ttbn,

"If you're writing for British readers, you should only use British spellings. In one or two cases, the preferred American spellings are acceptable in British English as well, especially the -ize/-ization endings. While you can use both the -ise/-isation or the -ize/ization endings in British English, it's important to stick to one style or the other throughout the same piece of writing."

http://www.lexico.com/grammar/british-and-spelling

How do you know that intelligent people don't get influenced by subliminal advertizing?

There must be some merit in using it or advertizers wouldn't pay the money to have it done.

I have before me the October 2020 free recipe book from one of our leading supermarket chains and it is loaded with subliminal embeds.

ttbn what ever you do, don't ever try firefox browser.

Their spell check tries to put a Z every where we use an S. It is infuriating.

Hi Is Mise,

I'm not sure how effective subliminal advertising
really is. It might work once, but if the product
turns out to be crap - people won't bother buying it
again.

Sure, it might suck you in at first - but unless it
lives up to its promise - it won't last for very long.
I have to admit that we got sucked in with the brand of
toilet paper - " Quilton". Which is softer and stronger
than the others. So it delivered. We've tried others
but they're thinner and not as soft. So folks, if you
have a problem with your bum - buy "Quilton". Çause
"Quliton Loves Your bum!"
(joke).

Is Mise,

Thanks, but unless I missed something, there is nothing to say that anyone but you has ever put a zed (zee if you prefer) in the word advertising. I'm sure that if you find otherwise, you will let me know:).

How do I know intelligent people are not influenced by subliminal advertiSing? Simple: anyone who is influenced by it is not intelligent. Subliminal advertiSing is simply not subliminal to intelligent people. It sticks out a mile.

And, of course there is merit in using subliminal advertiSing for people wanting to flog stuff because millions of people are, unfortunately, not intelligent enough to recognise it.

Hasbeen,

I'm often infuriated. I use Google Docs on a tablet for much of my typing, and that of course is always trying to correct my Australian/English spelling. Just as infuriating is 'predictive text' which presumes to know what I'm going to say next.

However, the only thing my rage changes is my blood pressure

Dear Hasbeen,

When you look in magazines, it is true that you may find what you want or need, but you are unfortunately also exposed and tempted to purchase many types of products that you never wanted, whose absence in your life never bothered you. Besides wasting your time, seeing these products sows seeds of new desires in your mind, some of which might even sprout into major addictions.

Your lady friend needed an appropriate form of transportation:
if she knew that she is after a scooter, then she could simply search for "scooter", otherwise she could search for "vehicles for special needs".
Ideally, if product-information was organised to favour the true needs of consumers over the greed of producers, then your lady would have so many more options. She could for example describe her problem along with her constraints and limitations to both robots and humans, which could then furnish an answer much quicker in the form of her mobility scooter, without exposing her on the way to so much other junk.

If your objective is to make your life easier, then it may help you to research within, focus and ask yourself exactly which area(s) of life do you find inappropriately difficult. Once you are clear about it, then it should be easy to obtain specific advice(s) whether any products or services can make these areas of life easier for you without paying too much in ways that might disturb you in other areas.

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Dear Aidan,

«Assault is threatening to cause injury.»

Or causing an actual injury!

Sowing unsolicited new desires in one's mind is an injury to that person.

«>Desires do not make us happy.
Fulfilling them can.»

Because it heals a gaping wound.
Wouldn't it be better if the victim was not wounded to begin with?

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Also, fulfilling desires has its costs. Some of these costs are:

* the time it takes, at the expense of other things.
* financial costs, so one has to work extra hours to get the money, costing more time and often creating frustrations and compromising one's health, then one requires new forms of "compensation" for their hard/unpleasant/unhealthy work.
* when one hurts other people in order to fulfill their desire as quickly as they can. This will bounce back and cause more guilt and suffering rather than happiness.
* until the desire is fulfilled, frustration and anger can arise, also jealousy against others who already have that desire fulfilled.
* once the desire is fulfilled, pride and arrogance can arise in that achievement, then when the glow fades, emptiness and boredom set in and one is tempted to adopt new desires to provide them with similar thrills.

«But what if they don't know they have a need? Unseen problems are still problems; what's wrong with presenting solutions?»

Nothing, but why flood someone, besides the actual solution(s) to their need(s), with so much other, disturbing and irrelevant, information? Further, why inflict such disturbing information on others who do not even have a need?

Yes, those who are not yet aware of their problems should be encouraged to introspect and find them. This requires focusing, not spreading out to receive tons of random information from all directions in hope that one splinter may raise our awareness to some unseen problem.

The commerce platforms should be supporting ordinary people rather than the greed of producers. Part of that is to provide step-by-step problem-solving assistance and encourage people to search within what their needs truly are. Once people state their exact needs and problems, it should be easy to provide them with the most appropriate solutions, the simpler needs by robots and the more complex ones by human professional experts.