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Advertisement from 1904: “Absolutely Safe” (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by RickRussell_CA@lemmy.world to c/wtf@lemmy.world

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[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (9 children)

I think this may have been an early prototype of the philosophy: "It doesn't matter what your advertisement says, it matters whether people remember it and are impacted by it." I'd be genuinely a little curious to find out how well this ad performed in practice.

[–] DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyz 8 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Thank god we've improved our advertising philosophy since then........

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

* learned to better disguise our advertising philosophy

There are still kids in the houses that store the firearms being sold today

[–] quirzle@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

That seems like it's more on shitty parenting than something affected by advertising, no?

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