Published on 12, July, 2020
I have just finished reading this interesting article on the Psychology Today website.
A new study has found that people on the autism spectrum 'may be impervious to misleading marketing compared to the rest of us'.
During various discussions over the years I have noticed advertising has more of an impact on neurotypical people than myself, however, as I do not know anyone else on the spectrum I was never sure whether that accounted for the difference.
I subscribe to the Psychology Today autism RSS feed and find there are some very interesting articles posted.
Advertising aside, I think that due to our ability to research stuff, we very quickly figured out the truth about Covid from 2020 onwards and what was considered “conspiracy theories” by most people, we figured out the truth very quickly, both of Covid and of many other things - I also believe that because of our autism, we are also impervious to and immune from indoctrination and brainwashing - as heartbreaking as it has been to discover the truth about the levels of evil in our world, those of us with Autism have been very “awake” to the horrible truth, even as those around us continue to “take the soup” and “drink the kool aid” of brainwashing and indoctrination
Oh yes, it does. It explains an awful lot more, too.
Here's a meme for you -
NAS8954 said:I subscribe to the Psychology Today autism RSS feed and find there are some very interesting articles posted.
Thanks for that link, to the useful articles.
I'd buy the existential mix and the re-mix on twelve inch white vinyl. Always wanted to be able to purchase gorms too.
Wow,
having just gone through this whole thread I think I need some caffeine lol. All the examples are amazing / terrible and everything in between! And loving the space / physics tangent too! I sense a touch of the Brian Cox in you Tom
I do wonder if the secret of selling something boring is to give it such a stupid name, people buy one just to show other people, though now we all have a camera in our pockets in our phones we no longer have to buy the silly named products.
Also, noticing your comment Elephant:
. said:And how do they get something with the diameter of 100,000 light years into the shop in the first place
I preferred the re-mix....,,,lol
p.s. Coffee has officially kicked in!
When I worked in wholefoods, we used to sell all sorts of bags of mixes. Trail Mix, Bombay Mix, etc. In a meeting one day, the boss was trying to think of a new mix we could make up. I suggested 'Existential Mix'. A completely empty bag! It wouldn't cost us much to produce, and I thought it would be a good seller considering some of the customers we had
Lol.....transportation costs must have been very low....can't eat warps....they give me indigestion....
Lol......it is a constant query.....oh the joys of existential doubt!
They had a 'Black Hole' bar, too. There was nothing inside. Just a warp in the time-space continuum...
Who would want to eat a whole Milky Way...? And how do they get something with the diameter of 100,000 light years into the shop in the first place?
silly name....
When I first went out to the US in 1988, I noticed that 'Marathon' was 'Snickers'. I think we took it from them.
Also, our 'Mars' was their 'Milky Way'.
No on wants to eat a sweaty trainer?....
Was that some kind of existential question Elephant, as you asked it of yourself?
Starburst sucks? Now to say something sucks is great advertising if it;s for vacuum cleaners, as after all a vacuum cleaner that doesn't suck is rather useless!!!! Speaking of confectionery when Marathon changed it's name to Snickers I was put off, don't they mean Sneakers, tho why call it after an American term for trainers. I can't help but think Snickers sounds like some disease!!!
Are you ok?
...certainly less mess...and I wouldn't have to share the nibbles!
bit overwhelmed by the suggestion......in a nice way....whoah!
Buzzer sound......self depreciation warning!!!....Spotty, stop it!
You've been doing that all week! Boom-boom!