# Oh my god please shut up about the stupid dress already **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 2, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-please-shut-up-about-the-stupid-dress-already/714016 "2015-03-02T15:48:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-please-shut-up-about-the-stupid-dress-already/714016/61 "2015-03-03T14:14:29Z")
Oh noes! This thread is turning into a discussion of the dress’ properties too! Stop it! ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-please-shut-up-about-the-stupid-dress-already/714016/62 "2015-03-03T14:19:13Z")
Y’know, **Anaamika** , if you didn’t want #thedress discussed then maybe you shouldn’t have started a thread about it. 😉 I sympathize with all the people who are suffering from overexposure on #thedress. But the problem is with the incredibly repetitive and overexposing nature of social and news media, not with #thedress itself, which as I said is actually a quite nifty sort of crowdsourced citizen-science project. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-please-shut-up-about-the-stupid-dress-already/714016/63 "2015-03-03T14:26:12Z")
Is it really over exposed though? The ice bucket thing went on for months. The makeup selfie thing went on for weeks. At least in my social media circle the dress thing popped up and then left in a day or two, this thread is the only place I seen it mentioned any more. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-please-shut-up-about-the-stupid-dress-already/714016/64 "2015-03-03T14:42:45Z")
I put it into Photoshop and determined the colors of the photo. The wife declared I was being too literal, when I showed her what the actual colors of the photo were. A brown and a very light blue. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-please-shut-up-about-the-stupid-dress-already/714016/65 "2015-03-03T14:47:56Z")
I’m sick of this aurous morphing! ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-please-shut-up-about-the-stupid-dress-already/714016/66 "2015-03-03T15:18:01Z")
Just gonna leave this here… [![](https://i.imgur.com/yUp1l10.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/yUp1l10.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-please-shut-up-about-the-stupid-dress-already/714016/67 "2015-03-03T15:46:07Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > Imagine the left cheek as a (very) large clock face. Put the initial bite at right about 8:30. _Bun appetit!_ ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-please-shut-up-about-the-stupid-dress-already/714016/68 "2015-03-03T16:10:15Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > It’s very counterintuitive that two people with normal vision looking at the exact same image should see it in absolutely different ways, and what it says about color vision perception is really interesting. For me, it reinforces this niggling worry I’ve had that, when you get right down to it, reality is only what we agree on, and it’s entirely possible that reality is nothing like we think it is and that it exists in wildly different forms within our own minds. We all say the sky is blue. But are we all really seeing the same color? ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-please-shut-up-about-the-stupid-dress-already/714016/69 "2015-03-03T16:42:53Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > Your options were to let it fade away like every other social media fad in this ADD age, or to start a thread about the dress. > > Strange choice. This is like saying, “Telling someone to stop whispering in class, is generating noise of its own.” How is someone wrong for wanting to accelerate the end of something by asking that it no longer be talked about, as opposed to waiting the longer time for it to die down naturally? ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-please-shut-up-about-the-stupid-dress-already/714016/70 "2015-03-03T16:48:11Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > For me, it reinforces this niggling worry I’ve had that, when you get right down to it, reality is only what we agree on, and it’s entirely possible that reality is nothing like we think it is and that it exists in wildly different forms within our own minds. > > We all say the sky is blue. But are we all really seeing the same color? We’re all seeing the same wavelength of light, and whether or not we perceive that wavelength in similar ways, we can all (generally) identify that same wavelength as “sky blue” in different contexts, and successfully distinguish it (again, generally) from other colors that are similarly bright or reflective. So in a way you’re correct that reality is what we can all agree on. But I’d say that because almost everything in reality is relatable to something else in reality, an appreciably high percentage of phenomena lend themselves really well to scientific consensus. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-please-shut-up-about-the-stupid-dress-already/714016/71 "2015-03-03T16:50:55Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > This is like saying, “Telling someone to stop whispering in class, is generating noise of its own.” > How is someone wrong for wanting to accelerate the end of something by asking that it no longer be talked about, as opposed to waiting the longer time for it to die down naturally? It’s not that I even minded talking about it, it’s just that it infested everywhere! Tumblr started it. Go to cheezburger, it’s there. go to Slate, they have an article. Salon has its own article MSN has an article on it Apparently TV news is covering it And finally Straight Dope has an thread on it! Too! Much! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-please-shut-up-about-the-stupid-dress-already/714016/72 "2015-03-03T16:54:37Z")
The only places I’ve encountered it are a skit on SNL and this thread. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-please-shut-up-about-the-stupid-dress-already/714016/73 "2015-03-03T16:56:01Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > We all say the sky is blue. But are we all really seeing the same color? Dr. Frasier Crane: “What color is the sky in your world, Cliff?” ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-please-shut-up-about-the-stupid-dress-already/714016/74 "2015-03-03T17:01:26Z")
> [@Dorjan](#): > > Just gonna leave this here… > > [Wait... - Imgur](http://i.imgur.com/yUp1l10.jpg) now it all makes sense ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-please-shut-up-about-the-stupid-dress-already/714016/75 "2015-03-03T19:41:05Z")
The dress is white and gold. Anything is wrong and those wrong people should be ashamed of themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-please-shut-up-about-the-stupid-dress-already/714016/76 "2015-03-03T19:51:37Z")
So, we all agree the american flag has red stripes, blue stripes and gold stars in a white field? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-please-shut-up-about-the-stupid-dress-already/714016/77 "2015-03-03T20:32:41Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > The dress is white and gold. Anything is wrong and those wrong people should be ashamed of themselves. [Even the _dressmaker_?](http://www.washingtonpost.com/posttv/lifestyle/style/true-color-of-the-dress-blue-and-black/2015/03/01/c48374c0-8162-4f00-abbd-35d8800d76fe_video.html) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-please-shut-up-about-the-stupid-dress-already/714016/78 "2015-03-03T21:01:45Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Anything is wrong Everything you know is wrong! -Firesign Theatre [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-please-shut-up-about-the-stupid-dress-already/714016.md?page=3)