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Lol, i remember these commercials. Goddamn if it gets like this. Seems cool, but a mind control system? Who really wants to fuck with that. Imagaine the subliminals in that!
I remember playing Coolborders 2001 at my buddies house on PS2 when it came out. It was an eye-opener and I haven't played since. On what seemed to be the most difficult track and after they kept attempting to beat it, I started craving Mountain Dew, as did others.
Then, finally, I saw the qucikest flash of Montain Dew across the entire screen right before the corse started. Just to verify it, I had everyone in the room pay attention and sure enough, they all caught on. It bothered me greatly at first, 4-5 years ago. Now I look at it as a learning experience that taught me how shady companies are and it taught me about marketing some. Illegal marketing, if I'm not mistaken.
Lol, anyway, it really got to me and I started recording regular television and replaying it in slow motion to see if I could find anything. Turned out to be a waste of time as I was unsuccessful. It didn't last long though, I already found televeision boring as hell and watching it in slo-mo is no joy ride! :laugh:
But be careful who or what is prying into your head!
I remember playing Coolborders 2001 at my buddies house on PS2 when it came out. It was an eye-opener and I haven't played since. On what seemed to be the most difficult track and after they kept attempting to beat it, I started craving Mountain Dew, as did others.
Then, finally, I saw the qucikest flash of Montain Dew across the entire screen right before the corse started. Just to verify it, I had everyone in the room pay attention and sure enough, they all caught on. It bothered me greatly at first, 4-5 years ago. Now I look at it as a learning experience that taught me how shady companies are and it taught me about marketing some. Illegal marketing, if I'm not mistaken.
Lol, anyway, it really got to me and I started recording regular television and replaying it in slow motion to see if I could find anything. Turned out to be a waste of time as I was unsuccessful. It didn't last long though, I already found televeision boring as hell and watching it in slo-mo is no joy ride! :laugh:
But be careful who or what is prying into your head!
Firstly, if it was a subliminal message (which is what you seem to be claiming) then you wouldn't have noticed the Mountain Dew logo at all. That's the whole point of subliminal messaging.
Secondly, subliminal messaging isn't used in advertising, not least of all because it's not effective.
You were probably thirsty, you saw a Mountain Dew logo (the game was sponsored by Mountain Dew; the loading screen might have shown Mountain Dew logos, I dunno) and naturally you decided you wanted a Mountain Dew.
There are lots of shady little marketing tricks that companies use, subliminal messaging is not one of them.
Secondly, subliminal messaging isn't used in advertising, not least of all because it's not effective.
You were probably thirsty, you saw a Mountain Dew logo (the game was sponsored by Mountain Dew; the loading screen might have shown Mountain Dew logos, I dunno) and naturally you decided you wanted a Mountain Dew.
There are lots of shady little marketing tricks that companies use, subliminal messaging is not one of them.
TRUST ME, I know what I saw. All 5 of us saw it. It took about 25 attempts on the course to finally notice it. The first time I noticed it, I questioned myself because it was so damn quick. Then, when he failed the course again and I knew what I was looking for, I definitely noticed it and brought it to the others' attention. It was definitely there, and something that is so discreet and difficult to spot can certainly be considered subliminal.
Secondly, I don't drink pop, and no, I wasn't thirsty.
AND, subliminal messaging is probably THE most efficient marketing method. When it becomes a part of your conscience and lingers somewhere in the back of your head, you always consider that product when purchasing.
Why are you so certain of this?
On a completely different story, but very loosely related, about a week after that incident, I was serving at a Chinese restaurant and as I putting in an order on the monitor, I was approached by an unhealthy looking man in a Mountain Dew shirt.
I kid you not, this man gets close to my ear and says "Don't say anything. Meet me in the bathroom and I will make you happy. You don't need to do anything. I'll wait a couple of minutes." And then he goes off to the bathroom. This fucking fag coming onto me was disgusting. I was 18 at the time, but seriously, I looked like I was 15-16 and he had to be mid-thirties. Haha, I was so appalled, I told the owner the story, and she kicked him out and never let him back.
Still, fucking sick people out there!
I kid you not, this man gets close to my ear and says "Don't say anything. Meet me in the bathroom and I will make you happy. You don't need to do anything. I'll wait a couple of minutes." And then he goes off to the bathroom. This fucking fag coming onto me was disgusting. I was 18 at the time, but seriously, I looked like I was 15-16 and he had to be mid-thirties. Haha, I was so appalled, I told the owner the story, and she kicked him out and never let him back.
Still, fucking sick people out there!
If you can spot it at all without slowing it down frame-by-frame, then it's not a subliminal message. If you can consciously recognise it, then you can consciously ignore it - or so the theory goes.
Firstly, there's no evidence to suggest that subliminal messaging even works. The only reason people believe it is used is because of the urban legend about Coca-Cola and popcorn ads in cinemas back in the 50s. Even by the end of the decade people had realised that subliminal advertising was fruitless and stopped investing in it. It doesn't work. If it did, all those ridiculous "lose weight while you sleep" tapes would actually work.
Secondly, subliminal advertising is illegal. Mountain Dew wouldn't take the risk of inserting these "subliminal" messages into a computer game in the hope of raising sales.
Thirdly, it's true that a marketers job is to put his or her product in your head (positioning) but claiming that subliminal advertising is the most effective way to do that is just nonsense. Marketers use techniques that you might consider "subliminal" - certain colours, words, symbols, signs etc. - to influence behaviour. They don't, however, flash words or logos on your TV screen really quickly, hoping it'll stick in your head and make you think of their product instead of someone else's.
Well I'm a marketing student, so we get taught a lot of the less ethical methods businesses use to influence behaviour. I've read up on subliminal messaging in the past, mostly because of people posting things like you did. I like to let people know that everything they believe is wrong. Makes me feel good.
Firstly, there's no evidence to suggest that subliminal messaging even works. The only reason people believe it is used is because of the urban legend about Coca-Cola and popcorn ads in cinemas back in the 50s. Even by the end of the decade people had realised that subliminal advertising was fruitless and stopped investing in it. It doesn't work. If it did, all those ridiculous "lose weight while you sleep" tapes would actually work.
Secondly, subliminal advertising is illegal. Mountain Dew wouldn't take the risk of inserting these "subliminal" messages into a computer game in the hope of raising sales.
Thirdly, it's true that a marketers job is to put his or her product in your head (positioning) but claiming that subliminal advertising is the most effective way to do that is just nonsense. Marketers use techniques that you might consider "subliminal" - certain colours, words, symbols, signs etc. - to influence behaviour. They don't, however, flash words or logos on your TV screen really quickly, hoping it'll stick in your head and make you think of their product instead of someone else's.
Why are you so certain of this?
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