# A note about colours (to Lobelia Overhill). **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 9, 2004, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235 "2004-04-09T21:38:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/21 "2004-04-11T21:11:41Z")
I don’t know what’s more childish, posting in colors, or this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Paradoxical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/77aa72/32.png) [@Paradoxical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paradoxical)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/22 "2004-04-12T03:59:54Z")
Get over it! ( o Y o ) ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/23 "2004-04-12T10:46:02Z")
One of my pet peeves is this bullshit color, because I CAN’T FUCKING SEE IT! So if I’ve made spelling errors in this post too bad - I can’t see 'em to fix 'em Major suckage - the only time being colorblind fucks with my life is on the goddamned Internet. It’s not a problem anywhere else. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/24 "2004-04-12T14:23:01Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > So if I’ve made spelling errors in this post too bad - I can’t see 'em to fix 'em > . Uh… when you write a post, it’s using the color black. The colors show up after you post. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/25 "2004-04-12T14:36:53Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > One of my pet peeves is this bullshit color, because I CAN’T FUCKING SEE IT! > > So if I’ve made spelling errors in this post too bad - I can’t see 'em to fix 'em > > Major suckage - the only time being colorblind fucks with my life is on the goddamned Internet. It’s not a problem anywhere else. Icky…pale green on white. But if you highlight the text (like you do a spoiler) it’s fine. Pretty god way to send subliminal Satanic messages: :)Kill the six-fingered man!🙂 :)OBEY, MARRY & REPRODUCE, CONSUME:) ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/26 "2004-04-12T14:41:09Z")
Whoa, even the smilies look evil when you highlight those Satanic bits! ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/27 "2004-04-12T16:45:17Z")
She may be the most interesting person to ever walk the planet, but when I see a coloured post, I completely pass it over. Posting in color is not unique - that is to be determined by the actual content of your post. ---
**Author:** ![Lobelia\_Overhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/28 "2004-04-12T18:23:28Z")
Ohmigod I’ve been pitted, will I ever live it down?! How can I face the people on the streets?!?! I’m ruined, my life is _over_!! \ go raibh míle maith agat - to my fan club [paraphrase] I have a notion that members will one day post on a message board where they will not be judged by the colour or the font, but by the content of their messages [/paraphrase] May the scent of a thousand flowers perfume your every fart - to the rest of ye’s ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/29 "2004-04-12T18:29:43Z")
I dont know why, but I have the sudden urge to go kill Antonio Alfonseca. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/30 "2004-04-12T18:32:15Z")
> [@Lobelia Overhill](#): > > Ohmigod I’ve been pitted, will I ever live it down?! > > How can I face the people on the streets?!?! > > I’m ruined, my life is _over_!! > > \ > > go raibh míle maith agat - to my fan club > > [paraphrase] > I have a notion that members will one day post on a message board where they will not be judged by the colour or the font, but by the content of their messages > [/paraphrase] > > May the scent of a thousand flowers perfume your every fart - to the rest of ye’s **This post has been blackberried by the Blackberryist!** ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/31 "2004-04-12T18:49:19Z")
> [@Lobelia Overhill](#): > > I have a notion that members will one day post on a message board where they will not be judged by the colour or the font, but by the content of their messages Yes, but isn’t that exactly the point of this pitting? That you are, in fact, wishing that your post be judged by its appearance rather than its content? ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/32 "2004-04-12T21:16:43Z")
I didn’t read into that at all **Munch**. By the way, is **Lobelia Overhill** being pitted for using the navy blue color, or something else? Because if it’s the blue color, I see no problem with that at all. Now if it’s the light green, or the light yellow color, then yeah. But bright, easy to read colors shouldn’t be a problem to read, unless you’re disabled. And if you’re not disable and can read then clearly, and you still bitch about it? Then you’re missing out. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/33 "2004-04-12T21:48:28Z")
That .sig _is_ a great use of colour, though. Hee hee. ---
**Author:** ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/34 "2004-04-12T22:11:19Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > I dont know why, but I have the sudden urge to go kill Antonio Alfonseca. That’s a common symptom of watching him pitch. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/35 "2004-04-12T23:13:05Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > :)OBEY, MARRY & REPRODUCE, CONSUME:) I warn you. I’m out of bubblegum. Love that movie. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/36 "2004-04-12T23:33:32Z")
> [@Lobelia Overhill](#): > > [/paraphrase] > I have a notion that members will one day post on a message board where they will not be judged by the colour or the font, but by the content of their messages > [/paraphrase] Uhh. I wasn’t judging you. See my note about you seeming like a nice enough person. But the navy blue and the comic sans are annoying. They make me want to skip over your (often well-written) posts. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/37 "2004-04-12T23:52:15Z")
And Mark Twain’s asides and vernacular dictation makes me just want to skip over his writings…C’mon, it’s part of her schtick. Like my inane/serious post ratio of 40% is part of mine. I think, however, that I will be losing my mind with the subliminal text thing. [This is too much fun!](http://www.topplebush.com/photos95.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![Lando\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f17d59/32.png) [@Lando\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lando_Griffin)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/38 "2004-04-13T00:49:15Z")
> [@DynoSaur](#): > > That’s a common symptom of watching him pitch. Damn! Beaten to the joke AND the clever retort! ☹ _sigh_ Oh well, it looks like Greg Maddux is picking up where Alfonseca left off… [RIGHT]~signed: a forlorn Cubs fan…[/RIGHT] ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235/39 "2004-04-13T01:05:12Z")
On one hand, the colors distract you from the content of the post. On the other hand, the colors distract you from the content of the post. (Kinda like that oily blob thing in the lake in _The Raft_.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-colours-to-lobelia-overhill/239235.md?page=1)