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Dutch girl gets Facebook friends tattoo

Published on : 8 June 2011 - 3:20pm | By RNW News Desk (screenshot from YouTube)
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Fancy getting 152 pictures of your Facebook friends tattooed on your arm? That’s what a Dutch girl claims she's done.

Media reports, however, say that the FB friends tattoo is a hoax. Well, if it's a joke, it's certainly a good one!

SusyJ87 posted a video of the process on YouTube entitled My Social Tattoo and attracted hundreds of thousands of hits. She explains: “To me it represents who I am right now and the time we live in.”

 

Discussion

Mwansa Pintu 9 June 2011 - 5:03pm

What is in a tattoo anyway? Why do people mess up with their God created skin all in the name of tattooing? What do you gain by tattooing your body. I have really failed to understand just why?

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Rob Kievit 9 June 2011 - 11:26am

Thank you for your comment, Tulip.

Yes, you're right, we fell for this story 100 percent! Even though some of us had doubts similar to yours, we thought it an interesting comment on how people live with social media. As you can see, we've edited the story slightly - but we're still shamefaced!

Tulip 8 June 2011 - 7:04pm

Fake, fake, fake.

Tattooing with no blood, redness or puffiness?
We don't get to see the first tattoo being applied - just the finishing touches
A tattoo artist who does not change her clothes in two weeks.
Such incredible detail on the tattoos and such a shine
An image that moves - look for the profile with red at 1.08 and 1.13
And the big giveaway, the credits for a company which specialises in making gifts out of facebook friend profiles.

RNW, you and many others have been had!

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