Flying Squid to Mildly InfuriatingEnglish • 1 year agoSo much for that dream.imagemessage-square208arrow-up12.86Karrow-down152cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up12.81Karrow-down1imageSo much for that dream.Flying Squid to Mildly InfuriatingEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square208cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•1 year agoBecause classified ads used to pay for the paper. Heck, ‘The Advertiser’ used to be a popular name for newspapers.
minus-square@FlexibleToastlinkEnglish14•1 year agoYou would sometimes pick up a newspaper specifically for the ads. You might be looking for a job or a car and that was a good starting place.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoBack before VCRs were a thing, movies like ‘Deep Throat’ were only available in theaters. The local theaters ran ads for XXX movies on the same pages as the general stuff.
Because classified ads used to pay for the paper.
Heck, ‘The Advertiser’ used to be a popular name for newspapers.
You would sometimes pick up a newspaper specifically for the ads. You might be looking for a job or a car and that was a good starting place.
Back before VCRs were a thing, movies like ‘Deep Throat’ were only available in theaters. The local theaters ran ads for XXX movies on the same pages as the general stuff.