Derren Brown supposedly left viewers stuck to their seat during his latest stunt

If you get Channel 4 in the UK you may have watched Derren Brown: Control the nation on Friday night. I myself love subliminal techniques, making you think or do something without actually being told. A classic subliminal technique is advertising, you don’t know it but stunts like feeling hungry after watching a food commercial. I’ve done it many of times where your perfectly fine watching tv and then bam, you see a cereal commercial. Next minute I’m raiding the fridge looking for milk for my cereal. OK this isn’t directly subliminal but you don’t know your really doing it. Its just impulses triggers a chain of events.

I first knew about subliminal techniques when my old employer tried getting me to add *flash* words on the homepage of his business site. Adding words such as ‘Call’ & ‘Professional’. Funnily enough the business was a success. I dived into research as its in fact illegal to do as its against human rights, so I was surprised it was to be shown on TV live (or was it).

Please read the whole article before you rush to the video as it probably wont work.

Before you see the video, watch a few other of Derren Browns videos on youtube, here is the link. Get to know what he does as what he does is absolutely brilliant. He isn’t anything what you expect, he blatantly tells you he is not a physic and fact is an illusionist & show man. What makes it fun to watch as sometimes he shows you how to do it.

Looking on subliminal messages on Youtube shown a scary amount of videos from Disney, McDonalds to the Flintstones. You can see the list here.

Derren Brown: Control the nation

Here is the advert for the show to get you warmed up

For those who don’t have the luxury of living in the UK, you can watch the full episode here. If you do live in the UK you can watch it on Channel 4 On-demand here.

Skipping to the end of the show may not do anything for you, as in the show he actually uses subminial flashing images during the show to warm you up. I only noticed one, but I hear the whole show was playing with your brain. Please do not skip the warnings as it could stick you to your seats for hours, and I’m not responsible.

You can watch the end video here, however the turnip who uploaded it on YouTube decided to lock it so you were forced to view it on the site. What an R-tard.

Did it work for you?

Use of subliminal messages in commercials, dangerous?

I watched the whole show and was amazed…. it didnt work for me. However I did have my 2 year old son sat next to me playing with his slime. I’m going to test it again and this time with my wife and in-laws. I will be filming their responses to see if it works. Speaking with my brother-in-law, he said it stuck him to the seat. I would love to know if it worked for you.

Here are comments from people who watched the show.