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I agree, in the video it's kind of surprising how no one notices it.

I don't think that's a very strong counterargument.

Most people probably aren't really watching these things. They either process it with their peripheral vision or glance at it for a while when they're really bored and there's nothing else to see.

Now, the image is rather ordinary and stays there only for a few seconds.

This isn't flying saucer or a plane crashing into a building. It's just a dude on a TV that displays ads.

How different is it, really, from the famous Blade Runner ad?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ17UsZ0DEQ

Also, the camera almost never films people who actually see the screens. So even if there was someone pointing finger at it, we wouldn't see it in the video.

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