When I used to watch commercials1, this shit would just register itself in my brain, lurking silently for when/if it comes up. I’m not even a “car guy” by any stretch of the imagination, and credit this mostly to the insidious and brain-worm-like quality of car advertising. For a while there, I could identify most cars just by seeing the shape and position of the headlamps at night. It is/was the most useless superpower, and I’m still a little spooked that one can be low-key programmed like this.
I suppose it’s possible to come by this while racking up commuter hours, since the make/model is usually right there on the back of most cars, but that doesn’t explain the headlamp thing.
1 - I will leave it as an exercise to the reader as to how one might dispose of most advertising when watching shows.
When I used to watch commercials1, this shit would just register itself in my brain, lurking silently for when/if it comes up. I’m not even a “car guy” by any stretch of the imagination, and credit this mostly to the insidious and brain-worm-like quality of car advertising. For a while there, I could identify most cars just by seeing the shape and position of the headlamps at night. It is/was the most useless superpower, and I’m still a little spooked that one can be low-key programmed like this.
I suppose it’s possible to come by this while racking up commuter hours, since the make/model is usually right there on the back of most cars, but that doesn’t explain the headlamp thing.
1 - I will leave it as an exercise to the reader as to how one might dispose of most advertising when watching shows.