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Title: "Mind Control"
Post by: Spht on April 19, 2005, 09:02 PM
http://sayanythingblog.com/2005/04/03/mind-control/

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Title: Re: "Mind Control"
Post by: Blaze on April 19, 2005, 09:06 PM
I thought Brown Saw... :-\
Title: Re: "Mind Control"
Post by: quasi-modo on April 19, 2005, 09:37 PM
I thought green and a hammer.
Title: Re: "Mind Control"
Post by: DeTaiLs on April 19, 2005, 10:12 PM
I picked Purple Hammer
Title: Re: "Mind Control"
Post by: Akamas on April 19, 2005, 10:19 PM
Red Hammer. that was neat.
Title: Re: "Mind Control"
Post by: Newby on April 19, 2005, 11:33 PM
Blue wrench :/
Title: Re: "Mind Control"
Post by: CrAz3D on April 20, 2005, 01:26 AM
red hammer, then it went blue......WTF!?
Title: Re: "Mind Control"
Post by: Adron on April 20, 2005, 06:59 AM
I thought about a silver and black thin flat nose plier. The last number calculated was 128, which obviously makes you think about binary stuff. That is, electronics. And that's the plier I use to hold stuff for soldering.
Title: Re: "Mind Control"
Post by: Meh on April 20, 2005, 07:46 AM
Blue Hammer.
Title: Re: "Mind Control"
Post by: shout on April 20, 2005, 10:53 AM
Red screwdriver (mostly beacuse I was holding a screwdriver at the time).
Title: Re: "Mind Control"
Post by: warz on April 20, 2005, 01:07 PM
I picked red.. then really couldnt decide on the tool. I was switching between saw and hammer, though.
Title: Re: "Mind Control"
Post by: Intangir on April 21, 2005, 09:42 AM
i thought of tan boobies
Title: Re: "Mind Control"
Post by: CrAz3D on April 21, 2005, 06:15 PM
........that's not even a fucking tool.  It's a freakin bird
Title: Re: "Mind Control"
Post by: jigsaw on April 22, 2005, 01:28 AM
orange screwdriver... hmm im messed.
Title: Re: "Mind Control"
Post by: warz on April 22, 2005, 02:37 AM
Quote from: CrAz3D on April 21, 2005, 06:15 PM
........that's not even a fucking tool.  It's a freakin bird

Youre a girl... a girl bird.
Title: Re: "Mind Control"
Post by: Tazo on April 23, 2005, 05:08 PM
Quote from: Intangir on April 21, 2005, 09:42 AM
i thought of tan boobies

its a tool for most of us
:) :) :)
Title: Re: "Mind Control"
Post by: quasi-modo on April 23, 2005, 08:41 PM
Quote from: laurion on April 23, 2005, 05:08 PM
Quote from: Intangir on April 21, 2005, 09:42 AM
i thought of tan boobies

its a tool for most of us
:) :) :)
What exactly do you mean by that? How are brests actually useful except for maybe feeding a small child? I mean they might be pleasing to look at but what can you actually do with them that is useful?
Title: Re: "Mind Control"
Post by: Hdx on April 23, 2005, 11:16 PM
Brown Hatchet :/
wtf?
~-~(HDX)~-~
Title: Re: "Mind Control"
Post by: Archangel on April 24, 2005, 10:10 AM
Blue hammer lol
Title: Re: "Mind Control"
Post by: Tasha on April 25, 2005, 10:11 AM
You just thought about a red hammer, didn't you?

If this is not your answer, you are among 2% of people who have a different, if not abnormal, mind.

98% of the folks would answer a red hammer while doing this exercise.

My answer was "blue hammer," but everyone I've had do this so far has picked "hammer" as their tool, most of them picking red for the color.

Hm.. Interesting, I must be very abnormal. I thought of a purple wrench
Title: Re: "Mind Control"
Post by: Adron on April 25, 2005, 11:36 AM
I'd say it's all a trick with making people proceed before the answer has cleared in their mind. At the time you read "red hammer" on the next line, you haven't actually answered the question yet. And so, what color and tool would you think about if you've just read the words "red hammer" ? :)

Those 98% who agree that they thought of red hammer just used their read-ahead capabilities. If you wanted to really check this, you'd put a lot of space between the question and the words, or a couple more mathematical questions before the comments.
Title: Re: "Mind Control"
Post by: CrAz3D on April 25, 2005, 11:53 AM
I scrolled slowly & didnt notice that red hammer line
Title: Re: "Mind Control"
Post by: Rule on May 03, 2005, 12:39 PM
I agree... it makes sense that "hammer" would be the most popular choice of tool, but the "red" part doesn't connect with the test, except that it is very close to the question asking you what you're thinking of...

Also, I don't think 98% of people tested thought "red hammer" initially.  Look at the responses in this thread; of about 15 people, 3 people (being generous) initially thought something like "red hammer".

Title: Re: "Mind Control"
Post by: CrAz3D on May 03, 2005, 12:57 PM
I don't know that everyone here is as average as the people the test gauged....maybe
Title: Re: "Mind Control"
Post by: Rule on May 03, 2005, 02:33 PM
Regardless of how unusual we are, our 3/16 (19%), is too far away from 98% for that claim to, even by exercising some imagination, be true at all.  I doubt 81% of us are part of that "2%" of people that for some odd reason (sarcasm) don't think "red hammer". 


Title: Re: "Mind Control"
Post by: CrAz3D on May 03, 2005, 04:24 PM
Quote from: Rule on May 03, 2005, 02:33 PM
Regardless of how unusual we are, our 3/16 (19%), is too far away from 98% for that claim to, even by exercising some imagination, be true at all.  I doubt 81% of us are part of that "2%" of people that for some odd reason (sarcasm) don't think "red hammer". 
True true.  Maybe they tested children after hitting the children with a red hammer?
Title: Re: "Mind Control"
Post by: LivedKrad on May 03, 2005, 05:35 PM
I totally thought red pickaxe :(.