Why does someone do something like this to themselves???

[Arkansas Granny]

[A HERETIC I AM]

1. Because they have a dismal self image...

and a deep desire to have attention paid to them, good or not.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. I'm sure he'll have no trouble getting a job or a girlfriend.

[Freethinker65]

3. "Living in the moment" to the extreme?

[3catwoman3]

4. Good gawd.

How utterly repulsive.

I wonder if there are any tattoo artists who try to dissuade clients from egregiously poor choices.

[Aristus]

5. I'm sure there are some artists who have their customers sign waivers.

If the artist tries to disuade a customer from getting a tattoo like this, and the customer wants to proceed, sometimes they have to sign a waiver indemnifying the artist against a subsequent lawsuit.

The artist can say: "Hey, I told him" and present the waiver.

[TexasBushwhacker]

10. There are

Some artists refuse to tattoo the face.

[Fla Dem]

6. Because he is an imbecile and probably a Trump supporter and evidently not the only one.

https://www.google.com/search?q=man+with+spider+tattoo+on+face&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiX-ZKa-d3bAhUB1lMKHfYTCnoQsAQIKA&biw=1366&bih=635

[Arkansas Granny]

7. Good grief. Some of those are horrifying!

[Solly Mack]

8. To each its own and all that

Still, no.

[GoneOffShore]

9. Facehuggers just want to have fun.

[Rhiannon12866]

11. Good Grief! I thought I'd seen some awful ones, but this tops the list!

[LeftInTX]

12. So he can be on Ripley's Believe It on Not