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Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc.

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[–] shalafi 30 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

People from the 70s would laugh out loud at how prude we've become.

SOURCE: Am from the 70s and laughing.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

I've come across enough novelty stuff from that time to become sad at where we ended up.

[–] LovableSidekick 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Hells yeah. Hot pants! Also men's shorts knew their place in the natural order and weren't trying to be pants.

[–] Soup 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This can’t possibly be real, can it?

[–] ladicius 49 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Always has been. No joke, vibrators were advertised as massage devices since the 50s. Mail order war the way to go long before the first sex shops opened.

And they really are massage devices. I use a vibrator when I have muscle cramps in the back, and sometimes I use it to "shake free" the sinuses when they are blocked during a cold (roll a soft cloth around the vibrator and hold it to your forehead, the snot will start avalanching within seconds, free airways for the win).

Very useful devices I'd say.

[–] shalafi 18 points 2 months ago

"shake free" the sinuses

That's genius and you need to use every excuse to spread it around.

[–] Bonesince1997 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Nasty. Thanks! 😊

[–] LovableSidekick 3 points 2 months ago

That's amazing. Sounds like my one experience with Sinex nasal spray. It was like turning on a faucet.

[–] dohpaz42 2 points 2 months ago

I use a vibrator when I have muscle cramps in the back

😏

sometimes I use it to "shake free" the sinuses…and hold it to your forehead, the snot will start avalanching within seconds

😏

Double entendre FTW! 😁

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

It’s real. House & Garden Magazine, December 1971, page 127.

Also see the ad for “Lady Alsons Personal Shower” on page 28, and the Insta-Jet Propane Flame Gun, only $9.99, on page 113!

https://usmodernist.org/HG/HG-1971-12.pdf

[–] LovableSidekick 3 points 2 months ago

I know right? You could buy flamethrowers and they outlawed lawn darts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

For more fun read the note on the Crane Stationery! It's like reading into the future!

[–] JusticeForPorygon 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I hope this account moves from Twitter I like it

[–] homesweethomeMrL 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] LovableSidekick 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I use the Chinese pronunciation, "shitter"

[–] homesweethomeMrL 1 points 2 months ago

This is correct.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

What, she couldn't hold the corner of the washing machine to her jaw?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] Rambomst 10 points 2 months ago

Skrinkflation has hit everything....

[–] feedum_sneedson 1 points 2 months ago

You've got to hold onto it, right?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Can confirm here in New Zealand too. Well into the 80's in the relative mainstream, and even seen up to at least the mid-90's in mail-order catalogues (of general household goods).

[–] LovableSidekick 4 points 2 months ago

I remember seeing these as kid back then. Clueless.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I'm sure it is effective

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

They knew, they just hid it in plain site so they can't be sued.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

For ~~tobacco~~ neck-and-shoulder use only

[–] bamfic 3 points 2 months ago

Sued? Or criminally prosecuted? IIRC many states in USA had laws against dildoes and vibrators till recently, or still do

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

And just think, if that model was 25 in 1971 she would be 78 now.