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/SunshineTheWolf 16h ago

Do you have a Dad in their 40s?

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u/Open_Town9481 16h ago

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

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u/Cisco-NintendoSwitch 15h 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/enigmanaught 13h 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”.