--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote: > > William and turq, I wonder if the energy drinks aren't > actually a very subliminal way to get to the aging, > health crazed boomers
No, actually they're very deliberately marketed to the younger generation, teens and folks in their 20s-- something you could easily have discovered for yourself: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=market+for+energy+drinks >: drink this and you will be energetic, vibrant, YOUNG! I > think it's a good example of the worst kind of subliminal > techniques in advertising precisely because it does the > opposite of what it suggests it does. I find it absolutely fascinating how certain people will *imagine* a circumstance, and then immediately go on to draw all kinds of conclusions from that imagined circumstance without ever bothering to find out whether what they had imagined was the case, *as if their imagining it had made it real*. Above we find Share declaring that the marketing of energy drinks to "aging, health crazed boomers" (a situation contrary to fact) IS a "good example" of how sneaky advertising techniques are. No qualifying phrase such as "If so..." No conditional verbs such as "it would be a good example..." Barry does the same thing, as I've pointed out any number of times. > Unfortunately, caveat emptor pales in comparison influence-wise.
