Any connoisseur of screaming at people on the Internet will remember “the Dress”: a viral photograph of a Roman Originals frock that was either white and gold or blue and black depending on the viewer. If you do remember the Dress, you’ll be familiar with the havoc it wreaked upon the world. Those who saw a white-and-gold dress became violently opposed to anyone who saw a blue-and-black dress. The Dress ended friendships. It ripped families apart. Scientific journals dedicated entire special issues to the subject.
Now, 10 years later, another online disagreement has turned similarly nuclear. However, because this is bad old 2025 and not fun little 2015, the parameters have grown far less pleasant. A decade ago, we were happy to squabble about colors. Today, nothing less than the definition of sexual assault is on the line.
