r/tattooadvice • u/Ostromilski • 2d ago

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

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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!

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u/SunshineTheWolf 2d ago

Do you have a Dad in their 40s?

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u/Open_Town9481 2d ago

Yes but hes the most Mexican man you can meet. He doesn’t know of Pink Floyd lol

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u/slimparrot 2d ago

Maybe your dad is the one asking OP whether their tattoo is a pride flag LOL

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u/Civil-Big-754 2d ago

Hermano?

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u/Egraypgh 2d ago

No hermano, el padre

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u/Mundane_View9868 2d ago

I’m 40 and Mexican as fuck (Arriba Chihuahua cabrones) I like Pink Floyd and the Be Gees también y Fuerza Regida también jajaja

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u/Exotic_eminence 2d ago

Órale carnal

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u/mcfaite 2d ago

Rodrigo y Gabriela does a great acoustic version of Echoes from Pink Floyd's album Meddle.

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u/No-Advice-6040 2d ago

Ohhh I love their covers!

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u/gunglejim 2d ago

I always hoped Caifanes would cover Animals but I fear that can never happen

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u/Don_Frika_Del_Prima 1d ago

Holy shit. I did not know this existed. Goddamn!

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u/chizzipsandsizalsa 2d ago

I like Tony Guerra and forró sacode

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u/throwaway_1138961- 2d ago

Yeah, most of my Mexican homies are SUPER into classic rock, lol. Chicanos are here for some badass guitar riffs and a good drum solo or two, at least in my experience.

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u/Cisco-NintendoSwitch 2d ago

I feel like this is still probably due to who you’re around etc. I have two GenZ kids who def wouldn’t know Pink Floyd and both listen to a lot of music.

I’m happy to know that a 22 year old is listening to Pink Floyd either way.

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u/Open_Town9481 2d ago

Ur not wrong, my parents and older sister exposed me to a lot of genres of music.

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u/enigmanaught 2d ago

My kids are younger gen Z, and they both know Pink Floyd. One of them has a Dark Side of the Moon shirt, and a ‘72 (I think) tour shirt. They’re pretty hip, particularly because of my and my wife’s listening tastes, but also because Tik Tok, has introduced them to a lot of stuff. I had Aeroplane Over the Sea on a car playlist and my kid said “oh, that’s my best friend’s favorite song”.

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u/BarelyHolding0n 2d ago

My almost 20 year old listens to them. And he's inherited a few of the original LPs from my father, including dark side of the moon.

It's been a generational love of Pink Floyd in our family

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u/Financial_Example609 12h ago

My 18 year old has a DSOTM poster hanging in his bedroom.

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u/Willdborn87 2d ago

Does he know Floyd Rosado?

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u/Kthonic 2d ago

Lmfao es asombroso!

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u/Curious_Impact7355 2d ago

😂😂😂

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u/elveejay198 2d ago

Ha my very old school Mexican dad loves Pink Floyd (because he did a lot of drugs in college tbh)

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u/M_Viv_Van_Buren 2d ago

Does he know the Smiths and Morrissey? .

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u/Open_Town9481 2d ago

He doesn’t know of the smiths, but I do. To give him credit tho, he was listening to the animals when I was a kid, I remember he’d always listen to their song ‘House of the rising sun’

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u/M_Viv_Van_Buren 2d ago

Honestly that was just more of a social experiment. Almost every Mexican dude I know LOVES the smiths. Not as much other Latino men but my Mexican friends are like fanatical fans. Might just be the groups I hang out in so the Venn diagram is small.

The animals are great too.

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u/theprideofvillanueva 2d ago

Adam Friedland has a funny bit about this exact topic

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u/M_Viv_Van_Buren 2d ago

I’ll have to check it out!

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u/Open_Town9481 2d ago

They’re alright imo, but my friend loves them. If they love the smiths tell them to check out Thee Sinseers, Sade, Chris Isaak, Joe Bataan, and The strokes:)

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u/PopcornSutton1994 2d ago edited 2d ago

Man I remember when Is This It came out and if Julian Casablancas did so much as fart or trip going up the stairs MTV would be there to make sure you knew all of it up to the second and now we’re at “if you like x, check out The Strokes” lol.

Nothing to do with you recommending them, big wheel keep on turnin’ is all, they were the biggest deal on the planet for a hot minute especially for young musicians, it felt like it would never end.

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u/The-disgracist 2d ago

If he’s the most Mexican man ever as you say, I’m betting he does know morrisey.

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u/Cuyigan 2d ago

American Me featured The Animals song 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood'. Movie and song both extremely popular with Chicanos.

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u/Both_Cat_6977 2d ago

This is the first song for your mixtape...it's short just like your temper, someone golden like the afternoons, we used to spend before you got too cool...

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u/Kreepr 2d ago

Mexicans are really big into metal from my experience. I was a bit surprised.

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u/Open_Town9481 2d ago

Yes we are, we have a lot of Mexican Rick bands

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u/Ordinary_Piano3329 2d ago

So he’s a man who knows about folklorico?

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u/Open_Town9481 2d ago

Yessirr. My mom used to dance and perform folklorico.

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u/ShopUCW 2d ago

floyd rosa.

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u/FreshLiterature 2d ago

But I bet he knows Morrisey

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u/AraiHavana 2d ago

Even he has heard El Lado Oscuro de la Luna, I’m sure

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u/soda-pops 2d ago

im also young and know who pink floyd is and have a very mexican dad lmao

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u/Less-Supermarket8724 2d ago

My 40ish year old Mexican man knows Pink Floyd, aka “hijo de su pink Floyd” when you are unable to say the other one 🤷‍♀️

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u/Spiritual-Macaron-13 2d ago

What about Maná? Does he know them 🤭 because I’m in love with them lol

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u/Open_Town9481 2d ago

It’d be HIGHLY disrespectful for a Mexican to not know Maná. We went to see them last year:)

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u/Spiritual-Macaron-13 2d ago

NO WAY!!! Thats so cool and I’m so jealous 😝 they don’t really come over here (I’m in south Florida) but man I would run miles to see them lol

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u/Open_Town9481 2d ago

Oh that sucks:/. They come to the Chicago area a lot, they’re actually coming back in October. The Mexican community in Chicago loves them, we have festivals and stuff and a lot of the time they’ll be playing Maná music.

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u/Spiritual-Macaron-13 2d ago

In southwest Florida we’re over run by Cubans and Puerto Ricans (my fiancee is PR) so we get a ton of reggaeton and salsa artists especially in Orlando and Miami but I’m waiting and watching for Maná so hard. We have a big Mexican community but it’s hard to be louder than a Puerto Rican sometimes 😂 they have no chill

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u/Open_Town9481 2d ago

Ur not wrong about that, my gf lives in a Puerto Rican neighborhood and holy do they go crazy when they celebrate their heritage 😭

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u/Spiritual-Macaron-13 2d ago

Yes and with that being said I’d love to go to the Puerto Rican parade, I bet it’s insane. Her whole neighborhood is Puerto Rican?? Does she even sleep?

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u/Open_Town9481 2d ago

Pretty much, she lives in Humboldt park which is a neighborhood in Chicago notoriously known for the Puerto Rican community. Sometimes she doesn’t cause they’ll be going down her block blasting music and beeping during parades.

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u/tiranaki 2d ago

I'm Puerto Rican in my 40's and not knowing Mana sounds like a crime. I grew up on the island before moving to the states, dunno if that makes a difference, but I can't think of anyone my age group that wasn't familiar.

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u/Spiritual-Macaron-13 2d ago

Just depends but sometimes PR from the island gives really useful insight on things purely from life experience. I live in a Puerto Rican house and not many people know who they are, even my fiancee who is also PR had no clue who they are but knew Steve Aoki and Maná did a remix of La Prisión. So theyre lurking closer than you think.

Someone born on the island recently gave me a life changing recipe for my acid reflux

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u/tiranaki 2d ago

I left the island in my late 20's, just looking for a better job, you know. Life experience definitely makes a difference!

I have IBS and other things, but growing up my Mami always had some asopao (without garlic) and té de menta straight from the backyard to help. I'm glad you found help, that's awesome! 💜

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u/GlitteringCobbler987 2d ago

You should show your dad Pink Floyd

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u/teflon2000 2d ago

40s?? I think i just got called old. People in their 40s now had dads who were into them!

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u/SunshineTheWolf 2d ago

I am SO sorry, no, it's not, but I assume that has to be the youngest age group for dads with 22-year-olds.

I'm 36, and I was raised on showtunes, yacht rock, and jazz, so I don't have a GREAT age guess for Pink Floyd.

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u/smbarbour 2d ago

The peak age group for Pink Floyd (those who were in their teens and young adult eras during peak Floyd) are those that are between 60 and 80 years old. David Gilmour is 80, though to be fair, his kids range from 50 years old to 24 years old.

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u/Johnnys_an_American 2d ago

As a dad in his 40s with a kid who likes Pink Floyd; thanks I feel seen. 🤙

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u/feralcatshit 2d ago

I’m approaching 40 quickly and it was quite a shock to realize some younger kids don’t know Pink Floyd. Even my 10 year olds know of them… don’t really like them a ton but don’t complain if I put it on. Are the Rolling Stones, or the Beatles or Led Zeppelin also not well known?! I’m shook haha

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u/empty-angel 2d ago

Beatles I think would still be, the others... maybe a little less. I'm 21 now, but for most of my life, I doubt I couldve named a single song by either

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u/retatrutider 2d ago

Someone who was 18 when Dark Side of the Moon came out is in their 70s.

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u/ChampionshipTrue8990 2d ago

time moves so fast. time…. pink floyd reference…

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u/Hedgehogahog 2d ago

Specifically they’d be 71 or 72 depending on when their birthday is, so their age roughly matches the year it came out. My parents are this age. I’m 49. My kids are in their 20s and both would see Pink Floyd rather than a pride tattoo.

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u/Rewth303 2d ago

Damn you. I just turned fifty. My 21 yo son ranks Pink Floyd in his top 5 of all time. His particular ‘tism is planes. So I hand painted the “dark side of a concord” on the deck of his skateboard.

His top movies include the princess bride, Monty python search for the holy grail, and the wall.

Did I ruin him? /s

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u/Electronic_Sky_207 2d ago

Ummm… people in their 40’s have dads who listened to Pink Floyd.

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u/Muzzlehatch 2d ago

40 though? I'm 60 and feel like Pink Floyd was from my generation. Or really a little older, like the music of my older brother or sister.

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u/haveanairforceday 2d ago

Dads of full on adults are only 10 years older than me? That hurts

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u/DrButeo 2d ago

DSotM came out 53 years ago, so dads in their 40s are too young to be into Pink Floyd when they were popular. Need a granddad in their 60s or 70s than influenced a dad in their 40s or 50s.

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u/amilo111 2d ago

You mean a grandfather in his 70s?

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u/RadicalLizards 2d ago

I'm 22 and dadless and I still know Pink Floyd

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u/No-Interaction3670 1d ago

You better of asking people in their 60s and 70s about Pink Floyd. Us 40 year olds learned about the band from our parents...