Hilarious Failures That Aged Like Milk

nightqueen

Dec 8, 2020 2:00 PM EST

Not everything ages gracefully, and we here on the internet have the duty of pointing out the things that don't. In this week's edition of things that have aged like milk, courtesy of r/AgedLikeMilk, we have some hilarious photos that you really won't believe are true. They aged that badly. Don't forget to check out last week's post for even more hilarious things that did not age well.

Smoking isn't bad for you...

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This advertisement from April 1953 claims that smoking Chesterfield cigarettes has "no adverse effects on the nose, throat and sinuses." Well, that's a load of bull. Even back in the fifties, cigarette companies knew that cigarettes had noticeable effects. Although it hadn't been discovered that cigarettes were the cause of the rising numbers of lung cancer, it was understood that cigarettes cause coughing and an irritated throat at the very least. Many tobacco companies advertised that their cigarettes were the least irritating to the throat, even using doctors to promote the brand.
As we know today, smoking is the main cause of lung cancer and kills almost 500,000 Americans each year. So, no thanks Chesterfield, we don't want your "scientific evidence."
Holden is here to stay

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Holden, an Australian car manufacturing company, had an unfortunate advertising campaign before they closed down for good. "Holden is here to stay" may have been jumping the gun, because after 69 years of being in business, the company shut down in February 2020. That ad campaign didn't age too well.
Bright, social and delicious

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These photos show two very different sides of Demi Lovato. On the left side, Demi holds a large turkey under the caption "Turkeys are bright, social animals who enjoy being pet - just ask Demi Lovato!" Demi looks like she's enjoying holding the turkey, and the turkey seems to be enjoying the attention too.
However in the second photo, Demi Lovato's Instagram stories shows a cooked turkey for Thanksgiving. I guess the turkey was bright and social, but more importantly...delicious.
Man won't fly for a million years

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An edition of the New York Times on December 8, 1903, shows a quote from an unknown source saying "To build a flying machine would require the combined and continuous efforts of mathematicians and mechanics from one million to ten million years." Just nine days after this statement was made, the Wright brothers launched into the air for the first flight of a powered aircraft. Today, 117 years later, traveling in airplanes is as ubiquitous as taking a taxi.
Bad engineers

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This building is part of the Engineering faculty at a university and was built three years ago, and it has a huge crack running through the inside and the outside of the building. You would think that of all the departments at a university, the engineering faculty would be most inclined to build the buildings correctly. Apparently not.