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If you see a bunch of otherwise normal people with the same odd behavior then you are probably seeing the effects of a marketing campaign. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

A little help would be nice.

What do you take when travelling? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

I never forget my towel.

If you see a bunch of otherwise normal people with the same odd behavior then you are probably seeing the effects of a marketing campaign. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago (5 children)

I know this guy who puts it on jello

If you see a bunch of otherwise normal people with the same odd behavior then you are probably seeing the effects of a marketing campaign. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 22 hours ago (14 children)

Nothing. But there's this segment of the boomer generation that's notoriously obsessed with it. They put it on everything.

No doubt they all got exposed to the same tv commercial and it took.

If you see a bunch of otherwise normal people with the same odd behavior then you are probably seeing the effects of a marketing campaign. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 23 hours ago (19 children)

People who love to drive longs distances. People who love mayonnaise. People who react strongly at the mention of drugs.

If you see a bunch of otherwise normal people with the same odd behavior then you are probably seeing the effects of a marketing campaign. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

In all likelihood some of your own interests and habits were put there by a marketing department. Not because it's good or right or useful but because it profited... somebody who could afford to hire a marketing department.

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If you see a bunch of otherwise normal people with the same odd behavior then you are probably seeing the effects of a marketing campaign. (sh.itjust.works)
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Advertising, marketing, propaganda. It programs people's brains. It is extremely powerful.

There are dozens of these mass brain-programming campaigns going on right now. It's been happening for many years ... maybe centuries.

The effects can linger for many years. Even passing to the next generation.

not a metaphor for anything in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

It would require a feat of marketing to shift the definition used by the group. I think that's how it's generally done. Call it reasonable or unreasonable or whatever you like.

The key takeaway of science is that observation constitutes the primary reality. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Fine, replace "reality" with "working model" then.

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The key takeaway of science is that observation constitutes the primary reality. (sh.itjust.works)
not a metaphor for anything in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (16 children)

Language is owned by the group.

Individuals don't dictate to the group.

This individual is asserting a definition of "dipshit" that contradicts the definition held by the group.

It's important to be clear in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

People eternally apologizing to people who misunderstood them.

It's important to be clear in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

So it's not just regular appropriation, it's the bad kind of appropriation. Because they're bad.

Have I got that right?

It's important to be clear in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Are you asking me?

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We settled for wax or pine sap and we were darn glad to get it.

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Are we being taught to love the panopticon? (sh.itjust.works)
 

It's weird. The simple fact of being watched and told what you can say. And the possibility that what you're saying is being edited and what you're hearing is edited too.

This strikes me as abhorrent. But most of the people here call it necessary, preferable and even desirable.

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It is deeply bad that a moderator can remove any post or reply. (sh.itjust.works)
 

Yes, I know, trolls etc. But such action turns any conversation into a bad joke. And anybody who trusts a moderator is a fool.

Find a better way.

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