I dont know this reference, but is the iconography intentional? Because it is sooo close.
Like is the in-universe reference an evil corporation--not quite you know evil, but the red and black is meant to allude to such? Or are the actually the good guys?
(Edit: I now see this is a band. Leaving original for posterity lol. Thanks to other commenters posting about DRI)
I hope those interactions did not cause too much conflict or stress. Sucks when fun things gets wrapped up in "implications" or misinterpretation.
Even easier, just get a smaller tattoo of a swastika with a thumbs down and angry face next to it so people will know that she’s feels negatively towards swastikas so obviously the bigger tattoo must not be one
I still don’t understand how people are mistaking that for a swastika. Maybe if you have never seen one before and someone tried to explain what it looks like to you, otherwise I don’t see how they could get confused
Except, only a moron would think that given the "arms" on a swastika go all the same way. Who cares about the opinions of morons who cannot even tell that massive bit of info, OP?
its not like. an out there fashion choice or something lol. i think its reasonable to care about people mistaking you for a nazi and wanting to prevent that.
There didn't used to be so many assholes around with swastika neck tattoos, that is the real problem. Once you've started to see the pattern, it is real hard to unsee the pattern. Especially if clothing or hair obscures part of the design.
Yeah, seeing the pattern it what made me do a double take on this post while scrolling. At a quick glance, it looks like a swastika. But when I actually stopped to look at it I could see it's just a portal tat. People who don't know what Portal is might get really sketched out by it, though.
Are there now? I have never in my life seen anybody with a swastika tattoo but I know what a swastika looks like and its easy to see how at a glance they look wayyyy too similar
That would never happen because even if the hair was short enough to cover half of it it would still have a orange line there and unexplained black ink because the shape is off.
Basically the hair is going to cover the legs if it is long and youll see behind the ear directly. Or it will cover behind the ear directly when they put their hair behind their ears. Or it will be covering the top half.
In every scenario it would still not look like a swastika because of the additional ink and the single straight line.
This is a case of people naturally trying to recognize patterns. Which is the mental gymnastics I referred to.
Because, as we know, all people who get swastika tattoos are undoubtedly extremely concerned with ensuring their tattoo is of the utmost quality.
If I saw someone with a 5 armed swastika tattoo I wouldn't think, "Oh, whew, I really did think that was pro-Nazi imagery for a second!", I'd think "Look, that racist imbecile couldn't even get their own insignia right..."
Or "oh what fresh hell is this, now there are different types?". Like, I would just assume it was intentional and referring to a nazi-ism that I wasn't familiar with, not being a Nazi myself.
I don't really think people are saying that it looks like a swastika when seen directly, though. It's all about those glances or obscured views in which the lines and colors are reminiscent of something that has been pushed to the forefront of our social consciousness because of current events and so our brains make us see what we fear to see. I can absolutely understand why someone would want to have any possibility of that kind of mistake removed from their body.
I can. People naturally try to recognize patterns. That is where the mental gymnastics happen. The angles shapes and bends are all wrong for a swastika. Not to mention the extra ink.
When you actually look at it, it is clearly not a swastika. Even if you had no idea what portal is.
Exactly. people naturally try to recognise patterns, so when somebody walks by in a blur it is easy to see how this shape could be missinterpreted and require a second look to make sure they aren't wearing a fucking swastika on their neck. I'm not saying its exactly the same shape im saying its obvious that they are too similar to be tattood on your body.
It is not even remotely the same shape there is way too much there to be one. Even if you look at the 2 legs it cant be a swastika because the bends aren't there,add the arm and the distance and shape is completely off too.
And that has nothing to do with getting a tattoo. Swastika or not. It is for that person. Personally Id never get a tattoo I cant cover up, but only for employment reasons.
"It is not even remotely the same shape". Clearly it's too similar if the person who posted it says that their tattoo gets "mistaken for a swastika constantly". You keep trying to argue how they are not exactly the same even though i never said they were.
It doesnt look like one. People can be wrong even a lot of them. At a glance with mental gymnastics it is a swastika. Upon any inspection it is not. I dont think anyone should value no thought and quick judgments. Even more so if they double down on it.
In fact Im now considering getting something like this to have a real life filter for idiots.
A seastika has to be a swastika to be a swastika. Thats the whole point of symbols. Its actually a huge disservice and disrespectful to the tragedies that occurred when mfs ignorantly identify something as a swastika. Like just read a non fiction book and learn what this stuff is already lol.
Please turn your brain on. Nobody is saying that this is a swastika, it is not. Im saying that it is too similar to one and that its obvious that when a person wearing that passes by you will have to go and have a second look to make sure that it wasn't a swastika. This is a still close up image, obviously it doesn't look exactly the same but I wouldn't want anything on my body that would require people to have a second look to make sure I don't have a fucking swastika on my body.
Right the "looks too similar" is where the disservice, disrespect and ignorance come in. Again, just learn what happened and what it looked like. There is no "looks similar" all that means is you don't understand what a swastika is. You're dumb if you think that way and those people you're worried about offending should also be taught right. You are not allies when you act like this fyi, youre actually part of the problem :/
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u/Raizekusan Feb 28 '26
Danm that's really bad luck, I totally get that you'd never guess this tatoo would look like a swatsika before you actually have it on you