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Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social

Purple isn't a real colour. Point at purple on the rainbow - you can't. Band this sick filth! (violet is cool though - totally real)

aug 28, 2025, 4:46 am • 9 0

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Andrew Willmott @andrewwillmott.bsky.social

Dude, no, there's literally a film about it. (And book.) Though come to think of it, they never did specify a wavelength 🤔

aug 28, 2025, 11:16 am • 4 0 • view
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Roy Eltham @royeltham.bsky.social

but I like Royal Purple (Dark Violet if you insist)

aug 28, 2025, 5:26 am • 0 0 • view
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Simon F @sifee.bsky.social

I hope you don’t have any alloys on your Caterham - those aren’t real metals 😀

aug 28, 2025, 1:35 pm • 1 0 • view
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Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social

Real metal! www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L7-...

aug 28, 2025, 5:07 pm • 2 0 • view
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jackreichelt.bsky.social @jackreichelt.bsky.social

When I was a high school computer science teacher I upset (not really, they loved it) my class by telling them that “pink is a fake colour”. It caused quite an uproar, and then they loved the explanation.

aug 28, 2025, 6:38 am • 2 0 • view
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Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social

Brown is also not a real colour. Don't listen to the trees - liars every one.

aug 28, 2025, 8:51 am • 2 0 • view
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Llama @llammissar.bsky.social

Brown is Orange with Depression.

aug 28, 2025, 11:26 am • 1 0 • view
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Ben Golus @bgolus.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh4a...

aug 28, 2025, 7:58 pm • 1 0 • view
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Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social

Skip to 4:44 to make me feel smug. There are dozens of us! Dozens!

aug 28, 2025, 8:27 pm • 0 0 • view
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Felice @feliceenellen.bsky.social

I was gonna say, you really ought to have said magenta rather than purple, because violet is a totally acceptable member of the set of colors considered purple, and violet is most definitely on the rainbow.

aug 29, 2025, 12:04 pm • 0 0 • view
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Ben Parry @benparry.bsky.social

Recently been enjoying the subreddit of a guy who insists 0.999... != 1. Think I could probably make that my whole deal.

aug 28, 2025, 10:24 am • 3 0 • view
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Geoffrey Card @rangutang.bsky.social

Pineapple goes on EVERY pizza.

aug 28, 2025, 5:04 am • 0 0 • view
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Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social

What part of "terrible" and "fringe" did you not understand?

aug 28, 2025, 5:09 am • 0 0 • view
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Felice @feliceenellen.bsky.social

Clearly none.

aug 29, 2025, 12:06 pm • 0 0 • view