r/TikTokCringe • • 1d ago

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u/icehot54321 1d ago

This was scripted television. This event did not take place in real life and the tattoo is fake.

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u/LastresortLastretort 1d ago

Wasn't it a mix of both?

Like there is a lawsuit of a radio station doing this, then suing etc.

And what we are seeing here is the scripted version of a real case?

I bet someone definitely did this, but DEFINITELY didn't get the tat that big lol shits idiotic.

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u/AT-ST 1d ago

Yes, it happened in 2000. But the guy eventually dropped the case. So the radio station never had to payout.

https://thesmokinggun.com/documents/fail/minor-iowa-arrest-makes-headlines

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u/Wicked_Googly 23h ago

Oh man, I completely forgot about The Smoking Gun.

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u/icehot54321 1d ago edited 1d ago

Closest thing I can think of was the Toyota - Toy Yoda thing where they scammed a girl into thinking she was getting a car and gave her a star wars action figure instead.

And there were also gambling sites back then that paid people to tattoo their website on them.

Maybe you're thinking of one of these.

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i was wrong .. u/ZagahZiggler found the original story

https://abc7chicago.com/archive/7693065/

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u/LastresortLastretort 1d ago

Yep, I remember that one.

I don't know if I ever saw a judge Judy style show with that case, so maybe this is the same idea.

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u/faen_du_sa 1d ago

My cousin put out a ad in a newspaper that he was selling an ad spot in the form of a tattoo on his calf. He was so hyped about it, but no takers!

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u/Armadillo_lifestyle 6h ago

Also the Pepsi commercial of winner then jet, they ended up doing a documentary on it, fascinating

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u/ExcuseMeJack 1d ago

I believe you are correct. It's like Pawn Stars: the cases are based on real cases, but re-enacted by actors

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u/hettuklaeddi 9h ago

this kind of thinking is why we have a clown in the white house

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u/highwayher0 1d ago

There was but they agreed to handle it out of court.

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u/Mystic_Matterz 1d ago

I think that’s how almost all court TV shows are.

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u/ComfortableDish3912 1d ago

I figured as much. Why would you go 56pt bold impact when you could go 8pt comic sans. 

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u/MindlessDoctor6182 1d ago

It’s still real to me dammit.

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u/offshoremercury 1d ago

Makes sense, it looks very fake

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u/PuddingMent 1d ago

Obviously. Even if somebody did that, they wouldn’t have got it in the largest, boldest font possible.

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u/Alert_Lettuce_8278 1d ago

You sure, this really seemed like a legal court?

I'm sarcastic, but it seems more plausible today than then.

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u/carlbandit 1d ago

This is scripted but based on a real story.

A radio station offered $100k for anyone who got a tattoo of their name on their forehead and even drove a man and his step son to a tattoo parlor and paid for it to be done, before telling them it wasn't real.

They both sued, 1 dropped their case and the other had it dismissed when they failed to turn up in court.

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u/Y0___0Y 1d ago

Let idiots have their fun little fake reality tv things

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u/OkCar7264 1d ago

Reality TV should be treated like pro wrestling. They're about equivalent.

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u/herefornothing2 1d ago

Wrong. This is a reenactment of something that did really happen.

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u/ZaggahZiggler 1d ago

It’s fake… but is based on a real story. https://abc7chicago.com/archive/7693065/ the original tattoo is just as bad if not worse

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u/greekdude1194 1d ago

Since the article didn't have a picture ... Unless I'm stupid

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u/DothrakAndRoll 1d ago

Fucking king thank you. That’s all I wanted to see.

And yeah this is much worse

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u/ReddBroccoli 1d ago

Idk, at least it has a design rather than KRUD in giant block letters

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u/greekdude1194 1d ago

This station was KORB not sure if that would be better or worse than KRUD

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u/Ecthyr 1d ago

Good ole Quad Cities

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u/Right-Hall-6451 1d ago

Wtf, why did he not show up to the court case on this one after getting that tattoo!? Guess he isn't really known for making good decisions.

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u/420Under_Where 1d ago

The court case was unrelated. Source: the next sentence

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u/Right-Hall-6451 1d ago

Should have clarified I was going by the reddit write up after looking for more information.

https://www.reddit.com/r/SipsTea/s/NdLhERetTt

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u/AdventurousAbility30 1d ago

And his stepson got the same one too. That's crazy.

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u/Pleasant-Ticket3217 1d ago

I saw dude’s mugshot. It’s bad. His stepson did it too!

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u/StJimmy_815 1d ago

Most of these tv court cases are fake as fuck

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u/Sorry_Community235 1d ago

based on real stories tho (not always, but this is)

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u/corvettee01 1d ago edited 1d ago

At least you gotta admire his dedication. He said give me the BOLD font.

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u/AdMysterious8699 1d ago

Yeah i mean could have done like a thin hard to read cursive font. Easier to remove im guessing too

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u/UnexpectedBlahFeels 1d ago edited 1d ago

He's an idiot. After this he's an idiot with money. If this is real at all.

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u/Paindepiceaubeurre 1d ago

These shows are fake and with paid actors. They take real court cases and overdramatise them for views.

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u/Similar-Cat7022 1d ago

Soon to be parted

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u/YoungRoronoa 1d ago

Right? He just had to get it tattooed on his forehead. It did not need to be that big and bold. He could have gotten done a 1/4” big, off to the side.

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u/oatmealparty 7h ago

It's not real

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u/Drunken_Economist 1d ago

That tattoo is super fake

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u/anewfaceinthecrowd 21h ago

In my country a radio station dared the listeners to walk into a bakery shop, buy a cream pie and then smash it into the face of a female cashier for a prize of $2000. One listener did so. Both the listener and the radio hosts received sentences for violence.
(40 days suspended sentence + 60 hours of community service).

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u/ant69onio 20h ago

I mean, fake/real. Why have it done in such big frikin letters?!

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u/Somedaydreamer22 1d ago

That’s some really bad acting & I didn’t even have the sound on.

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u/No_Mastodon8741 1d ago

250k is a lot of money. they should have known someone would try it.

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u/LetsAllMakeArt 1d ago

Regardless of what this is, that background music makes it unwatchable.

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u/EroNomicon 1d ago

Brother, radio personalities in the video are sociopaths.

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u/Bag-mannn 1d ago

So my buddy was going so sue my other buddy for small claims. Buddy A is doing the suing, Buddy B is getting sued. They were offered to be on Judge Judy. The rules for Judge Judy was if they found that Buddy B was cleared, they split money and both get paid the amount that Buddy A was suing for. If Buddy B was found liable, Buddy A gets paid the full amount and Buddy B gets like 300$ and flights and hotels are paid for for both Buddies. There’s an agreement that Buddy A has to drop the official case against Buddy B so he doesn’t double dip. All this to say, it was going to be based off a real small claims suit but they already have it cleared. 

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u/Godlymorbid 1d ago

Post tattoo removal? 

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u/Niguelito 1d ago

Based. Fuck false advertisers

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u/aurore-amour 1d ago

I used to work on this show, it’s all fake

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u/Alfiy_wolf 1d ago

See mama being stupid does pay the bills

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u/AintNoGodsUpHere 1d ago

Didn't Suicide Girls had something like that? You could tattoo their logo and get lifetime access to goth girls?

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u/NotAtAllASkinwalker 1d ago

I wonder how easy the make up comes off after the shoot. That's really dark and those letters are filled in well. Maybe eye liner?

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u/smartwatersucks 1d ago

"Krud!" - the defendents

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u/crmacjr 1d ago

Listener

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u/mister1bollock 1d ago

Instagram garbage

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u/FarTradition1638 4h ago

Who the fuck uses the word krud in their vocabulary? I haven't heard that word since I stopped watching Simpsons. That tattoo isn't real, and TV court's can only take small claims.

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u/Cecilsan 38m ago

Most likely fake but just a note, the requested KRUD is because its the call sign of the radio station, not as a word.

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u/clarkcox3 1d ago

So fake