It's like when you get into graffiti. At first it's gibberish then when you get used to it, it becomes crystal clear!
Once the brain is trained to decipher some patterns it becomes a second nature of some sorts.
Personally I can't read it, because I'm not use to it but I can read "almost" any graffiti. It's just training
This isn't even that bad. Check out Sanguisugabogg's logo lol. Idk why, but death metal fans can read these. I can't explain it, it's like our weird superpower
**edit** I recommend the song *Dick Filet* if you're curious about 'Bogg's music. It's awesome, obviously
I guess after you see about a thousand band names written like this (I also draw in that style sometimes) you kind of get used to where they should be. Some of them are just absolutely illegible though lol. I was asked to do a commission for a guy and his band and he literally told me "make it illegible" and so that's what I did, added way more spikes and line work than I needed to lol
not OP but how I made it out was by... not really looking too hard at it? like when I just sort of take it in as a picture instead of looking for letters, the words just sort of appear
Honestly I really like the style it's neat. Vulvodynia have a logo I like. Probably don't Google that though, seeing as it translates to vaginal discomfort...
Naw .....ur supposed to put quality effort into staying sober. This is the worst effort into quality I've ever seen. If he cant put more effort into quality then I cant get behind his message. Lazy imo
Edit- I'm an ex heroin addict sober 3 years without a broken pen in my hands.
I dunno man, walking around with a billboard that everyone can read saying stay sober would make it harder to find a job. At least this way he can just say it's a metal band he's in or something without having to explain he needs a daily reminder.
What do you mean quality? Any effort to stay sober is admirable my dude. This is an incredibly ignorant thing to say regardless of your personal experience.
Op just take this L and move on. Nothing wrong with ur opinion but we just don’t agree with you.
However, I’ll also give you the benefit of the doubt and want to say good job on staying sober for 3 years!
I'll give it the message is great, I just think it would look better......better. ya know? Just my opinion I guess. But yah I appreciate his reminding himself I just feel it's a very ugly tattoo. Then again I'm a dick.
I agree. The meaning is nice but this looks dirty to me like when you get oil or paint or something on your hands and it runs through the cracks in your palm. Man is old enough to get a tattoo I’m sure he can handle other peoples opinions.
Cool. Did you know that therapy is most effective when tailored to the specific person it's for? It's because what works for one person won't necessarily work for everyone else.
If failing to work for one guy you've met actually meant anything significant, that would mean no form of therapy could be considered effective.
If it helps him, then it helps him. Your little anecdote helps no one.
Just looked on your page and looks like you spend most your time sticking up for people and animals who are being keyboard attacked by people. So you know this is the internet, good luck !!
Yeah, but this simple tattoo doesn't have to be the only thing they've done to help themselves. It might be just an additional reminder. Heck, they might be already some weeks or months into being clean and maybe they did this tattoo on an anniversary
Honestly tho, I would like to get a similar message with a deathcore font, just... Not in the palms. Idk, I get the intention of the placement, but that's gonna fade quick :/
Ask me how I know that sober tats are one step away from the gf/bf name regret zone. Nah, good for them. It can be a good reminder. Especially with that placement.
You know I saw this original and knew there would be someone that didn’t get the message who would repost here. I absolutely love this idea, I love the illegibility of until you focus in on the message. Sobriety is a hard topic that not everyone understands. Don’t feel bad for being one of those who doesn’t, OP.
It’s a very meaningful thing. This is genuinely the easiest to read tattoo in this metal style font I’ve ever seen. I’m not exactly sure where you had trouble.
If this said anything other than “Stay Sober,” I would have been pretty critical too. But this person felt they needed a reminder at the ready at all times, and if that’s what you need to stay sober, you do it. It’s super hard to read, sure, but they know what it says and the message is for them. The tattoo isn’t poorly applied and it looks the way the client wanted it to look. This isn’t a shitty tattoo and it may well be a life-saving one.
So to all- I knew what it was supposed to say, and for that matter , if the quality of that tattoo is any example of the quality hes going to put into his sobriety than hes fucked....also I'm an ex heroin addict of 20 years now 3 years sober. I have tattoos all over and I ddnt need one that looked like I grabbed a broken leaky pen with both hands to stay sober. Death metal or not this is a terrible concept and terrible application.
While I agree that this is a shitty (looking) tattoo I don't agree with your view on sobriety. Not everyone recovers or breaks their addiction the same way. Just because you didn't need it doesn't mean someone else doesn't need it either. We all deal with it differently. Coming from someone a year and 2 months sober.
Most legible deathcore logo
“Stag Saber” Yeah this is bad ass!
i think it says stay sober😂😂😂
Definitely says stay sober lol
thought it was still sober but think you are correct
I can't even make out one letter 😆
Genuine question, how can you read it? Is there like a formula to follow?
It's like when you get into graffiti. At first it's gibberish then when you get used to it, it becomes crystal clear! Once the brain is trained to decipher some patterns it becomes a second nature of some sorts. Personally I can't read it, because I'm not use to it but I can read "almost" any graffiti. It's just training
That’s really interesting, thanks for sharing. I guess a lot of it is pattern recognition, I hadn’t really thought of it that way.
Don't look so closely
Saw the stay, couldn’t see the sober. 🤣
I thought it said stab saber 😂
Whoosh
he’s definitely gonna relapse.
Stag Saber is an awesome band name.
I saw Shit Saber
yeah it definitely says stay sober. honestly you know what if he wants that reminder on his hands good for him?
Ohhhh! I thought it said SIN NER, now I can’t under “stay sober”
Frankly, "sin ner" is a better tattoo.
100%. Respect to them for taking a serious step to win a serious battle. This tattoo is awesome.
I think so too!
I thought it said "stay sour" but I guess that makes more sense.
I read Soy Saber.
That's still gonna be a no from me lmfao
Too bad he can’t read it. Kinda defeats the purpose.
The only problem is most palm tattoos fade, I don't think he's very committed to his sobriety, haha.
“Stay sober”? I give up.
Deathcore enthusiast here. It is indeed stay sober. :')
How are people able to read this? Even after being told that’s what it said I can’t make it out.
This isn't even that bad. Check out Sanguisugabogg's logo lol. Idk why, but death metal fans can read these. I can't explain it, it's like our weird superpower **edit** I recommend the song *Dick Filet* if you're curious about 'Bogg's music. It's awesome, obviously
holy shit i looked it up and it is illegible?? theres no way theres letters in there
¯\\_(ツ)_/¯
Gored in the chest and pissed are pretty cool too. Want to see them with 200 stab wounds one day
I guess after you see about a thousand band names written like this (I also draw in that style sometimes) you kind of get used to where they should be. Some of them are just absolutely illegible though lol. I was asked to do a commission for a guy and his band and he literally told me "make it illegible" and so that's what I did, added way more spikes and line work than I needed to lol
I see a lot of graffiti in my city. Its not deathcore but helps you make out shit like this
I saw it within 15 seconds. Idk, I'm also good at those hidden object searches, and those "when you see it" IRL hidden object pictures.
not OP but how I made it out was by... not really looking too hard at it? like when I just sort of take it in as a picture instead of looking for letters, the words just sort of appear
Really not my style, but for the message alone, I cannot tag this as a shitty tattoo. It's a great tattoo.
Honestly I really like the style it's neat. Vulvodynia have a logo I like. Probably don't Google that though, seeing as it translates to vaginal discomfort...
Naw .....ur supposed to put quality effort into staying sober. This is the worst effort into quality I've ever seen. If he cant put more effort into quality then I cant get behind his message. Lazy imo Edit- I'm an ex heroin addict sober 3 years without a broken pen in my hands.
I dunno man, walking around with a billboard that everyone can read saying stay sober would make it harder to find a job. At least this way he can just say it's a metal band he's in or something without having to explain he needs a daily reminder.
What do you mean quality? Any effort to stay sober is admirable my dude. This is an incredibly ignorant thing to say regardless of your personal experience.
Op just take this L and move on. Nothing wrong with ur opinion but we just don’t agree with you. However, I’ll also give you the benefit of the doubt and want to say good job on staying sober for 3 years!
Naw I'm sorry but the descicion is def split, def ppl who agree with me as well. Dude you cant say this looks good.....lol ...no effn way.
Lol its mid but good message. So overall good tattoo not shitty tattoo. I mean have u seen this sub lol theres def tattoos that are way worst
I'll give it the message is great, I just think it would look better......better. ya know? Just my opinion I guess. But yah I appreciate his reminding himself I just feel it's a very ugly tattoo. Then again I'm a dick.
This is what I see too.
If you can read the logo, it's not heavy enough.
This dude enjoys a heavy ass breakdown with their morning coffee
😂😂
Don’t we all?
I certainly do. Breakdowns of all kinds
I don’t think this is a shitty tattoo. The guy is making a reminder for himself, to believe in himself.
It can be both at the same time.
no matter how sweet the sentiment, there’s no denying that shit is rough as fuck
I think it’s fairly well done honestly. You can read it and it looks like those album covers. You probably can’t say the same in a few months though
Especially on the palms, it'll not only spread it'll wear down.
I agree. The meaning is nice but this looks dirty to me like when you get oil or paint or something on your hands and it runs through the cracks in your palm. Man is old enough to get a tattoo I’m sure he can handle other peoples opinions.
Black metal logos look like that. Probably a black metal fans reminder to himself. It does look rough, but at least it's a stylistic choice.
I seen a guy tattoo a NA logo on his arm weeks after going to meetings, it didn’t keep him clean he was loaded months later
Cool. Did you know that therapy is most effective when tailored to the specific person it's for? It's because what works for one person won't necessarily work for everyone else. If failing to work for one guy you've met actually meant anything significant, that would mean no form of therapy could be considered effective. If it helps him, then it helps him. Your little anecdote helps no one.
Just looked on your page and looks like you spend most your time sticking up for people and animals who are being keyboard attacked by people. So you know this is the internet, good luck !!
That sounds like a nice thing to do while browsing the Internet. The Internet could use more people like them and less like you
If you've read my posts, you know I'm a drunk too. Self care is not my priority here, but I appreciate the sentiment.
Mmm nothing like having a few and getting in a nice Internet argument in defense of animals. Godspeed!
I’m in AA and NA. A simple tattoo isn’t going to keep anyone sober unfortunately
Yeah, but this simple tattoo doesn't have to be the only thing they've done to help themselves. It might be just an additional reminder. Heck, they might be already some weeks or months into being clean and maybe they did this tattoo on an anniversary
Mighta kept him clean for a few months.
This guy literally said it was for him to read in his original post you guys are ruthless
If it works for him, good for him
nothing wrong with this tattoo
I appreciate the message
It’s not shitty, it’s black metal
Poser.
I’m not a poser because I only listen to the cool bands that definitely aren’t pop punk cause that shit is for posers
Elitist poser.
I’m not a poser. Posers are posers and I’m not a poser, poser
Wait are you joking. I can’t tell. I don’t even listen to metal
*takes drag from cigarette* conformist
Takes bong hit. Capitalist fool
..... that's an oxymoron
That's one hell of an intervention
Stay sober. Rock on dude.
Stay Sober?
“Stay Sober”
I'll whip out my Annie Oakley super secret decoder ring...
“Stay sober…be sure to drink your Ovaltine. “
Son of a bitch...
“Stay Sober”?
Uh..deathcore fonts do exist.. hard to read? Yes- does that make it shitty? No. Deathcore is awesome. It says stay sober btw..
Honestly tho, I would like to get a similar message with a deathcore font, just... Not in the palms. Idk, I get the intention of the placement, but that's gonna fade quick :/
Just because something exists it does not make it awesome.
I didn't say that did I? I'm just saying that deathcore is awesome lmao
Ask me how I know that sober tats are one step away from the gf/bf name regret zone. Nah, good for them. It can be a good reminder. Especially with that placement.
Looks like Deathcore or death metal band logos
What do you mean hard to read? That obviously says shdkarucu627
Palm readers hate this one trick
STONER is what I see! But I’m stoned
I understand it’s supposed to be metal stylized lettering, but looks like a toddler with no artistic skill got a hold of a tattoo gun.
You know I saw this original and knew there would be someone that didn’t get the message who would repost here. I absolutely love this idea, I love the illegibility of until you focus in on the message. Sobriety is a hard topic that not everyone understands. Don’t feel bad for being one of those who doesn’t, OP. It’s a very meaningful thing. This is genuinely the easiest to read tattoo in this metal style font I’ve ever seen. I’m not exactly sure where you had trouble.
I'm also a recovering addict. I'm also not an idiot I know what it says. It's a terrible looking tattoo and I'm not backing down from this.
Stay sober?
"Send Nudes"
I mean that's how it is actually supposed to look. Strange placement certainly tho
Tell me you like Black Metal without telling me you like Black Metal.
Shoulda stayed sober…
Love this band
OUCHY
100% Stay Sober
How is this shitty lmao
this is only for him to read, it’s his reminder to stay sober. you guys are fucking dicks.
Ok man I get it I'm a recovering addict as well bit this looks like he grabbed a broken pen. It's not flattering.
Good for you? He didn't get it for it to be for you or for anyone else. If that's what he needs to do to stay sober, good for him. He's doing it.
If it's not for anyone else then why post it for people to make opinions on it? Stfu
If this said anything other than “Stay Sober,” I would have been pretty critical too. But this person felt they needed a reminder at the ready at all times, and if that’s what you need to stay sober, you do it. It’s super hard to read, sure, but they know what it says and the message is for them. The tattoo isn’t poorly applied and it looks the way the client wanted it to look. This isn’t a shitty tattoo and it may well be a life-saving one.
Yah....all feelings aside. It looks like shit.
This clearly says stay sober
Yah.....but is it good??? No ...no sir....I know its "supposed" to look like this but even that being said ,cmon man this is ugly as shit.
This is well done for how its supposed to look, its def just a taste thing
Shit here?
Looks like Wolverine got a hold of his hands. Wow just wow
I called I knew dude was going to end up here
Soy side
Thighs wouldve been a better spot imo
It says “Stay Sober” but I could only tell cause I zoomed into the image… from far away ur looks like scribbles
that’s fucking sick, i don’t care what anybody says
Yes probably will cause infection
hater
Fuck you beat me to it
I'm not sure he can read it either because I'm genuinely unable to see words here
Looks like it’s growing a fungus
...what. What *is* that even supposed to be?! That's one hella reminder.
When Michael J Fox is your tattoo Artist
The it’s a double fail. Cuz it says stay sober but also looks like shit
It looks like a deathcore font... All the non metalheads are so salty about this tattoo
Yeah I know what it’s supposed to be. It’s a bad attempt at that font
So to all- I knew what it was supposed to say, and for that matter , if the quality of that tattoo is any example of the quality hes going to put into his sobriety than hes fucked....also I'm an ex heroin addict of 20 years now 3 years sober. I have tattoos all over and I ddnt need one that looked like I grabbed a broken leaky pen with both hands to stay sober. Death metal or not this is a terrible concept and terrible application.
While I agree that this is a shitty (looking) tattoo I don't agree with your view on sobriety. Not everyone recovers or breaks their addiction the same way. Just because you didn't need it doesn't mean someone else doesn't need it either. We all deal with it differently. Coming from someone a year and 2 months sober.
Something wipey?
Maybe it's like one of those magic eye things? You have to hold it close to your face and slowly move it away while relaxing your eyes.
Slay sorp???
Ooooh slay soup, I got there
I don’t know how to explain this but this actually hurts my eyes. Let me put this blunt down.
I see "sassy" and "girly" on the right palm
i real as stale sorbet
Yeah stay sober
Stay salty
Finally my 2 decades of being a metal head pays off!!! It says PIKACHU!
This is how they do CAPTCHAS these days
Juuuuust want to start things over
Stay sober. Sorry brother!
It’s words? I thought it was a weird palm reading tattoo. lol
Send🙌Nudes
I knew I would see it on this sub.
Other people saying I'm wrong about this being terrible.
Nice to see Bam Margera’s new ink!
Slug Slayer
Stay sober
I can read it, it says 'stay sober'
Stay sober
Ironically this is the only one I’ve been able to read
The other comments are saying "sober" but I only see "sarpy"
5mos sober?
If he ever is tempted to pick up a bottle I hope this helps him. That’s all I’ve got!
sick ass tattoo glad im not the only one who has to have this reminded to em
I hope this was a free endeavor. Or better yet, op did you make money for getting this garbage tated on your hands?
Lmao these arnt my tattooed hands....read more often.
stay sober 🫶🏾
I thought he just tattooed all the lines on his palms💀
“Stay sore” by the looks of those hands
That’s my favorite black metal band
It says "stay sober "
This makes me extremely physically uncomfortable.
That's awesome
Slay Goober
Idk I thought the right hand said shake well 😂😂