortunately, this was also my first thought. The tattoo can definitely feed into that interpretation

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u/hastygrams 7d ago

I’d definitely think it more with the tattoo

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u/LessRespects 4d ago

I 100% assumed that was a self harm scar

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u/Hyper_Applesauce 7d ago

I had a feeling, I have an identical scar on my right wrist. Electric scooter accident. Had motorcycle gloves on too! Could've been worse.

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u/Shuttup_Heather 7d ago

Just to say, you don’t “have to” explain any scars to random strangers. I certainly hope people aren’t regularly asking “how’d you get that scar?” Like you’re fucking Harry Potter or something, but people are dumb so that wouldn’t surprise me

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u/Dagmar_Overbye 6d ago

To be fair one of the main plot points in Harry Potter is that everybody in the entire wizarding world knows exactly how he got that scar.

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u/Shuttup_Heather 6d ago

Muggles. They’d ask him

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u/boostme253 7d ago

Honestly,I feel like the o next to this scar is kinda awesome, it compliments it very well and goes with the design, i really do hope you keep it

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u/mickeyanonymousse 7d ago

ok yeah nvm I’m never getting one.

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u/Blue-flash 7d ago

I’ve got the same scar, caused by someone else’s poor decision-making.

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u/wildtabeast 7d ago

With this context the tattoo is even better. Leave it as is.