Ragdollmaster wrote:Not really. I saw a bunch of advertisements after reading that post and not once did anything even remotely related to tampons pop into my head. It's different from "TRY NOT TO THINK ABOUT A BEAR, GO". That's an immediate situation in which my short term memory and subconscious are forcing me to think about bears. But if I look at your idiot suggestion of "Oh durhur tampons" and then see an ad 30 minutes later (or hell, 3 minutes later), I'm not going to think about tampons. It's not on my mind at the moment and there's nothing to trigger it.
tl;dr -> That's a very simplistic, naive, and plain wrong idea of how suggestions work.
tl;tl;dr -> Urdoinitrong.
Then by that logic all advertisements are ineffective because they don't go into long term memory.
It does work. Some people do remember (but obviously not simple minded people with the memory span of a gold fish)
(also, please note that i raised this up (or lowered it) to the level of "indirect insult" in response to your "indirect insult" ... try not to charge the debate
)
(edit: maybe i charged the debate when I said "oh fuck you
" in a dismissing disgusted manner to that imagery that grayswandir suggested
)
Earlier, I said "consciously recognize" ... simply seeing an advertisement casually would be unlikely to trigger it, but the possibility is still there.
Even consciously recognizing it may not trigger a response. (It actually depends on the emotional state you were in when the suggestion was ... well suggested)
