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I'm not Autistic (I have adhd but no autism diagnosis) but - I saw a meme the other day positing that autistic people are more resistant to ads (lemmy.ca)
submitted 2 days ago by krooklochurm@lemmy.ca to c/autism@lemmy.world
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And I'd imagine that this applies to politics as well. Given the popularity of /c/autism, there seems to be a correlation between autistic people and political beliefs on Lemmy that seem resistant to propagandized beliefs, though it may that other propaganda just hadn't kicked off here in earnest yet.

I'd love to get your subjective opinions on this with caveat that correlation does not imply causation.

Also hope this isn't sensitive. Figure this would help me the autistic community

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[–] OfCourseNot@fedia.io 38 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It might be that we are not more resistant in general, but that ads and propaganda are tailored for normative minds not for ours. If they made them specially for autistic people it could be the other way around.

[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

That makes way more sense.

Advertising bird seed and dog leashes to someone who keeps a python as a pet isn’t going to get them to buy anything. Make an ad about an auto-adjusting heat lamp and high quality frozen mice and they’ll probably perk up. Toss in an offer of a free snake plushie and a 10% first time discount for good measure.

Nobody is immune to propaganda, but yeah it’s easier to ignore and not relate to something when it’s not targeted at you.

[–] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm interesting. Has there ever been a confirmed report of this happening?

I'm not doubting you, by the way, I'm just interested in whether someone's ever leveraged this for malicious reasons.

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Dose turning ships and guns into hot anime wiafus to garner military support count?

[–] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

No, but I don't see why it shouldn't