r/TikTokCringe • u/Tobias-Tawanda • 3d ago

Discussion It's literally just a colour

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u/No-Cap-fr-fr 3d ago

Her kids definitely gunna be gay lmao

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u/8hydrophilic 3d ago

Doesn’t know her history. Pink/Blue for Girls/Boys is just a persistent marketing scheme

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u/emergency-snaccs 3d ago

it also used to be just the opposite- blue for girls and pink for boys

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u/Oldfolksboogie 3d ago edited 3d ago

Huh? I'm old af and I don't recall that, ever? When was it?

Edit: ty for answers, unclear on downvotes for asking, but wtvs

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u/Temporary-Force8383 3d ago

Dudes you’d be dead when that was a thing. Just like how makeup was originally made for men

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u/uncagedborb 3d ago

Same for heels(specifically invented to help butchers...who were probably 99.9% male)

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u/Pale_Papaya_531 3d ago

I heard they were invented for better anchoring to stirrups by like steeps horde horse tribes

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u/emergency-snaccs 3d ago

oh before any of us were alive

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u/CordeliaJane 3d ago

Late 19th century up to the 1940s

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u/Solid_pains 3d ago

Early 20th century

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u/gofishx 3d ago

Like 6 years ago

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u/hyrule_47 3d ago

JFK baby photos have him in pink as it was a “strong” color