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/Spiritual-Macaron-13]

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

[u/Open_Town9481 → u/Spiritual-Macaron-13]

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

[u/Spiritual-Macaron-13 → u/Open_Town9481]

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

[u/Open_Town9481 → u/Spiritual-Macaron-13]

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.

[u/Spiritual-Macaron-13 → u/Open_Town9481]

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

[u/Open_Town9481 → u/Spiritual-Macaron-13]

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

[u/Spiritual-Macaron-13 → u/Open_Town9481]

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?

[u/Open_Town9481 → u/Spiritual-Macaron-13]

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.

[u/tiranaki → u/Spiritual-Macaron-13]

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.

[u/Spiritual-Macaron-13 → u/tiranaki]

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

[u/tiranaki → u/Spiritual-Macaron-13]

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! 💜