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Old 01-06-2009, 11:06 PM
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Am I missing something? None of the examples given strike me as subliminal advertising. I thought that "subliminal" means unrecognized by the conscious mind but registered by the subconscious.
I don't see how. To me, I always thought subliminal advertising or hidden messages embedded in ads, are considered to be a deceptive business practice by the Federal Trade Commission. The way I read into it, I thought the article was referring to the legal kind of "subliminal" persuasion that happens every day.

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I thought she was asking two different questions at first.
I was.
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