9 Ludicrous Trends In Advertising We'll Never See Again

They say that people have always been the same, but that's bullshit. As I've developed Man Comics: Classic Comics For Today's Fuckin' A Man, now the number one comic action series on correctional center Internet, I've noticed some trends in classic comic book advertising that prove our grandparents were very, very different from us. And I don't mean that the market has died out for hernia belts and $1.99 real, working submarines. I mean that I'm about to prove that the human race has only been sane for about 30 years.These ads are all real.
Homicidal Safety Tips
Here's the difference between our safety and the safety of our grandparents: When we were kids, commercials told us not to play with a downed power line. If we'd grown up in the 40s, those same commercials would have told us to throw a cat at it to see if it was live, and if so, how many hands we need to grab it with to not get shocked. A kid with a comic in the 40s could order firecrackers and axes by mail and learn the secrets of the ninja. Safety literally hadn't been invented yet. For example, let's begin with this Captain Tootsie ad. See if you can spot where it might be giving irresponsible, maybe even unsafe advice to children.



Violence as a Solution




Gratuitous Animal Cruelty






Lifelike Toy Guns




Helping Girls Become Pickup Artists





Racism





Stretching Logic to Use Products in Insane, Unsafe Ways




Miracle Weight Gain



Wanton Child Endangerment






I might joke that Captain Tootsie is probably touching, definitely killing dozens of children, but at least those children don't exist. THE BRAIN made this bizarre child endangerment theme real by taking out full page ads asking for snapshots of children from around the country and posting them next to their home addresses. I get that the 1940s were a different time, but I think I speak for all of 2011 when I say what the fucking fuck.
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