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Advertisers have long understood then power of repetition and use the same or similar advert over and over again. We are brainwashed with repetition. It’s not just advertisers that use repetition, it’s the basis of nagging.
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29, April 2013 | Categories: psychology | Tags: advertising, brain washing, coffee and bread, insecurity, negative message, positive message, psychology of repetition, repetitive advertising | 2 Comments

This week we saw yet another terrible shooting, when twenty children died at a school in Connecticut. The name of the town will be burnt into people’s memories. In the UK, we remember similar incidents such as Hungerford and Dunblane. Whenever children die needlessly it is not only frightening, but tragic.
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16, December 2012 | Categories: Ramblings | Tags: Aberfan, brain washing, children, Dunblane, gas chambers, scary thoughts | 3 Comments

The recession appears to be getting worse. I was watching a programme on television last night about people who become homeless. They get evicted from their homes, because they can’t pay their mortgage or rent. Is it their own fault because they got sick, lost their job or their business failed?
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14, December 2012 | Categories: economics, Finance Friday, Frugal Friday, Money | Tags: all in this together, brain washing, economics, energy bills, homeless, privatisation, social housing, water bills | 1 Comment