8. "I think this might just be an Australian thing, but having the southern cross tattoo anywhere is a red flag. Don't know why it's specifically the southern cross, but holy shit, every person I've ever met with that specific tattoo has been a walking red flag."

—u/imuncomfy5

"Sadly, the southern cross tattoos mentioned above tend to fit this: they're typically (not exclusively, sure, but typically) seen on very right wing, nationalistic types, often of a lower socio-economic status, who are anti-immigration and probably harbor a lot of other less obvious (?) bigotries (no point listing all those possibilities here, but once you know that sort of tatt down here is like having a Confederate Flag in the US, you can surely guess) to the point that if you can't see the tat, the 'fuck off, we're full' or similarly ignorant 'this is Australia, we speak English' t-shirts or bumper stickers will give it away anyway."

—willxkemp

22. A tat of their partner's name when they're still with them, especially if it's prominent, and ESPECIALLY if their partner doesn't also have one.

"My coworker married another coworker. Prior to that wedding, he asked her to prove to her how much she loved him. So she got a tattoo on her neck with his last name on it. BIG artistic letters.

Now, mind you, this man is a douchebag and a half, and they have 'issues' in their marriage...that tattoo just proves how much self-love she had for HERSELF, which is absolutely zero.

SO seeing their partner's name on a very clearly visible area while the partner does not have any tattoos is a major red flag."

—u/Dimple_from_YA

"I 100% agree, a partner asking you to 'prove your love' by basically branding yourself off from the rest of the world — and scaring off any further romantic partners — should be illegal, in my opinion. i feel like there should be some obligation of the tattoo artist to decide something is amiss there if one person is permanently altering themselves and the other is demanding it. like pulling the client aside with the abuser outside of the room, and asking if everything is okay at home."

—soyb34n