It should go without saying that many tattoos end up being regrettable. It's not that permanent body art is a bad thing, it's that some people take what'll probably be a relatively short trend or fashion and adorn their bodies with those vestiges for life. 

Think tribal tattoos. Actually, those were never actually that cool. If you have barbed wire wrapped around your arm, you should be ashamed of yourself. Get a cover up. 

Speaking of cover ups, who wants to bet on how long this fool will keep the pizza rat tattoo on his leg? 

We're hoping, for that individual's dignity's sake, he gets it covered up before he reaches the "Having a Tattoo That Was Cool for 30 Seconds 30 Years Ago" status...

But, like, ok, sure, pizza rat is good. We can all relate to that little rodent hustling its way down the subway steps trying to carry all its things, namely, pizza. 

So the tattoo, which is rather well done if we're being frank, was designed by Kati Vaughn at Magic Cobra Tattoo Society.

Unfortunately, the subject of the ink is so corny it'll either make you want to high five the native New Yorker who got it, or slap him. Maybe both.

Now just because someone's a native New Yorker doesn't make him or her an angel, the smartest person ever, a role model, or an individual worthy of praise. Case in point: Donald Trump.

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Maybe they're worthy of a little praise just for surviving Gotham, but if you were born here, it shouldn't be that special to you. 

So remember: yes, this dude got a pizza rat tattoo; no, that doesn't make him the man. What could he cover it up with? We vote Nicodemus from The Secret of Nimh. It's already a rat, and the pizza could probably be covered up by that fancy amulet from the movie...

What else could you turn this pizza rat tattoo into? Like we said, it's well done, so it shouldn't be too much of an issue for another talented artist to convert it into something not horrendously embarrassing. Or maybe that dude should just never wear shorts. 

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[via Business Insider]