Pictures created by people who knew full well how they could be interpreted. For pictures to fit in here there needs to be an element of plausible deniability, although it can be a tenuous one...
Personally this doesn't feel like true theyknew material, because this is one of those "this is how they had to advertise because nobody would allow them to say the real purpose of the items" rather than "suggestive thing presented as normal with a lot of rib-to-elbow action and stifled giggles behind the scenes, often hidden from management"
It's one of those "it fits the literal definition but not the spirit" situations. Idk Maybe it's just me.
It'll never not be funny though
You're right, Chief.
And that sort of thing had been commonplace since the Victorian times.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SScVqAytfHU&t=405
Contoured to use comfortably around eyes, brows, chin and other parts of the body
Wasn't this supposed to be a facial massager, sir?
Gentle, penetrating massage
"...About seven inches long..."
What is "Overheard in the ED more often than anyone'd like to know"?
Two C batteries? That thing is a beast.
Nah, things were much less energy efficient back then.
I actually wish more devices used C and D batteries as those last longer.
I especially hate when a device uses AAA batteries when AA would easily fit.
My stylus uses AAAA batteries which was the same exact sound I made when AAAs didn’t fit inside.
Also fun fact inside of a 9V is a bunch of AAAAs you can pop out because who the fuck keeps AAAAs on hand
What?? I refuse to believe the blocky 9V is just a few AAAAs in a trenchcoat.
Well, it is. 6 cells of 1.5 V each, wired in series. That’s also why the 9 V block has both poles on the same side.
I always thought having both poles close by was to lick and get a little shock
Last few I've pulled apart contained a stack of 6 oblong, coin shaped batteries. Disappoint.
I think they meant girthy
In case madame needs to pour some concrete in a pinch and has to remove any air bubbles
The size of the battery only adds capacity, not power. You gotta increase voltage.
Actually not really. Even the D type batteries would have smaller circumference than the average.
I meant more in terms of longevity.
I feel bad for the people who bought them and never thought to use them anywhere other than their face.
Contoured to use comfortably around eyes, brows, chin and other parts of the body.
Gentle penetrating massage.
I dunno if I'd chance it - I heard you can poke your eye out with one of those things...
Nah, it penetrates gently. It's in the advert.
All I see is that it costs 4,99
I think that hairstyle was popular in the mid-1960s - if I'm right, that's roughly $50 in today's money.
Edit: source is https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/ using the year 1965, and the official US government inflation calculator seems to concur.
Im guessing the year is 1970. That $5 is equivalent to $31 now.
Bought right for a cheap, but otherwise quality vibrator.
There are Aliexpress vibrators roughly that price right now. They probably break right away, and the plastic is questionable to insert into the human body, but they exist.
Plastic from that era probably has the same descriptors.
wife-hack of the 50s
It would sure be traumatizing, if I just remembered finding this facial massager with a bunch of oddly interesting magazines next to my parents bed, when I was a young boy...
Sure would be. It was traumatizing enough asking my mother what a minstrel is, and getting a detailed explanation of menstruation instead. Too soon, mom!
LOL
and other parts of the body
I’m pretty sure I bought a baby blue one for my gf 18 years ago.
Sorry, I'm so American that the only thing I can see is a bullet.
Do we still have products that use completely different advertising on purpose like this ?
I think the Hitachi Magic Wand advertises (or rather used to advertise the last time I looked at it) itself as a muscle massager and doesn't mention anything sexual.
But it's probably the most popular wand vibrator people use
at first I was like "wow 5 dollars it's amazing how inflation hasn't really done much to that" and then I was like "oh yeah.... slaves..."
Possible explanation for my husband's "don't chip your teeth" jokes?
Imagine being out to brunch and your good Christian Judy whips out a vibrator and nonchalantly goes to town on her face
