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NFT: What Color Is This Dress?

Pego61 : 2/26/2015 10:09 pm


Seriously. What color do you see? This simple question has put the citizens of the world world at odds with each other. Marriages have broken up. Wars have been declared. Utter chaos.
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I must be really weird  
Kevin999 : 2/26/2015 10:16 pm : link
since I see blue and I guess gold ( def not black )
I swear  
AgentZero : 2/26/2015 10:17 pm : link
When I first saw it was white and gold and now it's changing. WTF? Up your butt joe boo
Try hitting the color invert...  
Crispino : 2/26/2015 10:20 pm : link
on you iPhone or iPad . This is how it turns to the gold color. My 15 year old figured it out.
Blue with black lace  
BlueLou : 2/26/2015 10:21 pm : link
for me. But my eyes are failing, slowly...
it's going to be off-white  
B in ALB : 2/26/2015 10:21 pm : link
After I see Fish wearing it again.
so this is that stupid fucking thing people have been blabbering on  
GMenLTS : 2/26/2015 10:23 pm : link
about on facebook?

That's special I guess?
easy  
RasputinPrime : 2/26/2015 10:24 pm : link
green and purple.
I don't see black at all  
Anakim : 2/26/2015 10:25 pm : link
Is that bad?
RE: I don't see black at all  
Giantology : 2/26/2015 10:25 pm : link
In comment 12154973 Anakim said:
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Is that bad?


Yes. This is a cancer test
RE: it's going to be off-white  
BrettNYG10 : 2/26/2015 10:26 pm : link
In comment 12154969 B in ALB said:
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After I see Fish wearing it again.


Lulz
white and gold  
chris r : 2/26/2015 10:27 pm : link
but the white balance is off.
It boggles my mind how people see white and gold.  
RodneyHamp : 2/26/2015 10:35 pm : link
All I see is blue and black.
I'm bugging out right now  
AnotherGiantsFan : 2/26/2015 10:35 pm : link
I clearly see white and gold and thought this was some weird bullshit where different people get a different picture on their computer. I just showed my girlfriend next to me and she says she sees blue and black.

As I'm typing this I was scrolling down on the picture it turned blue and black and then right back to white and gold.

This is cray cray.
Weirdest phenomenon ever.  
arcarsenal : 2/26/2015 10:42 pm : link
It's a white and gold dress in shitty lighting.

What the fuck is wrong with people?
haha I came onto BBI just for this  
Osi Osi Osi OyOyOy : 2/26/2015 10:50 pm : link
I knew this was going to be here.

I see light blue and shit-gold
Where the fuck is the blue and black?  
Anakim : 2/26/2015 10:51 pm : link
What the hell am I missing?
IM as colorblind as you can be  
B in ALB : 2/26/2015 10:52 pm : link
But I can tell you, that dress is ugly as shit.
You're not missing anything.  
arcarsenal : 2/26/2015 10:52 pm : link
It's a low resolution photo and the dress is back-lit.. meaning, the light is behind the dress and not on the part you're seeing. So the white looks dim and discolored.

It's white, nonetheless.
I think it depends on distance  
KWhite2250 : 2/26/2015 10:56 pm : link
On my phone in front of my face its white and gold but pull it further away and it becomes blue and black
the people saying blue and black  
soda man : 2/26/2015 10:56 pm : link
I think are just trolls
RE: You're not missing anything.  
Pego61 : 2/26/2015 10:57 pm : link
In comment 12154998 arcarsenal said:
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It's a low resolution photo and the dress is back-lit.. meaning, the light is behind the dress and not on the part you're seeing. So the white looks dim and discolored.

It's white, nonetheless.


Here's the dress from another angle. FYI.
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And that is the true  
Pego61 : 2/26/2015 10:57 pm : link
color of the dress. Even though it's not what I personally see.
RE: RE: You're not missing anything.  
Anakim : 2/26/2015 10:58 pm : link
In comment 12155004 Pego61 said:
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In comment 12154998 arcarsenal said:


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It's a low resolution photo and the dress is back-lit.. meaning, the light is behind the dress and not on the part you're seeing. So the white looks dim and discolored.

It's white, nonetheless.



Here's the dress from another angle. FYI. Link - ( New Window )


No way. That's not the same dress. That dress is much darker. It's purple and black.
RE: RE: You're not missing anything.  
arcarsenal : 2/26/2015 10:58 pm : link
In comment 12155004 Pego61 said:
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In comment 12154998 arcarsenal said:


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It's a low resolution photo and the dress is back-lit.. meaning, the light is behind the dress and not on the part you're seeing. So the white looks dim and discolored.

It's white, nonetheless.



Here's the dress from another angle. FYI. Link - ( New Window )


LOL, there's no way that's the same dress.
Blue and goldish-brown  
Pete in VA : 2/26/2015 10:59 pm : link
No white or black, to my eyes. And to me it's the same every time. I suppose there might be a lighting effect. Perhaps in different light the colors would be different, but it is interesting that others see it differently.
I'm telling you,  
Pego61 : 2/26/2015 11:07 pm : link
that's the dress.

It's on the girl's Tumblr page. And it's on the internet. Which is never wrong.
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It's not the same dress.  
arcarsenal : 2/26/2015 11:16 pm : link
This girl is trolling the planet right now and winning the internet.
Ok so..  
LakeGeorgeGiant : 2/26/2015 11:29 pm : link
I will just leave this here
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The dress is off-white and gold  
montanagiant : 2/27/2015 12:35 am : link
there is no other choice
Alright I'm seriously freaked out  
terz22 : 2/27/2015 4:15 am : link
All night this dress was clearly an off white and brown. Now it's full blown blue and black...wtf?!
To me,  
Ira : 2/27/2015 5:26 am : link
it's blue and brown.
Here we go  
ODB13 : 2/27/2015 5:42 am : link
So this is the next stupid social media garbage that will be played out in a day or two. Time to deactivate my accounts for a couple of days
RE: so this is that stupid fucking thing people have been blabbering on  
ODB13 : 2/27/2015 5:43 am : link
In comment 12154971 GMenLTS said:
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about on facebook?

That's special I guess?



Yup. Who comes up with this crap?
Well I am color blind  
SuperRonJohnson : 2/27/2015 5:55 am : link
and it looks orange and white.
I don't get how people see white  
Jon : 2/27/2015 6:25 am : link
I see brown and blue
RE: haha I came onto BBI just for this  
mrvax : 2/27/2015 7:29 am : link
In comment 12154995 Osi Osi Osi OyOyOy said:
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I knew this was going to be here.

I see light blue and shit-gold


^^^ this is the correct answer. However, the dress appears blue in the crappy picture.
optical illusion  
PaulBlakeTSU : 2/27/2015 7:42 am : link
caused by the surrounding lighting.

Looks blue  
LS : 2/27/2015 7:58 am : link
and black on my computer.
Blue and Brown  
Steve in South Jersey : 2/27/2015 8:00 am : link
.
Looks  
AcidTest : 2/27/2015 8:18 am : link
white and gold on my computer.

Once this is resolved, there will be world peace.
There's no illusion.  
arcarsenal : 2/27/2015 8:34 am : link
The entire light source is BEHIND the dress so the white doesn't look as bright as everything behind it.

If the light were on the other side, the white would be illuminated and look brighter.

I can't believe this is a "thing" or even worse, that people are somehow seeing BLACK.
People suck  
mattlawson : 2/27/2015 8:39 am : link
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Looks black to me  
Dunedin81 : 2/27/2015 8:42 am : link
- Helen Keller
Holy fuck..  
LakeGeorgeGiant : 2/27/2015 8:44 am : link
The explanation is in the wired article but don't let me stop you from pounding your chest and waving your dick around.. You're right, you're smarter than the rest of us and you see it the right way.
The article is wrong. It's not a blue dress.  
arcarsenal : 2/27/2015 8:52 am : link
The far left picture at the top is the actual color of the dress if it's front-lit.

In the original picture, the bright light is behind it so it's shadowed and appears darker and is triggering people to see it that way.

Really not that difficult.

Lay a white t shirt in front of you under a light and then take the shirt and hold it in FRONT of the light so that the light is behind the shirt and is blocking your view of the light itself. The side of the shirt you see will appear darker and somewhere in the vicinity of the tint you see in the picture because it's shadowed and the light is the other side.

For the record... THIS is the color black. Which is not anywhere on that dress.


My wife's a photog  
Jon : 2/27/2015 9:00 am : link
So in very familiar with terms like white balance, backlighting, etc...

having said that, I still see think it's blue and brown.
Yesterday on a different computer I so gold and white.  
manh george : 2/27/2015 9:03 am : link
Today I see blue and black. I don't think it has anything at all to do with differentiated color sense.
Different monitors can can effect color/contrast accuracy  
Jon : 2/27/2015 9:06 am : link
For sure. I'm using a calibrated screen fwiw
RE: The article is wrong. It's not a blue dress.  
LakeGeorgeGiant : 2/27/2015 9:09 am : link
Ok fair enough. :)

Two points..

1. I can't believe we are even arguing about this

2. I shouldn't post when I first wake up in the morning.


Cheers
Blue and brown  
Milton : 2/27/2015 9:09 am : link
...
Sigh...  
Bramton1 : 2/27/2015 9:10 am : link
I see a dress. I don't really care what color is it.

Seriously, is this what we need to argue about now?

I miss football.
It's more than a dress  
Jon : 2/27/2015 9:15 am : link
.
....  
yankees78 : 2/27/2015 9:16 am : link
That fucking ugly dress is blue and black.
Yesterday when I first saw it it was white and gold.
Now whenever I look at it, it's blue and black.

The only consistent thing is that it is fucking ugly.
That dress is weird.  
Cam in MO : 2/27/2015 9:20 am : link
...
....  
yankees78 : 2/27/2015 9:24 am : link
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That dress is weird.
Cam in MO : 9:20 am : link : reply
...


It's a jets dress
Its a scam  
Giantophile : 2/27/2015 9:34 am : link
When I opened it on my wife's iphone yesterday it was blue and black. When I opened it on this thread today it was white and gold. It's got to be some kind of thing that sometimes causes the color to invert on the image...
I tell you one thing the Dress was White and Gold  
bigbluescot : 2/27/2015 9:36 am : link
before Ray Rice got his hands on it.
Here's a good  
Giantophile : 2/27/2015 9:36 am : link
explanation
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.  
arcarsenal : 2/27/2015 9:39 am : link
I've seen it on my phone and 2 different computers and it looks the same every time.

Just so I'm understanding this right.. people who are saying it's blue, you're saying the color of the dress in that picture above is the same color of a home Giants jersey? And if you put them side by side, you'd see the same color?
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Cam in MO : 2/27/2015 9:45 am : link
In comment 12155232 arcarsenal said:
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I've seen it on my phone and 2 different computers and it looks the same every time.

Just so I'm understanding this right.. people who are saying it's blue, you're saying the color of the dress in that picture above is the same color of a home Giants jersey? And if you put them side by side, you'd see the same color?


Fighting the good fight, lol.

Looks the same to me every time- gold and white, on a phone and two different monitors.

What's interesting is the expressions of shock and amazement. It's like people have never seen an optical illusion before.

smh  
GMAN4LIFE : 2/27/2015 9:49 am : link



I've experienced the switch-a-roo now.  
Mike in Long Beach : 2/27/2015 9:54 am : link
Pretty cool. Was distinctly white and gold for me until about 20 minutes ago. Seeing blue and much darker gold now.
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Mike in Long Beach : 2/27/2015 9:56 am : link
In comment 12155240 Cam in MO said:
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In comment 12155232 arcarsenal said:


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I've seen it on my phone and 2 different computers and it looks the same every time.

Just so I'm understanding this right.. people who are saying it's blue, you're saying the color of the dress in that picture above is the same color of a home Giants jersey? And if you put them side by side, you'd see the same color?



Fighting the good fight, lol.

Looks the same to me every time- gold and white, on a phone and two different monitors.

What's interesting is the expressions of shock and amazement. It's like people have never seen an optical illusion before.


Haha, I'm more amazed at how people are "debating" it. I totally understand finding it cool how two people can look at the same picture and see different things. I personally find it cool for sure.

But what the hell is there to debate? Whether or not it is blue and black or white and gold, clearly no matter what, someone is experiencing an optical illusion and (I guess until recently) there was no way to know who is right and wrong. So I don't get why people were passionately defending what they saw. Just enjoy the fun part.
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arcarsenal : 2/27/2015 9:57 am : link
In comment 12155240 Cam in MO said:
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In comment 12155232 arcarsenal said:


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I've seen it on my phone and 2 different computers and it looks the same every time.

Just so I'm understanding this right.. people who are saying it's blue, you're saying the color of the dress in that picture above is the same color of a home Giants jersey? And if you put them side by side, you'd see the same color?



Fighting the good fight, lol.

Looks the same to me every time- gold and white, on a phone and two different monitors.

What's interesting is the expressions of shock and amazement. It's like people have never seen an optical illusion before.


LOL, yeah... it's pretty funny. I'm honestly just trying to figure out where people are seeing black.
It's Blue and Black, bitches...  
RC02XX : 2/27/2015 10:02 am : link
From the mouth of the woman, who originally posted the picture.

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Two women are behind the viral dress that has everyone confused. Here's what they told us.

The picture was initially posted on Tumblr by a 21-year-old singer named Caitlin McNeill who lives on the tiny Scottish island of Colonsay.

In a telephone conversation with Business Insider on Thursday evening, McNeill explained that the dress in the picture was worn to her friends' wedding. Some people see the dress as it appears in the photo as white and gold, while others see it as blue and black.

The dress was worn by the bride's mother. McNeill and her friends first realized something was different about the dress when the mother sent her daughter the now-famous photo.


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"I got to the wedding and the mother was wearing the dress," McNeill said. "Obviously it was blue and black."

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Jon : 2/27/2015 10:03 am : link
In comment 12155232 arcarsenal said:
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I've seen it on my phone and 2 different computers and it looks the same every time.

Just so I'm understanding this right.. people who are saying it's blue, you're saying the color of the dress in that picture above is the same color of a home Giants jersey? And if you put them side by side, you'd see the same color?


No, a lighter shade. Definitely not giants blue.
It is Black and Blue.  
Fred in Atlanta : 2/27/2015 10:03 am : link
Below link that explains it. Overexposed and white balance is off. It seems different colors to me depending on feed.
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Periwinkle perhaps?  
Jon : 2/27/2015 10:04 am : link
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RED.  
old man : 2/27/2015 10:05 am : link
.
jk
Below is link  
Fred in Atlanta : 2/27/2015 10:06 am : link
to the dress on internet to buy it.
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...  
Cam in MO : 2/27/2015 10:09 am : link




.  
arcarsenal : 2/27/2015 10:18 am : link
THAT is blue and black. But there's no way it's the same one. The picture even shows that it comes in different colors. The original one is not those colors.
Here's an idea  
rsjem1979 : 2/27/2015 10:22 am : link
Be a man and stop caring about stupid shit.
That dress in question is absolutely...  
Johnny5 : 2/27/2015 10:23 am : link
blue and black in my eyes. But, if ugly was a color. I'd choose that one.
I dont doubt that the dress itself is black and blue  
Deej : 2/27/2015 10:26 am : link
but that doesnt mean that the colors in the picture are black and blue. It is plainly periwinkle and dull gold in the picture.
...  
BrettNYG10 : 2/27/2015 10:28 am : link
Judging everyone who says blue and black and not black and blue.
RE: ...  
Cam in MO : 2/27/2015 10:34 am : link
In comment 12155297 BrettNYG10 said:
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Judging everyone who says blue and black and not black and blue.


Judge not lest ye be the early worm.


Two things come to mind:  
Enoch : 2/27/2015 10:43 am : link
Orange was the Color of Her Dress, then Blue Silk

and

"You start wearin' blue and brown, and you're...
I keep picturing Borat  
Mike in Long Beach : 2/27/2015 10:45 am : link
"This suit is black.....

.....

.....

NOTTTTTT."
RE: Looks black to me  
Victor in CT : 2/27/2015 10:50 am : link
In comment 12155164 Dunedin81 said:
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- Helen Keller


Stevie Wonder said the same
but seriously girls,  
Victor in CT : 2/27/2015 10:51 am : link
what is BBI coming to? :-)

Waiting for Bill Parcells to say "I don't know how she is"
.  
arcarsenal : 2/27/2015 11:04 am : link
I took a screen shot of it so that the image can't be .....  
Crispino : 2/27/2015 11:25 am : link
Manipulated and I'm seeing one thing, and my wife sees another. It has switched colors for both of us, but not at the same time. We now see it differently at the same time when it was the same last night. Pretty cool. I thought my daughter had cracked the case with the color inversion or negative view on her phone, but apparently not.
It is crazy  
Maximus, Esq. : 2/27/2015 11:47 am : link
My wife and my toddler looking at the picture on this thread see white and gold; I see blue and brown. We are looking at the same picture.
It's a stupid debate  
Bramton1 : 2/27/2015 12:46 pm : link
But I did love a comment I saw online.

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Does this mean that black people are actually gold?
There is no "debate" lol  
Ralph.C : 2/27/2015 2:29 pm : link
The real color of the dress is black and blue. The only question is what color does the dress look TO YOU in the picture. There is no right or wrong answer. I saw nothing but pale gold and white all day. Now, I see pale gold and pale blue. It's quite a phenom!

This means that this effect can be recreated. Soon there will be movies with scenes that people see in different colors. :)
1. it's an ugly dress  
Berrylish : 2/27/2015 2:30 pm : link
2. who gives a fuck, why it's all over the damned place.... i dunno it's too stupid.
3. its a bad picture.
4. the internet has wasted too much time on this ugly dress and the Kardashians.
I call BS on #4.  
Cam in MO : 2/27/2015 2:39 pm : link
The interwebz can never spend too much time on a hot chick with a big ass that makes a sex tape.



well, this is interesting  
Greg from LI : 2/27/2015 2:44 pm : link
Every time I've seen this stupid picture, it's looked white and gold. This time, when I opened the thread, I saw completely different colors. Now, the same picture clearly is blue and dark brown. Odd.
RE: well, this is interesting  
RC02XX : 2/27/2015 2:47 pm : link
In comment 12155865 Greg from LI said:
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Every time I've seen this stupid picture, it's looked white and gold. This time, when I opened the thread, I saw completely different colors. Now, the same picture clearly is blue and dark brown. Odd.


SHEEEPPPP!!!

Welcome, Greg!
.  
arcarsenal : 2/27/2015 3:12 pm : link
I can understand it when people say blue if they mean a reallllly light sky blue type color (I see that, too.. but I perceive it as actually being white just in bad lighting)

And brown makes sense, too.. it's a shitty gold color. Close enough.

But the "actual" dress (according to the picture on the website) is like.. Giants or Rangers blue and BLACK. People see those colors when they look at the original picture? I literally see the same thing every single time. It hasn't changed once.
At first viewing,  
Dave in Hoboken : 2/27/2015 3:23 pm : link
I thought it was light blue and a brownish gold. After looking at it a second and third time, it's definitely white and gold. Just bad lighting.
arc  
Greg from LI : 2/27/2015 3:26 pm : link
I'm looking at the picture, and it's medium blue and chocolate brown, and it didn't look remotely like that the first dozen or so times I saw it. I mean, it literally looks like a completely different dress now.
RE: arc  
arcarsenal : 2/27/2015 3:34 pm : link
In comment 12155945 Greg from LI said:
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I'm looking at the picture, and it's medium blue and chocolate brown, and it didn't look remotely like that the first dozen or so times I saw it. I mean, it literally looks like a completely different dress now.


I can SORT of see that.. like I said, I get where the blue and brown come from, in actuality that's what it looks like.. but my eyes are just telling me it's shitty backlit white/gold. But where the hell are people seeing black in that picture? I don't see anything even close.
The only color I can see  
kelsto811 : 2/27/2015 3:51 pm : link
Is black and blue
Apparently, the designer confirmed its blue and black?  
Dave in Hoboken : 2/27/2015 4:41 pm : link
.
What  
Randy in CT : 2/27/2015 4:42 pm : link
dress?
.  
Danny Kanell : 2/27/2015 5:00 pm : link
We showed the exact same picture to both my daughters.

One said white and gold, the other said blue and black. Both were definitive. Nuts. I see white and gold.

And yes, I heard they confirmed its in fact, blue and black!
It's not white.  
TheBigBlueOne : 2/27/2015 5:25 pm : link
But I can't see the black.
I'm genuinely fascinated by this.  
arcarsenal : 2/27/2015 6:06 pm : link
I have absolutely no idea where people are seeing black on the dress.

In the website picture of the alleged dress, it's clearly blue/black beyond a shadow a doubt. But in the original picture I do not see a hint of black anywhere.
here is the dress in a properly lighted store window (per NYT):  
Del Shofner : 2/27/2015 6:12 pm : link
RE: I'm genuinely fascinated by this.  
You'reMyBoyBlue!! : 2/27/2015 6:14 pm : link
In comment 12156191 arcarsenal said:


Glad to see you've stopped with the annoying definitive posts on the topic (that were inaccurate)
RE: RE: I'm genuinely fascinated by this.  
arcarsenal : 2/27/2015 6:18 pm : link
In comment 12156200 You'reMyBoyBlue!! said:
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In comment 12156191 arcarsenal said:


Glad to see you've stopped with the annoying definitive posts on the topic (that were inaccurate)


That was done specifically to ruffle the panties of the oversensitive type. Like.. you, for example!

Glad to see it worked.
RE: RE: RE: I'm genuinely fascinated by this.  
You'reMyBoyBlue!! : 2/27/2015 6:22 pm : link
In comment 12156204 arcarsenal said:
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In comment 12156200 You'reMyBoyBlue!! said:


Quote:


In comment 12156191 arcarsenal said:


Glad to see you've stopped with the annoying definitive posts on the topic (that were inaccurate)



That was done specifically to ruffle the panties of the oversensitive type. Like.. you, for example!

Glad to see it worked.


Congrats
Here arc  
kelsto811 : 2/27/2015 6:51 pm : link
So, when you look at these side by side, you see no difference?  
arcarsenal : 2/27/2015 7:07 pm : link
No I do  
kelsto811 : 2/27/2015 7:20 pm : link
The lighting in the one is just different. I've yet to see any white and gold
I see the left one being a color close to lavender and a sandy  
TheBigBlueOne : 2/27/2015 7:41 pm : link
golden brown, and the right one is blue and black.
What color is this dress?  
SomeFan : 2/27/2015 7:51 pm : link
Who gives a fuck!
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