abovetopsecret.com's subliminal messaging.

This post is about ATS' subliminal messaging and post-hypnotic suggestions.

I actually had a dream last night that I was posting and browsing on this site. It goes further than that, though. My entire daily routine has changed to acommodate looking at this site. My routine used to consist of (WARNING - do not read the next section unless you're completely bored):

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Waking up, smoking a cancer stick, pouring a programmed cup of coffee, turning on the computer, playing gin online, E-bay, reading the Blahoo news, checking the vested balance on my retirement fund, feeding the cats and local wildlife, taking my meds, filling my thermos with coffee, kissing my s/o good-bye, and then commuting 1 and 1/2 minutes to work. I'd work 6-8 hours, come home, re-feed the cats, take a shower, read the Blahoo news, E-bay, wait for my s/o to get home, take my meds, and kiss my s/o goodnight.

Hit the repeat button 7 times, and that used to be a week in the life of dotgov101.

Since I found ATS,

I wake up, turn the computer on, press the stop button before my default home page loads, ignore the cat dish (heck, they're over-fed, anyway), click the favorites button to ATS, check the headlines to make sure the world isn't experiencing nuclear fallout, go to the smoking room to have a cancer stick, pour a cup of coffee, sit at the computer, and:

two hours pass! time for work! ACK!

I throw my clothes on, some of them inside out, put on a pair of mis-matched socks, jump into my sneakers, leave the computer on, get in the car, begin to obsess about posts I've written, changing my avatar, blah-se-blah, work, come home, and ATS for two more hours. My s/o comes home, pecks me on the cheek (heck, he's got an Xbox he's addicted to), and go to bed. I dream about ATS.

hit the repeat button 7 times, and that is the re-vamped week in the life of dotgov101.

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Now, if this were any other site, we would all be analyzing it, asking, 'Why are we addicted? Where the dreams come from? Is this site really formed by earthlings? Are the pictures embedded with hypnotic suggestions? Is this a government experiment?

But, we all know better. It's a breath of fresh air. There's no censorship (sans profanity. This is where the real news is. This is where there's people like me and people unlike me. Some smarter, some dumber, but we all can post and share our thoughts. That is why I come here hour after hour.

I'm sure you already knew this. I'm not so sure if you've dreamed about typing a post, but you know where I'm coming from. Thanks for reading.

Dot.

He he i know what you mean, sometimes i catch my self refreshing my browser eagerly awaiting the next post on a thread im particulary intrested in, ATS should carry a government health warning.

I'm still here! Can someone please ban my IP??
(just kidding. Then I would be stuck in lockup for breaking into Kinko's, suffering from withdrawal syndrome).

Lol. I, too, refresh again and again and again. The cats are fed, but that's about it. I'll feed the outdoor animals in 20 minutes...thank God my S/O's home in case I forget to wear a shirt to work. And, WooHoo! I'm taking tuesday off so I can do this alll dayyy lonnngg.

Seriously, I really need to go now .

Dot.

You're not alone...

Perhaps ATS offers medical coverage for group therapy....
LOL

Try cyber-anabuse. You just need that one moment of courage and determination where you flame a mod and question how they are even able to tie their shoes. Voila- 72 hour re-hab.

That is so funny Dotgov101 or maybe not, I have dreams that I�m discussing various threads (pentagon) on ATS with people I don�t see, just know there, their, and when I wake up same thing coffee, smoke, read, refresh button, check my email, and just maybe get up from my desk and run my empire of one, what a sad life, now that I look at it in writing, thanks for making me realize my life sucks, I�m going to get drunk

Well it is a Goverment Sponsored forum of CIA funded debunk jockeys.

... when you were little, some kids had make believe friends...
How many of you are make-believe?


That Pentagon thread had everyone going.

Dotgov101, Sauron WE need to stop smoking...

Don`t worry, the symptoms are OK, as long as they only last for about a month or 2....then, i should start worrying...

Same happened to me...I would just sit in front of the computer, refreshing every 20 seconds, waiting for what to come up....??? I really dont know...

Probably some exciting news, some breaking news, something exclusive and really `conspiracy` like....what for? To brighten my dull existence??
Probably....

However, got bored of those 20 second checks too, although, mind you, ATS is constantly on, while Im online....not so addicted as before, however.

So, not to worry, just give it time, and it will pass.

If symptoms persist, however, I suggest you contact the local ATS moderator!!!!!

I have been unable to stop myself from recording the "Teletubbies" via TiVo and watching them over and over again. Conditioning for the mass colonization I guess?

Wow! I'm not the only experiencing these symptoms. My brother and s/o have also suffered a malady of my new find...they are psychologically and physically conditioned to not interrupt my reading and writing. They see the gray screen and RUN.

To all the animal activitsts reading this, no worries, my cats aren't starving to death. Their toilet is cleaned daily. And they have entertainment by watching the sparrows, doves, and chipmunks eating right outside the living room window.

Sorry for such a short reply, but remember I am with you in the quest for the denial of ignorance. I'm having a bad day, and I know there are worse days to follow.

Dot.

I have the perfect solution to you problem!

You said you hit stop before your defaut homepage loads.

Change the homepage to www.abovetopsecret.com...

First it's your homepage, then it's your home!! You can log out any time you like but you can never leave. (apologies to Don Henley)

It is terribly addictive I must admit. Maybe it's the chance to express [read vent] one's opinions and yet still remain anonymous. It makes you think/feel you are being heard, but even if know one reads your post it lets you look objectively at what you are saying based on what you think.

I also like the fact that it for the most part is a wide open forum where any wild notion one has can be expressed. It allows for brainstorming. Im not sure how often people take it quite to that level but the potential is certainly there.

Someday one perhaps should go cold turkey and resist the temptation to log on, even if only for a day or two.
"OH NO! I'm getting the shakes. Better touch that keyboard again. AAHHHHH! relief."
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I am a new user to ATS, but I have been reading stuff on the site for probably close to 3 weeks now, I never decided to register on the forums until i saw this thread. I have been noticing that ocassionally I will open a new thread, and I will begin to scroll down before it has fully loaded, and a bar code will appear on the bottom of the screen. Very odd, seeing that I have relativley no load time,my internet connection being comcast cable, runs very fast and my dual athlon processor pc. I'm not claiming a conspiracy or anything, I just find it odd I see barcodes on the bottom center of the web browser. Anyone else every see this?

Let me start out with a fact that Sublimal messaging doesn't work.

To the author, I know how it feels to be addicted. I am so addicted to ATS that I call my school friends by the ATS usernames I assigened them nowadays.

I think the reason we are most addicted because this is one of the sites where we can get everything we want, time to time we get great posts and some crappy ones, some truth, some hoax, some stupid and some brilliant.

Or maybe the mods have cast a voodoo spell on us.

I told the upper levels of ATS staff a long time ago, that they needed councilers for ATS members. ATS is very addictive, ask any old member. Sometimes it doesn't go away with time. Why do you think the upper levels of ATS staff are made up of older members? They are hooked.

ATS staff setup a chatroom for one on ones and group thearapy, there are members in need.

Ycon

Originally posted by Janus
He he i know what you mean, sometimes i catch my self refreshing my browser eagerly awaiting the next post on a thread im particulary intrested in, ATS should carry a government health warning.

LMAO! Tell me about it. I first registered in the fall of 2001 and Im still here. How sad is that?

It's not just ATS it's most places like this ...
I think it has to do with a reality TV type reaction where we want to know "whats that persons response going to be?''

Originally posted by MacKiller
I have the perfect solution to you problem!
Change the homepage to www.abovetopsecret.com...

I wish I could, but my s/o and my brother also use my computer. Then my ATS secret closet would be exposed. Can you imagine three people addicted to ATS and only one computer?

We would end up in the "breaking news" section as perpetrators in a standoff in Fargo, North Dakota. Our demands would be three laptops, 20 cartons of cigarettes, a year's worth of St*rbucks, and unlimited access into Area 51.

Do you think our demands would be met?