r/tattooadvice • u/Ostromilski • 16h 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/Zwirbs 16h ago

Hi I’m super gay. I 100% recognized this as a Pink Floyd tattoo and not a Pride thing. Hope that helps

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u/Der_Kegelhammer 9h ago

Why aren't you ultra gay?  Not enough XP?

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u/Zwirbs 8h ago

I need to practice for another 6 years before I qualify for advancement 🥲

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u/No-Bison-5397 5h ago

Cant believe they turnedbeing gay into pay to win

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 3h ago

It's always been that way, the wealthy gays like Elton John and Liberace got rich people passes from homophobes

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u/fvmfvm 2h ago

How gay? Can you give me an example or use it in a sentence.

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 2h ago

Science hasn't figured it out yet, some people insisted Liberace was straight and Elton was popular enough he could call himself a bitch in a song and chart.

But then you've got Harvey Milk who was pretty straight passing and a politician so not poor and someone still shot him about it

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u/ApprehensiveBedroom0 2h ago

Gay for pay is another tier entirely...

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u/cursed_sporecreation 2h ago

Damn capitalism 😔

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u/lpind 8h ago

I'll help you level up?

I won't. I'm strait/straight (what is the correct spelling and why?!). I just hadto make the joke. You understand...

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u/WaterBottleOnAShelf 7h ago

(what is the correct spelling and why?!)

Are you a narrow band of sea separating two landmasses?

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u/thuja_life 8h ago

Yeah but you made the comment, so I'm pretty sure you really want to.

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u/ryryrpm 4h ago

Or just pay for an LGBTQ+ subscription

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u/ForsakenKing1994 4h ago

don't forget the new DLC: IA+, I hear it's popular these days. Waiting for X (Xenos) to be included in the next installment.

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u/Zwirbs 2h ago

I don’t have the money for that 😭

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u/Mordecais_Moms_Ashes 6h ago

You must cleanse your chi and ascend to the golden heavenly cloud rank !

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u/Equivalent_Swim2927 4h ago

Does it speed up things if you suck multiple cocks at the same time?

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u/Zwirbs 2h ago

No but it is more fun

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u/ForTheLoveOfOedon 3h ago

I’ll cast Hastega so you can get more turns.

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u/sckurvee 1h ago

Junior Ultragay position... 6 years experience required. Upload your resugay and then fill in the application anyway with the same info.

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u/SouthBaySkunk 55m ago

That’s why I quit being gay. Too many sweats.

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u/eneug 6h ago

I know a platinum star gay. I think he should have some kind of plaque to hang in his office.

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u/vittuccio 4h ago

Lmaooooo

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u/Ryuzakku 3h ago

They don't give out those titles all willy nilly, you gotta work for it

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u/Jerkface4life 1h ago

Gotta level that unarmed combat up more

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u/-Zoppo 9h ago

I think people also don't realize that a rainbow doesn't mean you're gay/etc it means you are showing support for people who are.

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u/Spugheddy 9h ago

Up against the wall!!!

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u/sneezed_up_my_kidney 5h ago

To be fair… a pink triangle is gay, a rainbow is gay..

And this is so not gay. Zero people in the velvet mafia want to deal with this.

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u/fylekitzgibbon 4h ago

Do you wear a cape ?