Cracked Article: "6 Brainwashing Techniques They're Using On You Right Now"

Again, I really don't usually do the whole quoting-stuff-from-the-internet thing, but what can I say, I'm in love with the Internet right now.

Cracked.com writer David Wong has taken time out to entertain & inform by explaining to us the (surprisingly simple) ways that the media, politicians, and advertisers brainwash us into buying, voting, talking, and thinking a certain way.

The breakdown is thus:
6. Chanting Slogans
5. Slipping BS Into Your Subconscious (That was a really interesting one)
4. Controlling What You Watch & Read (You'll smack yourself for being more suceptible to this one than you think you are)
3. Keeping You In Line With Shame (You probably do this to your friends alot)
2. Black and White Choices (I've always prided myself in being a gray-area type, and this is why)
1. "Us" vs. "Them"


Please PLEASE read this article. Yes, it's a funny article, but the humor just makes it an easy read. I think it's a necessary piece of information for ANYONE who makes a decision about anything. If you vote, shop, have friends, or, you know, LIVE, you really need to read this so you can go into the decision-making process armed with a REALLY REALLY advanced BS detector.

You can also go into meetings or sales pitches armed with a brainwashing arsenal, now that I think about it. You'll have a good BS detector and you'll be a logical person, but people don't respond to logic - so to get people to believe your logical decisions, you might have to use some of these tactics. o_O

Click here to read the whole article.