As is frequently the case in my video clips the viewer is led astray by a surface theme that is assumed to be the subject of the clip but is actually a subterfuge. We arrive at the clip's central theme obliquely, caught unawares, through various, admittedly clumsy, artifices. “A Brief History of Clickbait Thumbnails” is no exception to the rule. The clip isn't really about clickbait thumbnails, although they are an interesting subject unto themselves. It's about how subconscious trigger messages of seduction have shifted. The shift is both subtle in the messaging and ominous in its portent. To me the most terrifying aspect is that we have been taken unawares yet the trap was set several generations ago in the years following the Second World War.
Concerning the use of clickbait in advertising on the Internet, as far as I know, the modus operandi has not significantly changed since the emergence of social media platforms in the early 2000s. The toolkit of subliminal and subconscious seduction is as old as the hills. This lure has been used in every way under the sun. I would wager a guess that in their day the Sumerians were producing clay porno clickbait by the chariot load. Today things are changing fast. Our physiological development is being hammered in ways we never could have imagined thanks to the battering ram of blind technology. This in turn is having an immense effect on our psycho-sexual modalities, and ultimately will impact the survival of our species. There are more genders today than warts on a toad, and not one is fully declared in a sexually dimorphic sense. We have become diluted and weakened. This is the elephant in the room, the theme of the clip.
What elephant? I'm talking about EDCs, Endocrine Disruptive Chemicals that have become all pervasive. They can now be found in every cell of our bodies, and I'm speaking only in the anthropomorphic sense. They are wreaking havoc, yet, mysteriously, we remain blissfully ignorant of the crisis underway. Blindsided, we have ceded our life force without taking notice. Thousands of manufactured synthetic forms of EDCs that have never before occurred in nature are now omnipresent. I've covered this subject ad nauseam in the past, and I keep harking back to it, mainly out of frustration. What matters is that EDCs pose a high risk to human survival, not to mention all other life on the planet.
The causal effects of these chemicals are so masterfully hidden in plain sight that we simply haven't noticed. But, don't kid yourselves, our bodies and psychies have taken a big hit since the 1950s. Each successive generation is increasingly suffering the consequences. Back in the good old days girls would be girls, and boys would be boys, with rare exceptions to the hormonal rule. We are moving exponentially to an inflexion point estimated to be reached within twenty years, that is, by 2045. This zero-point means zero motile sperm. As for fertile eggs, ladies? Forget about it. Oh yeah, and no more libido. Who wants to procreate in the messy, tiring old fashioned way anyway? Sex drive has already plummeted from from the concupiscent heights of our grandparents' generation and before. Put a smartphone in any young person's hand today and everything else is forgotten. One has to wonder...could the all-powerful chemical industry lobby have anything to do with this? Just asking.
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