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Get inked! Or... not: Stories from the Internet about tattoos

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A man looks on during the Gods of Ink Tattoo Convention with 400 international tattoo artists in Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, March 28, 2025. (AP/Michael Probst)
A man looks on during the Gods of Ink Tattoo Convention with 400 international tattoo artists in Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, March 28, 2025. (AP/Michael Probst)

'Tis the season to show some skin! Perhaps some tattoo-adorned skin?

In this week's episode, Ben tells Amory about the r/tattoos community's reaction to a man whose friends made him self-conscious about his flowery tattoo. Amory tells Ben about the science behind why tattoos stay put on our bodies, which has only recently come to be understood.

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