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I've never seen a man with so many nuts on his arms

Never spent a friday night at the bar with me

Wait, is it your nuts or your arm? Or do you walk around like an orangutan with your forearm tucked up under your sack?

Which Applebees is it?

Swoops in. Drops this bomb and leaves.

He’s a Journeyman, it’s what they do!

He does not even have a blue ideal ones on there, only the ones I throw in the trash.

King of wire nuts.

Shows a true love of OP's job, I'm guessing a masonry professional or plumbing contractor !

Lord knows I have

Need to sneak a wago in there

Yeah usually electricians have them in their mouth

Or there chin

I wish I was this proud of my career choice

Imagine if the drywallers started tattooing piss bottles and crack pipes on themselves.

I knew a guy who had a little demon shaking a meth bottle on his arm

People are storing their meth in bottles now? Back in my day it was a corner of a piece of cellophane with the edges melted shut

This guy drugged.

Shake and bake is made in a bottle, not real crystal but it’s a layman/closet chemist meth that involves reducing the active ingredients 24hr non drowsy nasal decongestant to just the 24hr part. Edit: Also met a guy who said he would curl up on the couch with a freshly shaken bottle and fall asleep with it in his arms. In case you’re unclear he was sleeping with a two liter bottle that was chemically reacting and the heat it put off combined with the blissful feelings of new meth was enough to lull my mans to sleep

This guy drugged.

Hahahahahaha

Way better and more appropriate than the Air Force tattoos I've seen from brand new airmen.

Haha I grew up with a dunce who got coast guard tats while he was applying and then didn't get in...

Holy cringe

Love it

It's even better because we live in the desert of New mexico, he can't play it off like he was a sailor

It’s so damn common in the military… nothing like a little E-2 Seaman apprentice showing up with “hold fast” across his knuckles and swallows all over the place. They’d always get so much shit for it but what did they expect?

Lmfao

Ehh I work to live… I’m just glad it pays decently but I’m not going to immortalize it all over my arm like “hey, did you know I’m an electrician”

Thank god he isn’t a walmart greeter

Exactly what I thought lol

Nobody said “I wanna be an electrician when I grow up”

My kid says that, but he's five and I'm pretty sure he's just trying to butter me up

I did lol

I think this guy likes his job.

Plot twist he's a cable guy.

A little too much

Something tells me that you are a plumber.

No NEC quotes? Lol

nonmetallic-sheathed cables must be secured within 12 inches of every box, cabinet, or fitting and at intervals not exceeding 4.5 feet

Tattooing code references like Bible verses 😂

334.30 🙏🏼

Its how I plan on passing my exam

300mm and 1.5M up here eh!

Definitely needs a 110.12 somewhere.

Wonder if you tattooed the notes on you, it would count as copyright material for the test 🤔

You wear your hard hat outside of work

Sweet username

Not 1 Wago for posterity?

When he gets carpel tunnel, then the wagon gets added lol.

Funny I try to forget about work lol

What line of work are you in Bob?

Retail

Wholesale

Ok Temp…

Sick ass panther

60% of the time, it works every time!

From his days working in the zoo

pretty cringe ngl

LoL this guy is simultaneously my hero and my greatest fear

Good job, you’re officially a living tool!

Married to the job! Looks cool but yikes, I love to get away from work at the end if the day not see it permanently inked on myself.

These are all $2 hardhat sticker/t-shirt designs from companies promoted on Facebook

Right. He could have kept it as flair on his hard hat like he worked at chotskies from office space.

And this is why we get called gay....

If my job was that much of my identity, I'd kick my own ass. Looks good on you though.

I bet you get a free bowl of soup with a tattoo like that.

You spend most of your time with your career it’s a major contribution to identity. That is unless you work a shit dead end job that doesn’t fulfill you.

Like an electrician ?

Only if you're living life wrong. I work to live, not the other way around. You should try it.

That’s a cool saying

What utter Bullshit. Your not a very interesting person are you

With that art style, I was kind of expecting "The Brave Little Toaster" to be up there! Now I'm a little disappointed!

As an electrician I will have to say that is the gayest thing I’ve ever seen

Not a huge fan of how much space was used for the dots and stars, could have been used more artistically. 

Agreed, I feel like it could all be blended together smoother

Should of got a tywrap tribal bro 😎

So corny

Let's hope you never have to become a plumber.

If you like it, I'm happy for you. Congrats! Thats all that matters. I don't personally care for this style, it's not cohesive and just has a lot of filler. I would never fill my arm with work related stuff. Maybe one well thought out tattoo would make sense. Then again, I have no tattoos, so what do i know.

Not a stripper in sight. For shame

Dikes, though.

I see linemen thats it 🤔

Belongs in r/shittytattoos

What the fuck

No thanks

🤢🤮

That's awful

Embarrassing

Can't believe you used A instead of I. Smh

Omg such a fuck up and I didn't even noticed till you pointed it out🤣🤣 welp can't go back now lmao

Oh hell no

I noticed there’s no broom. Instead of dots and stars you should have used garbage and romex scraps as filler.

Seems like a lot of wasted space

I was gonna say. A bunch of dots and tiny stars as fillers doesn’t really count as a full sleeve.

Bro couldn’t handle an elbow piece

Are you by chance an electrician

The line work is definitely a little iffy but a great idea all in all!

Bruh you got a tattoo of kleins.

I like it! Not that it matters much, but Reddy Kilowatt is trademarked. Learned that one the other day. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reddy_Kilowatt

So is the IBEW bug he ripped off lol

U don’t got a personality besides being an electrician? God dammit I don’t know who’s worse the people I served in the military with or electricians…

Get a load of this guy, with a hammer tattooed on his forearm!

Figured it was some 18 year old 1st year but this man looks late 30s.

Imagine starting at a new company and this is the guy you get paired up with. All day long you just know he's not gonna shut up about all the jobs he's done.

That’s retarded

Gross

Bring back bullying.

Bet you and your tool partner give handies at lunchtime

Cringe

Hahaha April fools

Ugliest tattoo ever, those tiny stars destroyed all idea

I couldn’t pull it off, but I give you credit for walking to your own beat. I like the artwork style, reminds me of Cuphead.

Wow this guy really likes Homeline breakers

Why’s you get an A instead of an I for ohms law?

Yup and his wife made him stay at a hotel after this one lol

Remember kids..

Whatever floats OPs boat.

Probably been an electrician for 3 years

Has a nice Kindergarten charm to it.

I hope you get destroyed for this tattoo

wow that's a lot of choices on a single arm

This guy did not fall into electrical bc it was better than being a bar back.

Definitely not a convicted felon who realized late in life they’d rather have a solid life than spend it in a cage with a bunch of dirty dicks

Not a sleeve

the panther… fire your artist

I love it! The Ohm’s Law illustration is my favorite part I think. Maybe captain QO - that’s pretty good too.

Even the local pride parade committee turns you away because you are to gay

Captain QP

No Wagos? /april1st

*sleeve*

Bold to get dikes tattooed on you

Dude the Ohm’s Law is sick.

Is this a circlejerk sub?

Love a good electricity panther!

This begs the question, ”what to do when I get pissed off/disillusioned and leave the trade?”

2 and a half years of work and the best place to take a picture of it was on your way out of the hotel room

Commitment

Jesus you're worse than the chefs with a knife and a head of lettuce on your arm.

😬

I know it’s too late now…. But This is horrible my guy (Except for the Sick ass panther)

All these tattoos look brand new.

What are you 18 years old still?

You better be good lol

Sure hope you don’t get fired or find out you like HVAC

Oh God.....

Barf. Sorry pal.

On your arm though bro ! 😬 I hope you’re already married because that’s a 🐱 repellant lol … I like the hand with the bolt that says sparky though… it just looks kind of cartoonish , like a kids blanket set .. maybe it’s all the stars and the superhero switch. I’m sorry if I seem like a hater. I mean no harm.

Was this practice for an apprentice? The line work is god awful 

Fuckin yikes

Wrong sub , think you meant r/shittytattoos

And we wonder why the other trades think we're gay

Its fascinating to me that someone actually pondered doing this to themselves and thought "yeah, this a great idea. Im gonna look so cool" Im sorry your parents didnt give you the attention you needed as a child

That is embarrassing. I feel sorry for you

Yep

Shame on you for using A instead of I in the ohms law doodle. S H A M E

Looks great!

I like the style of your art.

Love the vintage “sparky” fist tatt

Ol' Sparky Killawat shanking a kid. I have a few Sparky stickers on my box, hat and cart.

I used to have a work hat with Willie on it when I worked for the co-op

Bold

I thought it was one of those pull over sleeve tattoos

I don't understand your arm. From the elbow up, it's an odd shape, and it confuses me. Amorphous.

I dig it, just better hope that Square D never goes the way of Zinsco or Federal Pacific

Now you just have to career change to plumbing and post the results

Carpenters… /smh

reddi kilowatt is rad!

Hmm let me guess, your an electrician? lol

Whoa Mr. Richie over here with a sleeve.must be nice lol

Dude that panther is really giving me the stink eye, can you tell him to cool out…

I love the tattoo of the kids demonstrating different electrical principles. Resistance synching the pipe and voltage pushing amps is adorable lol

Killawatt bout to shank that boy

How you gonna get the electricity explained meme and not use the sexy anime girl version.

SUPER SPARKY YEEEE

I can’t help to think about all the knipex tools and the sweet ideal tool tote I’d be buying with all that tattoo money.

Could I interest you in a Siemens panel?

The volts, amps, resistance cartoon is mt favorite part.

well your definitely committed to the bit 😂

Dope lineman pliers, brah

Mortgage payments

Had a guy in my local during our apprentice ship , tattoo the ohms law pie chart on his leg . During the test on ohms law , he wore shorts , pulled up his shorts to reveal the pie chart ; he passed the test , and they couldn’t knock him on cheating because it was the most creative way they’ve seen it done

Can’t be Aussie. We would never use wire nuts.

Remember Kids!

You beat your wife with that?

Is that a butt plug..plug??

Damn dude save some girls for the rest of us

This guy really takes his work everywhere with him lol

And not even one single power ranger.

needs some math formulas http://www.olicognography.org/drawings/electricityformula.jpg

Carpenter?