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[-] vimdiesel@lemmy.world 66 points 1 year ago

When you look 25 but also 45

[-] JoeCoT@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago

We think people in older pictures look older, partly because people used to age faster, but also because we associate the clothes they're wearing with what older people wear now. Their fashion stayed mostly the same, they're old now, so when we see pictures of them in the same fashion, we think they look older.

[-] malloc@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

It’s the lead exposure generation 😂

[-] Enasni@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I was thinking that but then I realized younger me would probably just think they looked old and that maybe I’m the one that’s old.

[-] Smurfe@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago

That toaster probably still works to. My Sunbeam is 44 years old, used daily, and still works great.

[-] lectricleopard@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

That technology connections video makes me want to find one...

[-] Smurfe@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago
[-] patchw3rk@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Not sure what I expected, but yep... that's a toaster.

[-] spongebue@vlemmy.net 3 points 1 year ago

I did. It's great. I also got one for my mom and it's been a little tricky to fix up

[-] Mango@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Same. It's just so fucking elegant!

[-] fiat_lux@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

I have inherited a US$4 / 3.6€ toaster from a previous housemate. I told myself I'll replace it when it dies, but it's been nearly 12 years. That Sunbeam is much prettier than my plastic sweatshop junk and I'm a little jealous of it.

I think I'm so used to planned obsolescence in tech that I greatly underestimated how hard it is to fuck up building a toaster. Mine doesn't toast evenly, sure. But how perfectly even do I really need my toast to be?

[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I make toast in a skillet because I don't have a toaster but it works ok because then I can use the good butter so my jam and toast is much tastier and probably way less healthy, weirdly enough I think it's more even on a skillet and a bit more crisp one side soft on the other like I like.

[-] fiat_lux@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

I'm too much of a fan of timed power cut-off devices to go that route, and my doctors would probably also not be a fan. I can totally believe it makes for excellent and delicious toast though. Especially with the good butter.

[-] freamon@feddit.nl 30 points 1 year ago

That's the look of a woman who's going to take that thing with her to the bath.

[-] malloc@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Part of the 1970s suburban housewife starter kit.

[-] fiat_lux@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

I'm sure I would have too in her position, if it weren't for the very easily accessible and socially acceptable amphetamines and barbiturates.

"to help you transform a tense, irritable, depressed patient into a woman who is receptive to your counsel and adjusted to her environment ... (Warning, may be habit forming)" - Dexamyl Spansule advertisement targetted at doctors from c1961 or later

"Doctor, I'm tired all the time ... even the thought of beginning a day's housework makes me tired." - Benzedrine advertisement targetted at doctors from c1952 or later

[-] Raildrake@vlemmy.net 1 points 1 year ago

Everything is good when you're on drugs.

[-] MadWorks@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

That's a classic sunbeam toaster then it's 100% worth it

[-] Ertebolle@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that thing's probably still sitting in their kitchen merrily making toast every morning; meanwhile I'm on like my 8th toaster and I'm not that old.

[-] Atiran@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

Imagine if you told them then that this photo would one day “be on the fediverse”

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Can you imagine how much of a PITA toast was before these bad boys came along?

[-] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago

I've made toast by popping it in the oven on broil. Not too bad, if you're doing a large batch of toast.

[-] HunterBidensLapDog@infosec.pub 9 points 1 year ago

That's the same toaster they found in his bath tub when the coroner arrived.

[-] Mickey7@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[-] Doolbs@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

That's some Mad Men shit right there.

[-] niktemadur@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

A thing like that...

[-] Hondolor@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Legends say the toaster still works to this day

[-] demvoter@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

It was probably her birthday

[-] SCmSTR@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Isn't that a bifl toaster?

[-] Gee2oo40@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I went to return the toaster and they told me they no longer sold that kind of toaster, so now my house has two toasters.

[-] s6original@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If he's careful he can use it to light his cigarettes.

[-] niktemadur@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

The Cure For The Common Toaster

Any Mad Men fans in the house?

Should have gotten her a Chip 'n' Dip.

[-] doppelgangmember@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Getting toasted, let's have a toast!

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