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[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 71 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Just saying it in case any one needs to hear it. Even if you practice perfect mindfulness, always cognitive of what you're thinking and the sources of your thoughts, eliminate all extraneous sources of influence from your life, you're still not immune to propaganda. Your behavior can still be modified by what you see and consume.

This isn't for people who are mindful of how they're influenced. This is for people who are autistic, see this meme, and assume it means they're immune. Cause you're not, we're actually an at-risk group overall for manipulation. Just blatant, loud advertising tends to not work the same on us as it does on allistic individuals.

[–] buffing_lecturer@leminal.space 32 points 6 days ago

This is for people who are autistic, see this meme, and assume it means they're immune. Cause you're not, we're actually an at-risk group overall for manipulation.

Reading this part again so it sticks.

[–] Adudethatis@lemmy.ca 46 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The newest blatant attempt in grabbing my attention: AI generated "feel good" commercials. I dont give a shot what you are selling, the video makes me HATE that company and product immediately

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 13 points 6 days ago

companies even attempting to have a voice in my life piss me off... that's not even starting with ai. I don't care what any company thinks or says, I assume it's a lie and their products are nothing but useless garbage designed to fail in hopes of getting me to Huy some more crap or subscribe to even more useless crap.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago

Limbic capitalism. The product will make you happy! Do not ask how.

Often reduced to an intuition pump, because if they don't explicitly state why their bullshit is good, they never have to justify it. Someone clicks Order Now and immediately has an immodest orgasm. It communicates absolutely nothing to your rational mind. So there's nothing to defend. Somehow, naked emotional manipulation is completely unprotected.

[–] _AutumnMoon_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I'm immune to advertisements simply because they piss me off. Like you wasted my time showing me something I did not care about in the first place. Not only am I not going to buy your product but I am also going to avoid stuff sold by you in the future in the hopes that you will be unable to afford future interruptions

[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago

That is called reactance.

In psychology, reactance is an unpleasant motivational reaction to offers, persons, rules, regulations, advice, recommendations, information, and messages that are perceived to threaten or eliminate specific behavioral freedoms. Reactance occurs when an individual feels that an agent is attempting to limit their choice of response or range of alternatives.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 5 days ago

i will now spend 15 minutes looking up everything related to your company and avoid it all

[–] the_q@lemmy.zip 26 points 6 days ago

Feeling superior because of a meme is propaganda working on you.

[–] Stillwater@sh.itjust.works 22 points 6 days ago (1 children)

No one is immune to propaganda and advertising. Don't believe this just cuz it sounds like a perk to autism.

[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I've seen quite a few articles like this recently, such as "advertising doesn't work on software developers" and I am equally annoyed by all of them.

Advertising works on EVERYONE.

You are NOT magically immune to it, no matter your profession, or brand of neuro-spicy.

Advertising isn't just about clicking on links. Advertising is when you see an advert for a car dashcam, let's call the brand "VroomCam" and then promptly forget about it. And then a month later you're on a shopping website looking for a new dashcam and you see a "VroomCam" in the listings and think "Oh yeah I heard of that brand, let's check it out"

You don't even remember where you heard of them, but you remember you did hear of them, and so the advertising has done its job.

We all need to be mindful of advertising, and the best way to do that is to defend your eyeballs by making changes to your tech and your life so you don't get exposed to adverts in the first place.

[–] HollowNaught@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Anecdotal, but my most autistic friends are most definitely not immune to propaganda

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Aren't GACHA games particularly predatory for folks with autism?

Like, I definitely get the "haha! finally, a one-size-fits-all world coming back to bite you all in the ass!" sentiment. But I seem to recall autistic kids uniquely vulnerable to video screens that promise continuous rapid engagement.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 5 days ago

idk, i'm autistic as all get out and i have a profound repulsion to anything that even smells like gambling has been near it in the past week

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

Autistic kids vulnerable - perhaps.

Uniquely vulnerable to continuous rapid engagement of gacha gaming? God no. It's bad for all kids, adults too - but they get to make their own informed decisions.

[–] Meron35@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

This is only true because companies didn't consider autistics a valuable enough demographic to bother with. Now you can see companies like Loops market their overpriced shitty earplugs towards autistics, which actually seem to be popular.

[–] fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

My ~~Werner~~partner has autism and is incredibly susceptible to whatever shows up on their reels that day. Well, they have improved but 3-4 years ago it was a daily thing.

[–] juliebean@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

what is a werner?

[–] fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Partner, autocorrect and sloppy typing did me. Thanks fixed.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 9 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Self-sufficiency isn't possible anymore in this world. We still need to buy things to survive, and that includes us autistic folks. There's no time to research every single product, and oftentimes, there isn't even anything you can research. So how else do you choose? I heard this brand name once before. Was it in a positive or negative context? I don't remember. But I've heard of it. Although now that I think about it, I do tend to like trying brands that I've never heard of when it comes to food.

[–] NaibofTabr 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Self-sufficiency isn't possible anymore in this world.

It never was. No one was ever a farmer and a dentist and a blacksmith and a doctor and a tailor and a carpenter and a hunter and a weaver and a miller and a cobbler and a baker...

Trying to be self-sufficient is a great way to end up dying young of a common easily curable infection, or of starvation.

[–] M1ch431@slrpnk.net 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Trying to be self-sufficient is a great way to end up dying young of a common easily curable infection, or of starvation.

I don't think somebody aiming to be self-sufficient as possible would forego going to the doctor or avoid using medicine unless they were sure that their condition was manageable within their skill level.

Does this invalidate somebody's efforts to become as self-sufficient as possible? Not at all from my perspective. It's still an admirable practice and lifestyle, especially if they share the fruits of their labor or the knowledge and their skills gained with others - which is a common among those who practice self-sufficiency.

[–] M1ch431@slrpnk.net 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

There’s no time to research every single product, and oftentimes, there isn’t even anything you can research.

There is time if you make it and there are always avenues to research goods you are looking to purchase - if you are feeling inquisitive.

The key is to live a minimal life and to build a different relationship with consumption; focusing on patience and discernment i.e. making informed decisions. Instead of essentially declaring that it's impossible, understand that we can all work to improve our lifestyles and habits - even the smallest steps or bits of progress are valid and worthy of recognition.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The key phrase being "every single product". Of course, I'd do my research where possible, but if I'm out grocery shopping and I need onions, I'm not going to stand there looking up the differences between the different brands or put off buying it so that I can look it up at home. And if I did, what do I even look up? Who shares reviews of onions?

[–] M1ch431@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

If people investigated food; they'd find out a large amount of food is grown/processed/produced in unideal/unsustainable ways or under exploitative circumstances - even some ingredients may have been processed by literal child slaves in grocery stores (e.g. cocoa/chocolate).

Instead of accepting defeat, we can start voting with our wallets if we can afford to do so. This means buying local, supporting small business (such as worker-owned food co-ops), growing your own food if you have the ability to do so, or working with your community to grow food.

There's a lot that we convince ourselves that we need, but there are generally many options and avenues to make arguably better, more informed choices. Like thrifting, restoring older products to glory, etc.

Sometimes the trap is walking into stores that 1) produce large amounts of waste 2) exploit their employees and stock items made by exploited people 3) make you dependent on them through anti-competitive practices - which is what most major stores in America do. They are exploiting our comfort, conditioning us to be complacent, and are reducing our options - we must recognize this for our society to shift.

[–] _AutumnMoon_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 days ago

sounds like a skill issue if you don't do research before buying products

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

"This article of clothing will be sad and very upset with you if you don't buy it"

[–] fading_person@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Unfortunately, I believe we can be even more vulnerable to propaganda, if they make it directed at us, based on research...

[–] i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Nah, I am more susceptible to other advertising that would work on me and not on NTs.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 days ago

good old "idk just slap an airplane on it", so many autistic people simply have no choice but to buy it then

[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago

Well, based off the amount of shit I buy I guess it's safe to say I don't have autism.

[–] finitebanjo@piefed.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

What is it you have if it makes you more apprehensive to advertisement and propoganda the more that you see it?

Like if I see a kids snack commercial or a picture of a facebook post about migrants once I brush it off and move along but if I see it ten times I start to get a little angry.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago

Superior look of Autism: