When 27-year-old Ashwin Rao walked into an Indiranagar tattoo studio last weekend, he had just one request: “Simple font. Upper arm. ‘No Regrets.’” What he didn’t expect was to walk out with a viral masterpiece — and a tattoo that now says a lot more than intended.
Tattoo artist Jay had just returned from a 12-hour flight and was filling in for a colleague who had called in sick. Running on caffeine and three hours of sleep, he started the session with Ashwin, who was scrolling Instagram reels while the needle buzzed to life.
Fifteen minutes in, Jay paused and looked at what he had done. The bold black letters on Ashwin’s arm read: “No Ragrets.”
“I froze,” Jay later admitted. “I spelled it wrong. The most ironic typo in tattoo history.”
When Ashwin saw it, he laughed — a little too hard. “It was like a meme came to life on my arm,” he said. “I didn’t even get mad. I just asked, ‘Okay, what now?’”
Instead of covering it up, Jay came up with an idea that would turn the blunder into brilliance. He added a speech bubble above the tattoo that read: “Oops.” Then drew a cartoon version of himself holding a tattoo gun, shrugging. The end result? A hilarious, fourth-wall-breaking tattoo that became an instant hit online.
The photo was posted to Reddit with the caption: “No Ragrets? More like no recovery — until this fix.” It exploded overnight, gaining over 120,000 upvotes and features in meme pages, tattoo forums, and even a BuzzFeed listicle.
Jay, now affectionately known as “Typo King” in local circles, says he’s never skipping a booking confirmation checklist again — and has since started using a tattoo studio booking softwareto avoid last-minute fatigue-fueled disasters.
What happened in plain terms:
A guy wanted a motivational tattoo, but it got hilariously misspelled.
The artist turned the mistake into a self-aware joke inside the tattoo.
Now it’s a viral sensation — and no one has any ragrets.
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