Achilles Asylum: Ads from the 1910s
Added 2024-02-15 05:50:01 +0000 UTCEarly on in the investigation of the mysterious asylum, it was wondered how the doctors got ahold of their earliest victims. Some digging turned up ads in turn of the century newspapers advertising their methods as a sort of cure for ticklishness. They exploited the idea that being ticklish was somehow "unmanly" and banked on men volunteering to prove their ability to overcome their weakness. They were right...
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This is such an awesome idea! I’m so glad you’re keeping at it!
WonderSteven
2024-02-17 04:47:50 +0000 UTCOh my gosh. The vintage look, the older guys, so much sexy facial hair. Hitting so many of my buttons
expeditioner
2024-02-16 14:30:02 +0000 UTC
