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[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

SOURCE: Am from the 70s and laughing.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

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

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

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

This can’t possibly be real, can it?

[-] ladicius@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago

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@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

"shake free" the sinuses

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

[-] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nasty. Thanks! 😊

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

'I jackhammer my nostrils with a vibrator' is not a sentiment I'd expect to find wholesome.

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

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

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year 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! 😁

[-] kinttach@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

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

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

I hope this account moves from Twitter I like it

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I use the Chinese pronunciation, "shitter"

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

This is correct.

[-] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[-] hsdkfr734r@feddit.nl 6 points 1 year ago
[-] Rambomst@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Skrinkflation has hit everything....

[-] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You've got to hold onto it, right?

[-] taldennz@lemmy.nz 5 points 1 year 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).

[-] EABOD25@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I'm sure it is effective

[-] BonerMan@ani.social 4 points 1 year ago

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

[-] SatyrSack@feddit.org 5 points 1 year ago

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

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Richard Hammond and James May with a bottle of For Legal Reasons This Is Not Vodka.

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

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

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I remember seeing these as kid back then. Clueless.

[-] gramie@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

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

[-] UniversalMonk@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

Oh god. This is beautiful! Thanks OP!

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