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Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words

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Yeah B16B00B5 and CAFEBABE are 2 of my favorite funnier ones Ive used a bunch of times. They make for more interesting placeholder values than "foo" and "bar" anyway.

Shouldn't that be B16? I'd make a joke about beware of the woke crowd coming for you, but I think even joking about that causes offense nowadays.

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Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words

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Shouldn't that be B16? I'd make a joke about beware of the woke crowd coming for you, but I think even joking about that causes offense nowadays.

No 6 looks like a 'b'. I think closest to 'g' is 9.

But 'B' is already there, and all the other characters are uppercase, so '6' -> 'G' scans easier to my eye.

'619' may be 'big', but it doesn't scan that well. 'B16' looks more like 'BIG'

Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words

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You many want to consider a naughty words filter. https://github.com/LDNOOBW/List-of-Dirty-Naughty-Obscene-and...

I understand a lot of those, but why is "beaver cleaver" on the list? I could see how it might be used in a dirty way, but that can't be the most common way it's used, right?

Well it's on the filter list, so someone must consider it more offensive than words not on the list such as "gaping poophole thrusting".

Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words

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So which of these actually spell the color they represent (or something closely related)? From a quick glance, I have no found any. Do color-words like that exist in other languages maybe?

#1C1E57 (ICIEST) is dark blue, which could hold true in certain contexts!

#DEBA65 (DEBAGS) is brown, much like de color of de bags made of de paper.

And on a related and exceptionally juvenile note, it should be very possible - and frankly obligatory, for those in fashion tech companies reading this - to create and sell a #B00B1E colored bra.

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