"Honey, I am against gender stereotyping, so I want you to know that I love you and respect your decision to follow a career in the male-dominated Computer Science field. In fact, I built you a new PC! Take a look! It's right next to the lingerie that I bought for your birthday!"
The amusing thing is that pink was once considered suitable only for boys because it was seen as a "hot" color, while blue was considered better for girls because it was considered calm and soothing.
Before all this, though, boys and girls both wore identical white baby clothes. A clothier decided he could make more money by convincing parents that colors somehow have something to do with dimorphism.
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HollyDOL - Monday, June 10, 2019 - link
After seeing this I take back some things I have said about 'more common' RGB light paintings...Hxx - Monday, June 10, 2019 - link
Nothing says happy valentines day better than a pink test bench....u know it.Yaldabaoth - Monday, June 10, 2019 - link
"Honey, I am against gender stereotyping, so I want you to know that I love you and respect your decision to follow a career in the male-dominated Computer Science field. In fact, I built you a new PC! Take a look! It's right next to the lingerie that I bought for your birthday!"Holliday75 - Monday, June 10, 2019 - link
Fear not, neighborhood E-Knight is here! Psssst you forgot your codpiece.jordanclock - Monday, June 10, 2019 - link
Some women (and men!) enjoy pink and white because they just enjoy pink and white, not because of gender stereotypes.AshlayW - Tuesday, June 11, 2019 - link
Pretty much this. I am a male and I love Pink, white, purple... green.. yellow... cyan :D And cute things. Oh, and Pusheen. :3Oxford Guy - Tuesday, June 11, 2019 - link
The amusing thing is that pink was once considered suitable only for boys because it was seen as a "hot" color, while blue was considered better for girls because it was considered calm and soothing.Before all this, though, boys and girls both wore identical white baby clothes. A clothier decided he could make more money by convincing parents that colors somehow have something to do with dimorphism.
StevoLincolnite - Tuesday, June 11, 2019 - link
I am a firefighter, road crash technician and more... So definitely a masculine male. - And I absolutely like the colour pink.GreenReaper - Monday, June 10, 2019 - link
I'd buy it - once it's at clearance prices because nobody else did.Lord of the Bored - Tuesday, June 11, 2019 - link
Hey, if the case doesn't have windows, it doesn't mater what the color is.xrror - Monday, June 10, 2019 - link
Oh man, if they had this in purple... =)Cullinaire - Tuesday, June 11, 2019 - link
This reminds me back when Toyota put the Roxy brand on some of their cars back in the day. I think at least a dozen people bought it!AshlayW - Tuesday, June 11, 2019 - link
I want this badly. It will look SUPER CUTE covered in my Pusheen stickers ^-^