butterslaps

joined 2 years ago
[–] butterslaps@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago

Torches of Freedom

In the 1920s a bunch of tobacco salesmen decided that they could make women associate cigarettes with the women's rights movement. Smoking was previously seen as "unladylike", but thanks to a handful of well-placed marketing campaigns, they were able to get women smoking almost overnight. What an accomplishment!

Personally, I'm of the opinion that marketing/advertising is one of the most insidious problems society has.

[–] butterslaps@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That's pretty much my reaction too. This passenger survived against considerable odds. First of all, she basically fell off a ten storey building, and THEN there's water, sharks, the ship's engine, etc. I hope she realizes how fortunate she is.

Remember that kid a few weeks ago who fell off a very small ship, drifted out of sight of the many witnesses, and was never seen again? Haunting.

[–] butterslaps@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago

Absolutely. I was playing Cities: Skylines.

I would spend that year driving around in my doughnut truck, working at Dino Oil or Healthy Weeds, enjoy my weekends at the parking lot or the bouncy castle, and run to high ground during the next tsunami.

After winning the cash I'd ask to be transported to the Ark universe, and then I'd spend the rest of my life in a glass mansion, training armies of dinosaurs to do my bidding.
JK, I'd probably spend the rest of my very short life running naked from a dilophosaur while screaming. Still more fun than reality.

[–] butterslaps@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

Thank you for approving me! And on Canada Day too!

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