# Were the blue or green lights always there?

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**Created:** [March 28, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-blue-or-green-lights-always-there/397856 "2007-03-28T17:26:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-blue-or-green-lights-always-there/397856/1 "2007-03-28T17:26:49Z")

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Yo,  
Next to everyone’s username is either a green or blue light, green for online and blue for offline. I just noticed these today, strangely enough. Are these a new addition or am I just not very observant?  
Green light,  
Autolycus

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-blue-or-green-lights-always-there/397856/2 "2007-03-28T17:36:45Z")

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The blue is actually grey, but yes, they’ve always been there. Probably as long as I’ve been here, at least, and certainly as long as you have.

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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-blue-or-green-lights-always-there/397856/3 "2007-03-28T17:42:35Z")

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[QUOTE=Q.E.D.]  
The blue is actually grey, but yes, they’ve always been there. Probably as long as I’ve been here, at least, and certainly as long as you have.  
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Great, now I’m inobservant AND partially colorblind :smack:

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-blue-or-green-lights-always-there/397856/4 "2007-03-28T17:59:28Z")

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I can’t swear I have always noticed them, but I do know they’ve been there for quite a while.

[slight hijack] Wouldn’t it be neat if there were other colors to indicate such things as:

Here, but mightily pissed  
Here, but drink as a coot  
Here, but sick with some unknown ailment  
Here, and in heat

Etc.

[/slight hijack]

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-blue-or-green-lights-always-there/397856/5 "2007-03-28T18:01:09Z")

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Well, it does have kind of a bluish cast. I guess you could safely call it blue-grey.

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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-blue-or-green-lights-always-there/397856/6 "2007-03-28T18:12:41Z")

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[QUOTE=Q.E.D.]  
Well, it does have kind of a bluish cast. I guess you could safely call it blue-grey.  
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Woohoo!

And I like your style **Zeldar** 🙂

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-blue-or-green-lights-always-there/397856/7 "2007-03-28T19:08:30Z")

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[QUOTE=Zeldar]  
I can’t swear I have always noticed them, but I do know they’ve been there for quite a while.

[slight hijack] Wouldn’t it be neat if there were other colors to indicate such things as:

Here, but mightily pissed  
Here, but drink as a coot  
Here, but sick with some unknown ailment  
Here, and in heat

Etc.

[/slight hijack]  
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Here, and naked as a jaybird  
Here, and queer, get used to it  
Not here, but you’re all in my thoughts  
Here, but preoccupied by the porn in my other window