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Clever Comebacks

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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 65 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Alternatively, birds use vibrant coloring to attract mates.

[–] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 44 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Devil's advocate:

Isn't the vast majority of examples where the male is the vibrant coloured one and the female is plain looking?

Time to dress in drag and do the hula.

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 16 points 1 year ago

Got it.

So I've run into traffic and somehow I still don't have a girlfriend, I don't understand it.

[–] Randomdude@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Hakuna Matata

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago

But it does happen

Humans are just one of those exemptions

[–] Silverseren@kbin.social 37 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Also, unusual hair colors has been in use for thousands of years, with blue hair being the most prominent color used in places like Egypt and the English Isles.

[–] VampyreOfNazareth@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bleached dreads in Scandinavian cultures is another.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, they're telling the truth.

[–] olutukko@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure he meant it as a joke since lye can be used to bleach hair

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 7 points 1 year ago

I was pretty sure they did too.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 19 points 1 year ago

Love this. If anyone has look you don't like guess what they are not for you. Move on.

[–] OpenStars@startrek.website 17 points 1 year ago
[–] GilgameshCatBeard@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago

Love this! So well said.

[–] mogoh@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Also it is sexy af.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I love blue hair, but my fiancee is a chef so she doesn't dye it.