we had fun dunking on that bad a.i. image of the midcentury guy driving his car to work, posted by some RETVRN nostalgia dumbass, but the larger point is, midcentury advertising is capitalism's version of socialist realism. People are nostalgic for something that never existed.
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Husband: That apron looks sexy, and it's so clean in here things are sparkling! Of course you are carrying a pot roast into the living room!
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For a species that lived in a social-tribe setting for most its existence… It makes total sense.
I saw a thing somewhere a while ago saying "the rockabilly to white nationalist pipeline is real." It's very true; the same aesthetic, in a grimier way, is what shitty biker "culture" is all about.
(Did Dan Harmon create that character as a take on modern existence?)
Also, maybe these guys got the wrong message from Mad Men?
"Privilege makes equality feel like oppression"