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Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc.

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[–] Soup@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago (2 children)

This can’t possibly be real, can it?

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 51 points 4 days ago (5 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@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago

"shake free" the sinuses

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

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 days ago

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

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Nasty. Thanks! 😊

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days 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 4 days 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 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days 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@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

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

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

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