pplains I dont know what this says abt me but I knew exactly what that pic was :/
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 13 September 2016 23:02 (seven years ago) link
holy shit i had some of those i think
― a simba man (Will M.), Tuesday, 13 September 2016 23:38 (seven years ago) link
I used to get the US history version of those cards. There were some disturbing cards like a holocaust one and a KKK one that freaked me out as a kid.
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Tuesday, 13 September 2016 23:47 (seven years ago) link
I got "aircraft of the world" for a while as a kid which was not even a little bit relevant to any of my other interests but I sure loved staring at them.
― slathered in cream and covered with stickers (silby), Wednesday, 14 September 2016 01:19 (seven years ago) link
Somewhere between Safari Cards, Sweet Pickles, and Zoobooks is basically my Platonic ideal for how information should be quantized and rendered consumable. When a friend and I were toiling away on this Chinese architecture guidebook project a couple years ago, one way we kept ourselves on target with the format/design we wanted was to go "well, but would that ruin the Zoobooks effect we're going for?" In fact I think we were mainly talking about Safari Cards the whole time but had forgotten the name.
― Silence, followed by unintelligible stammering. (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 14 September 2016 14:20 (seven years ago) link
Was there some kind of a sportscar/aircraft subscription series? I suddenly have this vague memory of getting sportscar and aircraft cards in the mail for a little while.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Wednesday, 14 September 2016 14:22 (seven years ago) link
doc casino, i feel like you and me need to start a company or make an app or something
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Wednesday, 14 September 2016 14:24 (seven years ago) link
can a design nerd let me know what the font on safari cards is? it fills me with calm.
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Wednesday, 14 September 2016 14:26 (seven years ago) link
Looks like some version of Clarendon (condensed/bold)
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Friday, 16 September 2016 04:23 (seven years ago) link
thanks, i really do like this typeface!http://www.fontscape.com/pictures/bitstream/Clarendon.gif
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Friday, 16 September 2016 08:55 (seven years ago) link
https://shop.keyboard.io/products/a-box-of-crap-from-shenzhen
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Monday, 19 September 2016 15:44 (seven years ago) link
Dog toys!https://www.barkbox.com/ - and if your dog destroys those, there's https://bullymake.com/
― StanM, Friday, 2 December 2016 14:27 (seven years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/etienne_saint/Screen%20Shot%202016-12-15%20at%2010.46.01%20AM_zps8digqy9j.png
― nomar, Thursday, 15 December 2016 21:24 (seven years ago) link
they sent him some ice and a star?
― I hear from this arsehole again, he's going in the river (James Morrison), Thursday, 15 December 2016 23:03 (seven years ago) link
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/01/guilty-white-liberals-are-purchasing-racial-indulgences.html
In the second half, McMorris-Santoro sits with Safety Pin Box subscriber Barat Ellman, a Park Slope rabbi and Jewish studies professor, as she opens her first delivery. Among other things, the box contains a request that Ellman give higher tips to black people and explains that the month’s theme is combating white supremacy through “radical compassion.” Some of the other content is about media habits — “This week, I take a look at the media I consume on a regular basis and evaluate it for bias and worthiness,” Ellman reads aloud from one of the included slips of paper. She also offers some revealing details about why she subscribed. “It embarrasses me, honestly, that I just don’t have a world where I encounter, naturally, people of color,” she explains. McMorris-Santoro asks her how she’s hoping she’ll feel after she’s received all 12 boxes from her yearlong subscription. “I’d like to think — ‘Wow, I will be so incredibly sensitized,’” she replies. “That’s probably unrealistic.”
― j., Wednesday, 4 January 2017 07:13 (seven years ago) link
sorry if this was already mentioned but MAN CRATES.
BOOZE-INFUSED JERKYGRAM
http://cdn2.bigcommerce.com/server3800/5b8ee/products/115/images/2931/bif-beef-jerky-plus-alcohol-equals-perfect-mens-gifts__31012.1479320363.702.702.jpg?c=2
http://www.mancrates.com/
― scott seward, Saturday, 25 March 2017 02:59 (seven years ago) link
We say 'no' to ugly neckties, cologne samplers and executive trinkets. We don't save wrapping paper, we don't do ribbons.We ship bragworthy gifts for guys. Gifts that you can't wait to arrive because you know the recipient will love opening them.
Gifts that people gather round at the office, people following the sounds of wood being torn from wood by the included, laser-engraved crowbar.
We are Man Crates, and we deliver awesome gifts for men.
― scott seward, Saturday, 25 March 2017 03:00 (seven years ago) link
they are hiring by the way, bay area people. health, dental, and vision!
http://www.mancrates.com/jobs
― scott seward, Saturday, 25 March 2017 03:04 (seven years ago) link
What sort of real man needs a crowbar to open a cardboard box?
― I hear from this arsehole again, he's going in the river (James Morrison), Saturday, 25 March 2017 04:22 (seven years ago) link
"Wood being torn from wood"
― Not the real Tombot (El Tomboto), Saturday, 25 March 2017 12:46 (seven years ago) link
was just about to quote that
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Saturday, 25 March 2017 12:48 (seven years ago) link
the gasping sounds of pleasure as men tear wood from wood
There's nothing convenient about a sturdy, wooden Man Crate sealed firmly with ill-intentions. This crate will frustrate even the most patient of men to the brink of defeat. If he can break the crate before the crate breaks him, his heroism will be displayed, and his reward earned.
http://cdn2.bigcommerce.com/server3800/5b8ee/product_images/uploaded_images/mbc-mc-2016-2-11-about-us-2000px-9621.jpg?t=1458000310
― scott seward, Saturday, 25 March 2017 13:17 (seven years ago) link
is this thing like... a box that's difficult to open, but with "manly" items inside?
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Saturday, 25 March 2017 13:47 (seven years ago) link
that's not a box... THIS is a box
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Saturday, 25 March 2017 13:56 (seven years ago) link
It's not a box! It's a CRATE.
― pplains, Saturday, 25 March 2017 14:33 (seven years ago) link
https://baconofthemonthclub.co.uk/?utm_source=facebook%20-%20CPC%20conversion&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=BOTM%20Fountain%20-%20Gourmet&utm_term=Gourmet&utm_content=baconlovers2
Might be peak ____ box of the month.
― Mud... Jam... Failure... (aldo), Saturday, 22 April 2017 10:49 (seven years ago) link
I was wrong.
https://cheeseposties.com/
― Mud... Jam... Failure... (aldo), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 20:28 (seven years ago) link
oh my god
lol
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 20:34 (seven years ago) link
lj beat you to it almost 2 years ago:
https://cheeseposties.com/*forthright disgust*― twunty fifteen (imago), Wednesday, September 23, 2015 7:12 AM (one year ago)
*forthright disgust*
― twunty fifteen (imago), Wednesday, September 23, 2015 7:12 AM (one year ago)
― sarahell, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 22:04 (seven years ago) link
I am shamed
― Mud... Jam... Failure... (aldo), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 22:19 (seven years ago) link
what is even more shameful is that cheeseposties.com still exists
― sarahell, Wednesday, 10 May 2017 02:46 (seven years ago) link
trump is selling lootboxes now pic.twitter.com/GwNTTZLHB7— gabagool: the movie (@jimpjorps) May 29, 2017
― mh, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 01:24 (seven years ago) link
end of times shit for sure
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 14:26 (seven years ago) link
'exclusive and vintage' = we got a warehouse full of election merch we gotta shift
― heck i've even been an 'oyster pirate' (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 14:28 (seven years ago) link
This one actually seems like a worthy thing (science kits for children).
https://www.kiwico.com/?utm_source=Facebook-fb&utm_medium=SMM&utm_content=Mechanical+Bird+Square+-+April+2018&utm_term=Prospecting%3A+Conversionst&utm_campaign=FANS+-+Friends+of+Kiwi+Co+%26+Tinker+Crate
― nickn, Friday, 4 May 2018 22:50 (six years ago) link
pretty sure my nieces get these, or at least a brand very close to it. i visited recently and they were playing w their different crafts crates. the younger one had a set that was felt butterfly wings she could decorate and wear like a cape, the older one had a curious makeshift tv setup that was a trio of RGB led lights and a semi-transparent screen you could drawn on w erasable marker that when all set up produced a cool reversed lofi projected image. she immediately started creating her own tv Naruto adventures =) def cool rainy day stuff for modern kids.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 4 May 2018 22:59 (six years ago) link
I’ve done this for my daughter and my nephew and they have both loved it. Highly recommend the Kiwi Crates. Very fun and great for a rainy day.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 4 May 2018 23:14 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSGDTE2UkRM
― adam the (abanana), Saturday, 5 May 2018 03:13 (six years ago) link
Build a calorie wall at the border.
― pplains, Saturday, 5 May 2018 03:18 (six years ago) link
"look at these little crackers" lol yeah we see ya
― I am Larry Bird I always make the trey (rip van wanko), Saturday, 5 May 2018 13:04 (six years ago) link
barrfff
https://postimg.cc/7fDy0V9B
― macropuente (map), Tuesday, 25 September 2018 02:59 (five years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/qM6MfD3d/Screen_Shot_2018-09-24_at_8.57.43_PM.png
― macropuente (map), Tuesday, 25 September 2018 03:00 (five years ago) link
Every month?!
― faculty w1fe (silby), Tuesday, 25 September 2018 03:01 (five years ago) link
https://alphabetbands.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/whats-in-the-box.jpg
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Tuesday, 25 September 2018 03:19 (five years ago) link
We missed out on the subscription meat package they’ve been pushing over at Gizmodo & co. It’s some meat, plus two pounds of ground beef! Be the meat chef!
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 25 September 2018 03:24 (five years ago) link
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oh lol was the last revive also. just popped up in my FB feed and it's still a total wtf to me
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https://www.ranchogordo.com/products/the-rancho-gordo-bean-clubhttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/23/the-hunt-for-mexicos-heirloom-beans
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 3 January 2019 22:31 (five years ago) link
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