Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id EAA22089 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 18 Apr 2002 04:10:29 +0100 Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 23:04:26 -0400 Subject: Re: Subliminal advertising Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <LAW2-F105tvVjJuYW8i00009aa7@hotmail.com> Message-Id: <FDDF2F47-5278-11D6-9556-003065B9A95A@harvard.edu> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.481) Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Wednesday, April 17, 2002, at 08:31 , Grant Callaghan wrote:
> I read a report some years ago that claimed theater owners were able to
> increase the number of people who went to buy soft drinks and popcorn
> right after subliminal messages about them were flashed on the screens
> of their movie theaters. Since that's where the majority of their
> money comes from, I believe they were serious about that. I also heard
> a public outcry made them stop doing it, though.
That _is_ the hoax.
It's a totally fabricated story. It never happened.
See www.snopes.com
- Wade
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