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as a bi person, the bisexual flag brings me infinite joy and always puts a smile on my face, however as a person who has a Passion for Graphic Design, that undersaturated shade of purple infuriates me when it's used digitally

like, on an actual flag - which was its original purpose - it looks great!

those look fine! lovely, even! with the semi-transparent fabric, the way it catches the sunlight, it looks beautiful!

but now look at how it looks digitally

the pink and blue are so vibrant compared to the sad, lonely lavender!

and let's look at this statement from Michael Page, the creator of the bi flag:

(sidenote: he created this flag in 1998, so if his takes on bisexuality is different from yours, it's okay to notice that! a lot has changed since the 90s when it comes to lived experiences and the way we describe them. but, it's also important to respect his thoughts about this and the way he presented them, even if today, we'd probably not say that bi people "blend unnoticeably into both the gay/lesbian and straight communities.")

so in pantone colors, the pink is 226 C, the blue is 286 C, and the purple of the flag is 258 C.

but...here's the deal

Michael talks here about how the key to understanding the symbolism is to know that the purple blends into both the pink and blue. and on a physical flag, I think you can see that!

but digitally, it absolutely does not blend. it clashes badly, and looks oddly separate from the other two colors.

which got me wondering...what purple do you get if you actually blend 226 C and 286 C?

oh! oh, my god.

look at that! look at how nicely it fits between those colors!

look at it next to the original color scheme! look at how much more vibrant the purple is!

and friends. this is just blending through rgb! you get even more purple variations when you use other color spaces!

let's compare all of them:

(top: original, lab. middle: lrgb, lch. bottom: rgb, hsl)

look at all of the different purple options you can get just by combining these two colors!

if you want almost too-vibrant saturation, you can go hsl, if you want something more relaxed that's closer to the original, you can go lab or lrgb. and if you want to split the difference, lch is bright and violet, while rgb is there with its saturated but darker purple.

anyway, I guess I don't really have a point here? this isn't so much an informational post as it is Me Getting Weird About Colors, but I think it is a useful lesson about how colors look very different on screens compared to how they look on objects in real life.

and sometimes, I think it's okay to compensate for that.

out of all of these, this is my favorite bi flag:

it's the one where the colors were blended in lab color space. for me, the lighter, softer purple is close enough to the original bi flag purple, while also feeling like a smoother blend of the blue and pink

but that's just me! and it might not even look the same to you, since every screen is different, because technology is a nightmare!

anyway, thank you for coming with me on this colorful journey! I will now retreat back to inkscape and make pained sounds about inkstitch gradients until something tangible pulls me back into reality

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Jonathan Joss being murdered in a hate crime and the cops saying there was ‘no evidence’ it was a homophobic hate crime despite the witness testimony from his husband who watched him be murdered is grotesque beyond words.

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theres this phenomenon online. that ive seen a lot of recently especially with the switch 2 and new lilo and stitch but has happened for years which i am honestly baffled by. where a new upcoming product gets announced and a buncha people talk about how bad its gonna be and how no-one should get it. and then the product comes out and a buncha people end up buying it. and then some randos online go "i cant believe after all that complaining about how bad product was gonna be, yall went out and bought it anyway. dont yall have any self-restraint" and like. i gotta wonder. what goes on in their brain where they think "people who complained about upcoming product" and "people who bought upcoming product" are the same group? like. there might be some people who are in both groups, but why would the majority of people be in both groups? how is that logical at all?

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The thing is, Vimes WOULD be the first one to say "all cops are bastards", but it would have a different meaning. It wouldn't mean "the police is inherently evil and needs to be abolished", it would mean "you need to be a bloody bastard to become a good cop"

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I’ve seen some people talk about the lovely phenomenon that happens after reading a Discworld book, when all these lines that went over your head a little bit initially start making more sense when you encounter something in the real world that was the joke’s reference. Personally it’s happened a lot to me because I read most of the Discworld books between ages 14-16 and most things went over my head.

But another phenomenon also occurs very often where I’m watching or reading something and find something similar in tone to Discworld and think ah! That must be a Discworld reference! Before I remember that what I’m reading/watching just happens to also be British. And the “reference” is just. Britishness.

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When I find myself in times of trouble Granny Weatherwax comes to me Speaking words of wisdom I can't be having with this

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My wife has never read a single Discworld book (despite my sincere attempts to get her to read Monstrous Regiment), and does not hang out on tumblr or in fantasy-geek circles. And in the middle of a not-really-argument about medical care, she brought up the Vimes Boots Theory as evidence for why I should invest in better preventative care. We've made mainstream, darlings.

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ok so hear me out

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Do you understand what I'm saying?" shouted Moist. "You can't just go around killing people!"

"Why Not? You Do." The golem lowered his arm.

"What?" snapped Moist. "I do not! Who told you that?"

"I Worked It Out. You Have Killed Two Point Three Three Eight People," said the golem calmly.

"I have never laid a finger on anyone in my life, Mr Pump. I may be–– all the things you know I am, but I am not a killer! I have never so much as drawn a sword!"

"No, You Have Not. But You Have Stolen, Embezzled, Defrauded And Swindled Without Discrimination, Mr Lipvig. You Have Ruined Businesses And Destroyed Jobs. When Banks Fail, It Is Seldom Bankers Who Starve. Your Actions Have Taken Money From Those Who Had Little Enough To Begin With. In A Myriad Small Ways You Have Hastened The Deaths Of Many. You Do Not Know Them. You Did Not See Them Bleed. But You Snatched Bread From Their Mouths And Tore Clothes From Their Backs. For Sport, Mr Lipvig. For Sport. For The Joy Of The Game.

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In an incredible reversal, Builder.AI just declared bankruptcy after admitting that they were faking their AI tool with 700 humans

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huge shout out to this little kid for writing my favorite poem

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it makes me so furious when i want to know about a specific ass species of animal and theres only like 6 existing photos of it. like im actually going to pass away if humanity as a whole doesnt release more pied butterfly bat images

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"clinical test for autism" fuckssake just explain to me in detail the up-to-4000-year-old-history of the paisley textile pattern and release me on an unsuspecting adult dinner party

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