The Internet lost its collective mind over two unexpected topics yesterday.
First, llamas got loose in Arizona and the subsequent video of people trying to run these animals down caused a meme-based sensation.
Second, Tumblr user "Swiked" uploaded the following image of the following dress and wrote as a caption:
"Is this dress white and gold or blue and black? Me and my friends can't agree and we are freaking the f-ck out."
And for the rest of the evening, nearly everyone on social media proceeded to freak the f-ck out right along with him.
Why did wives and husbands spend half their night arguing over the color of this dress? How can folks disagree over such a seemingly basic question?
According to Cedar Riener, associate professor of psychology at Randolph-Macon College, it's likely due to how one's brain interprets the light coming into one's eyes.
"We are always making decisions about the quantity of light that comes into our retina," Riener tells Buzzfeed, explaining:
"In the case of the dress, some people are deciding that there is a fair amount of illumination on a blue and black (or less reflective) dress. Other people are deciding that it is less illumination on a white/gold dress (it is in shadow, but more reflective)."
Each individual brings a different set of experiences and expectations to his or her sight, as well as attention levels and particular eye movements.
Talk to a cognitive neuroscientist and he or she will say that what you looked at prior to glimpsing the dress could play a role in what color you believe it is.
Weird, right? But enough science. Let's settle this once and for all...
Stars such as Taylor Swift have even got in on this debate.
"I don't understand this odd dress debate and I feel like it's a trick somehow," she Tweeted on Thursday. "I'm confused and scared. PS it's OBVIOUSLY BLUE AND BLACK."
For the record: Mindy Kaling thinks it's also blue and black, while B.J. Novak and Julianne Moore are on Team White and Gold.
Try not to file for divorce or disown your children are you enter into the fray. (THG NOTE: It's clearly white and gold. Come on!)
Yoga pants during yoga? Obviously appropriate? Leggings under a long sweater or jacket? Ditto. But they've become a near-constant substitute for regular pants for many women going about their daily lives, which has resulted in much debate.
Zara quickly yanked this children's shirt off its shelves after complaints that the stripes and six-pronged star made it look like uniforms worn by inmates in Nazi Germany.
Yup, it's Urban Outfitters again. The company stopped selling this "Eat Less" shirt in January 2014 after a lot of uproar and outrage. Way to mock eating disorders, Urban!
Twitter went nuts after Zara debuted this "White Is the New Black," T-shirt, which was meant to be a play on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black. It didn't go over so well.
Target drew ire for listing the color of a dress online as "Manatee gray" in its plus-sizes. It referrs to the exact same color as "dark heather gray" in all its other sizes.
Urban Outfitters also drew anger customers for its shirt that came in an "Obama/Black" color option. Supposedly this was a typo and the option was meant to read "Obama Blue," in reference to the democrat party.
Patrons were outraged by this Urban Outfitters shirt. It had the words "depression" written all over it, making many think that it was demeaning to those who suffer from mental illness.
Also in 2012, the Navajo Nation actually sued Urban Outfitters for its use of the trademarked word "Navajo" on products such as their "hipster panty. For real.
In 2011, American Apparel drew criticism for its "Teenagers Do It Better" shirt for its suggestive slogan. Get ready for more American Apparel to come.
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