Yes. Personally, I hear the majority of individual consumers whose refutations of the copycat effect - and media influence in general - reflecting upon their own experience as strong assertions of denial. That is to be expected. We have our sense of inviolable integrity to protect.
Yes, Charlatan. We are soaking in it. We are immersed in it. We have become it and it has become us.
I'm attaching an ad here with no additional discussion just for the edification of those who've become somewhat sensitized to the many ways in which we're led by the noses via our powerful sex drives.
Sex drives us to take in all the visual innuendo we can. The union of showing us things and our need to read as much into them for the purpose of satisfying our endless prurience results in the confluence of media and perception - the final connection takes place in our minds. Being aware of it is not something that happens automatically.
Working through threads/discussions like this does, I think, give us some perspective on what may be going on here and elsewhere...
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