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WCDT: 2191-2195 (21-25 May 2012) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
pwhodges:
It matches the highlight colour of the main menu above, too.
A century ago, pink was regarded as the male colour, not the female:
--- Quote from: Wikipedia ---An article in the trade publication Earnshaw's Infants' Department in June 1918 said: "The generally accepted rule is pink for the boys, and blue for the girls. The reason is that pink, being a more decided and stronger color, is more suitable for the boy, while blue, which is more delicate and dainty, is prettier for the girl." From then until the 1940s, pink was considered appropriate for boys because being related to red it was the more masculine and decided color, while blue was considered appropriate for girls because it was the more delicate and dainty color, or related to the Virgin Mary. Since the 1940s, the societal norm was inverted; pink became considered appropriate for girls and blue appropriate for boys, a practice that has continued into the 21st century.
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And pale pink is a common colour for shirts in a formal office to this day.
Incidentally, the term "pink" for a huntsman's red jacket comes not from the colour, but from the name of the maker who originated it. Pink's is still a respected tailoring firm.
Welu:
I've been seeing a lot of discussion about men wearing pink lately. I'm blaming Cracked.
Near Lurker:
--- Quote from: Akima on 21 May 2012, 02:26 ---It takes a secure man to wear a shirt as pink as that.
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Listen to some of Montreal, and the fact that it's pink will be the least of your worries.
iduguphergrave:
Take away the band name, and what you have left is a femmy dude in a pink shirt talking about his decreased interest in sex with hot chicks.
Just sayin...
:angel: /isuck
Near Lurker:
Keep the band name, and what you have is a femmy dude in a pink shirt telling his sister about decreased interest in sex with hot chicks while wearing insignia of a man who performs songs of often incestuous psychosexual nightmares in heavy makeup, naked from the waist down in the tortured persona of Ziggy Stardust "Georgie Fruit."
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