@mylil_india: He still brushes it off when I ask lol #abuelo #fyp #xyzbca #mexican #mexicanamerican

lmeza1324 :

its called the Pachuco cross

CrunchyTaco :

My mom has the exact same tattoo in the SAME PLACE

skzfan baffibella :

My dad is hiding my phone soon. I’m leaving my notification volume at max. Do your work soldiers....

mylil_india :

My tata was born in 1935 he is 91 years old. That picture was the late 50s in El Centro, CA. He was a first gen Mexican American at the time. My nana (85) said back then kids were punished for speaking Spanish in school. Black and brown were separated together. Mexican worked in the fields harvesting food or picking cotton for little to no money. They watched the world changed drastically throughout both their lives. At 16 years old my tata took over the household and started working construction to provide for his mother and younger siblings. His father had passed on. The car in the pic was his own that he worked for at such a young age. It was his symbol of success and light at the end of the tunnel. My tata loved nice cars and parting his success with his family.

OvertimeDad 🏆⏱️🪫 :

Cleaned up the photo for you but kept the original features

mrbigbah :

I like his white and gold pants.

K :

Okay but what does it mean ? 😭

✨️Jazmin✨️ :

It means "Mi Vida Loca" or "My Crazy Life". It was very popular in the 80's-90's among Mexicans/Chicanos. Usually placed in left hand like that or inner left ankle above the bone.

Luna Petunia :

my dad told me it was a sample tattoo to see if he could handle a full session. 🤦‍♀️🤣

J :

When I was little I would think it was cute that my mom and dad had matching 3 dot tattoos 😭😭

Ryan Havens :

Originating in the 1940s among Mexican-American (Chicano) Pachuco subculture, the cross represents religious faith and God, while the three dots typically stand for "mi vida loca" ("my crazy life") or the three paths of the street lifestyle (prison, hospital, or death).

Chris. :

Mi Vida Loca tattoo.

Eloïse^🍇 :

Pour les français qui ont pas compris: ce tatouage correspond à un gang au état unis. Énormément de gang la bas ont des tatouages avec un certains nombre de points disposés d’une certaine manière. Ce tatouage est généralement sur les mains ou sur le visage.

hotdogsbad :

It means “therefore” in mathematics. He must be a smart man!

andrearomano2794 :

In Italy it is the sign of belonging to mafia

Austin Clark :

"my crazy life"

Ugh_76 :

That means he is OG

Juju :

3 points mean, don't hear, dont see, dont talk

. :

Jesus is King

Papa T :

He’s a real OG by every definition. Gracias abuelo, you’re the generation before mine that took major hits to pave a path for generations to follow. Mi respeto 🫡 ✊🏿 señor!

babydi0r8 :

Well if you do know. WE don’t know.

RgC :

Monica Guthrie :

My mom has the same one 😅 didn’t find out what it means til I got to high school and one of my friends had the same one.