spicer
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I believe 'it' already knows, we're seeing it applied.I have a feeling that the industry and AI will find out.
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DesertRatt
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Apparently, the average person, according to media experts, is subjected to 4,000 to 10,000 ads per day.
That should dismiss any doubt that the "meaning of life is consumption."
That should dismiss any doubt that the "meaning of life is consumption."
DesertRatt
All Bark, No Bite!
I guess the general idea that pervades life is this: You can pay with money or brain cells---but you MUST pay!
If you have every watched ROKU TV, you can see the extreme limits of this at work.
If you have every watched ROKU TV, you can see the extreme limits of this at work.
I took a psychology class in college that talked about subliminal messaging. Interesting stuff, it can be more effective than overt advertising.
Oh I see what you did. You were trying to promote Psychology classes subliminally. That was sneaky. lol.
spicer
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Subliminal Seduction, an excellent little book... where science meets seduction.
Bill Ferris
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One of my important life quests is to not be subject to any advertisements of any and all sorts, and with zero outside sourced TV (only purchased DVD/BRs) & radio (only ripped CDs & purchased high res music playing all day every day in the shuffle/repeat all mode)Apparently, the average person, according to media experts, is subjected to 4,000 to 10,000 ads per day.
That should dismiss any doubt that the "meaning of life is consumption."
Recently commercial free YT videos, via DuckDuck Go`s lovely highly functional free browser !
Zero ads are seen on A/K all day long, or I would not be found here !
I despise ads for products/services being pushed off in my eyes & ears, especially when I have zero need, interests, as they never had, nor will not have any positive influence on any direct or parental pressured purchase decisions since I was a young naive child.
I seem to remember TV commercials tended to be entertaining, and sometimes even classy in the seventies ~ eighties, but its like the ad quality switch was flipped off starting in the early nineties !
That is the key. A manufacturer has to create the need. That can happen not only with ads (overt), but in movies, TV series, social media, and even when people talk at work (covert).
It can be subtle. For example, cruise line vacations. You aren't really interested. But you see shows about how cruise ships operate. You see photos of people on cruise ship vacations. Some people at work talk about their summer cruise in Europe. Nobody is telling you to go on a cruise line vacation. But, you think, "Hmm, sounds interesting."
You think it's your idea. Really, it was subliminally planted in your head. It can be a powerful thing.
Another example, sometimes you need psychology to get someone to agree with you (read: your better half). You can't come right out and say, "You are wrong. I know a better way." For some people, that can lead to immediate gaslighting! A dead end.
You need to try to convince them it was their idea, not yours. Then, the communication works.
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DesertRatt
All Bark, No Bite!
See if I can make this short...
In the 80s I worked with a really brilliant guy who was REALLY into the subliminal ad gimmick. He specialized in analyzing magazine ads. He could point out stuff that was just amazingly brazen - - especially in cigarette ads. I won't go into it, but it was basically about all the sexually suggestive messaging.
Sex sells.
DesertRatt
All Bark, No Bite!
See if I can make this short...
In the 80s I worked with a really brilliant guy who was REALLY into the subliminal ad gimmick. He specialized in analyzing magazine ads. He could point out stuff that was just amazingly brazen - - especially in cigarette ads. I won't go into it, but it was basically about all the sexually suggestive messaging.
You can say that again!
DesertRatt
All Bark, No Bite!
Amazingly, humans find themselves in this bind of always needing to consumer more, so that more labor can be exerted to generate more payroll so that we can consumer more! I mean, it's nuts, right? Just draw that logic out another 50 years. The unlimited production-consumption cycle has to end in disaster.
Or we run out of nuts?
The next random question:
Many years ago, I saw a can of "coffee" in a grocery store. It said it was breakfast blend. Underneath that it said "light roast". ????????
Who the @#$&+€¥! Wants hot, black water first thing in the morning? My first sip had better set the tachometer of every single taste bud on redline in a nanosecond!
Many years ago, I saw a can of "coffee" in a grocery store. It said it was breakfast blend. Underneath that it said "light roast". ????????
Who the @#$&+€¥! Wants hot, black water first thing in the morning? My first sip had better set the tachometer of every single taste bud on redline in a nanosecond!
It's like having decaffeinated coffee for that long, after-midnight, solo road trip across Texas.The next random question:
Many years ago, I saw a can of "coffee" in a grocery store. It said it was breakfast blend. Underneath that it said "light roast". ????????
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Having driven a semi across Texas at night a few times, caffeine is an absolute necessity!It's like having decaffeinated coffee on that long solo, night, road trip across Texas.
If a veterinarian only treats elephants with skin conditions, is that a pachydermatologist?
Classic moment that never was, but should have been
Woman in Dracula's castle: This castle is rather drafty. (turns to Dracula) Of course, that's no reflection on you.
Woman in Dracula's castle: This castle is rather drafty. (turns to Dracula) Of course, that's no reflection on you.
