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[–] candyman337@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah red dye goes a long way and is easy to make

[–] theotherone@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Except car pigments? I hear that they are the most expensive.

[–] brillekake@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That’s because da red wunz go fasta. Requires extra points to buy, more spensive.

[–] Sylver@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

We need da purple wunz! No coppah gettin us in a sneaky kaw!

[–] shapesandstuff@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

Didn't realise orkz were car salesmen all along

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 year ago

House paint can use slag from mines, making it a rest product and thus very cheap.

Cars use much fancier stuff.

[–] vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

That's because of our evolutionary desire to look for ripe fruit. So, we want red thing.

Source: idk, heard it sopmewhere