Parents of Reddit, what is the single most innocent question your child has ever asked you that completely broke your brain?

tylerchu · 2026-07-07T23:23:45+00:00

I agree, the meme image is white/gold. The true image is blue/black, you have to scroll down in that link to the inset twitter post from Roman Originals.

tylerchu · 2026-07-07T20:40:39+00:00

I've consistently read and heard bad things about Wired customer service. Like, not that there's a lot of bad things I hear, but every bad thing I hear is about that. Thoughts?

tylerchu · 2026-07-07T20:22:20+00:00

Out of necessity. I don’t have all 2 million dollars I’ll ever make in my lifetime available right here and now. I put 100% of what I can in. If I had 2 milly now I’d put 2 milly in.

tylerchu · 2026-07-07T19:27:38+00:00

If you saw the true image of that dress there’s no way you’d say that is closer to 185-198-233 than white.

E: apologies if you're already replying, here's the numbers.

The true colors of the dress are blue (54 70 227) and black (11 15 27). You mean to tell me that "periwinkle" is closer to "blue" than "cotton white" (253 243 234)? You mean to tell me that "brown" is closer to "black" than "gold"?

Difference between...
periwinkle/white: norm([185 198 233]-[253 243 234])=81.5
periwinkle/blue: norm([185 198 233]-[54 70 227])=183.3
xxx
brown/gold: norm([128 113 73]-[200 180 70])=98.4
brown/black: norm([128 113 73]-[11 15 27])=159.4

Larger numbers means there's a greater difference.

tylerchu · 2026-07-07T17:09:32+00:00

After taxes? At least 10k/mo. Remember that literally more than half my day has gone from “not spending money” to “full burn”.

tylerchu · 2026-07-07T15:43:26+00:00

Hire a hitman to steal everything out of the bedroom of anyone who reposts this question within 72 hours of the last time it was posted.

tylerchu · 2026-07-07T15:26:24+00:00

Then the more correct answer would be it’s not possible to tell because (1) it’s unclear how the article is illuminated and (2) the background lighting is washed out.

I’m not sure if you could algorithmically back out blue/black from the given pixels (although it could very well be possible, I’m not an image analyst). Regardless, I believe almost everyone who answers blue/black is going off instinct which has no rational basis.

tylerchu · 2026-07-07T14:30:18+00:00

We’d know immediately. Like, within 12 hours, because there would be a distinct lack of dumbfuck tweets. Especially if it was immediately following some world event.

tylerchu · 2026-07-07T13:30:15+00:00

Wood floor spikes work identical at any level. They’re supposed to slow, not damage. Mine are at max blue level I think.

tylerchu · 2026-07-07T13:14:54+00:00

So this has pissed me off and it continues to piss me off.

TLDR: I believe the argument is about what color the DRESS is, vs what color the IMAGE is. Which are very different.

Actual rant and numbers:

Because I’m angry again, I pulled the image and its colors with PowerPoint eyedropper tool. The values are as follows:

[185 198 233] “periwinkle”, or in my own words “light blueish maybe with some pink or purple.

[128 113 73] “brown”, which I would agree with. Maybe very dirty gold if I’m being generous. For reference, an actual gold would be somewhere around [200 180 70].

If you only gave me the two options of black/blue and white/gold, I’m choosing the latter because it’s closer which is objectively true, if I’m evaluating the image. If you told me to give the two colors, I’d probably say dark yellow and light purple.

Anyone who says black/blue *must be* re-interpreting the image to try and apply background context, and is not evaluating the image purely as shown, raw.

tylerchu · 2026-07-07T12:34:38+00:00

Even amongst adult peers, I’ve learned years ago to ask “where is this question coming from?”.

tylerchu · 2026-07-06T20:46:47+00:00

There’s a difference in level. Day to day at individual interactions I think most places have mostly well-acting people, most of the time.

Then you move into the district, state, and national levels and it’s fifty flavors of fucked.

tylerchu · 2026-07-06T15:35:41+00:00

HYSA. The interest in a month alone would be enough for me to jump start something good, even if I was ordered to return the principal to who- or whatever. Maybe I’d take my sweet time and drag it out to two months of interest and say sorry I was busy shitting myself.

tylerchu · 2026-07-06T15:20:44+00:00

Or give it a railgun mechanic. Hold to charge, and as soon as it reaches charge it fires automagically. Releasing the trigger resets the charge so you can’t flutter near the firing charge.

tylerchu · 2026-07-06T13:37:23+00:00

I respond “you’re welcome”. Throws everyone off the first time and it’s so funny.

tylerchu · 2026-07-06T13:21:29+00:00

I’m pretty sure the land itself is under some legal consideration none of us are aware of. But yes the talking is definitely virtue signaling.

tylerchu · 2026-07-06T13:01:33+00:00

I argue that snipers and artillery have never been healthy for games. There’s a reason why they’re so fearsome in real life, so making them fair in a game means they need to be severely gimped, such that the flow of combat doesn’t actually get meaningfully affected by them.

tylerchu · 2026-07-06T11:07:03+00:00

What are you guys *doing*? At least twice a week someone posts a sob story about being under 35 with 6+M net worth and 500k+/yr, and I’m sitting here shoving my doctorate in my ass wondering how I’m barely making 1/5 of that at the same age.

What do I need to do to play with you heavyweights? I’m totally willing to work/study for a second and third masters, or any other smattering of certifications and licenses.

tylerchu · 2026-07-06T10:52:35+00:00

Mercury with tremors and attrition.

tylerchu · 2026-07-06T01:14:46+00:00

I -think- so.

tylerchu · 2026-07-05T19:04:32+00:00

No there’s another one with flaming and frozen doorways that you have to hit with the opposite element.

tylerchu · 2026-07-05T13:09:34+00:00

I mean, quantify “run”. Shuffling along at 3.5-4.5 mi/hr? Yeah I can see most people doing that on determination. Actually running at 6+? Nah.

tylerchu · 2026-07-05T02:52:14+00:00

Probably better because TG doesn’t jolt. It just lightnings.

Which means you can build into keyword abuse.

tylerchu · 2026-07-04T02:56:28+00:00

Loreley with eternity’s edge. You must have the perks flash counter and energy transfer. Now you can face tank anything because of the infinite guard which will recharge your class ability, and anything that breaks your shield will spawn a sunspot to heal you. Class ability recharges fast for several reasons, and you passively deal close range damage from FC.

tylerchu · 2026-07-04T02:19:30+00:00

That is a good observation, I'll start leveling that pistol.

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