Facebook "friends tattoo" turns out to be hoax

Somewhere, some place, I can hear the grumbling of an old school sort warning the young'uns not to believe everything they read or see on the Internet. And here's another reminder why it's wise to follow that advice: The much-reported story of a woman said to have tattooed 152 friends' Facebook default profile pics on her arm turns out to be a hoax.

According to the Dutch paper Telegraaf, Rotterdam tattoo artist Dex Moelker fessed up to pulling off what amounts to an advertising stunt.

"It is a try out tattoo, a transfer, that washes off in a couple of days," Moelker told the paper.

The tech website Mashable contacted the woman featured in the video, who said she wanted to remain anonymous. "Because of the amazing interest worldwide I can't respond to all of the questions unfortunately," she told Mashable. "I will try to give a statement tomorrow."

[Bojax39]

Well, I took it as true. Only because in this day and age NOTHING moronic in nature surprises me anymore. Glad to see it's a hoax though.

[gruven13777]

Everything on the internet is fake. Just look at what you're reading this from...a big screen that's made up of a bunch of dots that goes away when you unplug it from the wall.

[gruven13777]

Everything on the internet is fake. Just look at what you're reading this from...a big screen that's made up of a bunch of dots that goes away when you unplug it from the wall.

[tsigili]

Just another example of easily the media can be taken, and report something totally false.

[guest173]

yup

[mask2697]

much like the mass grave in texas that sounded like a massive issue until it turned out to be fake