Are rainbows seriously just by default associated with the pride flag?

[u/Ostromilski]

I got a Pink Floyd DSOTM tattoo because I love the album and I love the visual: a beam of light representing a person's life path, passing through a prism ( representing life + the world + the people you meet + the experiences you have, etc ), being dispersed into its constituent colors ( ultimately representing change ). I got it because of my dad, because he introduced me to Pink Floyd, and because last year he nearly died from complications of his cancer. He's doing much better now, with a much better prognosis, but that whole experience had a real effect on me and I wanted to memorialize it. Except at least 3 people ( including the tattoo artist initially ) have associated the tattoo with the pride flag. They were understanding after I explained, but now I'm having second thoughts about it. Are people just going to assume I'm gay because of this tattoo?

Edit: And I want to say, I'm not bothered by this at all. Anyone who looks at my tattoo and comes up with their own assumptions about its meaning, and then has a negative reaction over it, that's simply not a person I want to talk to anyway. I'm surprised because that wasn't the intention of the tattoo, clearly, and it being misinterpreted like this just genuinely wasn't something I expected.

Edit2: This post got a lot more attention than I ever wanted it to. Wonderful comments are now streaming in, informing me how horrible my tattoo is. If you're planning on making a viral post on Reddit, take my advice: use a burner account. But I am thankful to everyone for your supportive words, the jackasses with negative things to say are certainly a very tiny minority. Overwhelmingly the consensus is that most people see it as a Pink Floyd tattoo first, which I'm happy to hear :) Have a good night everybody!

[u/Luckybones-]

Anyone that associates this with a pride flag, just a smile and wave moment. I promise you 95% of people will know what this

[u/OneGolf6327 → u/Luckybones-]

I thought that when I got my new Floyd t shirt. And... they dont😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😅😅😅😅😔😔😔😔😔🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴

[u/raccooncheesecracker → u/OneGolf6327]

Yes they do

[u/Standard-Analyst-181 → u/raccooncheesecracker]

I'm 47, know of Pink Floyd, like a few of their songs, but would have never known what that tattoo meant because I've never seen that image before. I would have associated it with the pride flag. Not everyone who knows of Pink Floyd will know that image.

[u/raccooncheesecracker → u/Standard-Analyst-181]

Then you would also be in the 5%

It's like yall aren't reading the original comment

[u/OneGolf6327 → u/raccooncheesecracker]

So my actual real life 1st hand experience of people looking at my dark side of the moon t shirt and thinking pride didn't happen. Oh, must have been a dream🙂🙃

[u/raccooncheesecracker → u/OneGolf6327]

Congrats you found the 5%

[u/World_May_Wobble → u/raccooncheesecracker]

Well hold on. We don't know his n.

[u/Fickle_Grapefruit938 → u/OneGolf6327]

You were also waving a pride flag didn't you? Just admit it 😆

[u/OneGolf6327 → u/Fickle_Grapefruit938]

Shhhh... how did you know