Lately I've noticed several products marketed with an emphasis on the color red--cell phones, Dell computer, the youth brigade jackets, a larger percentage of red in the new Pepsi logo--these are just a few products. I did a search on the Pantone website, the world's authority on color trends for the seasons, and there is NO red listed for spring.
This is no coincidence. Our current administration is implementing a a very subtle means of marketing their socialistic agenda. In a matter of time, we will see red as the primary color choice in our products. Perhaps we will be known as the "red shirts".
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Yeah, you're red shirts all right, because the moment things get rough you'll be the first ones to go, and after we solve everything you'll look pretty silly for bailing in the first place.
READY IS PRONOUNCED "RED-EE"! THEY'RE IN ON THE CONSPIRACY!!!!1!1111!!!!11ONETHOUSANDONEHUNDREDELEVEN!!!!1111!
Seriously, red is associated with blood and courage, except during times during Communist scares. Oddly enough the American flag didn't get a color change during them.
...the hell? Do you think that the Obama administration are time-traveling ad-makers who have gone back in time to spread red among company logos?
And, oh, by the way, they are not fucking socialists.
Sundial, in case you just got around to noticing, marketers have always preferred to use RED. Why? Because it's an attention-getter! I suggest you learn a little about color theory before you continue to make a complete ass of yourself. I'll even make it easy for you--google "Luscher color test" for starters. After that you might consider googling "color theory".
And while you're at it, I suggest you learn the difference between socialism and communism; for some inexplictable reason, you seem to have confused the two. You know those public roads you use? Socialism. Public schools? Socialsim. Fire and police? Socialism. US Postal Service? Socialism. Social Security? Socialism. Public libraries? Socialism. Unemployment insurance? Socialism. And you, Sundial, are against all of them? Oh, my...
And at what point in history was the color red associated with socialism? Oh yeah..... Never! Red is simply a bright color and that is attractive to the human eye and has long been a preffered color in marketing(i.e. Red cars), That's hardly the making of an evil leftist socialist conspiracy, especially since the left in america is more associated with the color blue. Seriously now, the average american has much more to worry about right now than secretly conspiring to oppress christians.
This whole Fundie Persecution Complex is starting to take on some seriously disturbing masochistic overtones. Just admit it, you want to be persecuted, you like it, you get off on it, and the if you can't have the real think then you'll fantasize about it. Your problem seems to be that many at RR have lost the ability to tell reality from fantasy, and that's not a good thing.
If you're going batshit over the amount of red in a Pepsi logo, then Coca-Cola must have you wanting to jump off a bridge.
@Navelgazer
I'm a Kansas City Chiefs fan. What does that make me, besides frustrated.
What colour do your cheeks go when you blush? I thought so, you commie bastard.
What colour sea did Moses part? I thought so, what a commie twat he was.
What colour do you see when you're angry, which is most of the time? I thought so, you commie fucker.
Did you know that the term red-letter-day has its origins in religion? Religion, a secret bastion of commie croneyism.
You might as well change your cult's name to Rapture Redy you commie bastards.
She's an unusually savvy and fashion-wise Rapture Readian to look up Pantone.
Oh, but red is all over this year's Home and Interiors planner. And it is getting its due in shelter magazines and interior decor stores. But let's just look at the Fall 2009 fashion forecast! By the way, they dub one of the predicted colors "Rapture Rose"!
http://www.pantone.com/downloads/articles/pdfs/PANTONE_FCR_FALL09.pdf
Also, "Fuchsia Red" was predicted to be hot for Spring 2009.
http://www.pantone.com/downloads/articles/pdfs/PANTONE-FCR-sp2009.pdf
But I won't be part of the conspiracy. I look gods-awful in red, and I don't even wear a red shirt for my beloved Tony Stewart on race day. I wear a white shirt with his number 14 on it.
Redshirts have something in common with fundies.
They're expendable.
(Are you the guy who dies in the episode to prove the situation is serious, Sundial? If not, you should look into it.)
Santa Clause has a red suit
He's a communist
And a beard, and long hair
Must be a pacifist
What's in the pipe that he's smoking?
Mister Clause sneaks in your home at night.
He must be a dope fiend, to put you up tight
_____________from Arlo
You know what else is red? The Republican Party. You'd better bail and form your own party. Call it the Rapture Party--it'll fall flat on its face when people learn that the Bible is not a suitable book by which to govern, and the Republican Party will shift to the left in order to gain moderates and retain influence, and you'll be left with a far-left government in less than 20 years. </tangent>
I thought red was the republicans?
@ Giveitaday - "And at what point in history was the color red associated with socialism? Oh yeah..... Never! "
Um...try the British Labour Party. When they were still socialists.
And they've even put great big chunks of red in the American flag! IT'S THE END TIMES!!!one!!!11
When was red a Socialist colour ?
How about this then The Red Flag a socialist song/anthem .
The people's flag is deepest red,
It shrouded oft our martyr'd dead
And ere their limbs grew stiff and cold,
Their hearts' blood dyed its ev'ry fold.
Then raise the scarlet standard high,
Within its shade we'll live and die,
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer,
We'll keep the red flag flying here
"This is no coincidence. Our current administration is implementing a a very subtle means of marketing their socialistic agenda."
It can't be that subtle if RaptureRubbish people are picking up on it. Anyway, Obama isn't a socialist - the chances of a genuine socialist in the vein of the pre-1997 (UK) Labour Party winning an election in the US are close to zero.
Red is also Satan's color.
C'mon, RR, you can do better than that.
**sigh**
Psychology of Color: Red
If you want to draw attention, use red. It is often where the eye looks first. Red is the color of energy. It's associated with movement and excitement. People surrounded by red find their heart beating a little faster and often report feeling a bit out of breath. It's absolute the wrong color for a baby's room but perfect to get people excited. Wearing red clothes will make you appear a bit heavier and certainly more noticeable. (Some studies show red cars get more tickets but that maybe because the red car owners drive faster or the ticket giver notices the movement of the red car more prominently). Red is not a good color to over use but using a spot of red in just the right place is smart in some cases (one red accent in a otherwise neutral room draws the eye; a red tie with a navy blue suit and white shirts adds just the right amount of energy to draw the eye (no wonder it's the "uniform of the day" at the seats of government). Red is the symbol of life (red blooded life!) and, for this reason, it's the color worn by brides in China. Red is used at holidays that are about love and giving (red roses, Valentines hearts, Christmas, etc.) but the true color of love is pink. Pink is the most calming of all colors -- often our most dangerous criminals are housed in pink cells as studies show that color drains the energy and calms aggression. Think of pink as the color of romance, love, and gentle feelings, to be in the pink is to be soothed.
Not to mention the percentage of red in the Coca Cola logo.
Neither of the two main American parties have a Socialist agenda, stupid; they are both right-wing.
So, commercialism and advertising are Socialist phenomenons?
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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