# It's not easy being green **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 25, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-easy-being-green/669643 "2013-09-25T14:48:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-easy-being-green/669643/41 "2013-09-26T00:53:03Z")
Why can’t I be purple? Or silver? It’d be a lot more fun if everyone were able to pick their own color. We need more diversity, not conformity. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-easy-being-green/669643/42 "2013-09-26T01:41:59Z")
What about bluebloods? Would the new color be additive or subtractive? I’m sure my mom would object. Her favorite color was plaid, so she couldn’t be green. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-easy-being-green/669643/43 "2013-09-26T01:43:57Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Why can’t I be purple? Or silver? > > It’d be a lot more fun if everyone were able to pick their own color. Giving people the ability to change their colors like a squid or chameleon would be fun. That’s long been part of my genetic engineering wish list. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-easy-being-green/669643/44 "2013-09-26T02:52:51Z")
Green? No. Blue? Maybe. Purple? Hell, yeah Silver? Prepare to sparkle like shitty vampires… Not 'cause I think it would cure racism, but just because it would look pretty. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-easy-being-green/669643/45 "2013-09-26T02:58:22Z")
> [@Sparky\_the\_Wonder\_Spirit](#): > > Yeah, the idea that having everyone be the same color would somehow ‘cure’ racism is naive, at best. There’s a kind of anti-barking collar where every time the dog barks, it sprays a burst of citronella, and the surprise of the scent distracts the dog from barking. It still wants to bark, but it gets confused for a moment and starts thinking about something else. This proposal might have a similar effect on racists. Sure, eventually people will return to their old ways, but the skin-tone thing will be so confusing that they’ll focus on that instead of on other stuff, at least for a little while, maybe. Also, hilarious. I’m pushing the button. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-easy-being-green/669643/46 "2013-09-27T20:08:55Z")
I did this once, actually. It was funny. Well, not the whole world, really, but the whole room. About an hour after my second bowl of chili… I voted “No”. It wouldn’t solve anything, just cause the focus to change to something else - length or style of hair, clothing, lineage, etc. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-easy-being-green/669643.md?page=2)