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[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 20 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I'm still not sure I'd recognize it, especially not without the backing shield. Sure, you can say that's just on me, but there's so many symbols and references that lead back to nazis that I can't imagine I'll know them all. I'd counter that by asking if you'd think anything deep about seeing a Medusa tattoo.

Also, people get meaningless tattoos all the time, especially once you get over your first one's novelty. You liked it that day. No one is sentimental about their cartoon toaster. No one put meaning into every single element of their full sleeves. Right now there's a trend of just getting 20 pieces of flash, not far from the generalized traditional designs from the 1950s

[–] moody@lemmings.world 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Seriously, you think nobody is sentimental about The Brave Little Toaster?

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

I've never seen it with eyes. Even if I did, it'd barely rank higher than a meme in long term sentimentality. May as well be a sinbad S dragon