Another moth post?
this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2025
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It's the new Saddam Hussein meme, you're going to think you see them everywhere for weeks
I look forward to the crossover moth/bean/saddam memes
Hey, Lemmy (or ChatGPT): Draw me an meme of a giant beanstalk growing from rich soil. It's roots find their nutritions from the corpse of Saddam Hussein in a grave under the earth of the beanstalk. The beans on the beanstalk glow in a bright light, reminiscing a street lantern. Moths are flying around, attracted by the "beans of light". Make the meme text something about the pun "beans of light".
I thought that was the entire point
Yes, but now there's been a study(s) done, and more studies to backup (or disprove!) is always good, even if the subject "is a given"
Wow casinos are trying to get people to gamble recklessly
I am shocked
Since I reckon casinos don't have explicitly super evil psychological manipulation r&d departments, was this lighting something that they arrived at by observing the behaviour of the people that visit casinos?
Oh, they do have psychological manipulation in mind.
There are 2 leading design types:
No clocks anywhere, designed to be difficult to navigate out of, designed to make the passage of time difficult to tell.
And open and bright with easy lines of sight, designed to allow gamblers to relax without leaving.
https://www.casinousa.com/blog/psychology-of-casino-design
The former was developed by an ex-gambler that "turned their life around" into an architect that manipulates gamblers to gamble more. He studied the successful casinos, and gathered up all the techniques that makes gamblers gamble more.
The open layout was developed in response to this, and solely concentrates on making gamblers feel relaxed (or able to relax).
But lighting, layout, smells, sounds... Everything is accounted for.
Casino owners know the design of their casino is what makes gamblers gamble more
It is sad how much people underestimate just how insidious businesses can be when it comes to manipulation of consumers. If it isn't explicitly illegal and easily enforceable, then it is a safe bet to assume that those who sit at the top are going to use it to its fullest extent in the pursuit of profit.