Just a, maybe naive, question from a noob to this kind of topic, but I wondered what Elon Musk once did on a stage, holding a chainsaw as if it was Excalibur. Then later I stumbled upon the Milei incident ~(from 2023)~ and just now I came across a promo for gardening equippment (see the added pic above) and what was placed prominently their? Not gloves or a hosepipe, secateurs or a lawn mover, but a chainsaw and the phrase “STIHL One-Man Power Chain Saw since 1959” ~[Emphasised by me]~
Is it just me, correlation, or is this some new kind of … of masculinism or the like and if so: do you think, that it is promoted by some peer groups or rather happens “naturally”?
And last but not least: If this is the wrong place to ask such questions, then please feel free to just remove my post. 🙂
I think it’s just that you’re noticing it now. It’s called the Cunningham effect, where once you take note of something or learn something new, it seems like you see it everywhere.
Chainsaws have always been a symbol of masculinity and brawn. It’s obnoxiously loud, wantonly destructive, and shaped like a penis. It could only be more phallic if it squirted lubrican from the tip.
Highly edited post, to place my upcoming question … sorry!
Thanks for response. But do you have a source for the Cunningham effect ? All I did find on a quick internet-search was only Cunningham’s law but nothing about what you wrote about said effect. (As I said, I’m quite a noob on this, so sorry for me asking instead of being able to find it by myself. 😬)
It’s called the Cunningham effect
Not sure if intentional 😂
That’s the only one you ever need to remember for situations just like this. I couldn’t remember the actual name of it.
That’s quite slick 😂
The actual term is Baader-Meinhof effect btw
Thanks! I was thinking Dunning Krueger but I know that’s not it.
I just edited my post to form a new question, before I saw the upvote/response to it. Sorry! If it was from you, could you …*points towards the other post* answer the question there?
if the promo was an ad, they may have tracked what you viewed recently and some algorythm decided you (with that cookie) or the group of ppl your browser fingerprint matches with, may be interested in buying a chainsaw, because they just saw ppl wielding one.
That I take for sure. Yet politicians and wannabe CEOs using that still irritates me as well. Thanks for the reply.
