I was walking along a crowded street in London when I saw a man who seemed to be "distressed" ... then I saw another man in the same state, then another. Something was upsetting these men ... the women weren't apparently being affected. At the end of the road was a roundabout with giant size advertising hoardings. On one, in large letters, was PREMATURE EVALUATION ... nothing else, except for some small text at the bottom that identified it as an advert for house insurance.
People concern themselves with the influence of religion on society ... but what are they doing to us with all the adverts we are being bombarded with?
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Oh, crap. For a second there, I thought it read "premature ejaculation."
That is hilarious SC007! There was one TV commercial in the U.S. in which a man trying to impress some females in a bowling alley rents size 14 shoes then sits with his feet displayed on the scoring table matter of factly.
A "male supplement" commercial displayed this guy named "Smiling Bob" against a backdrop of wood paneling.
Of course, when the new I Phone 5s came out, I went out and bought one. It still works great. I'm a slave to advertising. As soon as I see a young black kid with Jordan's, Size 13, I'm gonna mug him and take his shoes. I have to have them and I refuse to pay $300 or more for a pair of sneakers. The commercials just keep bouncing through my brain. I remember an old commercial for cat food. "Yum yum yum yum --- Yum yum yum yum -- Yum Yum Yum Yum Yum Yum Yum Yum." I don't remember which cat food it was so I have been trying them all. One of those damn cans or bags is going to taste great, I just haven't found it yet. What I find useful about commercials is that they give you valuable information. For example, I can go diving, swimming, rid a bike, or do anything else now that I keep tampons in my back pocket. The security they provide is literally overwhelming. I don't go anyplace without them any more. TV commercials are a wonderful influence on humanity.
HEY! some ideas for future posts - The JFK Assassination
9/11 Cover-Up
Area 51 and the Aliens
Paul Is Dead
Secret Societies Control the World
The Moon Landings Were Faked
Jesus and Mary Magdalene
Holocaust Revisionism
The CIA and AIDS
The Reptilian Elite
The Earth is flat
Saved By The Bell was a vehicle for the Illuminati
Hitler is still alive
The Large Hadron Collider is a device for awakening an Egyptian god
The moon is an alien base
The Earth is hollow
Dinosaurs helped build the pyramids
Dinosaurs once lived with men
Denver Airport is the home of all evil
We all live in the Matrix and billionaires want to break us out of it
Hillary Clinton is actually dead and was replaced by a body double
Donald Trump is intelligent and articulate
Michael Jackson went to his own funeral and is still alive
Elvis is alive and well
@Cog Re: "Dinosaurs helped build the pyramids"
Hey! Could have happened! You ever watched The Flintstones? Even tells you in the opening song, "...They're a page right out of history..." It was on TV. It must be true. Hell, and that was even way back before all the fancy CGI stuff movies use today.
There is a town named "Bedrock" in Colorado. When I google map it, there is a meandering stream named "Dolores River" just east of it, and that leads to.. ta da .. Paradox Valley. No doubt the local post office has aliens working in it, just like from "Men In Black". The clues are there, you just have to connect the dots.
And how long did it take to realize that the McDonald's arches looked like breasts?
Nope. Subliminal crap does not work on me. Don't know why, it just doesn't. Can't be hypnotized either. Again, don't know why, hypnosis just doesn't work.
What was the point of the OP?
rmfr
It's really hart to hypnotize a rational mind. One of the tricks to a hypnotic direction is to give messages with double meanings. "Clasp your hands in front of you, tighter and tighter, so tight you will not be able to pull them apart., Now try to pull them apart. " Which direction does the victim follow? He knows the hypnotist does not want him to pull them apart and the directive is to be unable to pull them apart. A great book on hypnotism is J. Haly, Strategies of Psychotherapy.
Very good point. That might be why it won't work on me, although I have had a therapist try.
rmfr
We frequently hypnotize ourselves. That state of rest just before you fall asleep. Half asleep and half awake when all the sounds in the room seem distant and echoing.
That moment in time when you actually look through the leaves on a sunny day and just for a moment get caught up in their movement as the rays of sunlight pass to the ground and fluffy clouds make their lazy way across the sky. There are in fact many times you have been in various levels of what the "HYPNOTISTS" call hypnotic states. Frankly speaking I go along with Jay Haley and his assertion that Hypnotism is just a state of communication where the Hypnotizee follows the directions of the Hypnotizer while denying that he or she is doing so. Nothing mystical at all. Communication Theory 101. The reason the hypnotist invites 10 to 12 people onto the stage is because he is looking for exhibitionists who will behave as directed and then blame him for their behavior. Thus rendering them free of responsibility. It's like an alcoholic blaming the drink for his rude or inappropriate behavior. "That's not really me." I got a news flash for the asshole alcoholics out there. YES IT IS YOU! And the same can be said for those who act silly under "Hypnosis." They are free to do things and then blame the hypnotist for their actions.
I don't know if you know Hampstead Heath in London? Apart from it being "above the pollution" (one can usually see a yellow haze hovering over the city from there) the most relaxing feature of the place is that there is NO ADVERTISING. Also, because it quite a "climb" to get to the upper parts of the Heath there are next to no obese people to be seen.
Quote: " Also, because it quite a "climb" to get to the upper parts of the Heath there are next to no obese people to be seen."
Ha ha! Hiking definitely weeds out the fat people.
"Ha ha! Hiking definitely weeds out the fat people."
And that is why I took the field technician (sometimes involving hiking) job at Yellowstone instead of the data analysis (sitting on my ever widening ass) position. Even though the field technician job paid about $5500/yr less.
rmfr
I very rarely watch television anymore. Therefore I very rarely see any television commercials. Even so, it is almost impossible to escape the onslaught of advertisements that permeate our society. Whether it is through television, billboards, internet ads, or radio commercials, the "advertisement industry" has become a highly sophisticated and psychologically predatory multi-million (billion?) dollar entity in its own right. Whenever I do happen to see ads of any sort, I am usually quite adept at identifying the oh-so-carefully placed subliminal brain teasers and the other various "psycho-manipulative" methods used to lure the "mentally malleable" into their sticky webs. And when I do notice these things, it makes me sad (and disturbed) to think of all the people who get drawn into those traps without ever realizing what is happening. It truly puzzles me sometimes. How do people not see these things? Or, is it just a matter that (in some cases) they really don't want to see?
@orignal post by SeniorCitizen007
I believe we are all influenced by advertising to a greater or lesser degree. Some people are certainly more susceptible to advertising then others. And I think it is important for everyone to realize that.
There is a reason most succesful companies that wish to sell to the end consumer rely heavily upon all sorts of forms of advertising, it is because it works.
A lot of study has been done over the years on how the brain operates, it is well known now that, many of our decisions our emotional ones, especially when it comes to buying products or services. The emotional brain works faster than the logical one, and frequently many more emotional decisions are made everyday then logical ones. Especially when talking about the population in general.
Product familiarity is a huge one. It is also a sneaky one. This is one reason why for many companies state: even negative widespread news about their product or services can actually lead to a bump in sales a few months later. Especially if their product or services was not well known before the widespread news. Why logos are such a thing. Why companies are all too happy to spend the extra money labeling everything they possibly can with their logo. Because it works, it leads to more sales, relying on scientific findings on how the brain works.
All the time people are able to create a whole new market and demand for a product no one wanted or needed before the advertising campaign.
Demand drives profit margins, much, much! more so than supply.