Shedding Some Light On Why “The Dress” is the Most Important Fucking Thing in the World

First of all The Dress phenomenon is the coolest thing. It’s brilliant and it’s poetic. And it’s a total mindfuck. 

Here’s why.

We’re all humans and we all have brains (…right?). We also have eyes. Each of which consumes information in a certain way that is unique to our individual genetic makeup. But we can’t change our genetic makeup, it’s the way we’re wired. 

Some of us look at the photo and see white and gold. Others look at the photo and see blue and black. Some of us (myself included, I consider myself lucky) can look at the photo and see the sets of colors change right before our very eyes on the same photo and see clearly that there are two sets of colors, very vividly. One is stark white and blingy gold, the other is cobalt blue and deep black. 

Because I can see both - which set I see at the moment depends on what I’m focusing on, when I focus at the top of the photo, I see white and gold, when I focus on the bottom of the photo I see black and blue. That is with no switching media sources, no adjusting the screen, etc. It’s the same photo. We’re all looking at the same photo, trust me on this. 

However the #whiteandgold and the #blueandblack teams each have no fucking idea how people could see the other set of colors. They are set in their mind that there is no other possible way it could be the other set of colors. Because they literally can’t see it. 

So what’s the point? Why should we care about this dress?

It’s been said there’s two sides to every story - and then there’s the truth. In this case, the photo is the truth, and the two camps of people have their opinions based on what they are seeing. 

Parallel this to any conflict in the world. One group has an opinion on one thing, the other group has an opinion, and each group thinks that that they are right because it’s all they see. But there’s a truth in there somewhere.

At the moment, the best we can do is see our side, acknowledge that there IS another side to the story, and try to understand that the truth exists. 

Hit me with questions fellow humans. 

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“Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them.”