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In reply to the discussion: Vintage Ads that are bizarre, weird and wrong. Some almost laughably so (a little pic heavy) [View all]Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)15. The first one IS a hoax (joke, actually). The Nico Time one is fanfiction.
A link regarding the first one, by the guy who created it:
https://rjwhite.tumblr.com/post/472668874/fact-checking
The "Nico Time" pregnancy ad was apparently created by a fan of the Bioshock video game series. Nico Time is the fictional brand of cigarettes popular in the decaying society of Rapture, the art deco underwater city where the games take place.
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Vintage Ads that are bizarre, weird and wrong. Some almost laughably so (a little pic heavy) [View all]
rpannier
Sep 2019
OP
I bought on just like that 3 or 4 years ago. Works great. They still make them. nt.
madinmaryland
Sep 2019
#35
Probably was distributed to doctors. My brother was on phenobarb for seizures.
LeftInTX
Sep 2019
#24
Pretty sure the first one is a joke. The children's cigar one might be, too. The others are real. nt
tblue37
Sep 2019
#2
Oh, I remember the cig ads.(I'm old.) But the emphasis on sugar in the first one
tblue37
Sep 2019
#7
Thanks. For everyone else, the detailed explanation of how this joke as came to be is
tblue37
Sep 2019
#19
The first one IS a hoax (joke, actually). The Nico Time one is fanfiction.
Dave Starsky
Sep 2019
#15
I have NatGeos dating back to 1928 and the ads are amazing, not necessarily in a good way. For
in2herbs
Sep 2019
#20