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Social-media posts that describe a personвЂ™s behavior without addressing that person are sometimes called subliminal messages, subliminalВ statuses, or, on Twitter, subtweets. Subliminal messages are naturally a topic of fascination for conspiracy theorists who seem to find them everywhere. Sprite parodied the idea of subliminal messagingВ with its mid 2000s вЂњSublymonalвЂќ ad campaign (and lemon-lime pun) that featured flashed green and yellow images and the tagline вЂњObey.вЂќ The ads encouraged viewers to use their DVRвЂ™s pause feature to see the hidden images. The scene was often modified on YouTube, replacing the final image with other strange images or scenes. After SpongeBob tells Gary вЂњI am now going to assault your mind with subliminal messages,вЂќ the screen shows images of a shower head, a bar of soap, and inexplicably a girl with pigtails and a missing tooth. In a 2001 episode of SpongeBob SquarePants, Spongebob tries to use subliminal messages to get his pet snail Gary to take a bath. He would pepper his speech, including news updates, with snide or suggestive comments quickly slipped in. In the 1980s and 90s, Kevin Nealon performed a character called Mr. One study, for example, found that flashing an image of Lipton iced tea may prime someone to choose the drink over water, assuming they were already thirsty.Дespite (or because of) their unsettling reputaton, subliminal messagesВ have been a ripe subject for humor. Psychologists have continued to study subliminal messaging, with recent studies suggesting that it may in fact work, but if it does, the effects are subtle. The commisionвЂ™s official statement pointed out that, although it still considers subliminal messagesВ вЂњcontrary to the public interest,вЂќ it has no enforceable rules regarding their use.

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Bush briefly flashed the word rats in large text before showing the full word bureaucrats. In the 1980вЂ“90s therapists tried to develop subliminal systems for sending positive affirmations to patientsвЂ™ minds.Д¬ontroversy around subliminal ads arose again during the 2000 presidential election.

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In 1978, a local news channel aired a subliminal message aimed at the Bind Torture Kill serial killer, urging him to вЂњCall the chiefвЂќ and turn himself in. The Husker Du controversy seemeed to coincide with renewed interest in subliminal messagesВ that has continued into present day.Дespite the FCCвЂ™s claim, some have attempted to use subliminal messages for the public good. The FCC investigated the matter and issued a public notice that subliminal messages are вЂњcontrary to the public interest.вЂќ

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In 1973, Husker Du,В not the punk band but the board game, stirred up another subliminal messaging controversy.В A TV commercial for the game flashed the message вЂњGet ItвЂќ faster than the unaware viewer could see.

Throughout the sixties and seventies, experiments with subliminal messaging continued without much clear evidence the practice worked. Of course, that didnвЂ™t stop advertisers from trying to use subliminal messages or keep the public from worrying about them.Д«y 1959, we can find evidence for the specific phrase subliminal message, first used in reference to VicaryвЂ™s scam. He had made up the results to drum up business for his ad agency. The only result? His вЂњeat popcornвЂќ message seemed to make Senator Charles Potter want a hot dog.ДЄs it turns out, VicaryвЂ™s claims were a hoax. Vicary was even asked to test the messages before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Congress. While Vicary just wanted to make a quick buck, some were scared that the technique could be used for brainwashing. Vicary claimed that popcorn sales at the theater went up 18%, while Coke sales shot up 57%.

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In 1957, an ad man named James Vicary claimed he could increase concession sales at movie theaters by flashing messages like вЂњDrink Coca ColaвЂќ or вЂњEat PopcornвЂќ for a frame at a time during a movie. It continued to be a subject of interest to psychologists into the 1950s.ДЄs interesting as the topic may have been for psychologists, it proved even more intriguing to advertisers who saw an opportunity in influencing behavior for fun and profit. Then in the 1940s, psychologists began to consider external subliminal stimuli, wondering if things unnoticed consciously by a subject may still affect their behavior. Ok, fast forward to the early 1900s when a theology journal spoke of subconscious thought as вЂњsubliminal mentation.вЂќ Mmhmm. Subliminal comes from the Latin sub limen, literally вЂњbelow the threshold,вЂќ in this case meaning below the threshold of conscious awareness.

A little trip down Latin lane вЂ¦ brace yourself.