People don’t often look back on the early 1900’s for advice, but what if we could actually learn something from the Lost Generation? The New York Public Library has digitized 100 “how to do it” cards found in cigarette boxes over 100 years ago, and the tips they give are so practical that millennials reading this might want to take notes.
Back in the day, cigarette cards were popular collectibles included in every pack, and displayed photos of celebrities, advertisements, and more. Gallaher cigarettes, a UK-founded tobacco company that was once the largest in the world, decided to print a series of helpful how-to’s on their cards, which ranged from mundane tasks (boiling potatoes) to unlikely scenarios (stopping a runaway horse). Most of them are insanely clever, though, like how to make a fire extinguisher at home. Who even knew you could do that?
The entire set of life hacks is now part of the NYPL’s George Arents Collection. Check out some of the cleverest ones we could find below. You never know when you’ll have to clean real lace!
“Jesus christ eat the goddamn mac and cheese.” scowls the hero “I can hear your stomach growling through your armor, you know.”
The villain blinks “You-”
“Are feeding you, yes. If all I wanted to do was punch people and throw criminals in jail, I would’ve become a vigilante. Heroism involves kindness, dipshit.”
“Heroism involves kindness, dipshit” is the most amazing phrase I’ve ever read. I need to incorporate it into all my work.
This straight up sounds like something Spider-Man would say
What is happening here is the water is allowed a steady flow without any change in pressure. It’s like an open top container with a lot of water in it so the hole doesn’t need to compensate pressure by sucking in air, which is what make the usual wiggly water effects you’re used to.
Yep. This is called laminar flow. It has nothing to do with the camera’s frame rate or shutter speed like what some people are claiming in the notes.
“The ending suggests that there’s a…sequel…Audiences have suffered enough.”
Also:
95% of Google users liked it
89% of Rotten Tomato audiences liked it
The average audience rating was 4.4/5 (18,619 reviews)
My mother, who doesn’t usually like superhero movies, says that this movie deserves at least 80% and that’s really something
Critics: Who could possibly enjoy this disaster of a movie?
Op:
Most of the critics don’t get the idea that not ALL movies are artsy. Some movies are created for entertainment. Like Venom. I laughed, I wasn’t bored. Tom hardy is awesome. It’s a good movie
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