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A debate sparked over a dress nearly melted the internet this past week, as everyone from celebrities to family members to co-workers weighed in on an important matter. With #TheDress hashtag trending worldwide, it was truly an international issue.

What color was this dress?!

How can two people look at #TheDress and see different colors? Science explains. http://t.co/dGPClyCfFs
— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) March 2, 2015

While now there are many scientific articles explaining the phenomena of why some people see black and blue, while others see white and gold, we aren't sure if the Internet will recover. BuzzFeed reported record breaking numbers of users on their site, hitting 673,000 visitors on their site at peak traffic.

Here are some of our favorite tweets from around the region regarding the scandal.

There are no colors #TheDress #matrix
— Ahmed Faisal (@faissl) February 28, 2015

Today I learned millions of people need a lesson in color perspective and need to go back to kindergarten #TheDress
— BloodOnTheSide (@sareen_ak) February 27, 2015

everybody was wondering what colour is the dress #blackandblue or #whiteandgold. But the real question is #fire #ornotfire in Marina Quays?
— Linda B. (@Lindadidouche) March 1, 2015

People are laughing at this dress saga but it's a perfect metaphor for human conflict. And the arrogance of the white and gold oppressors.
— Karl Sharro (@KarlreMarks) February 27, 2015

That dress is black and blue! Dont argue!
— Elissa (@elissakh) February 27, 2015

"@sagelovesariana: We live in a world full of stupid trends and #TheDress pic.twitter.com/F0wnHKE2RY"
— Mohamed Raseen (@mrraseen) February 28, 2015

Our sentiment exactly.

Arab World Responds to #TheDress Scandal

It's Team Gold versus Team Blue in #TheDress scandal that threatened to tear the internet a part last week.