Conditioning Memes

The classic Wikipedia rabbit hole effect meets traffic psychology! That blue stop sign is triggering a cognitive dissonance crisis in drivers. Our brains are hardwired to associate red with "stop" through years of conditioning, so a blue one makes your brain short-circuit like "wait, what color means stop again??" Meanwhile, you're cruising down the highway at 85mph having an existential crisis about traffic signage. The brain's pattern recognition system is simultaneously freaking out AND questioning everything it knows about road safety. It's basically the highway version of finding out Pluto isn't a planet anymore.

The irony is delicious here! Person mocks dogs for being conditioned by Pavlov's bell experiment, then immediately gets conditioned themselves by the number 69. Their brain goes "haha funny number" without even thinking! 🧠🔔 It's a perfect demonstration of how we're all just walking bundles of neural pathways ready to be triggered by the silliest stimuli. The human saying "nice" to 69 is basically the equivalent of a dog drooling at a bell ring. We're not so evolved after all! *maniacal scientist cackle*