The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Just Post@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 天前If you ever get tired of dating apps, there's another option. media.piefed.worldimagemessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down12
arrow-up1108arrow-down1imageIf you ever get tired of dating apps, there's another option. media.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Just Post@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 天前message-square19linkfedilink
minus-squareZephorah@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 天前I wonder if this worked for her. Surely there’s a record somewhere.
minus-squarecallouscomic@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 天前According to a comment by editorgrrl in this r/TheWayWeWere reddit post, it is a joke. Life magazine (sometimes called “old Life”) was a parody published by graduates of the Harvard Lampoon. [The] image is one of ten fake personal ads from volume 27, number 679. Transcription of the two which appear on page 121 at the link… https://archive.org/details/life2728mitc/page/n9/mode/1up Another version they gave: https://archive.org/embed/life2728mitc
minus-squarebluGill@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 天前Likely if you care to search local archives that are probably not online. There are plenty of people who did find someone via newspaper ads. Though I don’t think it was ever common.
minus-squareZephorah@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 天前I just want the drama, not to do the work to find it.
I wonder if this worked for her. Surely there’s a record somewhere.
According to a comment by editorgrrl in this r/TheWayWeWere reddit post, it is a joke.
https://archive.org/details/life2728mitc/page/n9/mode/1up
Another version they gave:
https://archive.org/embed/life2728mitc
Likely if you care to search local archives that are probably not online.
There are plenty of people who did find someone via newspaper ads. Though I don’t think it was ever common.
I just want the drama, not to do the work to find it.