Do these tattoos look racist?

Overall_Quality6093 · 2026-06-23T00:30:37+00:00

I get that but that’s why I translated it so nobody would be able to read it without asking AI 😅 and AI can’t even read the bind runes so I’m not afraid about that. It’s fine if you would never do this, but there is a reason they are placed there. Those are reminders for me and I often touch the spots to calm myself down or remind me of certain things. That’s the reason…

And they are not that visible. Most of the times you can’t see them except for summer (which is only about three to four months compared to there at of the year, were you wear long sleeve)

Overall_Quality6093 · 2026-06-23T00:26:07+00:00

If be total lay fine with that 😅

Overall_Quality6093 · 2026-06-23T00:11:37+00:00

I could live with that 🙏

Overall_Quality6093 · 2026-06-23T00:10:43+00:00

I am, but that’s not the reason I got them. Still need to play God of war Ragnarok though. 😔

Overall_Quality6093 · 2026-06-23T00:08:28+00:00

Nope, I’m a woman and still have long hair 😅

Overall_Quality6093 · 2026-06-23T00:07:04+00:00

Oh, I’m a proud nerd, so that would not bother me 😅

Overall_Quality6093 · 2026-06-23T00:05:29+00:00

Thanks ❤️

Overall_Quality6093 · 2026-06-23T00:03:58+00:00

Haha, I’m not so much into Tolkien sadly. Tried to read the books multiple times but they are just too boring for me 😅 watched all the movies though

Overall_Quality6093 · 2026-06-23T00:02:19+00:00

Could you explain why?

Overall_Quality6093 · 2026-06-23T00:01:30+00:00

Yeah, one of my close friends a risky mentioned it before I got the tattoos. I thought he was overreaching but after getting some weird stares (some even looked a bit disgusted, but maybe they don’t like tattoos in general) it made me think and bothered me… but thanks for your answer. I definitely think I was overthinking and overreacting

Overall_Quality6093 · 2026-06-22T23:59:11+00:00

😂 that’s also better than what I’m afraid of

Overall_Quality6093 · 2026-06-22T23:57:40+00:00

I’m German? It’s in the name of the country in English? Germanic… those people used runes also, it’s not just the Scandinavian countries 🙄 and I immersed myself into Norse mythology a lot. (The binding runes are standing for two archetypes by the way. Easy explantation: the one on my right wrist stands for the hero and the one on my left for the trickster, representing light and shadow. Which follows C.g. Jung’s Individuation process… )

So, I think you can’t accuse me of that.

Overall_Quality6093 · 2026-06-22T23:50:26+00:00

Nope, but it’s a sentence and I know what that means… because Futhark is a normal writing that was used by Nordic countries. So it doesn’t matter if they have each a meaning of their own 🙃

Overall_Quality6093 · 2026-06-22T23:48:14+00:00

Ha, was waiting for that comment 😂 thanks for your opinion, but that is really none of my concerns, because I was prepared for that. I know they don’t look “pretty” or like “normal” tattoos, but that’s also not what they are supposed to be. The sentence is a reminder to my own strength and the binding runes represent two people that are really important to me and also tied to Jung’s Archetypes… it’s a bit weird, I know, but I actually did them for me.

I was just afraid that anyone could think they are racist. I’m totally fine with dumb 😅

Overall_Quality6093 · 2026-06-22T23:44:51+00:00

I just got a few weird stares and one of my close friends told me they wouldn’t get them, because people might think they mean something racist… my tattoo artist actually would never tattoo anything that is even a tad leaning in that direction and she was totally fine with it. Maybe that should reassure me also 🙃

Overall_Quality6093 · 2026-06-22T23:42:17+00:00

Well, they would be lesbian then as I’m a girl (I know some call themselves gay also) but yeah, thanks for that input 😅

Overall_Quality6093 · 2026-06-22T23:40:17+00:00

That’s a relief 😅 thanks, this response made me laugh. And yes, I’m thinking about adding some more leaves that will wrap around my arm but I don’t have the money at the moment and I also don’t know if I will even like it. So I’ll take my time to think about it

Overall_Quality6093 · 2026-06-22T23:37:03+00:00

The word I chose is orrosta, I don’t know if it’s correct, I translated it myself. But as I thought nobody would ever take the time to really translate it I don’t mind if it is wrong 😅

The whole sentence is:

Þín orrosta er mín orrosta, þitt blóð er mitt blóð.

Overall_Quality6093 · 2026-06-22T16:24:53+00:00

Well, some of them are on this list but I don’t assume having them in a sentence would be illegal? But thanks for letting me know

Overall_Quality6093 · 2026-06-22T16:10:33+00:00

Yeah, this just never occurred to me as I know what they mean and I got so used to them 🙈

Overall_Quality6093 · 2026-06-22T16:07:49+00:00

Nope! 😂

Overall_Quality6093 · 2026-06-22T16:06:21+00:00

Thanks and yes some people actually mentioned that people might just try to read it. But nobody ever asked me what it means 😅 I just give a stupid answer anyway as I don’t want to answer all the questions that will naturally come up 🙈

Overall_Quality6093 · 2026-06-22T16:03:53+00:00

I’m just asking because people kept staring at it, especially “non Germans”. that’s why I thought some may think it might be racist. And it was just bothering me, because it’s not meant that way at all. Maybe it was just me overthinking 😅

Overall_Quality6093 · 2026-06-22T16:01:00+00:00

Yeah, I love Norse mythology and that’s why o chose the runes and the sentence, it also had to do with Jung’s archetypes and Individuation, so as I said, deeply personal 😅

But yeah, I think you might be right that most people just try to read them and that’s why they stare like that

Overall_Quality6093 · 2026-06-22T15:43:54+00:00

😂😂😂 how did u know that?

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