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Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc.

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[–] FavouriteShapes@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Pants of instantaneous sexual assault victimisation

[–] charokol@lemmy.zip 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Is the quote at the bottom suggesting Mr. Thomson is the one in the pink spandex?

[–] BilSabab@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

That’s how I read it.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I don't get it... but it still seems gross somehow.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They're saying wear spandex so you get sexually harassed at work.

It was the 60's, they genuinely thought that was a selling point.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

Your boss would buy them for you!

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A woman I worked with used to say, "Spandex is a privilege not a right."

[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is from the 1995 movie Hackers.

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago

HACK THE PLANET!!! IT’S ALL GARBAGE!!!!!

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

When you’re a star they let you do it.

[–] jesusactuallyhateshorses@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Luckily, he has his own under his chin now. I wonder if he grabs it when looking in a mirror, by instinct.

"Died by homoerotic asphyxiation" as a headline would be amusing.

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

He doesn't like that one because it's attached to an adult.

"You can grab em by the pussy"

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Jesus Christ, it's no wonder the US is run by a bunch of rapists.

[–] BilSabab@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

you only found out about that?

[–] gedfromgont@piefed.ca 12 points 2 days ago

Pretty sure these types of ads weren't just restricted to the US.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca -4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Spandex in size 18? yikes.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sizes have trended lower and lower and lower. There's no real standard and brands benefit from having smaller size numbers because of how it makes buyers feel about those clothes.

[–] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Size 000 was introduced in 2014. That was probably the original size 1 and they just kept adding zeros as time went on.

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

You've never seen peopleofwalmart.com, have you?