Today the internet lost its collective mind, and so everyone finds themselves arguing about what color a dress is. Really.
This is the dress, in case you (somehow) haven’t seen it—
as Gawker explains, it originally started floating aroundon Tumblr, got picked up by Buzzfeed, and now it’s taking the rest of the internet by storm:
Some people see it as white and gold. Others, black and blue. As a result of this optical madness, the internet is tearing itself apart, trying to decide what color the dress REALLY is…and it’s also making jokes along the way, as it tends to do. The dress has become a meme! It’s all over Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, even 4chan. God isn’t real after all.
Here are some of the nerdier jokes about the dress floating around the web:
Is this cape white and gold or blue and black? Either way it looks longer than your average cloak or cape. pic.twitter.com/KejJxM0zQo
— World of Warcraft (@Warcraft) February 27, 2015
So do you think this is #whiteandgold too? pic.twitter.com/C829igRjVq
— Xbox (@Xbox) February 27, 2015
Blocked. RT @nentindo64: someone ask hideki kamiya what color the dress is
— 神谷英樹🍀 Hideki Kamiya🍀 (@HidekiKamiya_X) February 27, 2015
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In this very picture, Falco is actually #whiteandgold pic.twitter.com/w84tmnfqtW
— D1 (@xD1x) February 27, 2015
Professor Layton and the Dress of Controversy.
Coming soon to Nintendo 3DS— Dovi || Kindness & Patience (@Sephiroth1204) February 27, 2015
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TOAD SHUT UP ABOUT THE
PRINCESS FOR A MINUTE
AND JUST TELL ME…
WHAT COLORS ARE
HER DRESS?! pic.twitter.com/NWrS0DGiAh— Eric Bailey (@EricVBailey) February 27, 2015
Is the dress black and blue? Will Goku save the day? HOW MANY SUPER SAIYAN LEVELS WILL HE NEED TO FIGURE OUT THE ANSWER?
FIND OUT NEXT WEEK
— Obi_1_KeBone_Me (@Piratropes) February 27, 2015
THERE IS NO DRESS. #TheMatrix #THEDRESS pic.twitter.com/qWDXWN5Gtr
— Above Average (@AboveAverage) February 27, 2015
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C'mon @Warcraft, #thedress is clearly blue. pic.twitter.com/aOc7AY1d9t
— Hearthstone (@PlayHearthstone) February 27, 2015
the dress is only 5 hours long
— Ryan Letourneau (@Northernlion) February 27, 2015
Whatever you do, don't look up the results for What Colors Are This Dress on WebMD. Because either way, it'll say you have cancer
— Eliza Bayne (@ElizaBayne) February 27, 2015
IS THIS STAR WHITE AND GOLD
OR BLACK AND BLUE??
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE ANYMORE pic.twitter.com/W37JsiH7RP
— Rock Band (@RockBand) February 27, 2015
https://twitter.com/embed/status/571142578214555649
The XSEED office is being torn to pieces over a dress…
— XSEED Games (@XSEEDGames) February 27, 2015
"So /that's/ how the #CivilWar starts… (But seriously, what colors are this dress?)" pic.twitter.com/uFmIMF4Cfb
— Gwen Stacy. (@GwendolynStacy) February 27, 2015
Blue and black
— PlayStation (@PlayStation) February 27, 2015
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@PrestoFriend531 We're not "what color is this dress" support, unfortunately. We'll be happy to answer Xbox support questions, though! ^BD
— Xbox Support (@XboxSupport) February 27, 2015
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i come on and the entire internet is fighting about the color of a dress. goodbye.
— proud idjit ali (@padacklesfamily) February 27, 2015
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My mom interrupted my anime watching to talk to me about that dress fucking hell smh this meme has gone too far
— Nnnnnnnnsatsuki (@natsatstar) February 27, 2015
This dress shit is more confusing than the time I found my xbox controller in the freezer
— oso negro (@OfficialHumby) February 27, 2015
The dress is the color of flaming hot cheetos &cheeto puffcorn bitch i swear 2 god ill murk everyone shut up im trying to play call of duty
— yung cheeto (@cheetosRsoGood) February 27, 2015
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Ok one more. #whiteandgold all the way pic.twitter.com/cMxKVrygRQ
— Sam Thiel (@RealDealThiel23) February 27, 2015
When did the Fantastic Four change their uniforms to #whiteandgold? pic.twitter.com/6p0XQnqrII
— 🇺🇦🏴☠️Deep State Wisco🏴☠️🇺🇦 (@Wisco) February 27, 2015
https://twitter.com/embed/status/571157243892080640
What color is that dress? I see white & gold. Kanye sees black & blue, who is color blind?
— Kim Kardashian (@KimKardashian) February 27, 2015
https://twitter.com/embed/status/571131244634877952
Biden: WOOO FREE INTERNET
Obama: Joe, would you cut it-
Biden: SET LOOSE THE LLAMAS
Obama: CAN YOU JUST-
Biden: RELEASE NANA'S TRICK DRESS— Danielle Grace (@danimgrace) February 27, 2015
We're always team #blackandblue. pic.twitter.com/xiuX32jZOG
— Sonic the Hedgehog (@sonic_hedgehog) February 27, 2015
Our artists really like how Catherine’s black dress turned out. pic.twitter.com/ZU2dUoFq0e
— Firaxis Games (@FiraxisGames) February 27, 2015
People have even found the dress on Amazon, and are leaving silly reviews for it:
This is how the world ends.
[Top photo source:
iCarbons]