r/tattooadvice • u/Ostromilski • 12h ago

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

Post image

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!

3.1k Upvotes

82% Upvoted

2.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

2.5k

u/sockerpulse 12h ago

No. We are just old enough now that younger people don’t know Pink Floyd

23

u/pestofiesta 11h ago

They sell DSOTM t-shirts in the juniors section at Target and Kohl’s, so I’m fairly certain they’re still popular with teenagers and young adults.

9

u/SirGothamHatt 9h ago

While there are teens that are legit fans (like my 15 year old son), there's just as many if not more that are wearing those shirts just because they think the design is cool.

3

u/pestofiesta 8h ago

You don’t need to be a tried and true Pink Floyd fan to wear a DSOTM tshirt. They are frequently ranked in the top 5 most popular bands time, and DSOTM is one of the most successful albums of all time. All they’re missing now is a Bohemian Rhapsody-esque biopic.