I was volunteering in a high school and there was a crisis help line poster on the wall.
Except it was phrased as a way for kids to get help keeping things from their parents. Kids walk past, and subliminally read, that a dozen or so times a day and parents wonder what's wrong.
I was just watching a video the other day about how the most effective way to influence people is social imprinting. People want to do things that other people are doing. If you show that an activity is common, more people will start doing it - it doesn't matter if your message is positive or negative.
I was volunteering in a high school and there was a crisis help line poster on the wall.
Except it was phrased as a way for kids to get help keeping things from their parents. Kids walk past, and subliminally read, that a dozen or so times a day and parents wonder what's wrong.
I was just watching a video the other day about how the most effective way to influence people is social imprinting. People want to do things that other people are doing. If you show that an activity is common, more people will start doing it - it doesn't matter if your message is positive or negative.
And that's why the entertainment industry has been putting gays in everything for decades.