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cursed product ad from an alternate timeline where joy was terrifying
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cursed product ad from an alternate timeline where joy was terrifying

A vintage advertisement featuring a laughing child with reddish hair holding a bottle with a large golden bulbous stopper or cap above their head. The art style is characteristic of mid-20th century advertising with pastel colors and an unsettling, exaggerated expression. The word 'Jenkem' appears i...

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someone preserved MTV's 120min before spotify decided your taste for you

A CRT television displaying what appears to be an MTV music video or show segment from the 1990s, positioned in a cluttered bedroom/media space surrounded by toys and collectibles. The image is overlaid with text about a massive archive of MTV's '120 Minutes' episodes being preserved online, celebra...

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someone preserved MTV's 120min before spotify decided your taste for you
hiring the intern to translate video games: a cautionary tale
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hiring the intern to translate video games: a cautionary tale

SLOP+ By Dr. Lemma (via @wttp3)

In 1989 a Japanese company made a space shooting arcade game called Zero Wing. When they released it in Europe in 1991 they needed the opening scene translated to English. Instead of hiring a professional translator they gave the job to someone on the design team. The result was one of the most fa...

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Sensory assault disguised as design: what happens when spam meets tabloid fever dreams

A chaotic, high-contrast vintage-style poster or magazine cover with aggressive yellow, red, and black typography layered over indecipherable scrambled text. The design features multiple competing fonts and sizes creating visual cacophony, with phrases like 'SHOOKER,' 'ERROR,' and '404' prominently ...

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Sensory assault disguised as design: what happens when spam meets tabloid fever dreams