today i had an, whats that word, uhm. epiphany! again!
not like the other one which was about peer pressure.
this one's about SUBLIMINAL MESSAGING!
hah!
now i bet alot of you don't even know what subliminal messaging even is!
according to wikipedia;
" A subliminal message is a signal or message embredded in another medium, designed to pass below the normal limits of the human mind's perception. These messages are unrecognizable by the conscious mind, but in certain situations can affect the subconscious mind and can negatively or positively influence subsequent later thoughts, behaviours, actions, attitudes, belief systems and value systems. "
still don't get it? IT'S ALL ABOUT BEING SUBTLE.
it's like someone coming up to you and being all "sigh, i wish i had enough money to buy the latest edition of teen vogue."
and you, thinking you're being all generous, will be like "oh here, have some money. go buy it, you can pay me back later." *big smile*
you THINK you've done a good deed, but all you are, is naive.
the person tricked you! hahaha. BY SUBLIMINAL MESSAGING!
he/she subtly hinted that if she had this, she could buy this, so you gave her that!
sometimes people do that unconsciously, but thats rarely.
even i do it sometimes!
"mummy, you know just now i saw the most gorgeous pair of converse shoes ever? they were so cute! they were like, high-topped and everything! black and pink!"
and in the end. i end up walking out of the mall with a bag that says "welcome to the CONVERSE CENTURY."
see? subliminal messaging WORKS.
heres another example. a few says ago, i was walking around junction 8, and they were selling really cute pouches. but you know what the sign said?
"SANITARY PAD POUCHES! SALE! ONLY TEN DOLLARS!"
this is NOT subliminal messaging. this is just a MESSAGE.
and i was repulsed. WHY WOULD I GO UP AND BE LIKE "HI, I'D LIKE TO BUY THAT PAD POUCH OVER THERE" TOA COMPLETE STRANGER?
hahahah.
they should have been like
"POUCHES FOR ALL YOUR WOMANLY NEEDS! SALE! ONLY TEN DOLLARS!"
i mean, sure it's more words, but still. IT DOESN'T SAY PAD.
hahahaha.
anyways, my point is. SUBLIMINAL MESSAGING WORKS. yes. it does. it tells us what we want to hear, and makes us believe things we may not have believed before. like,
"if i used this perfume i'd be surrounded by guys like that girl in the ad."
"if i use this computer i will reallyhave miny cartoon notes floating around me when i listen to music like the guy in the ad."
"if i eat cadbury chocolate my car will really turn into chocolate and i'd start singing "wouldn't it be nice if the world was cadbury" like in the ad."
"if i buy this pad there will really be a paddy angel watching me in my sleep and i'll really dream of green meadows like the girl in the ad"
"if i buy this bra then i will really be sexy as hell like the girl in the ad."
SEE?!
SUBLIMINAL MESSAGING!
i swear, it works.
SO NEXT TIME YOU LOOK AT AN AD, BE WARNED.
BECAUSE PEOPLE LIE. don't believe everything you see.
except this blog. because i'm telling you the truth.
and i'm not trying to get you to FOLLOW MY BLOG OR ANYTHING, it's just,
I TELL YOU HOW IT IS, AS IT IS,
AND IF YOU FOLLOWED MY BLOG IT WOULD MAKE YOU MORE KNOWLEDGABLE LIKE ME
AND ONE DAY, MAYBE, YOU'LL HAVE YOUR OWN EPIPHANY, just cause you FOLLOWED my blog, and therefore are more CLEVER. :]
SUBLIMINAL MESSAGING, I SAY!
now after i read, i think "did i really have an epiphany or am i just blabbing randomly?"
Labels: epiphany, FOLLOW MY BLOG DAMMIT
that's what you get | 2:14 PM
i just had a epiphany.
it occured to me right after i was complaining.
and here it is:
There's no such thing as peer pressure.
that's right, you read right. i believe that ALL HUMANS DO NOT SUCCUMB TO NEEDS BECAUSE THEIR FRIENDS DO IT.
it's just placing the blame on friends. and finding a logical reason to.
let me tell you. we all do things because we want to.
we're just scared that other people will judge us.
so we do it in numbers.
groups, pairs. whatever.
as long as someone else has already done it, or is about to, we find that we can BLAME THEM for what we actually had wanted to do ourselves when we are judged.
"why the tattoo?"
"oh my friends got one too."
see?
we BLAME THE "FRIENDS" for having one, and we wanted to have one too.
we cover up the real reason, and sometimes, even trick ourselves into believing that we, too, were "forced", or "pressurized" into having a tattoo.
because, honestly?
we're scared to tell people that we wanted it.
we're scared of being judged.
so we find a reason, anything logical to explain why we are going to do it, even though we secretly wanted to do it.
another example.
"oh. my friends in sweden, they only give their kids ONE HOUR a day of computer. i think i'll do that too. (see. the reason for covering up.) i think i'll restrict my daughter's time on the computer. because she is downloading too much music. (ahh. the real reason.) and besides, my friends do it too(COVERING UP! COVERING UP!)"
SEE? we cover up, because we're afraid to admit that we want to do something that people would judge us for.
there's no such thing as peer pressure.
if you didn't want something, you wouldn't do it.
take the tattoo example, for instance.
if you didn't want to do it, you wouldn't have.
because if you REALLY didn''t want to do it, you really would not have.
see kids? they don't care.
if they don't want something, as in REALLY don't want something, they'd KICK, and SCREAM, and YELL, all in public eye.
why?
because it's not that don't care what others think.
they just REALLY don't want to do it.
"all the other kids are getting haircuts, why won't you?"
"I....DON'T........WANT!*SCREAMS*"
if you really didn't want a tattoo, nobody could drag you, kicking and screaming to the freaking parlour, right?
you secretly want one.
you're just too afraid to admit it.
see what i mean? and also,
apparently, according to adults, we shouldn't give in to this "peer pressure", right? (if it even exists, which it doesn't)
then why do they use it against us?
WHY DO THEY USE IT TO THEIR ADVANTAGE?
"honey, don't take drugs even though people in your class do it. hmm. hey, what's this? you're TEST? and you're the ONLY ONE THAT FAILED? WHY CAN'T YOU PASS, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE? WHY CAN'T YOU DO WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING AND PASS?
WHY CAN'T YOU FOLLOW THEM, STUDY LIKE THEM, AND PASS?"
SEE WHAT I MEAN?
"my friends have unlimited access on the computer."
"stop follwing you're friends! don't submit to peer pressure! you want to be like you're friends? or you want to be you?"
two days later.
"my friend, in sweden, only gives their kids ONE HOUR A DAY ON COMPUTER. maybe i'll do that too."
"but you're not your friend."
"i don't care. my friends do it, why can't i?"
MY FRIENDS DO IT, WHY CAN'T I?
Labels: epiphany
that's what you get | 5:23 PM
