can we do some semiotic analysis on this shit

The color of the sky and the ocean, blue is one of the most popular colors. It causes the opposite reaction as red. Peaceful, tranquil blue causes the body to produce calming chemicals, so it is often used in bedrooms. Blue can also be cold and depressing. Fashion consultants recommend wearing blue to job interviews because it symbolizes loyalty. People are more productive in blue rooms. Studies show weightlifters are able to handle heavier weights in blue gyms.

it's got to be something to do with the 90s -- loosening of workplace formality and the concurrent rise of the importance of information technology in business, the office-casual IT-worker who will fix your computer, he is PROFESSIONAL and can be TRUSTED IN MATTERS OF TECHNOLOGY

i read that tae kwon do judges give more points to the contestant wearing red

Having worked in IT support, I hate that casual polo shirt uniform shit. It makes it much harder to be taken seriously by clients compared to wearing a suit and tie. OTOH the polo shirt did provide a genuine LOL in HMV. A couple came up to me and said "where's the easy listening section", before they suddenly realised that the logo on my shirt wasn't the HMV one.

this infuriates me because i know that someone has extensively focus grouped this sort of shit and that there is some sort of REASON, i need to believe that because the sheer arbitrariness of it would be terrifying in an existential sense

extensive focus groups have been done on Billy Mays? I always figure the guy's actual job is to ruin small inventor/enterpreneurs by making nobody actually want their ingenious, competitive products, thus preserving the status quo in the marketplace.

the blue polo and black bushy beard are like the uniform of the senior contractor whose team is going to install your sprinkler system and put a pool in.

there's GOT to be a BETTER WAY!

*desaturated footage of frustrated woman trying to put dishes away but she drops them and they shatter

*star-wipe to footage of dishes being put away by a countertop elevator-conveyor system operated by the same woman, now happy and in full color

http://www.seenontv.com/prod-pages/images1/zorbeez_thumb.jpg

he should is kinda at cross-purposes promoting both this and brawny

this infuriates me because i know that someone has extensively focus grouped this sort of shit and that there is some sort of REASON

i would like a thread exploring/breaking down what jungian archetypes each of the characters in the magic bullet and, most urgently, the magic bullet: travel edition infomercials represent.

lol zorbeez have a 1-star rating on amazon with 22 reviews all of which are basically THIS SUCKS SHIT

This thread has existed for a while without anyone using the term "blue-collar!" It's the traditional neutral shirt color for men doing physical work, kind of -- plus brown and dark green don't pop on TV or leap out and identify workers in stores.

I mean, not that it still reads as "blue collar," but it still says "hi, I'm the sort of professional fellow who goes around making things work and reorganizing the physical universe, not so much doing abstract paper-based tasks. Also I probably drive a car from site to site and keep a cellphone clipped to my waist so I can communicate with others about what we're working on."

Billy Mays looks like he's just walked off of a Just For Men box

omnipresent bluetooth headset