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What's up with the rainbow colors covering the walls and floor of the Nevada bunker where El is held

posted 2 years ago by rushington (736)
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Do they hold any secret meaning ?

No, the mentally ill LGBTQtards hadn't hijacked the rainbow yet, if that's what you mean.

[–] rushington (736) 2 years ago

I'm damn sure the LGBTQ was raging and bitching in the 80s. So yeah I think the creators wanted to convey something through that imagery I just can't seem to put my finger on it.

[–] Guitar King (4575) 2 years ago

No, the AIDS epidemic was was ravaging the gay community in the 80s. In the 70s and 80s, rainbows were common on clothing worn by heteros, like Apollo Creed in Rocky 3.

[–] rushington (736) 2 years ago

"It goes back to 1978, when the artist Gilbert Baker, an openly gay man and a drag queen, designed the first rainbow flag. Baker later revealed that he was urged by Harvey Milk, one of the first openly gay elected officials in the U.S., to create a symbol of pride for the gay community."

Another source : "The pride flag was created in 1978 by gay designer and political activist Gilbert Baker. On our streets, at our parades, even on our clothing, the rainbow flag has become a worldwide symbol of LGBTQ pride."

"The original gay pride flags flew at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade celebration on June 25, 1978."

[–] Guitar King (4575) 2 years ago

Yeah, I know it was designed in 1978, but it didn't become widely recognized till the 1990s. There are many Americans today who still don't know what a Pride flag symbolizes.

[–] Leodicaprio (6426) 2 years ago

noo its obvious. kids like rainbows. they were all over when I was a kid in the early 90s. kids like colourful things. rainbows are colourful. derp derp

[–] Leodicaprio (6426) 2 years ago

no pretty sure you are idiot, shame you weren't aborted

[–] Guitar King (4575) 2 years ago

Okay, GROOMER.

[–] Leodicaprio (6426) 2 years ago

those that are obsessed like you are the ones we gotta watch out for. I guarantee your laptops full of illegal stuff

[–] Guitar King (4575) 2 years ago

Shut up, heterophobic bigot.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (12898) 2 years ago

As far as I know, the rainbow walls were in the Hawkins lab, not in the Nevada bunker. That room we see was from El's memories, and where a lot of stuff happened leading up to the massacre Henry wrought on the lab, and when El banished him to what would eventually become the Upside Down.

For some strange reason, they made the walls of play room for the kids colored like a rainbow, and even called it "the Rainbow Room." I'm guessing it was for psychological reasons, considering how cold, sterile, white, and hospital-like the rest of the facility was. It would probably make the kids feel more comfortable doing what they felt like in that room, compared to the rest of the building.

I remember seeing this trick done in a hospital once when I was on a tour in 6th grade. The adult wards were what you'd expect (though some of the rooms the patients stayed in had a little bit of color). But the rooms in the Children's Ward were very colorful, with pretty splashes of color on the walls, aqua green curtains around the beds, and even wallpaper with flowers in a few areas. Even at age 11, I realized they had decorated the kids' rooms that way to make it easier on them mentally, because hospitals are scary enough for young children, never mind the lack of color.

[–] rushington (736) 2 years ago

Yes, it dawned on me after I had written the post that the scene I was talking about took place in Hawkins and was just a memory. Thank you for clearing that up.
I didn't realize that kids hospital rooms were more colorful as I have never stepped into one.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (12898) 2 years ago

It was actually quite cute, the reason we were there :D. My school was doing a big project involving 6th graders and the younger grade kids called, "The Teddy Bear Clinic." Us 6th graders would dress up as "doctors" and sit at stations in the gym, while kids from younger grades would bring in their stuffed animals to be treated. They had to use their imaginations to come up with a reason their little plush friends needed to be there and some were provided for kids who had forgotten or didn't have one to bring.

The purpose behind the Teddy Bear Clinic was to show the younger kids how not to be scared of seeing the doctor or to go to the hospital. Knowledge of what was going on would go a long way for them. I got to run the X-ray table ;). I remember explaining that it didn't hurt, and it was like having a picture taken, but of your insides. I had a papier mache machine to use, and we showed the kids X-rays of teddy bears and toy dogs.

The hospital field trip was done the day before we got the "clinic" open :)