Stink, I cast you OUT!

1950's advertising is hilarious to me

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huppakee@piefed.social · 7 pts · 144d (1 reply)

Oders returned to sender? So somebody else put them there? What is this, witchcraft?

GreenShimada@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 144d

The Evil Eye has a cousin, the Stinky Pit!

surewhynotlem@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 144d

I remember etsy in the 50s. Quite a different place.

Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org · 3 pts · 144d (3 replies)

TIL J.K.Fuckling didn't even invent the word muggle.

agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 144d (1 reply)

This looks like it was inspired by '50s advertisement, it doesn't appear real. However, muggle was an existing term that basically meant "normie" when JKR appropriated it.

GreenShimada@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 144d

That's correct - I have leftovers in the fridge older than this image. It just seemed like a funny idea.

GreenShimada@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 144d

TIL it used to mean a joint