An unfortunate victim of Pac-Man fever

Courtesy of FARK.com and Kotaku, here’s something I don’t know how to react to:

Ms Pacman on BodyMod.org
Tattoos on BodyMod.org

I mean, on one hand, it’s actually a pretty good tattoo, even if (as someone on Kotaku pointed out) it’s not clear how there can be uneaten dots behind Ms. Pac-Man. On the other hand, tattoos freak me out in principle, and head tattoos doubly so. I’ll assume that the unfortunate-looking bruising and rash surrounding the ink will fade over time, and it looks like the subject (AileenFritz, apparently) has her hair pulled back for illustrative purposes and that the tattoo would normally be at least partially covered. But, even so, as much as I enjoy Ms. Pac-Man, I can’t see myself mutilating my forehead to express that love to the world.

On the other hand, I couldn’t if I wanted to: my diabetes-weakened immune system ensures that no reputable tattoo artist would agree to tattoo me if I bothered to ask. So I’m hardly the best person to ask when it comes to tattoos.

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