The average person doesn’t have this symbol tattooed on their chest, and as such are less prone to learn about it. When you (a person who presumably doesn’t have a Totenkopf on their chest) see a Totenkopf in the countless media about WWII, or the are we the baddies meme, or whatever, it doesn’t stand out to you, and it isn’t memorable, and you forget, and you don’t learn about it. And that makes complete sense.
But if you have it tattooed on your chest, and it’s what you see every morning when you brush your teeth, you’re a bit more likely to go “wait a minute I know that” when a totenkopf appears on the screen. Maybe you’ll miss it the first couple times, but in 18 whole years of adult life with this thing on your chest, you will at some point make the connection between your tattoo and the symbol on David Mitchell’s cap.
Also, just as a meta argument: arguing that someone who knows what a Totenkopf is is a nazi but that having it tattooed on your chest is fine is completely fucking bizarre.
The average person doesn’t have this symbol tattooed on their chest, and as such are less prone to learn about it. When you (a person who presumably doesn’t have a Totenkopf on their chest) see a Totenkopf in the countless media about WWII, or the are we the baddies meme, or whatever, it doesn’t stand out to you, and it isn’t memorable, and you forget, and you don’t learn about it. And that makes complete sense.
But if you have it tattooed on your chest, and it’s what you see every morning when you brush your teeth, you’re a bit more likely to go “wait a minute I know that” when a totenkopf appears on the screen. Maybe you’ll miss it the first couple times, but in 18 whole years of adult life with this thing on your chest, you will at some point make the connection between your tattoo and the symbol on David Mitchell’s cap.
Also, just as a meta argument: arguing that someone who knows what a Totenkopf is is a nazi but that having it tattooed on your chest is fine is completely fucking bizarre.