If you’ve ever felt the slightest twinge of regret over a tattoo, just be glad you don’t have it anywhere near as bad as these people. Unless you also have Drake’s name on your head, of course.

Getting a tattoo generally isn’t something you want to experience remorse over. After all, unlike eating a bad burrito or stubbing your toe, the aftereffects aren’t going to go away any time soon. Yes, barring any painful removal procedures or costly cover-ups, you’re basically stuck with your ink forever – so it’s probably a good idea to make sure you get it spot-on the first time. But from ill-advised forehead tattoos to more misspellings than we care to count, these 20 people definitely didn’t do it right the first time round.

20. A bad fit

These puzzle pieces almost fit together, which – let’s be honest – is probably even worse than them being totally different shapes. After all, now you can tell that the tattooed person really tried to come up with two complementary pieces but didn’t quite get it right. Unless there’s some symbolism to the parts never being able to meet, of course…

19. Ice cream on your face

We’re unlikely to have been the first ones to have told her this, but that tattoo is just not cool. Writing “Brrr” on it somehow doesn’t make it any better, either. And quite why there’s lightning shooting out of the ice cream is beyond us. Of course, all of this is secondary to the fact that the ink is on her face – meaning everyone can now see that she’s prone to bad decisions.

18. The scariest mom

In this moment, we are all that poor, terrified baby staring up at its mother for the first time only to be met with this monstrosity of a tattoo. And while the child can’t yet grasp the concept of its own motor functions, even it seemingly knows that this ink was a mistake. Somehow, though, the new mom is still smiling through it all.

17. Brenda’s number one fan

Brenda, Brenda, wherefore art thou Brenda? Well, we don’t know the answer to that question, but we do know where she is: all over this guy’s back, as it turns out. Who knows – maybe he’s just a massive fan of fonts and wanted a way to show them all off using the same letters. Either that, or this is the most over-the-top declaration of love we’ve ever seen.

16. Drakehead

Look, we’re not going to argue with anyone’s passion for their favorite artists. But surely there are better places to get a tattoo of Drake’s name – literally anywhere else that isn’t your own forehead, for instance. Still, we guess you can just grow out bangs if you feel like covering it up.

15. No regrets

Well, we can think of one regret this person might have. They’ll have to think very carefully about it, though, because it’s quite subtle. But yes, if you look very, very closely, you’ll realize that “regrets” is actually spelled incorrectly. And now the writing is on their arm for all to see until they get a pricey cover-up.

14. My first tiger

Was this tiger based on a drawing by this guy’s very young child? We sure hope so, because that’s really the only way to justify this otherwise startling work of, um, “art.” And even if it is, did he really need to plaster it so prominently across his torso?

13. This powerless person

If knowledge is power, then whoever got this tattoo must be the weakest human being alive. In fact, they’re probably due some sort of Guinness World Record for the unbelievable ratio between their age, mass and power. They’ll probably have to share that accolade, however, with whichever artist agreed to go along with this tattoo.

12. Rock and roll

Ah, Jon Bovi, that iconic band behind such hits as “Livin’ Life on a Prayer” and “You’ve Have Give Love a Bad Name.” And even without taking the wrong name and horrendous grammar error into account – which, let’s face it, is not easy – the handwriting here looks like it was based on a drunken scrawl. Which, to be fair, would explain a lot.

11. The almighty verdict

As the Bible says, “Fudge not, that ye be not fudged.” Or, at least, that’s what this person’s copy of the Bible must say. Okay, so they were probably going for “judge,” but if that’s the case, they should really have thought a little more about their font choice. Maybe they could have asked the Brenda guy?

Image: Wales News Service via Daily Telegraph

10. Little green mistakes

Sometimes you have to ask yourself whether people realize tattoos are permanent. After all, if they did, they’d probably put a little more effort into making sure that their ink was free of spelling errors. Then again, there are at least two people involved in making a tattoo happen, so this could just as easily be the artist’s fault.

9. Demon baby

We’re pretty sure that this doting parent will now be carrying those baby pictures around with them for the rest of their lives, just to assure anyone who sees their tattoo that they didn’t in fact produce the demonic offspring emblazoned on their skin. Thankfully, the infant in the photos is way more adorable, though possibly questioning its parent’s life choices.

8. Giant lizard

We have so many questions, and they mostly start with the word “why.” Why is this woman holding a giant lizard? Why is she asking it to hold her closer, when clearly she’s the one doing the holding? And, most pressingly, why does this person have this tattoo at all? Color us completely confused.

7. Lightning head

Harry Potter has nothing on this guy. Perhaps he was struck by lightning and chose to commemorate coming out of it alive; perhaps he just thought the image looked cool. Whatever his reasoning, though, he could have made the bolt a little thinner and straighter, as from a distance you could easily mistake it for a cartoon Christmas tree.

6. The little tattoo of horrors

We’re sure this tattoo was supposed to act as a super-sweet tribute to, say, this person’s daughter. Unfortunately, however, it’s made the child look more like a character from a low-budget horror movie. Really, when you’re getting something etched permanently onto your body, it’s probably worth paying a little bit extra for a better artist.

5. Grammar abomination

Honestly, we really hope it does get better. Indeed, maybe there’s a tattoo on their other arm with no spelling errors, reading, “See? Told you.” And while that may be the worst joke of all time, conveyed through what is arguably the worst medium to do so, it’s the only thing that might go some way to saving this catastrophe.

4. Permanent proposal

Can you imagine if she said no? This person would have an everlasting reminder of the failed proposal tattooed into their skin. And even if she said yes, they’d still have to live with that spelling error for the rest of their life. Unless, you know, the aim is asking Nina to help them be a little more jovial.

3. The wrong name

Did you really mean Hollie, though? Somehow, we doubt you knew who Hollie was when you got Megan tattooed on to your arm. And doubling down with the next person seems like an even bigger mistake. After all, there’s only so much room on that arm for subsequent additions… Let’s just say, Hollie better be a keeper. And have a good sense of humor.

2. Demotivational thinking

Okay, got it: always give up. It’s a pretty weird mantra to live by, we have to say, let alone to get tattooed into your skin. But the heart clearly wants what the heart wants – and, in this case, that means a super-strange double negative.

Image: via STIAN LYSBERG SOLUM/AFP/Getty Images

1. Fast food receipt

Look, we’re just going to say it: nobody has ever had a McDonald’s so good that they needed to get the receipt tattooed onto their arm. Not even a meal from a three Michelin-starred chef could inspire most people to do something like this. Somebody clearly thought otherwise, however – or, rather, they just didn’t think at all.