Mar
Have You Had Your Dose Subliminal Messaging Today?
Alright… perhaps I have a morbid sense of something but when I first opened up my Yahoo page I honestly thought the little man in this picture was getting ready to hang himself.
I mean I really, really thought that’s what this was a picture of!
Horrified I clicked the image and braced myself for what would come up. Momentarily confused I had to blink a few times before what I was seeing made any sort of sense. It was an notice about Earth Hour which was great, I’m pretty happy about the event being an eco minded person myself but… I was still confused. I mean, what the heck did that have to do with the little guy hanging himself?
Trying to figure things out I hit the back button my browser to find the world righted once more.
There, before my very eyes, was a light bulb and the words were different- they actually made sense. For a moment, only a moment, I thought the whole thing was in my head, maybe part of my severely overworked and underpaid imagination.
Then, the familiar little Yahoo fellow walked out onto the screen, over to the light bulb and turned it off. So, either:
A. I’m more morbid than I thought.
B. It’s all a coincidence.
C. Some artist got a little more creative than he should have.
D. Some artist… needs help.
E. It’s subliminal messaging (perhaps referring to the recession?).
or
F. The brain just has a really peculiar way of putting bits and pieces of information together.
29Mar
I think you are just tired. Everything will be A-Ok. I didn’t turn off lights during Earth Hour. Don’t tell anybody that lol.
29Mar
Love the new look of the site :)
29Mar
@ Kai Lo
Lol, I think you’re right but it just caught me so off guard, even my sister made the same mistake. Yeah, I meant to do Earth hour but I completely forgot and to be honest… I kind of like my power. If they were going to do something like this they should have done it during daylight hours and not during this time of year- I’m in Michigan of all place.
@ Jessie Carty
Thank you! :D I’ll probably end up changing it in a few months like I always do but I’m really loving it right now, the header is uber easy to change so hopefully that will keep me from mucking around too much for awhile.
29Mar
LoL I can’t say I noticed the little man on Yahoo, but I guess I’ll have to keep a lookout for him and other things yahoo might throw at us. I used to keep an occasional eye on Google, but ever since they established that useful little search doohicky within the browser toolbar I rarely go to the google main page itself!
btw – the unlit bulb DOES look like a noose, it’s not just you :)
29Mar
@ Willow:
:D I think it’s part of my overactive imagination, most of the time I don’t really notice when Yahoo and Google change their little things but it just caught me so off guard. (I know what you mean about the search in the browser, I’m the exact same way!)
LOL! Glad I’m not the only one. :D