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Corey
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Okay good lmao he is currently admitting that subliminal messages in media have little to no statistically significant effect
— Mar 28, 2026 08:03AM
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Corey
is on page 131 of 339
The problem here is that the "studies" he's referencing don't take into account things like
Sometimes I'm too lazy to change the channel but also don't want to turn off the TV and I enjoy background noise when I'm doing other stuff so yeah if I watched a movie I may just continue letting the channel run regardless of whatever subliminal messages they added
— Mar 28, 2026 08:02AM
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Sometimes I'm too lazy to change the channel but also don't want to turn off the TV and I enjoy background noise when I'm doing other stuff so yeah if I watched a movie I may just continue letting the channel run regardless of whatever subliminal messages they added
Corey
is on page 115 of 339
I do not think it's irrational to think that saving $15 on a $20 purchase is a better deal than saving $15 on a $2000 purchase actually
Like yes either way you're saving $15 but I'm not waiting a whole day to save $15 on an already large purchase the time I have to wait to save that small amount on a big purchase is a factor actually
— Mar 28, 2026 07:58AM
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Like yes either way you're saving $15 but I'm not waiting a whole day to save $15 on an already large purchase the time I have to wait to save that small amount on a big purchase is a factor actually
Corey
is on page 115 of 339
And the next study he's talking about is both terribly designed and has a massive drop out rate
— Feb 16, 2026 10:19PM
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Corey
is on page 83 of 339
He also keeps using "study" to mean "annoying thing I did on a whim and didn't have to get an ethics board to approve"
— Jan 20, 2026 08:38PM
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Corey
is on page 83 of 339
I don't like the way this guy talks about studies as though they're infalliable. Particularly when they're his own studies
— Jan 20, 2026 08:35PM
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Corey
is on page 80 of 339
The thing is the thing he's talking about here is real (memory is demonstrably malleable and unreliable) it's just the studies he's citing are either unethical or insufficient to use as evidence of statistically significant trends
So I'm just pissed off about it
— Jan 20, 2026 08:31PM
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So I'm just pissed off about it
Corey
is on page 78 of 339
Where's the Zoidberg meme
Yknow
Your sample size is small, your standard deviation is high, your conclusion means nothing, and you should feel bad
Every study he cites could be responded to with that
— Jan 20, 2026 08:28PM
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Yknow
Your sample size is small, your standard deviation is high, your conclusion means nothing, and you should feel bad
Every study he cites could be responded to with that











