If you’ve been wanting another tattoo, this Friday, June 13, is the day to do it.
Some associate Friday the 13th with bad luck, but in tattoo culture, it’s a great day to get some cheap ink.
The event has roots in the North Texas area (Dallas, to be specific): On Friday, June 13, 2008, Elm Street Tattoo shop co-owner Oliver Peck decided to tattoo the number 13 on as many customers as possible, back-to-back, for 24 hours. He ended up tattooing 415 people, and Friday the 13th became associated with getting tattoos of the number 13, or, later, tattoos of different flash designs that incorporate the number 13…