Tattoo artist sued for inking dung instead of Narnia

[Cid_B]

I have nothing to say but... wow...
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Two trailer park residents in Dayton, Ohio are going to be battling this out in court over the next few months.

Tattoo artist, Ryan L. Fitzjerald was hit with a $100,000 lawsuit last week by his ex-girlfriend Rossie Brovent. She claims that her boyfriend was supposed to tattoo a scene from Narnia on her back but instead tattooed an image of a pile of excrement with flies buzzing around it.

Apparently Ryan found out that she had cheated with a long-time friend of his and this was his way of getting even. Originally Rossie tried to have Ryan charged with assault but it turns out this crafty tattoo artist got her to sign a consent form prior to the tattoo and it said that the design was ‘at the artists discretion’, she claims; “he tricked her by drinking a bottle of cheap wine with me and doing tequila shots before I signed it and got the tattoo”. “Actually I was passed out for most of the time, and woke up to this horrible image on my back.”



http://www.veryweirdnews.com/tattoo-artist-facing-civil-lawsuit/

[lonestarnot]

1. Woopsie.

[LARED]

2. She's an imbecile and he should be in jail. nt

[Duer 157099]

3. I'm sorry for laughing

but that's some serious payback, and clever too, and actually not really too harmful in the scheme of things.

[noamnety]

8. How is permanently disfiguring someone

"not harmful"? or even funny?

If a guy cheated on a girlfriend and a woman went after him and gave him a generic set of scars the size of his back, would that be funny and not too harmful?

Not harmful compared to what?

[Duer 157099]

11. Except that she WANTED a tattoo

All he did was put the colors and lines in a different order than what she wanted. And it's on her back, not her face.

I'd say that, in the scheme of things, that's relatively harmless.

[saras]

12. So you'll volunteer for an equally inappropriate interpretation of something you want?

I hope your next doctor has a similar sense of humor, and a similar sense of moralism about something in your behavior.

[Broderick]

25. Scars for life are funny to you?

and you assume she is guilty too? Some guys create fictitious cheating scandals right inside their head based on nothing except there insecurities. And if she did have relations so the fuck what? Are they married? The punishment is life long disfigurement?


Really disappointed someone could remotely find this at all funny.

[LanternWaste]

31. No more, no less than giving a four year old a tattoo...

"I'd say that, in the scheme of things, that's relatively harmless..."

No more, no less than giving a four year old a tattoo-- regardless of form or format. Six of one, half a dozen of the other...

I imagine we'd certainly consider that "relatively harmless" also. :shrug:

[Johonny]

44. because comedy is often tragic

tragedy is when i stub my toe comedy is when you fall into a open manhole and die?
Mel Brooks

The tragic is often comedic or else Daniel Tosh wouldn't have a job.

[sibelian]

63. re para 2 - It would depend very muich on who you asked.

I suspect there are plenty on this site who would find it hilarious. Which is not to say it isn't "harmful" - I'd say it is. Also removal will cost.

[ZombieHorde]

4. Kind of clever, fairly funny, and extremely unethical. nt

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. omg

[tuvor]

6. What's the source? I saw this on ugliesttattoos.com eons ago. n/t

[Cid_B]

9. Sorry..

Left it off... added it to the OP.

Maybe it's BS...

[Junkdrawer]

27. Must be true...It's in the Sun...

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3967502/Tatt-poo-for-cheating.html

[Ohio Joe]

36. It's bullshit. Pic has been floating around the web since at least 2010

http://www.stevenhumour.com/2010/07/28/steaming-pile-back-tattoo/

[redqueen]

40. The story may be.

Understanding of / appreciation for the actions of this hypothetical man is not.

[Ohio Joe]

47. Agreed

I'm trying to look a little closer at this and where it might have come from (the story, not the pic) and it seem to be made up out of thin air. Yet, it has been picked up all over the world with almost nobody realizing it is fake and is not credited to anybody, anywhere.

It is a really fucked up story that seems designed to try and make it seem ok to "mark" women. Anyone that agrees with the premise of the article, agrees that it is ok to premeditate the drugging, assault and disfigurement of women any time they feel inferior. A fucked up attitude to have.

It is also a really fucked up indictment of people the world over that they will STILL believe anything they see because it's on the web. Even "news" organizations reprint shit just because they found it on the web.

Sheesh.

[redqueen]

48. Well in fairness...

it is possible that she only filed the suit recently but the work was done years ago. It is possible that she tried to just 'own it' and move on, and then decided it was worth the humiliation and embarrassment to seek damages.

[Ohio Joe]

50. Could be... I suspect not though

I think if it was real I'd be able to find... something... Anything, on either of the two mentioned people prior to this article. There is not one thing. I don't know... Could be but between the old picture and no sourced (or even local) news reports, I'm betting it's made up.

[Junkdrawer]

51. Exactly. The three "sources" I found were News of the Weird, the Sun, and Manolith.com....

Not exactly credible sources. And then when I confirmed tuvor's memory of the Ugliest Tattoo photo, well, my bullshit meter pegged.

[redqueen]

52. It's more likely that you're right...

however, the reactions to this made-up situation still speak volumes.

[Junkdrawer]

33. RIGHT YOU ARE: PROOF IT'S BULLSHIT

From 2009:

http://ugliesttattoos.failblog.org/2009/12/16/shitty-tattoo/

[WillParkinson]

7. And this is wrong?

Narnia was a pile of crap anyway.

[Odin2005]

10. That's damn fracking evil! What a vile person!

[Morning Dew]

13. "It's poor execution, essentially." - Megyn Kelly

[_eh]

14. When I read "dung", I thought you meant Cheney

Sorry. :rofl:

[alcibiades_mystery]

15. Aaaaachoo-bullshit story

Gezundheit

[CreekDog]

16. I hope he loses big

he's plainly disfigured her.

[Gold Metal Flake]

17. And they vote!

[BiggJawn]

18. Boy, that's gonna be a lot of laser work...

That's really evil, but having 2 ex-wives who had trouble keeping their panties up, I sort of understand...

[noamnety]

32. "Things I sort of understand"

[BiggJawn]

56. No. I don't understand that.

I said I sort of understand his actions, I didn't say I sort of APPROVE his actions, now, DID I?????

[noamnety]

58. I also used the word understand, not approve.

Perhaps if we just threw acid on adulterers' backs, not their faces, people would understand it?
Some folks here might even say thats not so harmful.

[BiggJawn]

57. double post

Ignore this.

[jmowreader]

19. The lesson we should all take away from this is...

DO NOT go to a guy who tattoos in his kitchen!

Especially if you're fucking his best friend.

[ellisonz]

20. That was mean.

:spray:

[Selatius]

21. They're both morons. I hope he goes to prison, and I hope she loses her lawsuit. nt

[adamuu]

22. Just own it. n/t

[noamnety]

23. Some of the responses in this thread

are appalling. People seriously think that women who aren't faithful (to someone they aren't even married to!) deserve disfigurement?

My god. People here are one step away from endorsing stoning as a "clever" form of revenge for cheating. There's some seriously screwed up sexism and sense of ownership over women in this thread.

Longing for the good old days:

[Broderick]

26. Totally agree

Appalling and interestingly I think you are spot on that this is close to condoning stoning. It is usually the wee women hating club members that would remotely find this funny, and think in their mind that she deserved this.

[redqueen]

29. +1

And to think I was actually surprised to see that kind of reaction here.

I should know better by now, really.

[LanternWaste]

34. Agree...

I'd hazard that the metaphorical high-fives being traded illustrated in this thread are little more than one step removed from a male laughing at a woman forced to wear a veil in public-- as it's also "relatively harmless", and "clever but unethical..." and because they're "both morons"... :eyes:

We certainly do seem to advertise our claims on vulgarity in many, many ways.

[Arkansas Granny]

49. +1

I'm sitting here shaking my head at some of the responses. I never expected to see them here.

[Bunny]

55. Yes, it's really disgusting.

And sadly, it's not unexpected, even for here.

[demmiblue]

59. Yep...

DU can be very appalling in terms of sexism.

I wish the admins would take care of the worst offenders.

:(

[redqueen]

66. +10^(10^(100))

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

61. If a woman tattoo artist did the same thing to her BF using the same scenario.....

....what do you think the reaction would be?

[Bunny]

64. What about the MEN???

At long last, won't someone think of the MEN??

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

65. I care about the HUMANS

Anyone who does shit likes this (pardon the pun) should be fucking locked up.

But I have no illusions that if the shoe was on the other foot and it was done to a man there would be.....

A) People who laughed at this, tsk tsking it.
B) People who laughed at it, not posting in the thread
C) People who condemned it, cheering it.
D) People who condemned it, not posting in the thread.

[MichaelMcGuire]

62. spot-on

//Some of the responses in this thread

are appalling. People seriously think that women who aren't faithful (to someone they aren't even married to!) deserve disfigurement?

My god. People here are one step away from endorsing stoning as a "clever" form of revenge for cheating. There's some seriously screwed up sexism and sense of ownership over women in this thread.//

hear hear

[Broderick]

24. So she was guilty until proven innocent

and punished by him in a disfiguring way for life (even if laser'd off) and this was "funny"??? What was his proof she cheated? And if she did cheat, the punishment is this?


WTF is wrong with people.


This just further erodes my perception of people that find this funny in the least.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

28. This is one of those things that is only funny if you don't image what it's like to be the victim.

Having it done to you would be horrible, traumatic, and potentially disfiguring for life (how effective/safe is tattoo removal?)

I'd be amazed if that consent form is relevant, and he belongs in jail.

[redqueen]

30. Is empathy not automatic?

It is, apparently, as some of the commenters who found this amusing/clever/deserved/understandable can obviously empathize with the man who did it.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

35. I think that's slightly harsh.

I don't see any sympathy for the culprit; what I see is a lot of people not really grasping that this is a story about real people.

[redqueen]

42. Even if the story is made up

the reactions to the made up situations are telling.

[noamnety]

41. A comment I read a while back

that stuck with me: Americans tend to identify with and empathize with the oppressors, not the oppressed.

When I read it, written by a nonamerican, I was initially offended. But I've seen it play out so many times I agree with it now.

[redqueen]

43. I just need to move. (nt)

[backtoblue]

37. That's just awful...

That man purposely "branded" this lady as a piece of shit because he had reason to think she cheated on him.... Maybe he should have added the big A on her forehead to go along with it.

[AngryAmish]

38. I call shenanigans

But the stink lines are a nice touch.

[Junkdrawer]

39. DEBUNKED: See posts 33 & 36 above. n/t

[meow mix]

45. it is from narnia.. lions poop ya know.

even "christ-like" ones embroiled in their own hypocrisy

:rofl:

[kudzu22]

46. Ok that is a little bit funny

Important lessons:

1. Don't sign anything when you're drunk.
2. Don't cheat on your tattoo artist.

[Locrian]

53. man....

The amount of time it took for the person to do that to someone is disgusting.

Think about it, the dude sat there and purposely did that to her for how many hours?
That's not just getting even, that's taking it to a whole disturbing and evil level.

[JHB]

54. Y'know, that could be a flame over a stack of stones, with butterflies around...

...some form of Zen motif, though done poorly enough to give a very disserent impression.

[Zhade]

60. I don't support an act like this.

However, I DO support the idea that Narnia = shit.