20 Strange Vintage Ads From Back in the Day

The limits of what is acceptable in society are constantly changing. Every day, innovators are pushing the limits, while cancel culture kicks back at them, trying to keep them in check. But we will remind you that there was a time before cancel culture, when the politically incorrect was hardly an issue and when social norms were very different to how they are now.

And today we are going to dive into the deluded world of strange vintage adverts from back in the day. A world that segregated men and women into traditional roles, a world that was not afraid to shame customers a little into buying their products, a world that in many ways created the world we live in today. So grab a colleague and get ready to play 'Would this advert fly today?' with these outlandish adverts that would likely never see the light of day in 2025.

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Well, this sure does take the image of a cat lady to new places that one would not expect to get to. And while the message of this advert does not come across too clearly, it sure does create intrigue. Like how long did they manage to keep the leopard still before it lunged at the model?
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Ok, now this is problematic for the year 2025, there is no doubt about that. But if we were to reframe this, and it was a Dyson vacuum that was being gifted for Christmas, we do not know how mad we would be about that…they are pretty pricey after all.
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