"Jim Spanfeller" (awesomeaustinv)
02/11/2020 at 23:58 • Filed to: None
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"Jim Spanfeller" (awesomeaustinv)
02/11/2020 at 23:58 • Filed to: None | 3
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.....And the whole darn tribe’s mysteriously monochromatic possessions...
Why is everything they own white??? What kind of family does that? It’s like they’re a part of an cult or something! W eird.
lone_liberal
> Jim Spanfeller
02/12/2020 at 00:16 |
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Why is grandma in the wayback seat? Is she being punished?
For Sweden
> Jim Spanfeller
02/12/2020 at 00:17 |
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Why does the kid have a Luger?
Chariotoflove
> lone_liberal
02/12/2020 at 00:20 |
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She doesn’t even look comfortable.
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Chariotoflove
> Jim Spanfeller
02/12/2020 at 00:21 |
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I miss the days of those rearward facing seats.
ranwhenparked
> For Sweden
02/12/2020 at 00:22 |
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Because he's pretending to be a Native American chief, duh!
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ranwhenparked
> Jim Spanfeller
02/12/2020 at 00:23 |
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Wow, that’s almost Order of the Arrow -level cultural appropriation.
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For Sweden
> lone_liberal
02/12/2020 at 00:32 |
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It was her idea to bring the dog, that’s why
fintail
> For Sweden
02/12/2020 at 01:02 |
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Have you ever seen the Winnetou series? There were German settlers in the old west who befriended the Indians.
Kiltedpadre
> Jim Spanfeller
02/12/2020 at 06:09 |
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Gib to Padre!
The car, you can keep the rest of the content of that horrible ad. Well, I’ll take the Luger that kid seems to be holding too.
benn454
> ranwhenparked
02/12/2020 at 09:51 |
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What are Native Americans? Sounds like Commie talk.
Little Jimmy there is obviously dressed up as a savage Injun.
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Jim Spanfeller
> Kiltedpadre
02/12/2020 at 09:55 |
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Yeah... back in the ‘50s, political correctness wasn’t really a thing... I think most of them weren’t trying to be offensive, they just weren’t aware that this was a problem. De S oto at this time gave a lot of their adds a western theme because westerns were really popular at the time, so they probably just thought an Indian theme would be fun for a station wagon advertisement.
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Jim Spanfeller
> lone_liberal
02/12/2020 at 09:57 |
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It’s hard to backseat drive when the back seat is backwards...
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Jim Spanfeller
> For Sweden
02/12/2020 at 10:01 |
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Indians, Germans, In 1950's America they’re all the same, right?
It’s probably because realistic-looking toy guns were becoming popular at the time and De Soto was just like, “Give the kid a gun, any gun will do”.
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Kiltedpadre
> Jim Spanfeller
02/12/2020 at 10:09 |
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This was also only a couple years removed from the same corporate advertisers releasing this:
In the 40’s and 50’s Desoto actually had a pretty decent group of celebrity endorsers as well. I know they had ads featuring Walt Disney, Groucho Marx, and Spencer Tracy. I believe they sponsored a few radio shows that later became early tv shows as well, but I don’t recall exactly which they were.
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Jim Spanfeller
> Chariotoflove
02/12/2020 at 10:13 |
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I’ve always wondered about those. I’ve heard that humans can survive much higher g’s when facing backwards, so there could maybe be a small safety advantage for children that way. But I also wonder what it would be like for people who tend to get carsick... If you’re facing backwards and can’t see where you’re going, does that make the carsickness worse? O r is it fine because you can see the road moving behind the car?
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Jim Spanfeller
> Kiltedpadre
02/12/2020 at 10:21 |
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I didn’t know there were Disney car ads in the ‘40s! As a huge Disney fan, seeing him next to that car works on me. I want that De Soto now.
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Chariotoflove
> Jim Spanfeller
02/12/2020 at 10:22 |
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When I was little, I tended toward car sickness. I loved to read but couldn’t do it on road trips. The brain has trouble with input saying you’re moving while your eyes say you’re still. So being able to see outside is what’s important, not so much your orientation. That said, you get tired sitting in that seat for too many miles. We used to put down the seats and spread out sleeping bags sometimes. I don’t know how many Gs that’s rated for. Fortunately we never had to find out.
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Kiltedpadre
> Jim Spanfeller
02/12/2020 at 10:35 |
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I was trying to see if I could find any celebrity endorsements for my favorite Desoto, the airflow. Unfortunately, I didn’t find anything for that, but I did learn that the list of big names they used was much larger than I realized.
https://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/desoto-goes-to-hollywood/