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> a slow-motion ad increases feelings of immersion

A good example being the 1992 Cadbury's Flake advert.

So much codified in this advert, I dont know where to begin! Its certainly not Northern and Shell Ltd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AATTN5p30A&ab_channel=Histo...

Edit. Looks like the subliminal UK electioneering is underway on Youtube, after watching the above advert, the link below is the next suggestion and its an Anti UK Labour political party advert.

So Google & Youtube are also engaged in rigging elections of foreign countries besides Facebook.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be_IeW6sRcw&ab_channel=TheRe...

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> Edit. Looks like the subliminal UK electioneering is underway on Youtube, after watching the above advert, the link below is the next suggestion and its an Anti UK Labour political party advert.

> So Google & Youtube are also engaged in rigging elections of foreign countries besides Facebook.

I didn't get anything of the sort. If it is the second link you posted it just takes me to another old chocolate flakes ad..

Not sure that is an apt usage of subliminal either. Seems very.. liminal. The ads are personalized to you. I guess based on your viewing history you are a dirty tory. Actually on second thought based on your tone probably the other way around. Maybe the dirty tories are targeting people like you (limingly!) as swing voters.

Rejoice in their wasted ad spend?

Hmm. Let me try it in slow-mo in keeping with the actual contents of the OP.

Rejo-ice in their waaaaaaaasted adddd speeeeend Goooo Toouuuuchhhh Grassssss

> I didn't get anything of the sort. If it is the second link you posted it just takes me to another old chocolate flakes ad..

The anti Labour Party imagery at the start of the 2nd link and shown before the next advert.

Perhaps Google/Youtube doesnt class you as a Labour voter so you didnt get the 2nd link?

I am in fact not a Labour voter nor a tory voter for I... am.. not from the UK or very political for that matter.

But just for you I took a second look and in the first few frames, blink and you miss it, it says "only the crumbliest, flakiest government... Labour - Tastes like nothing ever tasted before".

Evidently some sort of meme, it is literally part of the uploaded video file, which you can confirm by downloading it with something like ytb-dlp. Nothing to do with google or subliminal messaging about current elections, your issue, well, one of your issues for you appear to have a few, is with user TheRedRag dicking about 13 years ago.

I don't get the meme to be honest but it seems to be very effective judging by your conniption. When you eat cadbury chocolate try to not consume the aluminium wrapper. :)

> blink and you miss it,

How slow do you blink, let me know when you are out and about like driving, I can head for safety then!

> Nothing to do with google or subliminal messaging about current elections,

We have an election coming up so this is a way for Youtube to start influencing the public. I saw this with Jeremy Corbyn before he won the Labour Party leadership, the Google Trends was projecting Jeremy Corbyn to be the next leader and with all the other social media like on Reddit, sure enough JC one. Using data projections, including AI to influence decisions is a subtle way to influence people's judgement.

Based on my own experience, I could safely say the US tech giants were manipulating political events in other country's as I doubt I was alone, and are using AI to provide the cover which enables them to avoid taking responsibility for their actions! ROFL

I've been exposed to election rigging since before George Bush Jr got in, and I'll even accuse the BBC of being involved in US election rigging as well, because I can usually choose the next US president from a year out just from watching BBC news!

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