Oct. 31st, 2012
for satirical purposes only
Oct. 31st, 2012 10:30 am![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
Below the cut: the original ad (Ladies' Home Journal, Nov. 1985, p127), and detextified version. Add your own captions. For inspiration I suggest this youtube video mocking the ego monster "actress" posing for this ad (probably NSFW).
Vintage Slug Ads
Oct. 31st, 2012 11:46 am![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
This is my amnesty entry. MMMM good!
http://www.neonbubble.com/article/vintage-slug-advertising (<---more here)

http://www.neonbubble.com/article/vintage-slug-advertising (<---more here)

Wacky Packages
Oct. 31st, 2012 12:03 pm![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
I really think Wacky Packages deserve a place of honor in the Annual Amnesty.
http://www.wackypackages.org/bestof/weakies.html (<--a great slide show of more than 50 of the best ones)
Here are two (NOT Wacky Packages) in the same vein with a very Halloween theme!
1. Schraft's
Mad Magazine "Ads"
Oct. 31st, 2012 07:57 pm![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
I was inspired by
noluck_boston to find some other Mad Ads:
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I particularly love 50's ads about the wonders of new packaging - this captures them brilliantly.
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And of course, Maidenform ads are a class unto themselves. I love this twist.
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The oil portrait top half, the text-heavy bottom half, the 50s politics - all spot-on.
( and one more! :D )
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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I particularly love 50's ads about the wonders of new packaging - this captures them brilliantly.
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And of course, Maidenform ads are a class unto themselves. I love this twist.
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The oil portrait top half, the text-heavy bottom half, the 50s politics - all spot-on.
Ad in disguise
Oct. 31st, 2012 09:57 pm![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
I honestly thought this was a real ad when I first saw it.


lj news.....
Oct. 31st, 2012 11:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
link to a new news post....apparently someone somewhere got a clue?? the post says that infinite scrolling will be able to be turned off, you'll be able to customize text and background image of the friends page and they address the paid account situation....apparently, how i read it, everyone will have a basic account but you can then pay for add ons but those with paid or permanent accounts will be considered elite accounts....
the staff person who posted this in lj releases is a good person who has worked hard in what has to be a very difficult time for them---they worked out of the US office----and they were one of the few, if the only, staff person who waded in and tried to reply to comments about the subject lines in comments and tried to communicate to the russians about that....they also had communicated about the infinite scroll too....so if you post on this entry over there, please now that this staff person isn't one of THEM who gleefully mocks people who are upset when their blog site becomes a facebooktumblrtwitterclusterfuck.....
whereas i think lj only caved on these things due to the backlash they were facing---and fleeing users---i personally still would not trust 'em....they've gone back on way too many things.....and someone reported earlier that they were having problems crossposting from DW to LJ and it was LJ's fault....i've mentioned this before and i'll mention it again, if you are even considering getting a DW, please do it now and import your LJ while you still can before LJ prevents any more importing....at least you'll have it backed up somewhere if you never use the DW account......
the staff person who posted this in lj releases is a good person who has worked hard in what has to be a very difficult time for them---they worked out of the US office----and they were one of the few, if the only, staff person who waded in and tried to reply to comments about the subject lines in comments and tried to communicate to the russians about that....they also had communicated about the infinite scroll too....so if you post on this entry over there, please now that this staff person isn't one of THEM who gleefully mocks people who are upset when their blog site becomes a facebooktumblrtwitterclusterfuck.....
whereas i think lj only caved on these things due to the backlash they were facing---and fleeing users---i personally still would not trust 'em....they've gone back on way too many things.....and someone reported earlier that they were having problems crossposting from DW to LJ and it was LJ's fault....i've mentioned this before and i'll mention it again, if you are even considering getting a DW, please do it now and import your LJ while you still can before LJ prevents any more importing....at least you'll have it backed up somewhere if you never use the DW account......