Flying Squid to [email protected]English • 5 months agoA woman uses a vending machine that dispenses pre-lit cigarettes for a penny, 1931.lemmy.worldmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1341
arrow-up1341imageA woman uses a vending machine that dispenses pre-lit cigarettes for a penny, 1931.lemmy.worldFlying Squid to [email protected]English • 5 months agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-square@TheKMAPlinkEnglish34•5 months ago“Have you seen this” 10/10 marketing effort Life really was that easy back then huh (except for that whole racism thing)
minus-squareDark ArclinkfedilinkEnglish23•edit-25 months ago except for that whole racism thing And great depression thing … and then the world war 2 thing … and the Spanish flu and world war 1 only about a decade before. You can imagine a future person looking at a video of someone with a fidget spinner and thinking “life really was easy back then.” Every generation has different luxuries and problems.
minus-square@TheKMAPlinkEnglish5•5 months agoGuess you don’t have to try hard to sell a product if people are addicted to it, be they cigarettes or fidget spinners.
minus-squarePandantic [they/them]linkfedilinkEnglish10•5 months agoStrangely enough, I almost never see fidget spinners anymore, and I work with kids. I do keep having to pick cigarette butts off the ground tho (not from the kids).
minus-squareFlying SquidOPlinkfedilinkEnglish4•5 months agoMy daughter has dozens of the things, but she also has ADHD and anxiety and they help her focus.
“Have you seen this”
10/10 marketing effort
Life really was that easy back then huh (except for that whole racism thing)
And great depression thing … and then the world war 2 thing … and the Spanish flu and world war 1 only about a decade before.
You can imagine a future person looking at a video of someone with a fidget spinner and thinking “life really was easy back then.”
Every generation has different luxuries and problems.
Guess you don’t have to try hard to sell a product if people are addicted to it, be they cigarettes or fidget spinners.
Strangely enough, I almost never see fidget spinners anymore, and I work with kids. I do keep having to pick cigarette butts off the ground tho (not from the kids).
My daughter has dozens of the things, but she also has ADHD and anxiety and they help her focus.
Some corp: “Nobody wants to smoke anymore.”