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Edgar Allen Ho: Apr 3, 2017; by sebmojo

I mean, in my time we'd stash weed or condoms or whatever in kinda dumb places due to lack of options, but not in caches in the woods

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# ? Apr 27, 2024 06:27

Pocket Billiards: Aug 29, 2007; .

I can say it definitely wasn't a myth. There was a creek near my house that ran past a school. We would find porn mags there all the time. We guessed they were just stolen from newsagents or someone else's stash and hidden there.

There was a kid nearby who would do a quick survey a couple times a week. He found so much he would only keep the magazines that were intact and not rain damaged and had quite the library.

# ? Aug 13, 2021 14:09

Magic Hate Ball: May 6, 2007; ha ha ha!
you've already paid for this

Replace "woods" with whatever local area teens go to when they want to be unsupervised and you'll probably find illicit substances of some kind or another. In my hometown we had thickets of reeds along the river shore, and you could find spaces of cleared-out underbrush that were like little chapels devoted to used condoms and rolling-paper ends.

Also, when I was a kid my dad worked as the handyman at a summer camp, and I got to go with him as a kind of unofficial camper/assistant. One of the camp counsellors had a Super Nintendo and would let me and other kids go in to his cabin and play Mario Kart, but he would always tell us "not to look at the walls". Naturally, we did, and they were papered with centerfolds.

# ? Aug 13, 2021 15:39

VideoGameVet: May 14, 2005; It is by caffeine alone I set my bike in motion. It is by the juice of Java that pedaling acquires speed, the teeth acquire stains, stains become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my bike in motion.

My dad ran a parking garage in NYC (Garment District) and sometimes I�d go there on Saturday. Before I had my license, I�d take the $$$ from customers etc.

Porno calendars in the office from suppliers. Naked ladies with huge naturals (this was the 1970�s).

Do companies still put those out.

# ? Aug 13, 2021 16:56

SimonSays: Aug 4, 2006; Simon is the monkey's name

VideoGameVet posted:

My dad ran a parking garage in NYC (Garment District) and sometimes I’d go there on Saturday. Before I had my license, I’d take the $$$ from customers etc.

Porno calendars in the office from suppliers. Naked ladies with huge naturals (this was the 1970’s).

Do companies still put those out.

Had one hanging in the back of the bike shop from a solvents and lubes supplier for a while until better heads prevailed.

No nudity though.

# ? Aug 13, 2021 21:02

wesleywillis: Dec 30, 2016; SUCK A MALE CAMEL'S DICK WITH MIRACLE WHIP!!

hexwren posted:

I helped create woods porn in my early days, long before the internet, long before learning it was a thing that happened to other people.

There was a small house that caught on fire in my housing development in...1992? 3? and within days, us tween-to-teen dumbasses were sneaking into the roofless, mostly burnt, all-hosed-down wreck and snagging small things (not really doing a good job of it, as we would essentially sneak up on the house, dash in through the front doorway, grab a thing and dash out again to hide...on the road directly in front of the place?) on these runs I stared directly down at the floor and tried to not be seen by the cops I imagined would be patrolling the neighborhood Any Minute Now (I don't think a single cop car ever came through there in the eight years I lived there)

but if we were on the street, we weren't on That Guy's Property so no one could yell at us. That's semi-rural PA for you.

The place was presumably gone over by the owner immediately after the fire. at present, I would assume any local Serious Looters had already tossed the place before us if there were any burgeoning criminal elements in that part of Hilltop Terrace Acres. Besides us, of course.

so anyway within five feet of the door was a wrecked bedroom and there were issues of playboy just everywhere in there. stacks of them. they were all at least a little damp and some had crispy burnt edges.

but goddammit, there were women in there, and they were naked. and that's better than we were going to see just sitting around at home playing nintendo

the only other object I remember coming out of the place (not by my hand, I found it in the drainage ditch along the road in front of the place) was an eight-track of the soundtrack to Barbarella. A week later it was still there, but someone had picked it up to smash it and then drop the pieces in the exact same place.

a large number of the playboy issues were taken to safer locations, such as "the woods behind Jason's house" and "the stand of trees at the edge of the empty lot where we rode dirtbikes," with one making it to "under the blackberry bushes across the street from my house." That was the one (doing some quick googling, I think it was the september 1991 issue) I got busted sneaking into school. Busted by the loving school bus driver, who, apparently, actually was watching us through that huge overhead mirror. And over time, these caches dwindled as people absconded with the material. I have no idea if people unconnected to the original grabs suddenly found this stuff and in turn got their mysterious woods porn story, but I would hope so.

You're like Johnny porno-seed.

# ? Aug 13, 2021 22:51

SeXTcube: Jan 1, 2009

The family business was a scrap yard where both the customers and transient workers were an interesting bunch. One day while digging around in the back shop break room I found dozens of 90s porno mags and drugs. I was maybe 12 or 13 at the time.

At some point one of the dogs was being kept in the room and also managed to find the porn and proceeded to rip every magazine to shreds across the floor.

# ? Aug 13, 2021 23:10

Gaius Marius: Oct 9, 2012

I kinda miss Woods porn, poo poo was special in a way that kida nowadays with the Pornhubs will never appreciate. We made do back in the day, did I crank it to Nat Geo? You bet your rear end I did, cause sometimes that's all we had

# ? Aug 14, 2021 03:43

CleverHans: Apr 25, 2011; Can't post for 8 years!

VideoGameVet posted:

My dad ran a parking garage in NYC (Garment District) and sometimes I�d go there on Saturday. Before I had my license, I�d take the $$$ from customers etc.

Porno calendars in the office from suppliers. Naked ladies with huge naturals (this was the 1970�s).

Do companies still put those out.

Short answer: no.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirelli_Calendar

Gaius Marius posted:

I kinda miss Woods porn, poo poo was special in a way that kida nowadays with the Pornhubs will never appreciate. We made do back in the day, did I crank it to Nat Geo? You bet your rear end I did, cause sometimes that's all we had

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRj61dcvmuU&t=1s

# ? Aug 14, 2021 04:40

Siivola: Dec 23, 2012

VideoGameVet posted:

Porno calendars in the office from suppliers. Naked ladies with huge naturals (this was the 1970�s).

Do companies still put those out.

Sure do, one�s hanging in our warehouse's break room right now. Didn't get two brands this year.

# ? Aug 14, 2021 18:19

Edgar Allen Ho: Apr 3, 2017; by sebmojo

Do Kids These Days get that the Simpsons used to be funny?

# ? Aug 14, 2021 18:39

Toph Bei Fong: Feb 29, 2008

Gaius Marius posted:

I kinda miss Woods porn, poo poo was special in a way that kida nowadays with the Pornhubs will never appreciate. We made do back in the day, did I crank it to Nat Geo? You bet your rear end I did, cause sometimes that's all we had

One could extrapolate this onto society as a whole.

Where once, we had to make due with what was available, be it local restaurants, dating partners, porno, television broadcasts... Now thanks to the internet, one can have exactly what one wants all the time, with no reason to ever settle.

# ? Aug 14, 2021 18:52

New Yorp New Yorp: Jul 18, 2003; Only in Kenya.; Pillbug

Edgar Allen Ho posted:

Do Kids These Days get that the Simpsons used to be funny?

They think it's still funny. It still pulls respectable numbers given that television viewership is down as a whole.

# ? Aug 14, 2021 19:04

Vavrek: Mar 2, 2013; I like your style hombre, but this is no laughing matter. Assault on a police officer. Theft of police property. Illegal possession of a firearm. FIVE counts of attempted murder. That comes to... 29 dollars and 40 cents. Cash, cheque, or credit card?

New Yorp New Yorp posted:

They think it's still funny. It still pulls respectable numbers given that television viewership is down as a whole.

Huh. I hadn't realized. The criticism I've heard of it boils down to "it used to be something really special, but now it is just a mediocre sitcom" and, well, mediocre sitcoms have their fans.

# ? Aug 14, 2021 19:42

New Yorp New Yorp: Jul 18, 2003; Only in Kenya.; Pillbug

Vavrek posted:

Huh. I hadn't realized. The criticism I've heard of it boils down to "it used to be something really special, but now it is just a mediocre sitcom" and, well, mediocre sitcoms have their fans.

Yeah, the thing to remember is that 90s era Simpsons was fantastic in every way. A huge step above most things before and since. Modern Simpsons does not resemble what we had then but if you treat it as a superficially similar show that's unrelated to the classic era, it's okay. I mean, the big bang theory was powerfully unfunny but it was the highest rated show for years and still lasted 10? seasons.

# ? Aug 14, 2021 19:54

Cobalt-60: Oct 11, 2016; by Azathoth

People have been complaining that the Simpsons is no longer funny longer than they've been saying it was funny.

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steinrokkan: Apr 2, 2011; Soiled Meat

Cobalt-60 posted:

People have been complaining that the Simpsons is no longer funny longer than they've been saying it was funny.

And they are right

# ? Aug 14, 2021 20:02

Powered Descent: Jul 13, 2008; We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.

Cobalt-60 posted:

People have been complaining that the Simpsons is no longer funny longer than they've been saying it was funny.

Gaius Marius posted:

How is Underage obsolete?

At least half of those things aren't obsolete. It's just a silly comic.

# ? Aug 15, 2021 00:54

Vavrek: Mar 2, 2013; I like your style hombre, but this is no laughing matter. Assault on a police officer. Theft of police property. Illegal possession of a firearm. FIVE counts of attempted murder. That comes to... 29 dollars and 40 cents. Cash, cheque, or credit card?

Gaius Marius posted:

How is Underage obsolete?

I was thinking: "underage" having meaningful restrictions, since it's showing an age confirmation check on a website.

I'm sure plenty of people under 18 have clicked Yes on that question when getting their porn.

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Bar Ran Dun: Jan 22, 2006

VideoGameVet posted:

Do companies still put those out.

I see them on ship bulkheads from time to time, with parts manufacturer branding, mostly Asian companies.

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PeterCat: Apr 8, 2020; Believe women.

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SpelledBackwards: Jan 7, 2001; I found this image on the Internet, perhaps you've heard of it? It's been around for a while I hear.

PeterCat posted:

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Would

# ? Aug 19, 2021 01:37

Gaius Marius: Oct 9, 2012

Has anyone ever actually drank warm milk to fall asleep. Is this an old thing or a fake thing

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The Lone Badger: Sep 24, 2007

I did as a child sometimes.

It had brandy in it

# ? Aug 19, 2021 02:38

AKA Pseudonym: May 16, 2004; A dashing and sophisticated young man; Doctor Rope

I tried it once. It didn't work. I didn't try it with booze though.

# ? Aug 19, 2021 03:14

Xiahou Dun: Jul 16, 2009; We shall dive down through black abysses... and in that lair of the Deep Ones we shall dwell amidst wonder and glory forever.

The Lone Badger posted:

I did as a child sometimes.

It had brandy in it

Old world grandmother?

My oma would put rum and a secret ingredient* in there and would have to basically carry me to bed after that.

*Benadryl.

# ? Aug 19, 2021 04:16

CodfishCartographer: Feb 23, 2010; Gadus Maprocephalus; Pillbug

https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1428067549510455298?s=19

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Yngwie Mangosteen: Aug 23, 2007

I found out, with that post, that magnets are not scary for computers these days.

# ? Aug 19, 2021 07:10

CodfishCartographer: Feb 23, 2010; Gadus Maprocephalus; Pillbug

It continues with a thread that elaborates more on what is/n't impacted by magnets and why, it's quite interesting!

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Alterian: Jan 28, 2003

Don't put magnets by tvs is already one.

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Fish of hemp: Apr 1, 2011; A friendly little mouse!

I don't even have magnets in my home.

# ? Aug 19, 2021 11:06

SpelledBackwards: Jan 7, 2001; I found this image on the Internet, perhaps you've heard of it? It's been around for a while I hear.

Fish of hemp posted:

I don't even have magnets in my home.

I highly encourage you to get vaccinated ASAP

# ? Aug 19, 2021 14:39

kaschei: Oct 25, 2005

I will degauss anyone who tries to stick a fridge magnet to my gamer rig

# ? Aug 19, 2021 14:46

Edgar Allen Ho: Apr 3, 2017; by sebmojo

I'm amazed that people owned non-fridge magnets. Like, did y'all all carry magnets around in the past and have to make sure you distanced them from your gaming setup? Why did you need so many pocket magnets?

# ? Aug 19, 2021 15:14

Riven: Apr 22, 2002

I had a speaker set with a subwoofer that had sizeable magnets in it. One time when I was moving my friend set it down right next to my pc tower and after that my computer wouldn�t boot. That�s my story hope you liked it.

# ? Aug 19, 2021 15:23

HopperUK: Apr 29, 2007; Why would an ambulance be leaving the hospital?

I make fridge magnets for fun sometimes. So I have a bunch of those little earth magnets.

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# ? Apr 27, 2024 06:27

Sex Robot: Jan 11, 2011; Nothing amazing happens here.
Everything is ordinary.

This gag (Well the first 20 seconds of it)from the film Top Secret! might be alien to younger viewers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9GGDOUDLhc

The Ford Pinto was a compact car that was all about saving space. To save space they put the fuel tank right at the back of the car. Like.. 2 inches from the read bumper. Car safety standards at the time for these things only considered impacts from the front so Ford just jammed it back in there.

The car became notorious for basically bursting into a fiery hellball upon rear impacts and an investigation concluded that over the course of 7 years was directly responsible for 27 deaths from your fuel tank turning both the pinto and the car hitting it into a 20mph molotov.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgOxWPGsJNY

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