Show me pictures: What is dishwater blonde/blond hair? What is olive skin? And what is strawberry blond/blonde?

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Anonymous wrote:This is hilarious.

I have dishwater blonde hair. That’s what I have called it my whole life. Dirty blonde is the same thing. Ditchwater is not a thing.

lol.

It’s just very dark blonde hair. In the summer it gets much lighter from the sun. In the winter in a dark room it looks darker than some browns. When I was a small child it was platinum blonde. It was quite dark by the time I was 8 or 9.

But ditchwater IS, in fact, “a thing” - and we know this because someone on this very board uses it and presumably her circle of real life friends/family/acquaintances uses it as well (otherwise she would have been “corrected” before now).

The fact that YOU have never heard of it doesn’t make it not “a thing”, just as the fact that some of us have never heard of “dishwater blonde” doesn’t mean it’s not “a thing”, right?

You can’t have it both ways. Sorry.

No. One person doing something doesn't make it a thing.

Ditchwater blonde is the new fetch.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is hilarious.

I have dishwater blonde hair. That’s what I have called it my whole life. Dirty blonde is the same thing. Ditchwater is not a thing.

lol.

It’s just very dark blonde hair. In the summer it gets much lighter from the sun. In the winter in a dark room it looks darker than some browns. When I was a small child it was platinum blonde. It was quite dark by the time I was 8 or 9.

But ditchwater IS, in fact, “a thing” - and we know this because someone on this very board uses it and presumably her circle of real life friends/family/acquaintances uses it as well (otherwise she would have been “corrected” before now).

The fact that YOU have never heard of it doesn’t make it not “a thing”, just as the fact that some of us have never heard of “dishwater blonde” doesn’t mean it’s not “a thing”, right?

You can’t have it both ways. Sorry.

"Raspberry Parade" is not a song just because a lot of kids think those are the lyrics.

And is Neutron Dance not Noontime Dance

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Anonymous wrote:The stupid is soooooooooooo deep here.


It’s not “dishwater” blonde.


It’s DITCHWATER blonde.


DITCH. Not “dish”.




FFS, didn’t any of you watch reruns of “I Love Lucy”?


And dishwater is gray. Ditchwater is sorta reddish because of red clay.


Y’all don’t do dishes OR get out much.

Serious question, were you supposed to get your frenulum cut?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is hilarious.

I have dishwater blonde hair. That’s what I have called it my whole life. Dirty blonde is the same thing. Ditchwater is not a thing.

lol.

It’s just very dark blonde hair. In the summer it gets much lighter from the sun. In the winter in a dark room it looks darker than some browns. When I was a small child it was platinum blonde. It was quite dark by the time I was 8 or 9.

But ditchwater IS, in fact, “a thing” - and we know this because someone on this very board uses it and presumably her circle of real life friends/family/acquaintances uses it as well (otherwise she would have been “corrected” before now).

The fact that YOU have never heard of it doesn’t make it not “a thing”, just as the fact that some of us have never heard of “dishwater blonde” doesn’t mean it’s not “a thing”, right?

You can’t have it both ways. Sorry.

"Raspberry Parade" is not a song just because a lot of kids think those are the lyrics.

And is Neutron Dance not Noontime Dance

That doesn't make sense. Neutrons are a subatomic particle and noontime is often a break from work.

Y'all don't get out much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is hilarious.

I have dishwater blonde hair. That’s what I have called it my whole life. Dirty blonde is the same thing. Ditchwater is not a thing.

lol.

It’s just very dark blonde hair. In the summer it gets much lighter from the sun. In the winter in a dark room it looks darker than some browns. When I was a small child it was platinum blonde. It was quite dark by the time I was 8 or 9.

But ditchwater IS, in fact, “a thing” - and we know this because someone on this very board uses it and presumably her circle of real life friends/family/acquaintances uses it as well (otherwise she would have been “corrected” before now).

The fact that YOU have never heard of it doesn’t make it not “a thing”, just as the fact that some of us have never heard of “dishwater blonde” doesn’t mean it’s not “a thing”, right?

You can’t have it both ways. Sorry.

It's not a thing. The person "on this very board [who] uses it" made it up, probably having heard the term "dishwater" and gotten confused. Sorry.

[Anonymous]

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It’s not “dishwater” blonde.

It’s DITCHWATER blonde.

DITCH. Not “dish”.

We will all wait while you enter the search term "dishwater" and see what words are suggested as adjunct to it, and then "ditchwater" and do the same. Report back.

They already made a fake search engine result. I suspect they have just crawled under their porch to die at this point.

Lol this was hilarious

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
It’s not “dishwater” blonde.

It’s DITCHWATER blonde.

DITCH. Not “dish”.

We will all wait while you enter the search term "dishwater" and see what words are suggested as adjunct to it, and then "ditchwater" and do the same. Report back.

They already made a fake search engine result. I suspect they have just crawled under their porch to die at this point.

Lol this was hilarious

I thought it was a nice touch that it was attributed to L'Oreal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We always called it mop water or mousy blonde

I thought mousy was warm undertones, like blonde and brown mixed. Whereas dishwater is cool undertones, blonde and gray.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is hilarious.

I have dishwater blonde hair. That’s what I have called it my whole life. Dirty blonde is the same thing. Ditchwater is not a thing.

lol.

It’s just very dark blonde hair. In the summer it gets much lighter from the sun. In the winter in a dark room it looks darker than some browns. When I was a small child it was platinum blonde. It was quite dark by the time I was 8 or 9.

Sorry no that is not a term used in common households. What an insult to say someone has dishwater hair color? Are you serious? It's an insult. Yes heard of dirty blonde or dark blonde but no not dishwater. It's like saying you have bathwater color hair or skin? Seriously?

Yes. And "mousy" hair. And "dirty blond". Since the beginning of time people have described other people's features in the most glowing or the most insulting ways possible, for various reasons. At one time, it was even believed that your features indicated your nature, your temperment and your morality. How crazy is that!? A hunchback was evil. If this is all new to you, wait until you hear about phrenology. You have a lot of fascinating historical, anthropology and sociology reading to catch up on! Or you can just listen to my MIL who likes to sneak in insults based on what people look like but is just telling the "truth". She may be old enough to have coined "dishwater hair!". lol

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We always called it mop water or mousy blonde

I thought mousy was warm undertones, like blonde and brown mixed. Whereas dishwater is cool undertones, blonde and gray.

Mousy means messy, not a color. Unkempt hair in need of taming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is hilarious.

I have dishwater blonde hair. That’s what I have called it my whole life. Dirty blonde is the same thing. Ditchwater is not a thing.

lol.

It’s just very dark blonde hair. In the summer it gets much lighter from the sun. In the winter in a dark room it looks darker than some browns. When I was a small child it was platinum blonde. It was quite dark by the time I was 8 or 9.

But ditchwater IS, in fact, “a thing” - and we know this because someone on this very board uses it and presumably her circle of real life friends/family/acquaintances uses it as well (otherwise she would have been “corrected” before now).

The fact that YOU have never heard of it doesn’t make it not “a thing”, just as the fact that some of us have never heard of “dishwater blonde” doesn’t mean it’s not “a thing”, right?

You can’t have it both ways. Sorry.

"Raspberry Parade" is not a song just because a lot of kids think those are the lyrics.

And is Neutron Dance not Noontime Dance

And yet “could care less” IS a thing, now. Officially. Even though it’s just the wrong saying.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We always called it mop water or mousy blonde

I thought mousy was warm undertones, like blonde and brown mixed. Whereas dishwater is cool undertones, blonde and gray.

Mousy means messy, not a color. Unkempt hair in need of taming.

This is incorrect. A simple google result gives:

Mousy is a drab, pale, or dull light brown/greyish hair color. It is commonly used to describe a neutral, non-descript shade that resembles a mouse's fur.

Color Profile: It is often described as a light, slightly cool-toned brown or a "dirty blonde".

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Anonymous wrote:Olive skin is a racist term.

It is offensive for "white" people to describe other people as "olive" or "almond-eyed. "

What??? Olive skinned people are white. Olive skin is a trait where white people tan nicely and don’t have pink undertones. Like Italians.

I’m pale but have olive undertones. No one would call me olive skinned though since I’m so pale.

Exactly.

Skin undertones are:

Blue (get your circulation checked, unless you are deep Kentucky inbred)

Ash

Red

Pink

Coral

Peach

Yellow

Olive/green

All of these except for blue can be seen in various races, while some trend to specific ethnic backgrounds.

- In my job I do a lot of pigment mixing to match skin tones. People are not white, tan, brown or black. The undertones are what give humans our vibrancy and richness. These undertones are critical if you want to match things like make up, or in the old days pantyhose. You can have a dark skinned, almost black woman who has pink undertones, a very pale white woman with yellow undertones, and an asian woman with peach undertones, which completely defies the cultural tropes from the last century regarding associating colors with specific groups.

Olive is an undertone. Not a racial slur.

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This is vital for skin matching some prosthetics as well. The people calling this all racist can just opt out of colors completely and sport smurf-blue or alien green makeup. We don't care.

Ironically, as someone pink and red undertones in my skin, I actually wear "green" makeup because it counteracts the ruddiness in my skin. If someone with olive tone skin used the same makeup, they would look terrible! This is why it's helpful to understand your undertones.

Yep, one should wear complimentary colors. As an olive undertone person, I don't look good in green, yellow or blue, but I love the color green and blue. I look best in red/orange/browns.

DP. Now see, this is interesting to me as a fellow (light) olive undertone person. I have a cool winter complexion and look *horribly* sallow in yellow, orange, or beige." I look best in blues, purples, jewel colors. I can't wear gold jewelry, only silver/platinum. Make it make sense!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We always called it mop water or mousy blonde

I thought mousy was warm undertones, like blonde and brown mixed. Whereas dishwater is cool undertones, blonde and gray.

Mousy means messy, not a color. Unkempt hair in need of taming.

This is incorrect. A simple google result gives:

Mousy is a drab, pale, or dull light brown/greyish hair color. It is commonly used to describe a neutral, non-descript shade that resembles a mouse's fur.

Color Profile: It is often described as a light, slightly cool-toned brown or a "dirty blonde".

Nobody with shiny healthy brown hair ever gets called mousy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Olive skin is a racist term.

It is offensive for "white" people to describe other people as "olive" or "almond-eyed. "

What??? Olive skinned people are white. Olive skin is a trait where white people tan nicely and don’t have pink undertones. Like Italians.

I’m pale but have olive undertones. No one would call me olive skinned though since I’m so pale.

This. Also, I am a white person with almond shaped eyes. It is a compliment regardless of race -- they are my best feature.

What an ignorant thing to say when, for centuries, women of Asian descent have been sold tools and techniques to “fix” their eyes to achieve a more hooded, rounded look. Go on YouTube and you’ll find tutorials to this day.

Honestly, the ignorance.

I think you are the ignorant one. A person saying "I have almond shaped eyes and I like them" is not racist, regardless of their race. People are allowed to like their own facial features. Asian people should also not feel pressured to change their eyes to look less Asian, obviously.

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Plenty of white women have almond-shaped or hooded eyes. Jennifer Lawrence, Blake Lively, and Renee Zellweger come to mind as having hooded eyes and they're all objectively beautiful. My eyes are becoming hooded as I get older so I'll be looking for an upper bleph one of these days!