Pretend Chat 2.14

[Yvonne G]

So I've been off of chat for about 48 hours. There were 519 post that I'm not going to read. Did I miss anything important?

Don't be pullin' a Nick on us. Do your own reading!

 

[Elohi]

I think it's rather hilarious that a woman took a picture of this dress to get opinions from friends and one of them responded back about its colors and the baffled hilarity exploded on the Internet faster than most anything I've ever seen before.

 

[Elohi]

Compliments of The Reptile Report on Facebook. Hahahaha

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I'm one of the people who has seen both, I've looked at the exact same image at different times and seen different. I see white and gold more easily, but last night it became blue right before my eyes!
Its a real-life optical illusion due to the poor camera shot with the lighting being blown out.

This dress meme has really gone viral, it's everywhere on the net! I can only see blue/ black and can't even begin to comprehend the white/ gold malarkey. But it's all psychology, apparenly, do you look at the colour of the object in itself or in relation to other things, its background, etc. But i still don't get it.

 

[bouaboua]

Don't be pullin' a Nick on us. Do your own reading!

This is a good one Yvonne.....Pullin' a Nick.....on us.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Compliments of The Reptile Report on Facebook. Hahahaha
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Ha!ha! Very funny

 

[Abdulla6169]

Lololol Adobe says single pixels in the lighting spectrum of this image are blue. YES, they are but clearly it's a white and gold dress in crappy lighting, taken with a cell phone camera.
So I suppose both teams are correct in that way but the dress, if taken into daylight, or just better lighting would be white and gold to even team black and blue.

A blue and black dress becomes white and gold when you add a lot of white balance. Basically, low light:

High light:

 

[smarch]

This dress meme has really gone viral, it's everywhere on the net! I can only see blue/ black and can't even begin to comprehend the white/ gold malarkey. But it's all psychology, apparenly, do you look at the colour of the object in itself or in relation to other things, its background, etc. But i still don't get it.

I've noticed its easier for people who see white and gold first to see the blue after than for people to see the white after seeing the blue first. BUt i'm sure there are many exceptions and those are just my friends.
I've tried everything, covering the background, squinting my eyes, staring at it wide eyed, close one eye... close the other, look at it upside down, look at it sideways, look at it in the dark, look at it in the really light, stare at the purposely lighted white photo and look to the original, look to the purposely darkened one then look to the original, stared crosseyed at it like the 3d thingies in the paper they used to make, hoping to will myself to see it blue again.
None of those worked... still no good theories, but I've seen both!

 

[Abdulla6169]

For @smarch:
"People who perceive the surrounding area as dark are likely to see the blue in the dress as white and the black colours as gold. It all just depends on the manner that the brain perceives and processes colour."
Via Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...blue-black.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline

 

[smarch]

I've thought that because of just how blown out the dress becomes when you add the light, there had to have already been light added when the "original" picture was posted, My bet it was really dark when taken so they used filters or lightened it to see the dress, but in the process destroyed the picture because there wasn't enough light to effectively capture enough blue for everyone to see it now.

 

[Abdulla6169]

I've thought that because of just how blown out the dress becomes when you add the light, there had to have already been light added when the "original" picture was posted, My bet it was really dark when taken so they used filters or lightened it to see the dress, but in the process destroyed the picture because there wasn't enough light to effectively capture enough blue for everyone to see it now.

Or just a bad photographer

 

[smarch]

Or just a bad photographer

even good photographers take shoddy photos, theres a reason rolls of film had 36(ish) shots, not only do you have to get the shot you want but you also need to get the exposure and aperture right or things like this will happen, even after a class rolls still had a few cruddy shots that were blown out or way too dark, and you can only fix so much in printing a print from a crappy film shot, you can lighten it but this is exactly what I've seen happen in the dark room when people try to lighten underexposed photo's. I'm not as familiar with digital photography but its the same idea.

My concern isn't what color it is seeing as I've seen both, its about how the picture was taken or adapted to make it happen. And I think my explanation is good enough to me

 

[Momof4]

Yes they do stick to you .

Oh, your so lucky! I loved that thing when I did PT for my back!

 

[Jacqui]

Just heard from Jeff that he fell on ice inside of a truck washout bay. His ankle is swelling, has a 3 by 5 chunk of skin off his leg and banged up his elbow.

 

[Momof4]

@tortdad Taz looks like a great dog even if he is stinky! That is so nice of you to fly to San Diego to drop off the dog. Where in SD does your brother live?
I have been in your shoes 3x and I know it's very draining. Sending positive vibes your way.

 

[smarch]

Just heard from Jeff that he fell on ice inside of a truck washout bay. His ankle is swelling, has a 3 by 5 chunk of skin off his leg and banged up his elbow.

Holy cow! Make sure he at least tries to keep the leg raised some, I hope for his sake its... wait I cant say I hope its not the driving leg because they're standards aren't they so he needs both
No anti-biotic ointment on such a large (and presumably deep?) cut, saline, even if its a road rash-friction burn type thing.
Sounds like it could have been much worse though and he's lucky tats all he got

 

[puffy137]

For @smarch:
"People who perceive the surrounding area as dark are likely to see the blue in the dress as white and the black colours as gold. It all just depends on the manner that the brain perceives and processes colour."
Via Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...blue-black.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline

Well I sincerely hope my white & gold sitting room is not going to be seen as black & blue !!!

 

[smarch]

@tortdad I know some groomers have scents you can get... weird and makes me think of a car wash coming with an air freshener, but he could come home smelling like some new fresh strawberry dog lol

 

[Yvonne G]

Just heard from Jeff that he fell on ice inside of a truck washout bay. His ankle is swelling, has a 3 by 5 chunk of skin off his leg and banged up his elbow.

Oh my lord! Can he still drive?

 

[puffy137]

Just heard from Jeff that he fell on ice inside of a truck washout bay. His ankle is swelling, has a 3 by 5 chunk of skin off his leg and banged up his elbow.

Poor Jeff will need all the TLC you can spare then Jacqui