# my use of purple **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 30, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123 "2003-03-30T00:59:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/141 "2003-04-02T22:27:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lel \* > \*\* > I like the color purple, but that does not necessarily mean that I like posts written in purple font. \*\* i do. it’s purdy. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/142 "2003-04-02T22:40:28Z")
As I said, I’m neutral on the topic of purple posts. But the fact that I generally like the color purple does not necessarily mean that I like purple posts. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/143 "2003-04-02T22:51:07Z")
I wonder if **rosabread** is learning anything from all this? Perhaps not. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/144 "2003-04-02T22:53:00Z")
I lIkE pIzZa, BuT tHaT dOeS nOt MeAn I wAnT pEoPlE tO pOsT iN pIzZa. It WoUlD sTiNk Up ThE jOiNt. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/145 "2003-04-02T23:00:12Z")
I evah devloser ot tsop yreve _drow_ sdrawkcab morf won no, tub ton hcae ecnetnes. dnA m’I annog tsop ni **gib** epyt!!! sihT si nuf! yoB, t’nod I mees ekil etiuq eht tsilaudividni won, derapmoc ot lla uoy sdrawtnorf sretsop. haayN!! sirneF ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/146 "2003-04-02T23:08:01Z")
Okay, that made me feel nauseous… ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/147 "2003-04-02T23:16:36Z")
Ooo… the room is spinning… Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/148 "2003-04-02T23:18:09Z")
[sup]I have dec[sup]ided[sup] that[/sup] too[/sup] many[/sup] peop[sub]le are[sub] copy[sub]ing my[/sub]back[/sub]wards[/sub] style[sup] post[sup]ing, so[sup] I have[/sup] decid[/sup]ed up[sub]on a ne[/sub]w way[sub] to expr[sub]ess m[sub]y deep[/sub] inner[/sub] enn[/sub]ui. [sub]Can[sub] you[/sub] gue[/sub]ss w[sup]hat i[sup]t is? It’s[/sup] sub[/sup]tle…[/sup] [sup]F[/sup]e[sub]n[/sub]r[sup]i[/sup]s PS: I’ve got nothing against **Rasinbread** as a person or a poster. But the purple thing is annoying. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/149 "2003-04-02T23:27:28Z")
Man, I can hear the hamsters retching from exaustion all the way over here… ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/150 "2003-04-02T23:33:10Z")
Does anyone else imagine that in a couple of years, this will be a event of “Hi Opal” proportions? ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/151 "2003-04-03T00:20:10Z")
My take on it: I like purple (hell, I’m wearing a purple Club Monaco shirt right now)… but that doesn’t necessarily mean I’m going to read everything **r’bread** posts. Sometimes the purple might be too much of an eyestrain for me (I have a prescription of 1000, at least)… I might be too tired… or I might simply not care. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/152 "2003-04-03T00:22:42Z")
I’m askerd. This thread is out of control. But now this post doesn’t seem so annoying. > [@](#): > > \*Originally accidentally posted by imthjckaz \* > \*\*I don’t know why they would tell you to stop? > Annoying maybe? \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/153 "2003-04-03T00:23:51Z")
This is retarded. Maybe if he was posting in yellow or something but the purple barely looks any different than black to me. LEave the poor guy alone. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/154 "2003-04-03T00:27:36Z")
DeAr GoD i HoPe NoT, AsLaN2. fEnRiS wOuLd Be DoWn To OnE pOsT pEr DaY, iT tAkEs HiM sO lOnG tO pOsT iN tHaT sTyLe. PlUs PoStInG lIkE tHiS iN Gd wOuLd PrObAbLy PiSs OfF dAvId B, mEbUcKnEr AnD gAuDeRe, NoT tO mEnTiOn ThE dEniZeNs ThErEoF. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/155 "2003-04-03T00:29:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Stinkpalm \* > \*\*This is retarded. Maybe if he was posting in yellow or something but the purple barely looks any different than black to me. LEave the poor guy alone. \*\* So he _is_ a guy? That was another question I had. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/156 "2003-04-03T00:31:26Z")
I’ve held my tongue until now, annoyed as I was about the purple, but now I have to say something. This is getting out of hand. Yes, I find the purple annoying. That’s mostly because I’m color-blind, and it just looks like a sort of muddy brown-grey to me, and it’s hard for me to pick the individual letters out of the grey background. I end up having to “read” **raisinbread** ’s posts by picking out one letter at a time, missing a few, and trying to piece the thing together from context. I don’t bother any more. And, yes, I have come to see it see it as a shameless bid for attention, but since I can’t/don’t read her(?) posts any more, I just ignore them. If there is anything of value in there, I’ll never see it. But, I have to object to the naked ridicule I’m seeing here. Yes, posting in purple all the time is pointless and stupid. Yes, it’s most likely nothing nothing more than a bid for unearned attention. If you feel that way, as I do, just ignore it. The mess that this thread has devolved into isn’t helping anybody. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/157 "2003-04-03T00:55:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Exgineer \* > **But, I have to object to the naked ridicule I’m seeing here.** How did you know I was naked?!? [sub]I was _sure_ I turned the web cam off.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/158 "2003-04-03T00:56:14Z")
Where’s the “blushing” smilie? ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/159 "2003-04-03T01:08:17Z")
At LeAsT yOu DiDn’T uSe SmAcKiE:D ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123/160 "2003-04-03T01:19:59Z")
**rosabread** has inspired me to stand up for what I believe in. I am not embarrassed. I have eaten from the Tree of Knowledge and I can now say: I am naked. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-use-of-purple/165123.md?page=9)