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I went to a grocery store in the morning that I normally go to at night and they had dimmed lights, soft music, as well as no sounds coming from the cash registers (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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It seemed really surreal to me so I asked about it, apparently they have hours for people on the spectrum to make it more comfortable for them. As far as I know, I'm not on the spectrum but this environment was soooooo calming. It was like being at a spa. Is this not something everyone enjoys or should I consider getting checked out for autism??

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[–] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 20 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

In advertising as well. I noticed quite an uptick in the 'annoyance' factor of tv and radio ads somewhere between 2005 and 2010. People were more likely to discuss bad ads, or ads with a quirk of some kind. Hate is an easier strong emotion to coerce with an ad so they fully went with it and somehow the negative attention equalled more sales.

It's hard to imagine some business exec coming up with this research, it's more likely a team of psychology majors who would rather earn more money than actually help people.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 10 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

HEAD ON APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD. HEAD ON APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD.

[–] reptar@lemmy.world 1 points 50 minutes ago

Ha! That's exactly what came to mind for me too.

[–] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 4 points 18 hours ago

This is more or less the case. Advertising psychology is a wildly lucrative field, if you're good at it. Turns out "I know how ppl think, I will unveil the mystique" and "you can make more money" is right at the intersection of $$$