• @ZeroCool@slrpnk.netOP
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      2 months ago

      “hands would be magenta” my guy you probably shoulda googled that word before committing to it.

      Magenta is a purple-ish red color which on it’s own doesn’t really work as a reference to blood, but the author chose that specific color because it’s also the name of Blue’s friend next door, a dog named Magenta.

      https://bluesclues.fandom.com/wiki/Magenta

      Perhaps you should’ve googled that before committing to your comment?

      • blargerer
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        372 months ago

        It also works as the color of bruises, which your hands would be after viciously beating someone.

      • @WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world
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        32 months ago

        Magenta is a purple-ish red color which on it’s own doesn’t really work as a reference to blood

        That’s something an honour-less p’takh would say.

      • @DragonTypeWyvern
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        I don’t think that’s a reasonable ask, considering it basically requires pre-existing knowledge to consider.

        It’s an awkward line that only a small subset readers would ever get, and isn’t even good with context.

        • Alto
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          The target audience is kids who grew up watching Blues Clues. I’m pretty sure most the target audience would have gotten it.

          You weren’t the target audience, that’s fine.

          • @DragonTypeWyvern
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            -352 months ago

            I actually watched it with my younger brother enough to get it.

            The target audience of that line is people with bad taste in wordplay.

            • @Woovie@lemmy.world
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              102 months ago

              I always hear about smart, dumb people and dumb, smart people, but I think you’re a dumb dumb person.

              • @DragonTypeWyvern
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                -102 months ago

                Pretty weird how defensive y’all are over an awkward joke about a children’s show.

                Project much?

          • @DragonTypeWyvern
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            2 months ago

            ZeroCool, are you the author of the article?

            I ask because you don’t quite seem to understand what that word means or the context it would be appropriate for either.

              • @DragonTypeWyvern
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                -252 months ago

                Hmm, a little upset over something so trivial.

                • @Nero@sopuli.xyz
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                  2 months ago

                  They don’t seem upset to me just dismissive. If I had to guess I’d say they probably don’t want to keep explaining to you what a facetious remark is. Which is probably a good idea, because you seem to be very dumb.

          • @DragonTypeWyvern
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            -192 months ago

            It’s okay to like bad jokes, bro, you don’t have to make up strawmen to defend them

      • @DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyz
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        On a second, more careful review of that wikipedia page:

        I thank you for being the only person to actually address and correct my mistake. While the color I was brought up to understand as magenta and the color of the flower I got when I googled “magenta” and the color of the relevant dog (if you squint, maybe) do not look like any bruise or blood, the color can be fairly said to take up more space in the color wheel than that, and potentially includes many “bruised” colors.