• auraithx@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      18 hours ago

      The wikipedia page details how it’s been studied for over a decade since, and how it was never ‘unknown’ so you check the wikpedia page ig

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        17 hours ago

        The wikipedia page details how it was a viral buzzfeed quiz positing the question “what color is this dress?” The wikipedia page also details how the buzzfeed quiz blew up overnight(feb26)- oh, you’re right, I can’t find when they announced the color. It was the next day, feb 27th. I just used google to find the old tweet.

        So anyway, the wide world did NOT know the color of the dress from the beginning, it went viral overnight without that context at all. Sorry? I don’t know why you seem to care so much?

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          17 hours ago

          On the day of the wedding, Caitlin McNeill, a friend of the bride and groom, performed with her band at the wedding. Even after seeing that the dress was “obviously blue and black” in reality,[3] the musicians remained preoccupied by the photograph. They said they almost failed to make it on stage because they were caught up discussing the dress.

          Yeah nothing wider here because some people on Tumblr for a day didn’t know. Not like its still being discussed and studied a decade later.

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            17 hours ago

            The wider debate, dawg. When everyone knew the truth, the debate over what color the dress was died or at least started dying. There may have been people who continued debating without that knowledge, and there are certainly people who continued discussing afterwards. The debate can only be one of two things: either it’s the color of the dress or the color of the picture of the dress. The question has TWO objective answers. Most people, again, not knowing the wider context when they entered the conversation, took a position based on what they thought the color of the ACTUAL DRESS was. And when that objective question was answered, everyone stopped caring. You know, the royal everyone. Society at large.

            Also… reading comprehension, dawg. NO ONE knew what the color of the dress was when the quiz went viral except for the originators of the image and their real life social circle/community which had been discussing it. The tumblr bit is almost completely irrelevant to what you’re trying to argue.