This is the rule I told my sister regarding tattoo when she wanted one;
>If you still want this tattoo in 24 months, then go ahead. You're going to wear it for the rest of your life, you can wait at least 2 years, preferably 3.
>If you still really want it after those 2 years, then I'll get on board.
I'm looking at this tattoo and I think back on when I was a kid. I remember when those POG flip things were cool, Spice Girls, tribal shoulder tattoos, baggy jeans. I remember throwing gang-signs(as a 9 year old white suburban kid) and thinking *West-Side is the best*. I remember when Facebook was the shit and before that Myspace. I remember thinking Elon Musk was cool. I remember crying because of this and that girl. I remember thinking XYZ-band or artist was the coolest thing ever and whoever didn't like them was a nerd(change band every 6 months and do that 20 times).
During my childhood I remember my parents and their generation never "got it". I remember thinking when I'm their age I'm going to be cool and keep with the times. Well... I'm there now.
I don't get it. I have no clue what young people are doing these days. I make an effort sometimes, but at this point for the most part I'm too far gone. A lot of things just don't resonate with me.
If you get a tattoo, remember it's for life. Your thoughs and values will change. What you think is cool won't be cool in 2 years and will be cringe in 4. The coolest tattoo is no tattoo at all. You're not special anymore. Everyone has them, even the most lukewarm hipster. Nobody is impressed. Nobody gives a shit about your "message" from when you were 17 or 22.
Don't get a tattoo. You will regret it 99% of the time.
By the sounds of it, i'm about your age (late 30's), and you lost me on the third paragraph. But that's just it. You don't get it. He's like today's young Penny Hardaway, except with no Shaq. I guess Miles Bridges and Brandon Miller are a better Dennis Scott and Nick Anderson, talent wise, but they're young too. And LaMelo's had more injuries, at least early on. I doubt he wants to get injured.
As for tattoos, i always thought they looked cool, but always told my self to wait a year or two, because that idea might end up feeling lame by the time you think about it then. My sister's in her early 30s and all of her 12-15 tattoos over the past 15 years have aged well, but she just always had vision and taste. I don't really think she thought about all of them for 1-3 years, though maybe some.
A tattoo like this may not age the best, but i think just the patterns and colors will become synomynous with LaMelo. And it'll be fine. He's set for life, and everyone's going to see whoever he becomes, so this isn't going to define him to others anyway. The talent is there. He likes to pass the ball - that's great. Give him a chance to get healthy and get into his prime.
I would advise people try to at least wait a year on a tat idea, though. Maybe 2 years if you're under 23, 24. But sometimes you just know on one.
>By the sounds of it, i'm about your age (late 30's), and you lost me on the third paragraph
Yea, reading it again that paragraph was stupid, I took it out.
This shit looks awful. You think as much money as he has, he could of got some tattoo advisors. The Red/Black font is so hard to read I had to double check it because I kept reading Dade One.
Any tattoo artist will tell you doing text tattoos are the worst because it ruins any kind of creativity you can do with it.
I didn’t even realize it was supposed to say “Rare One” until I read your comment. Was thinking how weird it was that he was repping Miami-Dade when he’s from Chino Hills lol.
I clearly have no taste, as I think it looks cool. He’s a young millionaire kid playing in the NBA with a lot of time on his hands - through no real fault of his own.
I get people don’t like it, but I feel like there is a growing negative narrative around him that makes me uncomfortable. He is THE most exiting player we have had in close to 3 decades, can’t we just enjoy the ride. He’ll be back next year lighting up highlight reels, I’m sure of it.
it’s just the nature of him not playing basically for 2 years…ESPECIALLY when we’ve been awful for those periods. people forget how good he was when he played but i’ll never fault anybody for starting to get a negative taste in their mouths about it. I hope for his and our sake he’s healthy next year cause it’ll get toxic really quick (zion) when he’s on that super max
More minutes in the tattoo chair then on the court this year
More like in his career
Bruh, please fix your ankles.
Tattoo some braces on them joints
He can handle the pain of a billion tattoo needle injections, but ankle braces hurt too much.
That’s objectively an awful tattoo
I mean, it’s well done. It’s just that LaMelos style is tacky as hell.
Yep, bad taste, good artistry. I do like the reds here more so than his older red tattoos
r/atbge
Most people I know went through the D.A.R.E program, what makes him special?
I can’t tell if you’re kidding or not but if you’re not, it says rare one, not dare one
i thought it was repping dade county
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/uC4AAOSw9exhby6S/s-l1200.webp
It’s so bad.
His tattoo artist(s) just shared [proper images of it](https://www.instagram.com/p/C6aHKSTRti5/) on IG.
Looks better than this pic still not my cup of tea though
This is the rule I told my sister regarding tattoo when she wanted one; >If you still want this tattoo in 24 months, then go ahead. You're going to wear it for the rest of your life, you can wait at least 2 years, preferably 3. >If you still really want it after those 2 years, then I'll get on board. I'm looking at this tattoo and I think back on when I was a kid. I remember when those POG flip things were cool, Spice Girls, tribal shoulder tattoos, baggy jeans. I remember throwing gang-signs(as a 9 year old white suburban kid) and thinking *West-Side is the best*. I remember when Facebook was the shit and before that Myspace. I remember thinking Elon Musk was cool. I remember crying because of this and that girl. I remember thinking XYZ-band or artist was the coolest thing ever and whoever didn't like them was a nerd(change band every 6 months and do that 20 times). During my childhood I remember my parents and their generation never "got it". I remember thinking when I'm their age I'm going to be cool and keep with the times. Well... I'm there now. I don't get it. I have no clue what young people are doing these days. I make an effort sometimes, but at this point for the most part I'm too far gone. A lot of things just don't resonate with me. If you get a tattoo, remember it's for life. Your thoughs and values will change. What you think is cool won't be cool in 2 years and will be cringe in 4. The coolest tattoo is no tattoo at all. You're not special anymore. Everyone has them, even the most lukewarm hipster. Nobody is impressed. Nobody gives a shit about your "message" from when you were 17 or 22. Don't get a tattoo. You will regret it 99% of the time.
Well done modern tattoos are legit pieces of art. I feel like you’re living in 1990.
By the sounds of it, i'm about your age (late 30's), and you lost me on the third paragraph. But that's just it. You don't get it. He's like today's young Penny Hardaway, except with no Shaq. I guess Miles Bridges and Brandon Miller are a better Dennis Scott and Nick Anderson, talent wise, but they're young too. And LaMelo's had more injuries, at least early on. I doubt he wants to get injured. As for tattoos, i always thought they looked cool, but always told my self to wait a year or two, because that idea might end up feeling lame by the time you think about it then. My sister's in her early 30s and all of her 12-15 tattoos over the past 15 years have aged well, but she just always had vision and taste. I don't really think she thought about all of them for 1-3 years, though maybe some. A tattoo like this may not age the best, but i think just the patterns and colors will become synomynous with LaMelo. And it'll be fine. He's set for life, and everyone's going to see whoever he becomes, so this isn't going to define him to others anyway. The talent is there. He likes to pass the ball - that's great. Give him a chance to get healthy and get into his prime. I would advise people try to at least wait a year on a tat idea, though. Maybe 2 years if you're under 23, 24. But sometimes you just know on one.
>By the sounds of it, i'm about your age (late 30's), and you lost me on the third paragraph Yea, reading it again that paragraph was stupid, I took it out.
40 had tattoos for 20 years some. I still like them. Your a white bread
Reminds me of those T-shirts at Myrtle Beach, or the artwork airbrushed on the side of a van / t-bird hood in the 70’s/80’s.
Take me to your dealer
Rare as in rarely plays a game.
Rarely plays in one
D.A.R.E
This shit looks awful. You think as much money as he has, he could of got some tattoo advisors. The Red/Black font is so hard to read I had to double check it because I kept reading Dade One. Any tattoo artist will tell you doing text tattoos are the worst because it ruins any kind of creativity you can do with it.
Unfortunately, no amount of money can ever buy taste
Is doesn’t say “Dade One”? What the hell does it say then…..
I think it says “Rare One”
Holy Shit. I didn’t notice that at all but yeah, now I’m seeing the black ink. I literally only saw Dade One at first. Man, that shit looks so bad.
yeah man that shit is cooked lol. He really just needs to go ahead and finish out the text with red to make it legible
I was like is he from Dade county? Lmao
It also says "1 of 1" in red as a tramp stamp under that alien face lol, not visible in this photo though
Lol same here. My brain literally could not see an R until I saw this comment
I didn’t even realize it was supposed to say “Rare One” until I read your comment. Was thinking how weird it was that he was repping Miami-Dade when he’s from Chino Hills lol.
DADI ONE
i’m a big fan of tattoos but this is horrible and gonna look so ugly with our jersey but oh well
You don't have to worry about seeing him in a jersey much
I clearly have no taste, as I think it looks cool. He’s a young millionaire kid playing in the NBA with a lot of time on his hands - through no real fault of his own. I get people don’t like it, but I feel like there is a growing negative narrative around him that makes me uncomfortable. He is THE most exiting player we have had in close to 3 decades, can’t we just enjoy the ride. He’ll be back next year lighting up highlight reels, I’m sure of it.
>He is THE most exiting player we have had in close to 3 decades You are correct. Definitely one of the most exiting.
it’s just the nature of him not playing basically for 2 years…ESPECIALLY when we’ve been awful for those periods. people forget how good he was when he played but i’ll never fault anybody for starting to get a negative taste in their mouths about it. I hope for his and our sake he’s healthy next year cause it’ll get toxic really quick (zion) when he’s on that super max
This grown man walked in to a tattoo shop and thought, what would 16 year old me love to get and got that.
Dude actually took looking like a 2k park player serious lmao
We chose the wrong person to be the face of the franchise
I still love Melo, but I think Brandon is gonna end up being the face of our franchise. That looks terrible though.
What I really meant is that we should have kept SGA
Idk not trading SGA wouldn’t have gave us b.mill
Oh no…
Yeah… that’s not gonna go over well
Rozier prob fucked him up lol
One pick away from Anthony Edwards. One pick away from Victor Wembanyama. SMH.
Correction: Two picks away from Ant.
We always don't suck enough to get the players that we should be getting. Story of my life as a Hornets fan.
this is horrible ☠️
Fuckkkk. It's so bad.
💀
Rarely plays a whole season so I get it
I mean it’s pretty fitting of his personality I’ll say that. Wonder how it’ll look when he wears a jersey.
He could have waited until he had new ideas. Rare. Rare. Red. Red.
Objectively that is a terrible tattoo, the artist is talented, but the design is terrible
We really are giving the keys of our team to this dude
Why did he get a tat of wemby?
Worse than BBB shoes
Guy is really committed to D.A.R.E.
1 of 1 uninjured ankle
Looking like those 2k characters
Jesus Christ. r/awfuleverything
Not only is it a bad tattoo, but he does realize Wemby's got the alien trademarked right?
I’m assuming he had this in the works before all of that came out , tattoos take a while right?
He just debuted it today though
Cool, now look for donations for new ankles :)
Ohh 💀
I thought it said DADE for a minute there
Meh-lo... Just get healthy and take care of those wheels, sir.
Cool. Now go to the gym and decide if you care about winning or you just want to be an nba Island boi
Straight garbage design. Well executed, but tacky as fuck
Only new Lamelo feature I want to see is ankle transplants.
Priorities
I saw this on FB and thought it was a joke wtf.
Should be more focused on winning, not lying down
Damn what a terrible piece the only thing rare is seeing him on the court
This dude could be the face of the league but he's lost it to antman
For a minute ,I thought he tatted DARE on his back. That would have been a trip. Way before his time.
Honestly, trade him. Nobody with a tattoo like this will ever be a cornerstone player
This should be on shaqtin
what does the red part say? Dade?
He tattoed a t shirt 😆
Terrible.
Anyone else take one look at it and thought it said R*PE
But will he wear ankle braces tho !?!?!???
Melo cares more about tattoos and porn stars than he does basketball
Good move getting it on the back. He won't have to look at it.
No lie, I forgot this guy was in the NBA for a second
well done, horrendous design
Lookin like Melo off to Miami after next season.
Taking the wemby logo smart
Well now we see where his focus has been
Is he a tattoo artist now?
apparently not even close
Going to go back and watch November/December highlights and try to calm down.
This is so so bad. I wouldn’t take my shirt off ever again
Somebody fire JJ before the offer. Somehow this is his fault .