#mere-exposure

[columboscreens]

[annberr-arts]

yakunoya doodle

[fake-married-my-dead-fiance]

you know what, I’ve seen so many gifsets of this man on my dash (probably bc of you) that his face is starting to grow on me

I'm assuming you're talking about Kim Young-dae. This is called the "mere exposure effect"

The mere-exposure effect is a psychological phenomenon by which people tend to develop liking or disliking for things merely because they are familiar with them.

Here, have some more exposure:

source (This is a modelling scene from Sh**ting Stars by the way)

[wat3rm370n]

Pandemic Revisionist History. 

I don’t know how these things got memory holed other than there’s been just a continuous firehose of covid minimization, pandemic disinformation, and lockdown revisionism, that everyone’s senses became overloaded with the mere exposure effect of repeated nonsense and it’s created informational learned helplessness.

The nature of coronaviruses.

We always knew that coronaviruses don’t tend toward long-lasting immunity, and that making vaccines for them has been elusive. This was a known thing. This wasn’t unexpected. So anyone who claimed that there would be herd immunity of any type in 2020 was ignoring everything that was known about coronaviruses. Many of course knew this hopium for natural immunity was bullshit. And there were people pushing back on it in 2020. But nobody wanted to hear that, of course, and people telling people what they wanted to hear of course has always been popular. And so we have All The Variants now - and this shouldn’t have been unexpected, and was not unexpected. 

Vaccination is a public health measure.

You always need high uptake for vaccines to be successful public health. This has always been the case. This à la carte mindset, and restricting of safe vaccines for a widespread disease, where anti-vax is left to stand mostly unchallenged, is antithetical to previous vaccination campaigns. The polio campaign in the U.S. was successful because of a concerted effort to do a door to door campaign that started before the vaccine was even available. But for some reason since this covid pandemic started it’s been “if you wanna” and so uptake isn’t even barely mentioned even in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) October 23, 2024 meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). The only person who mentioned the need for messaging and uptake and overcoming distrust was Robert H. Hopkins, Jr., MD, the NFID medical director, (National Foundation for Infectious Diseases). Vaccine uptake is important and it’s always been that way. 

Funerals are important to most people, but big crowded funerals are not essential.

Back in the 1990s there were things said about the ebola outbreaks in Africa that I now realize were horribly racist. Professionals in the news were quoted as saying that the African citizens were uncooperative and wouldn’t follow simple rules. An example is the LA Times article from 1995 which reported: “one microbiologist said he was terrified that the virus would spread like wildfire because people were sneaking into the hospital to visit their dying loved ones, possibly carrying the virus with them when they leave.” People often remarked it was because of backward superstitions that they wouldn’t give up their funeral rites, even to save themselves from ebola. I remember this well. When this covid pandemic swept in, I heard about so many people who were going to funerals, insisting that they had to go to indoor wakes and funeral breakfasts, and doing all sorts of other unnecessary things. People are people and make decisions based on impulses, and that’s why societal rules exist, to give people guidelines based on collectively known information. On Conspirituality Podcast and in an LA Times op-ed about the Stanford covid contrarian right-wing symposium, it was reported there was outrage about how people were kept from big funerals in the early pandemic, as if not having funerals was uncivilized and backward.

[hawkeyes-chicklet]

Suffering from mere-exposure-effect.

I was on the second rehearsal as a singer today. I totally hate my voice! Is the some trick to get over it?

Can't believe they actually WANT me in this band.

[miodiodavinci]

googles how to experience the utter cessation of all desire and ultimate submission to the cruel mechanics of document writing and being hazed

[m3ntal-hiatus]

The Freshmen by the Verve Pipe is the most shoko, geto, gojo coded song i’ve ever heard

someone sedate me.

[muttever]

really feeling that "i have no opinion about this celebrity as a person and i have no interest in their work but if i have to keep hearing about them im going to kill someone"

[shower-racoon]

there is so much new stuff now and I have no idea what's going on and I love it. it's like when I first joined tumblr but I have a general idea of what to expect and I'm a lesbian now

[eclaire-went-bam]

speaking of false memories i am Plagued with, sometimes i get memories of doing somerhing in some fictional world as someone else and it's so vivid that i just assume it's true

once i nearly skipped class because once when i was speaking to a friend i suddenly got a memory that i was Alastor Hazbin Hotel and i was tending to the hotel before leaving to meet said friend

and when my friend left to go to class i was like "alrighty then‼️" and proceeded to nearly leave campus so i could go back to the hotel and do my hotelier duties and i was just standing there awkwardly at some point like "why am i not teleporting back to the hotel i am trying to teleport to the hotel" and then i caught myself like . WHAT HOTEL . YOU ARE NOT IN HELL. my brother in christ you are supposed to be IN SEMINAR. WHERE ARE YOU GOING. GET UR ASS BACK TO CLASS ‼️‼️‼️‼️

another time i had a memory someone entered the hotel for redemption while i was sitting at the bar and then i stood up and they were like "wow you're way taller than i thought" and when i realised it wasn't real it was highkey the first time i've ever gotten height dysphoria over not being taller. usually i wish i'm shorter than i am (i'm pleasantly average heighted) it was so strange

If these memories keep plaguing me i am Going To Make A Fool Of Myself .

[psy-ay-ay]

i literally can't ship sasuke with anyone except sakura or naruto.

maaayybe suigestu if i want to think of a fun silly oneshot but that's it (the more i think about it, it becomes more of a fanart than a oneshot lol)

the sasuke in my head can only spare romantic feelings for naruto or sakura, there's no one else for him in the entire fucking world

[kimtranssexler]

Okay fine he’s hot

[ganbaruwayo]

ミア・エクスポージャー・mere exposure

MidLuster ft. GUMI Translation by Platonic水を食べる / Free to use with credit and a link back to this post.

何が怖い？何が怖い？ What is 'scary'? What is 'scary'? 生きているあなたが怖い？ Is the living you something that's 'scary'? 何がしたい？場違い叱咤 What do you want to do? An out-of-place beratement; 何て言ったって屹度排他 Well, no matter what's said, this is undoubtedly exclusionism

僕は弱い 僕は弱いから I'm frail, since I'm so frail 気の利いたことは言えない I can't possibly say something clever here 適切を何も知らないんだ I don't care for anything proper, 腐った根性です。 My willpower has rotted away.

痛みの可能性考えれないなら If I can't consider the possibility of pain— あなたは僕に劣ってるって The me who thinks you're inferior to 思う僕が誰よりも愚かだ me is more than anyone else an idiot. 言わずもがな今更のことなんですが。 However, that can now definitely be left unsaid.

「何やりたい？」何やりたい？ "What do you wanna do?", What do you wanna do? 願望ある前提なのね。 It's a premise that has some desire behind it, isn't it. 「それやりたい」それやりたい？ "I want to do that", you want to do that? 待ってるのは屹度却下 Waiting on it would result in undoubtedly rejection.

僕が嫌い 僕を嫌うから I hate me, since I'm so hated, 年中窮屈なんて自明 My all-year round stiffness should be self-explanatory. これはその証拠ですはい、 This is the proof to that, yes, バックアップ取っといて I've saved a back-up.

そう思わなきゃ Yes, I must think that, そう信じなきゃ Yes, I must believe that, 壊れてしまうとか言い訳かまして saying my excuses when I end up breaking something 濁さんと 何笑ってんの I have to be evasive—what are you laughing at? 取り返しつかんことなるやろ Seems like I've come to a point where I can't recover!

やってらんねぇよ I can't do this anymore! あなたに、あなたに言ってんの Saying this, saying this to you 想像もしないで言葉を刺すの I don't even imagine it, stabbing the words, 「優しい」だなんて自分で言って Something like "kind", is what I say 誰にとって優しいの？ Who is this "kind" person…?

ねぇ Hey, あなたがあなたに優しいんだね You're kind, to you, are kind aren't you!* アイラブミーラブミーそうだよね Love, I love me, love me—isn't that right!** 今日も眠れないあなたのせいで Unable to sleep yet again today because of you, 「元気ないね？」 "Having a rough day?" 本当優しいんだね You really, truly are kind aren't you?

何も怖くもないのか Are you not scared of anything? 麻痺 or 適当？ ちょっと狡い Is this numbness, or properness? It's a bit cunning… 全て怖い 全て怖いから Everything is scary, since everything is scary, その言葉全ブロック All of those words have been blocked out. 君 会いたい 僕は怖いから I want to see you, but since I'm scary, 嫌われるのは当たり前ね It's no wonder that I'm hated, huh 何事も無い風にやって明日も笑う Just as if nothing was going on, tomorrow too I'll laugh

そう思わなきゃ Yes, I must think that, そう信じなきゃ Yes, I must believe that, そう信じなきゃ Yes, I must believe that, そう信じなきゃ Yes, I must believe that, ねぇ信じてよ "Hey, believe in me!" って言ってるでしょ is what you'd say, wouldn't you? もうちょっとは聞いてくれよ Oh, please just listen to me a little!

やってらんねぇな！！ Looks like I can't do this anymore!! 手懐けるのは屹度易しいんだね Turns out I'm incredibly easy to win over, huh? やっぱ死体蹴っちゃってますよね As expected, it's just like a brutal kick in the guts*** 単純接触に逆らおうか Shall I go against even a simple touch? だからずっと笑ってるの That's why, forever, I'll be laughing

あなたはあなたの範囲内で You're in, within your range,**** ユーラブユーラブユーそうだよね Love, you love you, love you—isn't that right! 僕はこのように傷を負ったから Because I've been injured in this kind of way, これはあなたが傷付けたから Yes, this is because you had hurt me, そうでもしないとやられますよね since otherwise I'd have been done in, right? あーーmidnight、見てないそうですね Ahh, it's midnight; I can't see, that's how it is こんな叫びで救われたんなら If this scream could save me, then— 楽になれたんならいいがね！ If it was only that simple, that'd be just great!

何をしてほしいって訳じゃない I haven't come to a conclusion on what I want to do 違う人なんだって解ってほしい I want to understand people that are different from me, でも出来ない？ but I can't? それが無理なのは当然違う人間だから？ Would that be useless, since humans are naturally different? あなたに、あなたに言ってんの Saying this, saying this to you, 解り得ないことだってあるでしょ but it seems like you're unable to comprehend it 単純な触れ合いでどんどんと嫌い、嫌い、嫌いへと変われ Turning to hatred, hatred, hatred, gradually more with that simple touch

あなたでわたしはころされた I was killed by you; やっぱなんでよ、素直じゃないからか？ yet, I don't get why, is it because I was not honest? 凡人だから我慢しますよね I'm an ordinary person so I'll put up with it, huh… 誰でも出来ること出来なくて。 I just can't do the things that everybody else can do. あなたの側面を知らないで I don't know about your side of things, 僕の心読もうとか無理だね but trying to do a thing like read my mind would be useless なら僕は最強になったのね！ If that's the case then I've become the strongest! 馬鹿は僕だね The fool here is me, isn't it. これからバイバイね From here on out it's a bye-bye, hey?

Translation notes *Both of these lines are very confusing to read so I'm going to explain my thinking here. This first one puts あなた as two seperate nouns in the sentence, which is read "You are kind to you." But this can also be read as the singer thinking very fastly and then changing the particle, especially because this is the chorus/a moment of high tension in the song. Splitting this up into two smaller sentences then, "anata ga yasashii" (You are kind/You're kind) and "anata ni yasashii", the version with 'ni' gives the feeling that the speaker is confirming for themselves the person they were calling kind in the previous verse ("Who is this 'kind' person…?") is the 'you', which makes "You are kind, aren't you!", so the end result is that line. **This one is less confusing I swear: "I" as a loanword has the same pronounciation as "ai" or love, which is like one of the most puns ever in japanese so I'm assuming it's supposed to be read as both "ai love me love me" and "I love me love me". The first love used in my translation can be read as the pet-name for a lover: "Love, love me" (which then has the phrase "I love me" put inbetween it). The choppy-like translations on both of these lines are supposed to convey that it's a bit of a tongue-twister, or at least confusing at first, to read these lines. Is that an apt explanation? *passes out* ***死体蹴り/死体を蹴る, literally meaning "to kick a dead body", is an idiom that expresses an out-of-the-ordinary cruel act. This is the closest english idiom I could find in literal and metaphorical meaning. ****This is the same as the first time I explained the particle change/whole sentence thing but just in case it isn't clear: this is (anata *wa* han'inai) "You're in range" combined with (anata no han'inai de) "Within your range"

[nick-cassidy]

am not a psychologist but I put my heart and dick into the mere-exposure theory and thats why u constantly see buemi .

[cherryblossomshadow]

you like it and it's unfamiliar, and then suddenly it's familiar too and you love it (comment courtesy of @earhartsease)

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as you get used to a sound, it get's easier to process, and the easier-to-process a stimuli is, the more you like it (processing fluency hypothesis) (comment courtesy of @detectivejenko)

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My logic's always been that it takes time for me to process all the different sounds (and the lyrics if the song has any), once I've done that I can appreciate them as a whole, if not they sound a bit jumbled (comment courtesy of @coffee-addict-kitten)

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Your brain learns just enough of the patterns to get a feel for the song overall, so it starts to appreciate the deeper parts of the music that aren't as obvious upon first listen. You'll notice that it works in the opposite way for super catchy music. (comment courtesy of @despondent-beauty)

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The mere exposure effect also works on people - this is why you are more likely to be friends with the people you hang out with every day, be it coworkers or high school classmates etc (comment courtesy of @selkienight60)

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its because you found a character to imagine an AMV to it with (comment courtesy of @orchuris)

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Listen 1-2: gaging the overall vibes, possibly assessing the band's overall style if its your first time listening to that band, or judging its vibes compared to other songs from the band if they are familiar to you.

Listens 3-5: pouring over the lyrics for narrative substance, trying to decide of you morally agree with the song's messages. Also checking for how well the instrumentation supports the themes of the song, and if the pacing of the rhythm and melody either matches or contrasts that messaging enough to make a meaningful harmony between the two.

Listen 6: recontextualizing the song for how you want to listen to it in the future; if you were to put that song on a Playlist, would it be a "chill study" or a "hard-core party" mix? Often the reason why we don't vibe with a song on initial listening is because we simply heard it in a time or a place where it didn't match the energy you were hoping a certain, different type of music would bring.

Listen 7: True enjoyment. You know the melody, the meaning behind the lyrics, and you have made a conscious choice to play it in a setting that compliments those elements . It was always a good song, but now you have unlocked its full potential (comment courtesy of @enby-denby)

the idea of music growing on you is so weird. what's going on in your brain that makes it go "mmmmm :/" for the first 6 listens and then "ok!! ❤️" on the 7th

[13irdies]

maybe if i stare at a photo of him long enough, the butterflies in my stomach will subside as i become familiar with his face. his flaws. but maybe that’ll only amplify my feelings ☹️