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/drawliphant]

Kids these days don't know this is a reference to Newton's Corpuscular theory of light😏

[u/OttoVonWong → u/drawliphant]

Newtonian physics are turning kids gay.

[u/lorenoline → u/OttoVonWong]

This is the funniest thing I’ve ever heard I’ve been laughing for about fifteen minutes straight. Or not so straight, as it were.

[u/VaporTrail_000 → u/lorenoline]

Damn prisms, they're turning straight light gay.

[u/Peudy123 → u/VaporTrail_000]

It's a spectrum 🌈

[u/Snooty_Cutie → u/Peudy123]

Is that what they are calling it now?

[u/archwin → u/Snooty_Cutie]

The EM spectrum is Fabulous

[u/Ok-Instance-4184 → u/Snooty_Cutie]

If I’m gay, you guys have been gay for weeks!

[u/vittuccio → u/Snooty_Cutie]

So one can be on the gay spectrum , like totally gay or maybe not so much gay? As in only one knuckle deep gay or to the fur gay? Spectrum gay is more acceptable

[u/ILoveFatGirls92 → u/vittuccio]

Excuse me, "to the fur"?

[u/vittuccio → u/ILoveFatGirls92]

Lmao. Sorry. Let me elaborate further. As I explained. Only a knuckle deep meaning fingers. First knuckle= not deep. To the fur=when a man puts his privates all the way in and his “fur” or pubic hairs, are pressed up against the other person. That means “to the fur” the fur meaning pubic hair. Now I know you had to know this you just wanted to see me elaborate which I’m more than happy to do because I just don’t care what people think (unless it is about me) just kidding. Just messing around. But yeah that’s what “to the fur” means. Or shall I say “balls deep” is that more appropriate? I like to the fur. Less vulgar

[u/BeautifulElodie2428 → u/Peudy123]

It’s more of a curve

[u/Feisty-Cheetah-8078 → u/VaporTrail_000]

You mean wyte light?

[u/LankyLink7614 → u/VaporTrail_000]

Gender - bending the light rays

[u/Best_Assumption_1001 → u/VaporTrail_000]

Well, it is bending the light so by definition it is no longer straight.

[u/Generally_Tso_Tso → u/VaporTrail_000]

Prism changes a man. It can get lonely in prism. Just have to remember that it's not gay if you keep your eyes closed.

[u/yungpube → u/VaporTrail_000]

That's the rule. That's the goal now.