The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Just Post@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoIf you ever get tired of dating apps, there's another option. imagemessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down12
arrow-up1113arrow-down1imageIf you ever get tired of dating apps, there's another option. The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Just Post@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square20linkfedilink
minus-squareZephorahlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·5 months agoI wonder if this worked for her. Surely there’s a record somewhere.
minus-squarebluGill@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 months agoLikely if you care to search local archives that are probably not online. There are plenty of people who did find someone via newspaper ads. Though I don’t think it was ever common.
minus-squareZephorahlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoI just want the drama, not to do the work to find it.
minus-squarecallouscomic@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoAccording to a comment by editorgrrl in this r/TheWayWeWere reddit post, it is a joke. Life magazine (sometimes called “old Life”) was a parody published by graduates of the Harvard Lampoon. [The] image is one of ten fake personal ads from volume 27, number 679. Transcription of the two which appear on page 121 at the link… https://archive.org/details/life2728mitc/page/n9/mode/1up Another version they gave: https://archive.org/embed/life2728mitc
I wonder if this worked for her. Surely there’s a record somewhere.
Likely if you care to search local archives that are probably not online.
There are plenty of people who did find someone via newspaper ads. Though I don’t think it was ever common.
I just want the drama, not to do the work to find it.
According to a comment by editorgrrl in this r/TheWayWeWere reddit post, it is a joke.
https://archive.org/details/life2728mitc/page/n9/mode/1up
Another version they gave:
https://archive.org/embed/life2728mitc