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Clever Comebacks

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Alternatively, birds use vibrant coloring to attract mates.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Devil's advocate:

Isn't the vast majority of examples where the male is the vibrant coloured one and the female is plain looking?

Time to dress in drag and do the hula.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago

Got it.

So I've run into traffic and somehow I still don't have a girlfriend, I don't understand it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Hakuna Matata

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

But it does happen

Humans are just one of those exemptions

[–] [email protected] 36 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Also, unusual hair colors has been in use for thousands of years, with blue hair being the most prominent color used in places like Egypt and the English Isles.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I think saying "English Isles" is a great way to piss off a lot of non-englidh people.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

Scots right now re-reading the wording of the Act Of Union again just in case they missed a loophole.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

The question is whether English Isles or British Isles is worse. Hmm...

[–] dream_weasel 4 points 7 months ago
[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago

Love this. If anyone has look you don't like guess what they are not for you. Move on.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Also it is sexy af.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I love blue hair, but my fiancee is a chef so she doesn't dye it.