brainwashing
How to Survive Interrogation Using Only Your Dick
Hamilton Nolan · 10/22/12 01:15PMThere Will Now Be a War Over the Big Business of Designer Diapers
Brian Moylan · 07/19/10 10:29AMTivo Succeeds in Defeating its Own Purpose
Hamilton Nolan · 04/23/09 09:06AMCBS Sells Brainwashing News for Car Dealers
Hamilton Nolan · 03/18/09 11:35AMNew York Times Subtly Bans Creativity
Hamilton Nolan · 02/06/09 10:27AMCool Games Brainwash Kids
Hamilton Nolan · 03/18/08 11:48AM"For some children, watching "Dora the Explorer" on television is becoming passé. Now, they want to be Dora." Mother. Fuckers. They want to be Dora because multinational corporations are pouring millions into online games that masquerade as harmless diversions while actually indoctrinating children into brand worship! Nickelodeon is spending $100 million to draw in the children of the world with shiny games. Entertainment, retailers, junk food, and other huge business sectors are all using these games to lure kids into influencing purchasing decisions—some games are even designed for kids "on the laps of their moms." It's truly one of the most insidious forms of... hey, "Reese's Puffs Cereal Snowboard Slalom?" Sweet. [NYT]
"Come On Mi Gente, Let's Get Online!"
Hamilton Nolan · 02/14/08 03:36PMWe tried to leave this one alone, but its influence has now grown to the point that it must be mentioned. We're referring, of course, to that reggaeton-themed commercial for IO Digital Cable, which is maddeningly effective at making you remember a phone number you will never call. What do mermaids, life preservers, jet skis, and latin beats have to do with cable? Eight seven seven three nine three, four, four, four, EIGHT! That's the answer. This is both the best and worst ad in the world [AV Club]. Gluttons for punishment, please watch the ad below again and again until you can recite it from memory like the rest of the population of New York. We apologize.