Subliminal Messages

You have probably noticed that I changed the background colour scheme of this blog. This was done in response to an off-line comment I received that the previous colour scheme made the person feel wierd. It seems that the colour scheme out-wierded the writing, and I couldn't let that be, so I changed the colours around.

Let me know what you think of the new look.

Speaking of colour schemes, while I was fiddling with the colours it occured to me that perhaps I could slip some subliminal messages into the blog. According to Wikipedia:

A subliminal message is a signal or message designed to pass below the normal limits of perception. These messages are indiscernible to the conscious mind, but are alleged to be perceptible to the subconscious or deeper mind: for example, an image transmitted so briefly that it is only perceived unconsciously, but not otherwise noticed [LEAVE A COMMENT ON THIS BLOG]. Subliminal techniques have occasionally been used in advertising and propaganda; whether they are anything more than a rarity is debated.

There are all sorts of unfounded conspiracy theories about subliminal messages in advertising [LEAVE A COMMENT ON THIS BLOG] and the ensuing public outcry. But I'm all for it. People don't know what's good for them. Advertisers do.

So once I decided to go ahead and include a subliminal message on this blog, the [LEAVE A COMMENT ON THIS BLOG] only remaining problem was, what message to convey? Something egotistical? Peace and love? Something political? It took me a while until I decided that - well, if I told you then it would spoil the whole thing, now wouldn't it? So next time you find yourself espousing an opinion, stop and think for a second that perhaps your opinon is really a sinister result of reading this blog...

*Disclaimer: any opinions expresed by readers of [LEAVE A COMMENT ON THIS BLOG] this blog do not necessarily reflect those of its author unless, of course, it is a particularly convincing opinion or one that is so eloquently put that it flabbergasts the listener into agreeing - in which case it is probably my opinion (unless it is an argument that strawberry ice-cream is better than chocolate because everyone knows that chocolate ice-cream is far better than strawberry so any argument to the contrary is bound to fail and is therefore not included).