Similarly, kanji (Japanese) tattoos. Or kanji on shirts. Unless you're sure you know what it means.
On separate occasions, I've run into a girl wearing a shirt that said 'worthless' all over it, and a guy who had 'lust' and 'murder' tattooed on his back after being told it was 'love' and 'hate.'
My favorite tattoo story *ever*.
...after doodling once with a wide magic marker a coworker asked me what it meant, I told her it was a Japanese symbol of good luck. She asked me if I could make it larger and I said ..sure. So after I enlarged it on the copier I gave it to her. She took it home, framed it and thanked me for weeks.........no I never told her
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