I mean, we literally have research that says this. With TV it works because shows are DESIGNED to have segues/scenes where advertising can go, so we perceive it as less disruptive. You can’t just drop advertising in any old where. Shockingly, people fucking HATE that.
I was washing my hair a little while ago and remembered a moment from preschool. A few of my classmates were playing pretend and deciding upon the characters they would be embodying.
I, of course, insisted that I would be a knight. The girls had no problem with this - they liked being picked up and carried back and forth across puddles, which was my go-to chivalrous feat of strength whenever we played pretend games like that. More importantly, it meant less competition for the coveted role of princess.
They went back and forth arguing about who should be the princess during the game, each one making a case for why she deserved the gig. Somehow they decided that the princess must be the girl with the longest hair - infallible logic. They ended up deciding that the only fair way to judge hair length was by pulling out a single strand from each of their heads and comparing the length… which piqued the interest of another classmate, a little black girl with coily curls, whose single strand of hair turned out to be at least a third longer than anyone else’s straight hairs when she triumphantly stretched it out. This confused and enraged one of the white would-be princesses, but I had read enough fantasy to know that it was exactly the kind of unexpected hero sword-in-the-stone twist that should determine the One True Princess and the rightful heir to my knightly services.
I don’t remember how the game panned out, but at some point there were several princesses and someone decided to upgrade to queen.
Now I’m in hot water with the Japanese mafia.
adulthood is just a constant struggle of, “man, i want cookies for breakfast, but I also recognize this is a bad nutritional decision. On the other hand, the only one who can stop me is me. i know that fucker’s weaknesses. i could totally take me in a fight.”
frog and toad are my two remaining brain cells struggling to keep my horrible body alive
Me irl
I can’t believe that this post clocked me.
I never would’ve remembered biting down into the seam of these things, often splitting them into two near-perfect halves. The texture was bad, the taste was bad, and yet…I chomped.
Never would’ve remembered without this post. The internet truly does make you feel less alone.
oh hey! we’ve got these marmalade balls in finland that are basically the same size as the forbidden ones and they’re more vibrantly colored too
it was basically a christmas tradition to eat too many of the green ones. i don’t think i could eat another one again and it’s been years since i’ve had a vihreä kuula
but just look at that
We found a true snack from the forbidden one
patchworkheart
nyxcowing
Bruce Wayne: I am at a loss for words!
Dick Grayson [narrating]: Despite being lost for words, Bruce yelled at me for the next 45 minutes.
