A cultural prejudice against people from the Eastern Roman Empire? There haven't been any of those for 500 years! (View Post)

I think the cutoff was sometime in the mid 80s. I think aftershave used to be seen as just part of what you did when you shaved. By the time I started shaving in the early 90s, it wasn't. I don&… (View Post)

All perfume adverts are inane. I have some sympathy. How does one advertise perfume? You can't see how something smells. Most products, the visual sense helps; with perfume, it doesn't. But… (View Post)

It's a good ad. Both enjoyable in itself and makes you feel less hostile to the brand. It's not really mocking woke though. Just mocking terrible adverts (like, for example, all perfume adv… (View Post)

What? So you only get taxed if you die young or unecpectedly? That strikes me as an odd compromise. (View Post)