No one said there is no difference between dyed hair and undyed hair, it's just not important
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Shatterface and
Oh really?pic.twitter.com/XHjgXBd2MA
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Replying to @unwitod @Shatterface and
Yeah, the color is the color that it is There's a difference between my black hair and dyed black hair that can be determined by analyzing them in a lab They are both, nonetheless, by both the scientific and lay understanding of the term, black
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Shatterface and
And some TW 'pass'. Hair can be unconvincingly dyed, and some TW do not pass. It would also be rude to point this out in many contexts, but it remains true. In some contexts, the difference will matter.
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Replying to @unwitod @Shatterface and
Nobody who dyes their hair blue seriously intends anyone to believe the hair came out of the follicles blue thanks to the coding of their DNA It's still, as a matter of physical fact (not any kind of optical illusion), actually blue
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Shatterface and
You're hilarious, as I said. And to pursue the metaphor: secondary sex characteristics can be altered to look like the opposite sex. As a matter of fact they have this new appearance. But no fundamental biological shift has occurred; sex remains unchanged.
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Replying to @unwitod @Shatterface and
Hey what color is a flamingo, naturally
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Shatterface and
Grey I believe? You realise this makes the opposite point you wanted to right? I also think it's extremely rude to flamingos for you to even ask this question. Shame on you!
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Replying to @unwitod @Shatterface and
The point of asking this question is that in nature flamingos are always on the spectrum of pink to bright red If you see a flamingo that is gray or white, it is a sign that the flamingo is malnourished and dying
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Replying to @arthur_affect @unwitod and
Is it "natural" for a flamingo to be malnourished and dying? I dunno, but if it were common then they'd die out pretty fast
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The fact that a flamingo's pigmentation is not synthesized by the flamingo's own DNA but is a consequence of the flamingo's "natural" diet isn't actually important It's "natural" for flamingos to eat a diet rich in carotenoids, the environment is just as natural as the genes
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Replying to @arthur_affect @unwitod and
The genes don't mean *anything at all* without the environment If you wanted to isolate a flamingo or a human from all "external" influences then you'd have to isolate them from food, water, oxygen You'd have a "natural" corpse
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Replying to @arthur_affect @unwitod and
The "natural"/"unnatural" distinction is stupid Nothing is actually unnatural Everything humans do to modify our appearance is just our brains interacting with our environment the same as flamingos eating plankton
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