Today's Question
Does subliminal advertising work?
Do you know anything about "subliminal advertising"? Supposedly, they can flash a message like "Buy right now!" real quickly in a commercial, so we viewers don't know it, but it registers in our subconscious and we do what we're told. Is this technique really used? Does it work?
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