It pains me, costs me dearly. But sometimes I luck out as in the case of the Rotterdam tatoo artist who faked inking up a patron with the avatars of 152 Facebook friends.

Turns out the most recent Facebook tattoo to viral -- as in the web not Hepatitis -- was actually "printed out on a ...faulty inkjet printer."

Rotterdam tattoo artist Dex Moelker 'fessed to the Telegraaf that the tats and video were an advertising stunt, and that the patron really doesn't have any friends, which is why she went along with the hoax. Well, I just added the last part. Any astute observer would have suspected fraud while watching the video because neither the artist nor the arm seemed to fade. And thank god it was a fraud, too, because it'd be sad if some stupid skank had the supreme stupidity to believe her Facebook link whores were her "friends."

So, dear "friends," take comfort in knowing that when you visit these parts, you may not get the buzz "first," but that doesn't always equate to a fail.