Can you imagine it being sold today? I mean once this thing would have sat on shelves by the boxes full.
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Uh...I'm not surprised that there was such an item for sale at one time however disgraceful it was.
It's beneficial to be reminded that everything was, indeed, not better back in the day.
g3bill
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BET YOU COULD MAKE COPIES AND SELL THEM AT SWAP MEETS LIKE CRAZY 
Ah ha, you know those pans are cleaned because of N-Boy!
Now go tell your Mammy to buy a box and don't you forgit my Corn Liquor.......
Now go tell your Mammy to buy a box and don't you forgit my Corn Liquor.......
...and they are not giving it away! $800.00? ay yi yi yi yi..........
lordkenmore
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>It's beneficial to be reminded that everything was, indeed, not better back in the day.
How true.
Life was great in the early twentieth century...if you white, male, straight, and Christian. If you were anything else, life wasn't so good, and in some cases life might even be terrible.
How true.
Life was great in the early twentieth century...if you white, male, straight, and Christian. If you were anything else, life wasn't so good, and in some cases life might even be terrible.
Jeez, I can't believe that a brand name like that ever existed! How times have changed...
beekeyknee
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beekeyknee
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And you can get your hooker shoes here.
I like the open toed sling-backs the best.
I like the open toed sling-backs the best.
delaneymeegan
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Brian, you are the discerning shopper, and no doubt, dresser.
Only the best for you my man, or should we say.....ma-am.
Only the best for you my man, or should we say.....ma-am.
ovrphil
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"Can you imagine it being sold today?"
NO AND NO (not today and not for $800)
NO AND NO (not today and not for $800)
delaneymeegan
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Ah, YES I can see this selling for $800, to some racist POS, in a southern state. YES.
The U.S., or parts of it, actively support an atmosphere of corruption and sadism.
When we have virtually no gun laws, and corporatists are actively pushing the sales of these dangerous and mostly unnecessary instruments, that attests to the corruption of the U.S.
The U.S. has 2.5 million people inhumanely locked in prisons, often private for profit prisons. That is more people in prison than all of the rest of the world has locked in prisons, COMBINED. That is sick, and we the tax payer are paying for the handful of investors who are making money on such sadism.
People who are unfortunate enough to need to break the law need retraining and hand holding and monitoring, not beating over the head and ostracizing.
(I did a bit of a rant there.)
The U.S., or parts of it, actively support an atmosphere of corruption and sadism.
When we have virtually no gun laws, and corporatists are actively pushing the sales of these dangerous and mostly unnecessary instruments, that attests to the corruption of the U.S.
The U.S. has 2.5 million people inhumanely locked in prisons, often private for profit prisons. That is more people in prison than all of the rest of the world has locked in prisons, COMBINED. That is sick, and we the tax payer are paying for the handful of investors who are making money on such sadism.
People who are unfortunate enough to need to break the law need retraining and hand holding and monitoring, not beating over the head and ostracizing.
(I did a bit of a rant there.)
I remember back in the 1980's there was a news story about a black lady in Richmond, CA, who collected "Black Americana", some of which was as offensive as this steel wool pad product. They showed her with her collection, and she seemed quite fond of them. She saw them as a history lesson, I think. A lesson on how not to depict other people. It was hard to understand, but she came across an intelligent, gracious, and polite older woman.
I tried to use Google to see if there were any archived stories about this lady, but came up empty. However I did chance across a site in Memphis that sells black Americana similar to the steel wool pad product. Yes, much of it is offensive. I wouldn't have any of it in my house. But I suppose it is history... then again, so is Auschwitz.
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I tried to use Google to see if there were any archived stories about this lady, but came up empty. However I did chance across a site in Memphis that sells black Americana similar to the steel wool pad product. Yes, much of it is offensive. I wouldn't have any of it in my house. But I suppose it is history... then again, so is Auschwitz.
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beekeyknee
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Hi Delaney,
There was a racial incident on campus here in Columbia today. Those scouring pads are a hundred years old and this issue is still with us. I decided to do a search with a few key words and sure enough "Sissy Boy Products" came up. I wonder if in another hundred years this term will be met with such repugnance? This was what I was trying to subtly convey, that discrimination and racism know no boundaries. I'm not really interested in those shoes. It was also an attempt at humor that probably didn't succeed.
Brian
p.s. There are race issues all over this country, not just in the south and unfortunately they don't seem to be going away.
There was a racial incident on campus here in Columbia today. Those scouring pads are a hundred years old and this issue is still with us. I decided to do a search with a few key words and sure enough "Sissy Boy Products" came up. I wonder if in another hundred years this term will be met with such repugnance? This was what I was trying to subtly convey, that discrimination and racism know no boundaries. I'm not really interested in those shoes. It was also an attempt at humor that probably didn't succeed.
Brian
p.s. There are race issues all over this country, not just in the south and unfortunately they don't seem to be going away.
delaneymeegan
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I wouldn't feel so hopeless, Brian.
IMO, Sometimes, the best way to deal with rooted in discrimination, is to cause a scene, to deliberately cause friction so that issues have to be addressed. We have a Black president, and marriage equality, and several steps forward to equal health care for everyone, and changing attitudes toward classist, hypocritical designation of people who use non-pharma drugs, amongst other issues. This has caused the most ignorant and racist to act up, and we all see it. Most of us know better, and we can stand back and look down on people who engage in mindless discrimination. It may be hard to see this, right now, because as a society, we are in the thick of the fog. But, I think in short time, like a few years, things will be considerably different (better).
It wasn't too long ago (the 1980s) we, as a society knew we weren't supposed to say the N word, or act discriminatory, but the undercurrent was definitely there. It was like we were all supposed to play nice after decades of imbalance and unfairness. It doesn't work like that.
Now, we're 30 years later, the oldest generations who knew the years before the 1960s and had an influence on society, are leaving society. New generations who know better and expect better (like myself) are changing things the way they should be. They way most other (better) countries already are. I mean, the U.S. is the ONLY industrialized country without Universal health care. That's pathetic. The entrenched, knuckled draggers are to blame. Who in their moral mind would want their neighbors to suffer with bad health. Well, if you're a sadist you would.
As for Sissy Boy Products, that's a good example. It's taking the former cutting insult and turning it into humor.
IMO, Sometimes, the best way to deal with rooted in discrimination, is to cause a scene, to deliberately cause friction so that issues have to be addressed. We have a Black president, and marriage equality, and several steps forward to equal health care for everyone, and changing attitudes toward classist, hypocritical designation of people who use non-pharma drugs, amongst other issues. This has caused the most ignorant and racist to act up, and we all see it. Most of us know better, and we can stand back and look down on people who engage in mindless discrimination. It may be hard to see this, right now, because as a society, we are in the thick of the fog. But, I think in short time, like a few years, things will be considerably different (better).
It wasn't too long ago (the 1980s) we, as a society knew we weren't supposed to say the N word, or act discriminatory, but the undercurrent was definitely there. It was like we were all supposed to play nice after decades of imbalance and unfairness. It doesn't work like that.
Now, we're 30 years later, the oldest generations who knew the years before the 1960s and had an influence on society, are leaving society. New generations who know better and expect better (like myself) are changing things the way they should be. They way most other (better) countries already are. I mean, the U.S. is the ONLY industrialized country without Universal health care. That's pathetic. The entrenched, knuckled draggers are to blame. Who in their moral mind would want their neighbors to suffer with bad health. Well, if you're a sadist you would.
As for Sissy Boy Products, that's a good example. It's taking the former cutting insult and turning it into humor.
lordkenmore
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Just got an e-mail from eBay that cheerfully chirped about this item ending soon, am I still interested? Short answer: no. Especially not at $800!
Those **&#! emails from eBay
Are getting up my nose! *LOL*
Every time I check for messages my email server is full of them.
Are getting up my nose! *LOL*
Every time I check for messages my email server is full of them.
ptcruiser51
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Fourth Of July
For a long time I worked in our Verizon Newark, NJ HQ. I worked easily with a lot of men/women of color. They used to tease me because I was "up" on the latest rap stuff, et. al. I listened to the radio in the car on my way in.
As 4 of July was approaching one year, I asked one of my co-workers what they did to celebrate. She remarked: "We was poor, so we couldn't afford much. Mom would buy cheap steel wool (see original post, this was the early 50s). We would soak pieces of clothesline in the sink, then tie them around the steel wool. Someone would light them for us with a Zippo or other, and they would burn for a couple minutes. We would spin them around on the clothesline. That was our excitement unless one of our uncles bought "real" fireworks up from NC.
The 50s were not always so pretty for us in the 'hood. Subjects to explore for test following: Zippo, clothesline, steel wool, cheap holiday celebrations...
For a long time I worked in our Verizon Newark, NJ HQ. I worked easily with a lot of men/women of color. They used to tease me because I was "up" on the latest rap stuff, et. al. I listened to the radio in the car on my way in.
As 4 of July was approaching one year, I asked one of my co-workers what they did to celebrate. She remarked: "We was poor, so we couldn't afford much. Mom would buy cheap steel wool (see original post, this was the early 50s). We would soak pieces of clothesline in the sink, then tie them around the steel wool. Someone would light them for us with a Zippo or other, and they would burn for a couple minutes. We would spin them around on the clothesline. That was our excitement unless one of our uncles bought "real" fireworks up from NC.
The 50s were not always so pretty for us in the 'hood. Subjects to explore for test following: Zippo, clothesline, steel wool, cheap holiday celebrations...
