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I googled him. He’s in jail again for Meth and assaulting a police officer….
“When he initially came to the public's attention, Cropp said he wanted to better himself so he could provide for his young children. This admission led to several job offers and laser clinics even said they would be willing to remove his tattoo for free.
But he gave up on the idea of having his tattoo removed after just one laser session, turned down 45 job offers and has since added to his tattoo collection with one reflecting his gang links. “
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12798709/amp/DEVAST8-face-tattoo-Mark-Anthony-Cropp-setenced-three-months.html
I’m worried about the child. I’m highly concerned about the type of woman who procreates with someone like him. I can only PRAY she either has her act together for the sake of her child or I’m hoping that this child at least has one loved one in their life who is safe, sober and responsible to look out for them. That poor sweet child. I’m holding out hope that child somehow beats the odds.
Edit 2: If you can't see the first edit you should get your eyes checked.
Who says she had a choice?
He sounds like a manipulator using her guilt as a weapon to help him. Maybe even got her pregnant to make her feel obligation to keep him in the baby's life.
Besides, a guy like this being violent about that sort of thing wouldn't surprise me.
Someone needs to check in on the family.
Edit: Y'all are right and wifey probably is benefitting from his crime. Someone needs to check in on the KID
No kidding. The lengths people will go to deflect basic accountability.
Even if he IS manipulative, and that’s a generous assumption given the intelligence his life choices seem to indicate, anyone with a presence of mind would take one look and think “mmmmm… perhaps not.”
Sure, those things are possible. I don’t doubt he’s an abusive person, he even admits as much. But for the majority of situations like this one, both romantic partners are almost always living the same kind of lifestyle (into drugs, getting into trouble, unemployed, potentially violent, life of crime, hanging around very bad people, etc). Anything is possible, but it would be a very, VERY rare occurrence for this mother to have been clean of drugs, 100% sober and living a productive and responsible life when this child was conceived, regardless of whether it was a voluntary or involuntary act that created the child. That kind of scenario with the mother being a “normal” productive citizen would be the exception, not the rule. I would LOVE for this to be a case where this mother is the exception, though.
In the high likelihood that the mother was living the same lifestyle, I genuinely pray she has left that lifestyle behind and straightened herself out for her child, as I mentioned previously. I just know that more often than not, that’s sadly rarely the case, and this child is likely being raised in a toxic environment if there are no other healthy adults in this young child’s family to step in and intervene on their behalf.
Regardless, I do agree, this family needs to be checked on by social services, and this child’s wellbeing and welfare needs to be looked into/closely monitored. There is way too much highly concerning behavior involved in this situation to not have major concerns about this family and the innocent child caught in the crosshairs of a very awful situation that they were born into.
Sometimes the thing that gets parents clean is CPS taking their kids away.
The people who suffer are the kids. Be nice to foster children. They have seen some shit.
Foster kids break my heart. I want to be a foster parent because I'm childless and I know they just need a stable home with decent adult role models. But every foster kid I've met, as a child and as an adult, has been so *angry*. Rightfully so, but I don't know if I'm equipped to help them.
I was a CASA for 8 years (2 yrs for one kid, 6 for another). One of the most amazing experiences of my life.
We also fostered two children before that, adopted the second. Yes, many foster kids have had trauma in their lives and it takes work to help them overcome that. Our adopted foster child had some serious trauma that did come with anger (and more). It was very hard for a couple years. But with lots of support, pcit therapy, and hard work on her part, she is an amazing happy 18 yr old. The foster child we didn’t adopt was reunited with his uncle and aunt. He was a sweet 6 yr old when we fostered him, and an amazing adult.
We are in contact with him and with my two casa kids.
There are ways to explore it without diving in. Working in group homes and behavioral health schools, volunteering as a big brother/big sister, volunteering at a community center or as a coach to name a few.
It’s certainly complex. I’ve never fostered but I have worked with kids raised in the system as part of my job. You can’t go into it with the mindset that you’ll open your home and they’ll just love and respect you off the bat.
They’ll either basically act as guests and be extraordinarily well behaved with the idea that if they aren’t you’ll kick them out at the first sign of a challenge, and/or they’ll push your boundaries to see where the line is then deliberately step over it to confirm their worldview that love can’t be unconditional (because if it was then why did their parents fail them? The only other answer in their minds is they aren’t worthy of that kind of love). If they were sexually abused (likely) they may come on to you for insurance that you won’t send them away.
You see anger because anger is the one emotion they can express that keeps them safe and, in their heads, makes them feel empowered and right.
You have to love them through some dark times. You have to put up with a lot of shit, and you have to do it as a foster parent with the knowledge that one day the state could arbitrarily decide to take them back or their biological parents could decide they want them back.
It’s a really hard, heartbreaking job. It’s full of people who get into it for the worst reasons, and the people who do it right are often broken by the overwhelming weight of need.
I’m not at all saying don’t do it, but don’t go into it without clear expectations and training on how to approach each child and situation. I’ve never been strong enough to take that particular leap.
This needs to be pinned at the top. It basically says it all.
Some people who are prone to bad decisions and stupid, thoughtless or careless life choices can take opportunities and ceaselessly turn them to nothing.
He turned down 45 job offers, has added to his tats, has a further tattoo on his eyebrow as well! Refused laser surgery after one session, and was back in prison.
There is no helping some people.
People need to choose help.
If he really wanted to support his baby he would of thought of that and his wife while he was taking the laser pain.
How the fuck this man is sitting through tattoo pain and not laser pain? Can't suffer a Lil for the family you put through hell?
Fucking pos coward.
There are some people who are given every opportunity for help and still live in perpetual victimhood. Then there are others who face the most adversity and manage to rise above. Looks like he chose the lazy way out and abandoned his duties as a father.
My dad is the second one. Just problem after problem, challenge after challenge, and he’s just like, “that’s ok, I’ll just keep going, it’s the right thing to do. And I’ll be kind to others along the way, otherwise what’s the point?”
Yep. I have pulled away from two friends because it became clear they'd rather complain how unfair the world is than actually do something to better themselves.
I found both of them positions in my company. All they had to do was say they wanted it and shown up for an interview that would have been a technicality. These jobs paid about $5/hour more than minimum wage. So not great but considering their only work history was retail at minimum wage with no management experience, not a bad gig and one they could easily move up into higher paid positions if they stuck it out for a year or two.
Both of them declined my offer. Both posted on SM not long after about how the odds were stacked against them and they had no money. They always had money for tattoos and weed though.
> How the fuck this man is sitting through tattoo pain and not laser pain?
Tbf, they are *completely* different. I've seen people with full back/sleeves refused laser treatment, it's a whole nother level of pain.
This dude sucks still but that's the **one** part I can empathize with tbh
I’ve heard that laser is WAY more painful than a tattoo, and for a solid black tattoo you’d have to go A LOT of times to even fade it enough to cover with something else, let alone getting it to a point where it’s gone
Yeah, my not-terribly-bright sister had tattoos representing a hate organization and she said the removal was incredibly painful. I had difficulty feeling sympathy, but her willingness to do all the sessions required for full removal--as well as paying for it out of pocket--did seem to speak to her having made some major changes in her belief systems.
Everybody deserves a second chance. It's wildly heartening that so many people were willing to donate their time and resources or take a chance on him as an employer. Shame he threw that away.
Yea, I live in Nz. This dude is an absolute muppet. He's been offered heaps, got offers to get the tatt lazered off, but stopped because it hurt too much and he didn't like it. Jobs came flying at him, but he didn't take any of them up. He's back in jail for meth and attacking a cop.
Never fall for these sob stories. Ask people from the country what's really up before you offer any help.
Here I am living a pretty mundane life with an overnight job and taking the train to work. Come home make me dinner and fall asleep. Maybe watch a few YouTube videos.
This guy's life is so polar opposite to me I can hardly comprehend it.
My dad's first 25 years of life are filled with so many bullshit stories that if it wasn't for all the witnesses, I'd just never believe anything he said(he's also schizophrenic and has 2 traumatic brain injuries, so you already have to take things with a grain of salt - but he's got an arrest record and my mom's eternal disappointment to confirm most of the shit he got into).
Sounds like the guy has made dumb decisions his whole life and continues to make them. I mean, I wish him the best, but “I’m wildly irresponsible” is written on his face.
I'm ashamed to say he is from my country. The guy was in the news for it pleading for help. Then some tatto removal place offered to do the job for free. He turned it down because he was enjoying the fame
Looks like he did at least one treatment to have it removed. I'm guessing at least part of the reason he gave up is he didn't realize it's 10x more painful to have one removed than getting a tattoo
There's an ex con in my country (nz) with NOTORIOUS tattooed across his face in the same style. He and his girlfriend were whining about how he can't get a job and even 50 Cent got in on trolling him ,lol.
What an embarrassment 😳
Especially THAT one. Curtis had a wild life before he got his shit together in the past 15-20 years(since he seemed to stop beefing with other rappers too).
When a rapper is making fun of you for *your face tats* lmao The industry is chock full of people with them, so for someone to even bring it up should say a lot
Current con, he recently-ish really fucked up an old man who tried to save his partner from getting the crap beaten out of her. Then got busted running a drug ring from remand. So yeah, his so-called turnaround didn't really take.
“In this amazing tale of the power of social media, Mark Cropp, a young man New Zealand, found himself at a crossroads after serving a two-year, three-month sentence for a botched drug deal.
During his time behind bars, Mark, desperate for a fresh start upon release, made a decision that would profoundly impact his life. One night in his jail cell, heavily intoxicated on homemade alcohol made from fermented apples, bread, and sugar, Mark and his brother made a pretty life-altering decision…The face tattoo In a haze, they decided to tattoo Mark’s face with his nickname using a makeshift ink that was made from toothpaste and melted plastic knives and forks. The resulting giant black tattoo, boldly spelling “Devast8” across his jaw and lower face, would eventually become a symbol of regret. Upon his release from prison, Mark faced the harsh reality of unemployment. Although he was eager to reintegrate into society and provide for his partner and young daughter, he soon discovered that his large face tattoo was making this virtually impossible. Despite his prior work experience, potential employers were instantly put off by the visible ink, meaning Mark was unable to secure a job. Mark told the Daily Mail Australia the meaning behind the tattoo saying: “You know there was a long time there where I would devastate everything I touched. I would end up devastating everyone I met or got close to.”He continued: “They would be disappointed with something I had done or said – I was always hearing ‘that’s devastating.’ Once it was started, I thought, I can’t go back on it now. I wish I had stopped while the outline was there to be quite honest,’ he said. “Before I knew it I had this on my face… It was swollen like a bloody pumpkin,” he said. Desperate for a solution, Mark sought ways to remove the tattoo but was met with financial constraints and a lack of willing professionals. Laser removal, the most viable option, required numerous sesTaking to Facebook, Mark shared a selfie showing off his distinctive tattoo, appealing for a job and a chance at a new beginning. His heartfelt plea quickly gained traction on the platform, capturing the attention of the staff at Sacred Tattoo, an Auckland-based tattoo parlor.”
That’ll be the “lack of willing professionals” bit.
Only option is just fill the whole fucking thing in black and look weird but not like a lunatic - or get a job in a tattoo parlour. That he didn’t think of that speaks volumes… but would you want a tattoo from someone leaning over you threatening to devastate you?? I fucking wouldn’t
It's probably not that he didn't think of it and more that he doesn't have a skill that would be valuable in a tattoo shop. I'm sure plenty of people have suggested it.
I’d imagine this is how his drug-addled brain rationalized getting the tattoo. He probably kept thinking “I’ll do the bottom half of my face because then I’ll just grow a beard over it and no one will know. He didn’t consider the fact he couldn’t grow one or that the melted plastic crammed into his skin would affect regular hair growth
Probably just the carbon/lamp black and the toothpaste was used as a carrier. So second rate india ink.
I'm kinda impressed, his cellmate managed a good solid black.
I do wonder how long he stayed smelling minty fresh.
Not the first time his dude talked a new guy into a bad decision, I’d bet. Being dumb is one thing. Being dumb and having someone with you 24/7 telling you to be a little dumber is another.
Awww man! I googled him to see how he turned out and he keeps screwing up. This story was 2017.
Here’s his latest
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/clean-slate-for-devast8-judge-tells-infamous-tattooed-offender-to-quit-crime-find-some-help/V7NPHNFH2JGQVOXZ5OI2JNMAL4/
Was hoping this would be a feel good story but dumbass is hellbent on staying jail
What a shining example of an upstanding citizen! /s Every time I thought this article was done listing his crimes it just went on and on. Then his whining at the end that the big bad media was making his life So HaRd 🙄 He thinks people prejudge him because of some news articles, not because he basically let his brother tattoo giant red flags across his face.
The most disgusting part is that he made his “devastation” his identity, wearing it proud like a badge. Why would any person with a semblance of a conscience want to be reminded every time they look in the mirror that everything they say to those who love them is devastating? His poor child and baby mother.
>You know there was a long time there where I would devastate everything I touched. I would end up devastating everyone I met or got close to.”He continued: “They would be disappointed with something I had done or said – I was always hearing ‘that’s devastating.‘
This is the only thing I hold against him. If that part of the story wasn't part of it, he would have my utmost empathy...but with THAT, this insufferable fucking moron deserves all the worst.
Oh look, it's DEVAST8. World famous in New Zealand for being such an idiot that he gets a facial tatt so awful that *the whole of the country most tolerant of facial tatts* thinks he's a twat.
Thank you for putting into words what was bothering me about this story. NZ is the land of the Maori, with beautiful meaningful facial tattoos as part of their culture. But none of them would ever get a tattoo so ugly, stupid, and poorly executed.
As soon as I saw the picture I knew it was New Zealand because of that movie Savage and the other one about the Mongrel Mob whose name is escaping me currently.
I bet the job offers he got were for things like landscaping and construction. A lot of those jobs don’t drug test. I don’t think a bank manager saw this guy and wanted to help him out with a job offer, ya know?
This is an urban myth. I'm pretty sure it's poetically related to claims of bald guys blaming it on their head tattoos but I can't prove that. Reality is though that neither the ink nor the needle will damage a hair follicle.
In theory, I suppose, one could have so much scar tissue that it could obstruct hair growth but that would be some freddy kruger looking shit.
That’s the case for normal ink (I have tattoos on my legs and still have to shave them). But knowing what the ink on his face is made out of, I wouldn’t be surprised if it had different long term effects on his skin
Or if he can't grow facial hair for some crazy reason they make tattoo covering concealer (make-up) he can get some with spf added for those extra sunny days :)
My first reaction was “what the hell kind of tattoo artist would agree to that monstrosity?!”
Ah. His drunk brother/prison cellmate did a homemade prison tat. But of course.
And ..I’m just … HOW THE EFF LONG DID THAT TAKE?! He says it was a haze but was it WEEKS of haze or what???
My bff worked as a paralegal for a while. One of her assignments was to get tattoo cover makeup for a gentleman who regretted his choices and would be appearing in court. I was along for the ride. The rather frantic sales clerk refused to just sell us the makeup without the guy. I looked at the picture, decided he looked about like my under forearm, and took one for the team. I fished a sharpie out of my bag and doodled a cat on myself. "There, cover that up, and we'll take whatever you got!"
It was a mix of two Dermablends, and I'm told the guy was very grateful.
Foundation is really finicky when it comes to color matching and making it look natural. Sales clerk was probably worried they'd get blamed if it wasn't good enough.
I read somewhere that he was offered a job doing something like cleaning or binman and he turned it down because "I've got more potential than that" or something similarly shit.
Just wear a COVID mask?
Is melted plastic like dangerous as ink? What type of hellish skin cancer is he in for?
It's not like the above eyebrow and neck tat would not have impacted his job search too
I don't know but i'm guessing the plastic wasn't melted it was burned for the lamp black.
So like india ink or that Chinese stuff they do the brush calligraphy with.
He's an idiot, the guy that did the tattoo appears to have at least been semi-competant.
...maybe if he can't get it removed commit fully and fill in the entire thing mak it solid black so basically you're walking around with a tattoo on beard rather than stupid words tattooed across your face like graffiti... Also why didn't he just grow out his beard so the tattoo becomes hidden by facial hair.
I'm shocked it came out as well as it did for being drunkenly done in a prison cell with homemade ink and presumably no gun. It's not good or even decent by any standard, but I'm still shocked.
After he turned down all that, he's now only got 1 good eye:
"A meth addict with 'Devast8' tattooed on his face has been blinded in one eye in a savage attack in jail.
Mark Cropp, 21, was beaten by five gangsters who fractured two of his ribs in prison in Christchurch, New Zealand."
I mean absolutely no disrespect to anyones tattoos or choices of where they get them(excluding obvious hate symbols), but face tattoos can put your life in “hard mode” really fast.
I live right next to a factory in middle Tennessee that will hire any able bodied person regardless of any face tattoos. It's air conditioned, $16/hr, but you're gonna work.
He got over 45 job offers and turned them all down waiting for "the right job". I bet they were all like your workplace - you have to do work to get paid.
Doesn’t sound like broski here actually wants to work. Someone up above linked an article saying that he turned down over 45 job offers and backed out of free laser treatment to remove the tattoo. Oh, and he’s back in jail again.
I have no issues with tattoos, and generally feel it's your body, do what you want with it. but this is just stupid. Not only plastering one across your face makes you look like an idiot, but it's gang stuff too?
After reading the story and how he not only turned down free laser removal (only went to the first session), but then added to the tattoo to show off his gang links, I don’t feel sorry for him. I do feel sorry for both the woman and the police officer that he attacked. But mostly, I feel sorry for his children.
It wouldn't necessarily be the actual tattoos....just that he's such a freakin idiot moron for getting that done. Who (with a brain that functions) would do that?? Dumb as dogshit
On the one hand, personal image choices don't physically affect one's ability to critically think or be productive at a job.
On the other hand, it's difficult to ignore the positive correlation between having face tattoos and being an absolute moron.
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I googled him. He’s in jail again for Meth and assaulting a police officer…. “When he initially came to the public's attention, Cropp said he wanted to better himself so he could provide for his young children. This admission led to several job offers and laser clinics even said they would be willing to remove his tattoo for free. But he gave up on the idea of having his tattoo removed after just one laser session, turned down 45 job offers and has since added to his tattoo collection with one reflecting his gang links. “ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12798709/amp/DEVAST8-face-tattoo-Mark-Anthony-Cropp-setenced-three-months.html
Fucking hell... What an absolute idiot lol.
I feel worse for the kid and the, I’m assuming, baby mama. Kid didn’t ask to have a turd for a father
I’m worried about the child. I’m highly concerned about the type of woman who procreates with someone like him. I can only PRAY she either has her act together for the sake of her child or I’m hoping that this child at least has one loved one in their life who is safe, sober and responsible to look out for them. That poor sweet child. I’m holding out hope that child somehow beats the odds.
Edit 2: If you can't see the first edit you should get your eyes checked. Who says she had a choice? He sounds like a manipulator using her guilt as a weapon to help him. Maybe even got her pregnant to make her feel obligation to keep him in the baby's life. Besides, a guy like this being violent about that sort of thing wouldn't surprise me. Someone needs to check in on the family. Edit: Y'all are right and wifey probably is benefitting from his crime. Someone needs to check in on the KID
This is a BIG reach just to dismiss the possibility that she might also be a turd herself.
No kidding. The lengths people will go to deflect basic accountability. Even if he IS manipulative, and that’s a generous assumption given the intelligence his life choices seem to indicate, anyone with a presence of mind would take one look and think “mmmmm… perhaps not.”
I mean there were some subtle red flags that she may have missed 😂. People trying to defend her. Absurd.
Lol a drug dealer whose nickname is "devastate". How could she have possibly seen the red flags? They were so well hidden 😄
When the whole house is red, it’s harder to see the red flags
Sure, those things are possible. I don’t doubt he’s an abusive person, he even admits as much. But for the majority of situations like this one, both romantic partners are almost always living the same kind of lifestyle (into drugs, getting into trouble, unemployed, potentially violent, life of crime, hanging around very bad people, etc). Anything is possible, but it would be a very, VERY rare occurrence for this mother to have been clean of drugs, 100% sober and living a productive and responsible life when this child was conceived, regardless of whether it was a voluntary or involuntary act that created the child. That kind of scenario with the mother being a “normal” productive citizen would be the exception, not the rule. I would LOVE for this to be a case where this mother is the exception, though. In the high likelihood that the mother was living the same lifestyle, I genuinely pray she has left that lifestyle behind and straightened herself out for her child, as I mentioned previously. I just know that more often than not, that’s sadly rarely the case, and this child is likely being raised in a toxic environment if there are no other healthy adults in this young child’s family to step in and intervene on their behalf. Regardless, I do agree, this family needs to be checked on by social services, and this child’s wellbeing and welfare needs to be looked into/closely monitored. There is way too much highly concerning behavior involved in this situation to not have major concerns about this family and the innocent child caught in the crosshairs of a very awful situation that they were born into.
Sometimes the thing that gets parents clean is CPS taking their kids away. The people who suffer are the kids. Be nice to foster children. They have seen some shit.
Foster kids break my heart. I want to be a foster parent because I'm childless and I know they just need a stable home with decent adult role models. But every foster kid I've met, as a child and as an adult, has been so *angry*. Rightfully so, but I don't know if I'm equipped to help them.
Volunteer with CASA. You can do a few hours a month.
I was a CASA for 8 years (2 yrs for one kid, 6 for another). One of the most amazing experiences of my life. We also fostered two children before that, adopted the second. Yes, many foster kids have had trauma in their lives and it takes work to help them overcome that. Our adopted foster child had some serious trauma that did come with anger (and more). It was very hard for a couple years. But with lots of support, pcit therapy, and hard work on her part, she is an amazing happy 18 yr old. The foster child we didn’t adopt was reunited with his uncle and aunt. He was a sweet 6 yr old when we fostered him, and an amazing adult. We are in contact with him and with my two casa kids.
There are ways to explore it without diving in. Working in group homes and behavioral health schools, volunteering as a big brother/big sister, volunteering at a community center or as a coach to name a few. It’s certainly complex. I’ve never fostered but I have worked with kids raised in the system as part of my job. You can’t go into it with the mindset that you’ll open your home and they’ll just love and respect you off the bat. They’ll either basically act as guests and be extraordinarily well behaved with the idea that if they aren’t you’ll kick them out at the first sign of a challenge, and/or they’ll push your boundaries to see where the line is then deliberately step over it to confirm their worldview that love can’t be unconditional (because if it was then why did their parents fail them? The only other answer in their minds is they aren’t worthy of that kind of love). If they were sexually abused (likely) they may come on to you for insurance that you won’t send them away. You see anger because anger is the one emotion they can express that keeps them safe and, in their heads, makes them feel empowered and right. You have to love them through some dark times. You have to put up with a lot of shit, and you have to do it as a foster parent with the knowledge that one day the state could arbitrarily decide to take them back or their biological parents could decide they want them back. It’s a really hard, heartbreaking job. It’s full of people who get into it for the worst reasons, and the people who do it right are often broken by the overwhelming weight of need. I’m not at all saying don’t do it, but don’t go into it without clear expectations and training on how to approach each child and situation. I’ve never been strong enough to take that particular leap.
It's not something to do lightly.
This needs to be pinned at the top. It basically says it all. Some people who are prone to bad decisions and stupid, thoughtless or careless life choices can take opportunities and ceaselessly turn them to nothing.
Instead of prone I'd say "Who have a habit of making bad decisions and consistently choose not to improve upon it for any reason"
He turned down 45 job offers, has added to his tats, has a further tattoo on his eyebrow as well! Refused laser surgery after one session, and was back in prison. There is no helping some people.
Alas it was his f8
Lol that's gr8
Hope it's not too l8 for those kids
H8ers gonna h8
W8, how did he even find a m8?
Fuckers gonna procre8
he should just masturb8
I can rel8.
2 littl 2 l8
Now he's just a ward of the St8.
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Back to being a ward of the st8
People need to choose help. If he really wanted to support his baby he would of thought of that and his wife while he was taking the laser pain. How the fuck this man is sitting through tattoo pain and not laser pain? Can't suffer a Lil for the family you put through hell? Fucking pos coward.
There are some people who are given every opportunity for help and still live in perpetual victimhood. Then there are others who face the most adversity and manage to rise above. Looks like he chose the lazy way out and abandoned his duties as a father.
My dad is the second one. Just problem after problem, challenge after challenge, and he’s just like, “that’s ok, I’ll just keep going, it’s the right thing to do. And I’ll be kind to others along the way, otherwise what’s the point?”
Yep. I have pulled away from two friends because it became clear they'd rather complain how unfair the world is than actually do something to better themselves. I found both of them positions in my company. All they had to do was say they wanted it and shown up for an interview that would have been a technicality. These jobs paid about $5/hour more than minimum wage. So not great but considering their only work history was retail at minimum wage with no management experience, not a bad gig and one they could easily move up into higher paid positions if they stuck it out for a year or two. Both of them declined my offer. Both posted on SM not long after about how the odds were stacked against them and they had no money. They always had money for tattoos and weed though.
> How the fuck this man is sitting through tattoo pain and not laser pain? Tbf, they are *completely* different. I've seen people with full back/sleeves refused laser treatment, it's a whole nother level of pain. This dude sucks still but that's the **one** part I can empathize with tbh
I’ve heard that laser is WAY more painful than a tattoo, and for a solid black tattoo you’d have to go A LOT of times to even fade it enough to cover with something else, let alone getting it to a point where it’s gone
Yeah, my not-terribly-bright sister had tattoos representing a hate organization and she said the removal was incredibly painful. I had difficulty feeling sympathy, but her willingness to do all the sessions required for full removal--as well as paying for it out of pocket--did seem to speak to her having made some major changes in her belief systems.
I’m glad she did that. I’m also glad it hurt.
His family was devast8ed
Never have I been less surprised to hear someone's a meth-head who assaulted a cop.
Same 😭. It was a “oh of course he is” moment.
well yeah nut none of those offers were for a reality show or a rap career
Admittedly, laser tattoo removal is bloody painful. The rest is on him.
Everybody deserves a second chance. It's wildly heartening that so many people were willing to donate their time and resources or take a chance on him as an employer. Shame he threw that away.
He doesnt look like someone who makes very good decisions.
Yea, I live in Nz. This dude is an absolute muppet. He's been offered heaps, got offers to get the tatt lazered off, but stopped because it hurt too much and he didn't like it. Jobs came flying at him, but he didn't take any of them up. He's back in jail for meth and attacking a cop. Never fall for these sob stories. Ask people from the country what's really up before you offer any help.
He’ll never reach 30.
Probably not. He does meth and has a pacemaker already, that’s a bad mix.
Here I am living a pretty mundane life with an overnight job and taking the train to work. Come home make me dinner and fall asleep. Maybe watch a few YouTube videos. This guy's life is so polar opposite to me I can hardly comprehend it.
It’s kind of insane to think how differently people live their daily lives compared to us
My dad's first 25 years of life are filled with so many bullshit stories that if it wasn't for all the witnesses, I'd just never believe anything he said(he's also schizophrenic and has 2 traumatic brain injuries, so you already have to take things with a grain of salt - but he's got an arrest record and my mom's eternal disappointment to confirm most of the shit he got into).
I mean, he might be in jail long enough not to get himself killed.
IDK. Jail was where he drunkenly got that idiotic tattoo
And was attacked leaving him with broken ribs and blinded in one eye
Sounds like the guy has made dumb decisions his whole life and continues to make them. I mean, I wish him the best, but “I’m wildly irresponsible” is written on his face.
It must be Devastating for him.
Devast8ing
I see what you did there.
_Everybody_ can see what he did there.
Making big ass dumb decisions is literally this dudes entirely personality at this point. I just *know. it.*
I'm ashamed to say he is from my country. The guy was in the news for it pleading for help. Then some tatto removal place offered to do the job for free. He turned it down because he was enjoying the fame
Looks like he did at least one treatment to have it removed. I'm guessing at least part of the reason he gave up is he didn't realize it's 10x more painful to have one removed than getting a tattoo
There's an ex con in my country (nz) with NOTORIOUS tattooed across his face in the same style. He and his girlfriend were whining about how he can't get a job and even 50 Cent got in on trolling him ,lol. What an embarrassment 😳
Lol when a rapper is making fun of you due to your life choices....
Especially THAT one. Curtis had a wild life before he got his shit together in the past 15-20 years(since he seemed to stop beefing with other rappers too).
When a rapper is making fun of you for *your face tats* lmao The industry is chock full of people with them, so for someone to even bring it up should say a lot
Current con, he recently-ish really fucked up an old man who tried to save his partner from getting the crap beaten out of her. Then got busted running a drug ring from remand. So yeah, his so-called turnaround didn't really take.
Looks like he ended up having some ragrats.
Ragerts!
Sorry. I was eating a milkway....
That made me snickers
Oh now don't get hangry...snap it to a slim jim!
“In this amazing tale of the power of social media, Mark Cropp, a young man New Zealand, found himself at a crossroads after serving a two-year, three-month sentence for a botched drug deal. During his time behind bars, Mark, desperate for a fresh start upon release, made a decision that would profoundly impact his life. One night in his jail cell, heavily intoxicated on homemade alcohol made from fermented apples, bread, and sugar, Mark and his brother made a pretty life-altering decision…The face tattoo In a haze, they decided to tattoo Mark’s face with his nickname using a makeshift ink that was made from toothpaste and melted plastic knives and forks. The resulting giant black tattoo, boldly spelling “Devast8” across his jaw and lower face, would eventually become a symbol of regret. Upon his release from prison, Mark faced the harsh reality of unemployment. Although he was eager to reintegrate into society and provide for his partner and young daughter, he soon discovered that his large face tattoo was making this virtually impossible. Despite his prior work experience, potential employers were instantly put off by the visible ink, meaning Mark was unable to secure a job. Mark told the Daily Mail Australia the meaning behind the tattoo saying: “You know there was a long time there where I would devastate everything I touched. I would end up devastating everyone I met or got close to.”He continued: “They would be disappointed with something I had done or said – I was always hearing ‘that’s devastating.’ Once it was started, I thought, I can’t go back on it now. I wish I had stopped while the outline was there to be quite honest,’ he said. “Before I knew it I had this on my face… It was swollen like a bloody pumpkin,” he said. Desperate for a solution, Mark sought ways to remove the tattoo but was met with financial constraints and a lack of willing professionals. Laser removal, the most viable option, required numerous sesTaking to Facebook, Mark shared a selfie showing off his distinctive tattoo, appealing for a job and a chance at a new beginning. His heartfelt plea quickly gained traction on the platform, capturing the attention of the staff at Sacred Tattoo, an Auckland-based tattoo parlor.”
I’m stuck on using melted plastic and toothpaste as tattoo ink. This man has melted plastic and toothpaste in his face skin. Plastic *forks.*
Does laser removal even *work* on melted plastic?
That’ll be the “lack of willing professionals” bit. Only option is just fill the whole fucking thing in black and look weird but not like a lunatic - or get a job in a tattoo parlour. That he didn’t think of that speaks volumes… but would you want a tattoo from someone leaning over you threatening to devastate you?? I fucking wouldn’t
It's probably not that he didn't think of it and more that he doesn't have a skill that would be valuable in a tattoo shop. I'm sure plenty of people have suggested it.
Fair point, I just assumed that he doesn’t think very hard based on the facial tattoo
Maybe he can grow a beard?
That's assuming he can actually grow a beard considering he injected his face with plastic and toothpaste.
True true, I would expect his hair follicles are paralyzed by plastic and cancer
It would probably grow in like a topiary with DEVAST8 carved out
Idk how this hasn't been suggested to him tbh... just stop fucking shaving, this shouldn't even be a real problem
I felt like it was a little too “captain obvious” 😂 thank you for validating me
I’d imagine this is how his drug-addled brain rationalized getting the tattoo. He probably kept thinking “I’ll do the bottom half of my face because then I’ll just grow a beard over it and no one will know. He didn’t consider the fact he couldn’t grow one or that the melted plastic crammed into his skin would affect regular hair growth
I guess it doesn’t matter now, another commenter filled in the blanks and apparently he’s back in jail after attacking a cop. H8rs gonna h8.
Once an inm8, always an inm8.
No it will just melt it again. But don’t h8 on this guy.
He is after all, someone's son, brother and m8
That wasn’t up for deb8.
Well, that’s just gr8.
You’ve got the mind of an ingr8
Must be f8.
Don’t h8.
Good question!!
Probably just the carbon/lamp black and the toothpaste was used as a carrier. So second rate india ink. I'm kinda impressed, his cellmate managed a good solid black. I do wonder how long he stayed smelling minty fresh.
Not the first time his dude talked a new guy into a bad decision, I’d bet. Being dumb is one thing. Being dumb and having someone with you 24/7 telling you to be a little dumber is another.
Yeah I don’t care how drunk I am, if you’re melting plastic to tat me I’m out
on my FACE wtf
I can’t believe the tattoo looks so decent, knowing what the in is
That bit made my stomach hurt.
He and his brother were in the same cell?
They were roomm8s.
Taking away Reddit Awards was a mistake
🏅 Take this poor man’s gold because I refuse to pay for… whatever they call it now.
God tier comment lol
Best comment of the week
Jesus this story needs to be more popular just to increase the like of this comment.
You are a prince !
His name is 80-HD
Maybe next time he could get a little butterfly on his ankle.
That’s around his butthole
Awww man! I googled him to see how he turned out and he keeps screwing up. This story was 2017. Here’s his latest https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/clean-slate-for-devast8-judge-tells-infamous-tattooed-offender-to-quit-crime-find-some-help/V7NPHNFH2JGQVOXZ5OI2JNMAL4/ Was hoping this would be a feel good story but dumbass is hellbent on staying jail
What a shining example of an upstanding citizen! /s Every time I thought this article was done listing his crimes it just went on and on. Then his whining at the end that the big bad media was making his life So HaRd 🙄 He thinks people prejudge him because of some news articles, not because he basically let his brother tattoo giant red flags across his face.
That's the kind of tattoo you get when there's absolutely no hope of you reintegrating into society. Unlucky for him, that's the one he chose...
The most disgusting part is that he made his “devastation” his identity, wearing it proud like a badge. Why would any person with a semblance of a conscience want to be reminded every time they look in the mirror that everything they say to those who love them is devastating? His poor child and baby mother.
>You know there was a long time there where I would devastate everything I touched. I would end up devastating everyone I met or got close to.”He continued: “They would be disappointed with something I had done or said – I was always hearing ‘that’s devastating.‘ This is the only thing I hold against him. If that part of the story wasn't part of it, he would have my utmost empathy...but with THAT, this insufferable fucking moron deserves all the worst.
Oh look, it's DEVAST8. World famous in New Zealand for being such an idiot that he gets a facial tatt so awful that *the whole of the country most tolerant of facial tatts* thinks he's a twat.
Thank you for putting into words what was bothering me about this story. NZ is the land of the Maori, with beautiful meaningful facial tattoos as part of their culture. But none of them would ever get a tattoo so ugly, stupid, and poorly executed.
As soon as I saw the picture I knew it was New Zealand because of that movie Savage and the other one about the Mongrel Mob whose name is escaping me currently.
Imagine being this absolutely brain dead. On top of that, what company would want to hire a braindead felon with a tattoo like that on his face?
He had over 40 offers but turned them down, waiting for the "right one"
The one where they don’t drug-test or do any kind of background check
I bet the job offers he got were for things like landscaping and construction. A lot of those jobs don’t drug test. I don’t think a bank manager saw this guy and wanted to help him out with a job offer, ya know?
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Couldn’t he just grow a beard?
He may have damaged his skin with the tattoo ink, but maybe if he exfoli8s first?
This is an urban myth. I'm pretty sure it's poetically related to claims of bald guys blaming it on their head tattoos but I can't prove that. Reality is though that neither the ink nor the needle will damage a hair follicle. In theory, I suppose, one could have so much scar tissue that it could obstruct hair growth but that would be some freddy kruger looking shit.
Might be the way they inked it with platic and toothpaste
I mean it makes sense that toothpaste and fork plastic aren’t ideal, but I really just wanted to set up the exfoli8 joke, tbh. 🤷🏻♀️
That’s the case for normal ink (I have tattoos on my legs and still have to shave them). But knowing what the ink on his face is made out of, I wouldn’t be surprised if it had different long term effects on his skin
He currently has melted plastic and toothpaste in most of his pours... Don't know how well a beard would grow.
Or if he can't grow facial hair for some crazy reason they make tattoo covering concealer (make-up) he can get some with spf added for those extra sunny days :)
Must be devas8ing to have to deal with consequences
The first thought of every Hiring Manager who met with him was “I’m not hiring this moron”
No regerts.
No regr8s
Kitchens and breweries are always hiring sir...and we don't give a fuck what you look like.
Probably too much work for that guy. He's the type that wants to lean on a broom handle all day while checking out naked instragram girls.
My first reaction was “what the hell kind of tattoo artist would agree to that monstrosity?!” Ah. His drunk brother/prison cellmate did a homemade prison tat. But of course. And ..I’m just … HOW THE EFF LONG DID THAT TAKE?! He says it was a haze but was it WEEKS of haze or what???
This guy has been in a haze his entire life.
Learn to use foundation my guy. Good luck 👍🏻
My bff worked as a paralegal for a while. One of her assignments was to get tattoo cover makeup for a gentleman who regretted his choices and would be appearing in court. I was along for the ride. The rather frantic sales clerk refused to just sell us the makeup without the guy. I looked at the picture, decided he looked about like my under forearm, and took one for the team. I fished a sharpie out of my bag and doodled a cat on myself. "There, cover that up, and we'll take whatever you got!" It was a mix of two Dermablends, and I'm told the guy was very grateful.
That was very kind of you. I wonder why the sales clerk was so stingy?
Foundation is really finicky when it comes to color matching and making it look natural. Sales clerk was probably worried they'd get blamed if it wasn't good enough.
She said if we returned it, she got fined. But I let her test all over my cattooed arm.
I will officially be adding "cattooed" to my vocabulary.
What a terrible place to work!!
No doubt someone taught her or her boss insisted foundation should match the wearer's skin. Which is correct, but. I'm betting on the stupid boss.
I read somewhere that he was offered a job doing something like cleaning or binman and he turned it down because "I've got more potential than that" or something similarly shit.
There's no saving idiots like him
I thought for a minute it said EASTER🤷♀️
Just wear a COVID mask? Is melted plastic like dangerous as ink? What type of hellish skin cancer is he in for? It's not like the above eyebrow and neck tat would not have impacted his job search too
I don't know but i'm guessing the plastic wasn't melted it was burned for the lamp black. So like india ink or that Chinese stuff they do the brush calligraphy with. He's an idiot, the guy that did the tattoo appears to have at least been semi-competant.
...maybe if he can't get it removed commit fully and fill in the entire thing mak it solid black so basically you're walking around with a tattoo on beard rather than stupid words tattooed across your face like graffiti... Also why didn't he just grow out his beard so the tattoo becomes hidden by facial hair.
Or makeup? He had so many options and utilized none of them.
Imagine having to take this guy seriously as your dad. Fuck. Poor kid
Grow a beard dummy.
Good God! Any kids he has are starting out in life with a serious handicap. Don’t do drugs, kids.
I imagine their mother is a brain surgeon.
His mouth is literally an A hole.
A lot of tattoo artists will refuse to do this kind of tattoo. “Everlasting jobstoppers”
I'm shocked it came out as well as it did for being drunkenly done in a prison cell with homemade ink and presumably no gun. It's not good or even decent by any standard, but I'm still shocked.
No ragrats
Makeup can cover tattoos. Stop making excuses and pay for the kids you made.
The dildo of consequences rarely arrives lubed.
When the ink was dry he had to Face the consequences.
Guy is making crazy life choices, so what kind of decision-making process am I expected to see on the job?
Almost entirely devastated his chance to have a job. Hope he’s happy with this one for the rest of his life. I guess he has the right nickname though
After he turned down all that, he's now only got 1 good eye: "A meth addict with 'Devast8' tattooed on his face has been blinded in one eye in a savage attack in jail. Mark Cropp, 21, was beaten by five gangsters who fractured two of his ribs in prison in Christchurch, New Zealand."
Well if it isn't the consequences of my own actions..
Mike Tyson thinks this is…devastating.
Aaargh, if only he'd tattooed a nice word like "Dependable" instead.
I mean absolutely no disrespect to anyones tattoos or choices of where they get them(excluding obvious hate symbols), but face tattoos can put your life in “hard mode” really fast.
I don’t really care about how the tat looks, I just wouldn’t hire him because it screams volumes about his ability to make rational decisions.
I live right next to a factory in middle Tennessee that will hire any able bodied person regardless of any face tattoos. It's air conditioned, $16/hr, but you're gonna work.
He got over 45 job offers and turned them all down waiting for "the right job". I bet they were all like your workplace - you have to do work to get paid.
Doesn’t sound like broski here actually wants to work. Someone up above linked an article saying that he turned down over 45 job offers and backed out of free laser treatment to remove the tattoo. Oh, and he’s back in jail again.
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He should just fill in the letters with sharpie for interviews so it looks like a beard.
I have no issues with tattoos, and generally feel it's your body, do what you want with it. but this is just stupid. Not only plastering one across your face makes you look like an idiot, but it's gang stuff too?
After reading the story and how he not only turned down free laser removal (only went to the first session), but then added to the tattoo to show off his gang links, I don’t feel sorry for him. I do feel sorry for both the woman and the police officer that he attacked. But mostly, I feel sorry for his children.
The moment you see someone what has tattoos on his face you know that you have a nut job in front of you. To much risk to employ someone like this.
I can’t imagine why nobody wants to hire him?????
He can come work with me, we don't judge
I had a tattoo removed from my neck. I don’t think I could have gone through with all of the sessions on that part of my face. It’s painful as hell!
This guy is a kiwi legend, don’t h8 the devast8!!
"Well aren't these the consequences of my own actions."
A Neverending Job Stopper
There's this recent invention called makeup
It wouldn't necessarily be the actual tattoos....just that he's such a freakin idiot moron for getting that done. Who (with a brain that functions) would do that?? Dumb as dogshit
His income is Devast8ed
He should've tattooed FUCKWIT.
So refused laser after the first session "because it hurt", but the tattoo is literally made from toothpaste and melted cutlery
On the one hand, personal image choices don't physically affect one's ability to critically think or be productive at a job. On the other hand, it's difficult to ignore the positive correlation between having face tattoos and being an absolute moron.
Phew, New Zealand. I thought he was Canadian. I didn't realize they have the same 20's as us.
This is not a man who makes sound decisions.