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Why is the world losing color?

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322 points trevin | 1 comments | 02 Apr 25 15:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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skrebbel ◴[02 Apr 25 17:34 UTC] No.43559148[source]▶
My wife convinced me that we should buy a dark gray car cause it would be less obviously dirty. I deeply regret not trying harder to convince her back, so we'd get a bright red or yellow one instead. It's super hard to find the car back on a parking lot and who cares when it's dirty? Bright colors are nice. I'm now trying to compensate by only buying colorful clothing going forward.
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1. johnea ◴[03 Apr 25 21:19 UTC] No.43575571[source]▶
I'm with you on that. I bought a used car recently, on which I got a great deal (as an EV in San Diego, I'm expecting the car to pay for itself in 5 years via gasoline savings), but it's dark grey 8-(

I'm thinking of spending another 1 or 2 $K to have it painted. The economy of the purchase is diminished by that, but hey, I have to l.ook at it everyday, and it's boring (and hard to find in parking lots, as you mention)...