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BilSabab to Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc. @sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 days ago

Just what does gas in cigarette smoke taste like? - Ad for Lark cigarettes (1970)

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Just what does gas in cigarette smoke taste like? - Ad for Lark cigarettes (1970)

BilSabab to Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc. @sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 days ago
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  • baggachipz@sh.itjust.works
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    “Hear me out. We put our product next to 4 people making ‘eww’ faces. And talk about inhaling gas.”

    Board room erupts in applause

    • BilSababOP
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      literally what happened

  • schnokobaer@feddit.org
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    So you were just inhaling solids then huh…

    • BilSababOP
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      totally not detrimental to your health!

      • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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        At least they weren’t trying the old “Doctors prefer our brand because it’s smoother and less harsh.”

        I remember being a teen, and getting an exam from a doctor who had a lit cigarette hanging from his lips the entire time. It was the 70s, but even then I thought that was absurd.

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    I wonder if the association to gasoline or even potential for confusion with gasoline is deliberate here

    • charokol@lemmy.zip
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      It has to be. The general concept of “gas“ doesn’t have a particular smell, but gasoline does.

    • BilSababOP
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      they thought it sounded cooler than it really is

      • makeshift0546@lemmy.today
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        It was cool you nerd. Times change 🤷‍♂️

        The amount of snark and lack of context these 20 year olds come out with over something now dumb 60 years later is absurd 🤣

        • BilSababOP
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          straight up rolled tobacco is cool, regular fags are not cool.

        • lad@programming.dev
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          I assume it was /s?

  • Kokesh
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    I just say it’s hard to follow the text. It’s more confusing than anything else.

    • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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      It’s marketing copy for cigarettes. It can’t make sense, or it would have to say “Don’t buy this, it will definitely kill you.”

    • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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      I blame it partly on English being what it is.

      • kalpol@lemmy.ca
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        It is badly written though. I’m not even sure at the end who’s got the good gas

  • Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    It’d be even better if these were the cigs with asbestos filters

    • BilSababOP
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      they might be

  • solidheron@sh.itjust.works
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    Taste like leaded gas with 98 octane rating

    • FilthyHands@sh.itjust.works
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      Unleaded tastes tangy, supreme is sour, and diesel is pretty good.

    • BilSababOP
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      the best kind

  • A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip
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    More like gaslighting

    • BilSababOP
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      yup

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