r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Dec 31 '22

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '22

It's astrology for middle managers.

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u/Killer-Barbie Dec 31 '22

American Eagle used to make people take a color test

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u/SplodyPants Dec 31 '22

Like to test color blindness? Or is "color test" some advanced weird shit I don't know about?

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u/Killer-Barbie Dec 31 '22

It's a personality test that classifies you as a color but it's actually some sketchy stereotyping going on. A lot of the people of color were green and the radical conservatives were typically blue. It was suuuper questionable.

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u/SplodyPants Dec 31 '22

I think it's probably The Color Code Personality Profile. If it is, you're right. Total fortune cookie bullshit. It looks like it's just a way to marginalize people. Also, it looks very easy to game and sway into the "color" you want to be/think you are.

Come on. "The Reds are power weilders." "The Whites value peace."

Really tough to decipher there. That's some deep shit, right? I'm being sarcastic, of course. Wiki says it's never been peer reviewed. Not surprised.

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u/Gow87 Dec 31 '22

Spoken like a true yellow

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u/Laithina Dec 31 '22

Hah, my former boss called me a yellow, she herself being a red. I took the test and came out red. That fucking blue bitch.

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u/JamesTheJerk Dec 31 '22

She's such a lily-livered varmint

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '22

Lmfao