MLK Jr. Day! Positive Representations of African-Americans in Vintage Ads!

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ONE DAY EVENT Monday! 1995 or before and must be embedded. We're, unfortunately, aware of the racism in vintage ads but as society in general changed for the better, so did African-American's representation in advertising. This is a day to post positive representations of African-Americans in vintage ads.

Praise---BOWIE

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i did say we could include entertainment! :) i sometimes have existential crises thinking of a world where david bowie is no longer amongst the living....yes i am very strange....but, aside from that, and my abiding love for his music it was david bowie who made me realize at age 4 that a person's gender or what they wore didn't matter....i'd see him on tv on shows and he'd be performing in a dress and i couldn't figure out if he was a man or woman (of course when i asked my mother female captor, i was only told i was "stupid")....so left to my own devices i eventually figured that it didn't matter what sex he was because i loved his music and if he was a guy, who cares if he's in a dress? so i attribute my open mindedness towards sexual orientation, clothing, etc to him....in jr. high or high school if someone was picked on for being gay or dressing different i would defend them, basically by saying "so fucking what? they're a person just like everyone else".....of course narrow mindedness reigned/-s supreme in hell iowa....but some of us had windows opened up in our mind.....bowie opened mine!

A general complaint

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I would like to lodge a complaint against Jell-O, on the grounds of allowing their product to be (ab)used to the point that we have a jello monstrosities tag.  Of course, I understand that we could blame cultural patterns or mayonnaise or a number of other things, but I blame Jell-O.



And whoever thought that "I can put anything in Jell-O" meant the same as "I can put EVERYTHING in Jell-O at one time!"  And celery flavor.  My apologies to fans of aspics, but no thank you.

OTOH, what would our lives be without the shared horror we've endured here at V.A.?

Praise for Cereal

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I love cereal, cold cereal with milk, in the morning.  None of this bacon, eggs, toast and OJ.  Nabisco Shredded Wheat is one of my faves (*although the spoon size are far less messy to eat).



"Straight Arrow" XD Subtle.

Complaint Weekend - United Airlines

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I bet you have a story about United?

My United story is about cancelled flights.

I was booked on a business trip to Chicago. The reservation had me flying home to Boston at 6 pm. They cancelled that flight and re-booked me for 6 am. That did not work as I had meetings all day. They refused to re-booked be on another flight with out charging me the re-booking fee of $35. Why should I have to pay? Its their fault? After 3 calls to their telephone orations in India, I just went to the airport the night before and got it all squared away. I happen to live next to the airport.

While at the airport they were calling my house to tell me they cancelled my morning flight out of Boston to Chicago and that I was now booked on a 5 am flight. Thanks United!

After other problems with that reservation, I had just about had it with United. The final straw was when I got my bank statement and saw they charged me $35 each time I called their useless help line. Mind you that they never actually changed my reservation on the phone. Now I had to fight those charges too!

Never again!

Complaints Dept. "What Future?"

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I'd like to lodge a general complaint against vintage ads, vintage comics, and vintage TV, generally, for suggesting a future that simply has not arrived.  WHERE are the space helmets, flying cards, and silver go-go booted aliens?  Also this is a beer ad.  For Colt 45.

Praise Be! Pop-Tarts - Save 8¢!!!

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Breakfast, lunch, snacks, dessert, afternoon pick-me-up, mid-morning indulgence....




Although these a scandalously naked.  Proper Pop-Tarts are frosted, these days.  Especially Frosted Cherry Pop-Tarts (not the wild cherry, please).

Non-product praise - Walt Whitman

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Such an amazing poet, able to pour vibrant emotion on the page and make it sing.

This adult-themed article may tickle your fancy. :D

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