What do these dots mean?
Thursday, 13 Mar 2025
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The three dots tattoo is a common prison tattoo that represents “mi vida loca,” or “my crazy life.” It’s not associated with any particular gang, but with the gang lifestyle itself. This tattoo is typically found on the hands or around the eyes.
Predator is about to blast you
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As someone who was dumb enough to receive these at a certain point in my life I can verify in the states (as previous comments have stated) it stands for “My vida loca” or Death, Jail, Prison depending on the region/affiliation. Sort of a reminder of the lifestyle, and/or what it will potentially cost you.
When I was a kid a million years ago, they used to test for tuberculosis using a three pronged needle oriented like that. If the dots became inflamed, it meant you had TB.
That’s what I thought of when I saw this. Avoid that dude cause he has TB.
Old guy out.
since/therefore
In France, it means [Mort aux vaches ](https://fr.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/mort_aux_vaches#:~:text=Un%20mort%20aux%20vaches.&text=Nom%20donn%C3%A9%20%C3%A0%20un%20tatouage,un%20rapport%20conflictuel%20aux%20autorit%C3%A9s.) , which literally is “Death to the cows” but is more something like an old way to say ACAB
Edit: in the popular culture you can find the terms [in this song ](https://youtu.be/5cjzigaJ_pQ?si=XHLy3LHTlwGXMOtp) or in [this one](https://youtu.be/totf835UIn8?si=SR3apoH-OEXwhDYF)
Human bowling ball
They’ve awakend their Sharingan
Lol. I’m a probation officer now, but I worked as a gang investigator for over 3 years. I’ve had coworkers with Vida Loca dots. Most people get them when they’re like 14-15 and give them to themselves.
There are tattoos to be worried about, these ain’t it. Also people change and grow up. If you see three dots on your pediatricians hand it doesn’t mean they are rolling with La eMe. Smh.
Inquisitor Peter here
These obviously represent the curse of one of the 4 chaos gods; nurgle, the lord of pestilence. This person should immediately be turned in to your nearest commissar.
Nurgle’s “gifts” spread very fast and you may find yourself writhing in the pain of infection and bubonic plagues if you continue to associate with these individuals for too long.
This is a jail tattoo in Germany. The 3 dots are the 3 Monkeys which mean you did not see anything bad, you did not hear anything bad and you keep your mouth shut. Basically this is an anti snitch tattoo. But in USA it means my vida loca. There is also a tattoo with 5 dots in Germany which looks like the 5 on the dice and means me and my 4 walls.
I thought it was Orochimaru’s curse mark.
“He’s Tres Puntos, ese”
Tres Puntos
Predator locked on
I have that tattooed on my hand. My homies and I had just watched Blood In Blood Out and we had a tattoo machine. We all tattooed each other’s hands as a symbol of brotherhood and “my crazy life” or “mi vida loca.” It doesn’t mean anything to people outside of the gangster lifestyle. I was never part of a gang but I did sell drugs and move Mexicans across the border when I was younger. Now I’m a regular jackoff like everyone else.
It means they listen to Periphery
I am going to go against the grain and say these are radiotherapy tattoos.
They are used during radiotherapy in order to calibrate the lasers so you hit the exact same spot with them each time.
I have seen lots of designs googling them, and that’s more of a joke than gang shit
In the 90s…. kids in high school have themselves these dots all the time with homemade tattoo methods.
We called them ‘party dots’
This is a tattoo that Surenos get. Their number is 13, while their rival gang, the Nortes, use 14 as “N” is the 14th letter in the alphabet. This gets boiled down to 3 vs. 4. Nortes have 4 dots. Surenos have 3 dots. Surenos also have ties to MS 13. Thus, why they use 13.
At least, that’s what I learned from gang members in Cali
Gang member
The person is turning into a coconut
So this doesn’t mean they love bowling?
It’s math for “therefore”
If they touch you, you turn into a bowling ball
That’s Orochimaru’s cursed mark. It must be sealed or somehow removed or the victim may face it’s demise one day.
I’ve been told that this is a hippie thing and stands for faith/hope/love. This is in Sweden btw, I’ve seen a few and pretty sure they were not gang members and certainly not been in prison.
My dad was involved in gangs when he was younger and got this tattoo. I remember asking him what it meant when I was a kid, and he stumbled for a second before saying it represented myself and my other two siblings LMAO
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Orochimaru curse mark😭💀
I have these as freckles on my hand exactly where it’s supposed to be placed as a tattoo, that’s super fun
In Southern California this is a relatively old tradition in Mexican/Chicano culture. “Mi vida loca” or ‘my crazy life.’ Most closely associated with cholos/vatos (Mexican gangsters).
I know many people with this tattoo, most of them got it in the 90s.
My Crazy Life.
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Mi Vida Loca “My Crazy Life” I have it by my thumb. Similar in essence to the spider web on the elbow when incarcerated as to say “my life has been caught up”. Can be affiliated with gangs but is not only affiliated. The stay away is that someone with this tattoo more than likely has made a good bit of craziness in their life and can be chaotic or troubled and likely will bring you into it.