As someone who is a still-performing AVN Hall of Fame Adult “actor” (search my stage name– Dave Cummings!), and just happens to own thousands of adult and Non-adult domains, I’m finding it hilarious that some folks are questioning this issue.

I wonder if this week will surface any more supposedly religious American politicians who preach one thing but hypocritically “partake”?

Dave C.

September 20th, 2009″

However, if Disney WAS going for subliminal advertising with a background of penises, WHO were they trying to “subliminally” sell to? Why would phallic towers sell, and if so, what was their market?

The “limen” part of the word means “threshold.” The “sub’ we all know means “below.” Something is “subliminal” when it falls below the usual ability to perceive.

The classical subliminal messages when psychologists started playing with this idea were flashed on the screen for mere mini-fractions of seconds. They were “subliminal” because it usually takes a bigger fraction of a second for the visual apparatus (eye, brain, etc) to perceive something. It surprised psychologists when some of these “subliminal” messages made an impression on the viewer despite being flashed only a teeny, tiny time.

When an object has more than one meaning it is not “subliminal.” It is ambiguous. “Ambi” implies two. Two or more meanings, in this case.

A tower can be a tower. But it might also be a symbol for a penis. Maybe. Perhaps. If the viewer happens to interpret it that way. If the viewer isn’t in the mood to interpret a picture of a tower as a penis symbol, nothing in the world will convince that viewer of that implied meaning.

Just think of the way you live your life. How many times a day do you see objects or pictures that maybe, possibly, under some circumstances could be interpreted as penises. We see things that could be interpreted as penises thousands of times a day. It is definitely not the case that people are helpless to defend themselves against interpreting things that look like penises as penises. Of the thousands of times a day that you see objects that could be interpreted as penises, I’ll bet you interpret them as penises maybe once or twice a day. Now, pictures of penises or actual penises get interpreted as penises most of the time. But not other objects that maybe, possibly could be…

Making “subliminal” a magic word that creates the impression that human beings automatically do things one way and one way only is nonsense.

As Freud once said, “It may be a penis symbol, but it’s also a good cigar.”

Patrick – Subliminal advertising is not always hidden. For example if you’ve ever seen the Corona commercial where you see a corona sitting on a table, then a hot babe walks through the scene, that’s a form of subliminal advertising. It’s obvious, but it’s still considered subliminal advertising. And that’s exactly what Chef is doing!

Chris – I appreciate the comment. Chef loves his job, and he does it better than most. It’s just a matter of his questionable move to “expose” a girl in his domain news video. I am not picking sides though.

Hi,

I don’t think there was anything “subliminal” about Chef Patrick’s very
voluptuous co-host.