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Some people refuse to acknowledge the fact that a lot of what drives emotion is subliminal and can't be logic'd away. It doesn't matter if you know it's fake, i

Some people refuse to acknowledge the fact that a lot of what drives emotion is subliminal and can't be logic'd away. It doesn't matter if you know it's fake, if you see nothing but perfect 10's all day, then look in the mirror, you're gonna feel ugly. If you see nothing but people in G-wagons all day, your shitbox Honda is gonna make you feel like a failure. That's not even considering that fact that the sheer volume of fake that gets dumped on people completely skews the logic aspect too. Even if you wanted to be rational about you successes and failures, how are you even supposed to know where you really stand?

estebank 4y ago
> It doesn't matter if you know it's fake I am reminded of the study that found that placebos "worked" (had positive effects) even when the patient knew it was a placebo[1]. Unrealistic standards of beauty perpetuated by digitally manipulated images in advertising and social media can mess you up the same way, even when you know what is at play. You can be manipulated by an ad even when you know it is an ad trying to sell you something you likely don't need. [1]: https://www.apa.org/monitor/2011/03/placebos https://www.apa.org/monitor/2011/03/placebos