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Why are all Media/TV vans White?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by heypartner, Aug 30, 2015.

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  1. heypartner

    heypartner Contributing Member

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    If they were black . . .People would suspect someone inside the van would be looking to make them put the lotion on the skin or they will get the hose again.

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    If it was yellow, people would suspect taxi.

    If blue, cop.

    If red, firetruck.

    I green, hippie.

    If black with red stripe, A-Team.
     
  5. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    There are plenty of blue ones as well so they aren't ALL white.
     
  6. heypartner

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    Are you trying to say I'm stereotyping
     
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    Why are bad stock market days called black? Why does the bad guy wear the black hat? Why is it the black plague? Discuss.
     
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    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    Nah....just saying you're wrong.
     
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    Go to a dealership where they sell the stripped down bare bones "fleet" type vans and trucks that they buy to mod into a news truck. You'll basically see white trucks and vans to the horizon.

    Painting them another color adds a significant expense. You've got to be really motivated to want another color, or you'll just leave it white and ado a few relatively cheap graphics to 5he side of a van.

    They aren't buying tricked out 70's "Good Times" vans with bright orange air brushed graphics of Aztec warriors in hand-to-hand combat with a bald eagle to convert into news trucks. They are buying cheap ass plain white industrial vans, available in factory white, or factory white.
     
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    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    But, it's better for a company to be "in the black".
     
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    It's a relative scale. The only group that got a crappier deal than African-Americans is Native Americans, so if your other option is "in the red"...
     
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    But that is only because paper is white and ink is black. Why is there no black paper and white ink?

    Have you considered that?
     
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    Which van has the suspicious candy?
     
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    So that it's as inconspicuous as possible.
     

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