Moby's Animal Rights Tattoo

About

Moby's Animal Rights Tattoo refers to American musician Moby's 12 tattoos spelling out "ANIMAL" on his right arm and "RIGHTS" on his left to commemorate his 32 years anniversary of being vegan. The Tattoos were done by Kat Von D in November 2019. The tattoos have been mocked online and edited to say other things like "Anime Rights."

Origin

On November 12th, 2019, Moby posted a picture of his new tattoos to Instagram^[1] which gained over 43,900 likes in a day (shown below). His caption reads:

"As November is my 32 year vegan anniversary i thought i’d get a tattoo (well, technically 12 tattoos) to celebrate. I’m a vegan animal rights activist for many reasons, but ultimately because i believe at the core of my being that every animal has the right to live their own life, according to their own will. Thanks @thekatvond @highvoltagetat #veganforlife #animalrights"

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On November 12th, 2019, Redditor xamlax reposted Moby's Instagram photo saying, "I’m 100% for people believing and practicing what they want but Moby’s tattoos are hot garbage" to r/shittytattoos.^[2] The post received over 360 points (96% upvoted) in a day. That same day, Instagram^[3] user @andonuts posted an edit in which Moby is wearing a ahegao shirt and his tattoos are edited to read "Anime Rights" (shown below). The post garnered over 430 likes in a day.

On Noverber 12th, many Twitter user begun to photoshop his tattoos. Twitter user @wipeyadocsoff^[4] posted an edit in which the tattoo reads "Spell ICUP" (shown below, left). The post garnered over 120 likes in a day. Twitter user @therevmountain^[5] posted an edit in which the tattoo reads "Natalie Pls Reply" referring to Moby and Natalie Portman's Relationship Dispute (shown below, right).

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