Comments on: This Age of Power and Wonder: predictive cigarette cards, 1935-9 http://boingboing.net/2010/11/22/this-age-of-power-an.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: gman http://boingboing.net/2010/11/22/this-age-of-power-an.html#comment-947974 gman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-947974 100,000,000 candle power? Don't look up. 100,000,000 candle power? Don’t look up.

]]> By: djn http://boingboing.net/2010/11/22/this-age-of-power-an.html#comment-946209 djn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-946209 Ah yes, that might explain the English + Dutch-lookalike combination. I was wondering why that would be a sensible pair of languages to combine on anything. Ah yes, that might explain the English + Dutch-lookalike combination. I was wondering why that would be a sensible pair of languages to combine on anything.

]]> By: dr http://boingboing.net/2010/11/22/this-age-of-power-an.html#comment-945734 dr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-945734 So when the bulb blows and you go down to Wilko's to buy a replacement, will they deliver? I don't think there's room in my trunk for that. Also, does it rotate? It totally should rotate. So when the bulb blows and you go down to Wilko’s to buy a replacement, will they deliver? I don’t think there’s room in my trunk for that.

Also, does it rotate? It totally should rotate.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/22/this-age-of-power-an.html#comment-946270 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-946270 Yes, that is Afrikaans. The cruel irony is that this is an actual oppression tool used by the old South African regime. During the 80's the regime built poles, taller than the coms towers were all used to, in the "black townships" and adorned them with the brightest low pressure sodium bulbs Ive ever seen. The intent was to bathe the "townships" in an eerie oppressive yellow light all night long. The towers were built tall to make it almost impossible to shoot out the light with an AK style rifle. It only took a few of these poles to light up a whole city. Yes, that is Afrikaans. The cruel irony is that this is an actual oppression tool used by the old South African regime. During the 80′s the regime built poles, taller than the coms towers were all used to, in the “black townships” and adorned them with the brightest low pressure sodium bulbs Ive ever seen. The intent was to bathe the “townships” in an eerie oppressive yellow light all night long. The towers were built tall to make it almost impossible to shoot out the light with an AK style rifle. It only took a few of these poles to light up a whole city.

]]> By: Wyrd http://boingboing.net/2010/11/22/this-age-of-power-an.html#comment-945761 Wyrd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-945761 Wow, is that Afrikaans as the second language? In 1930's Afrikaans was obviously language of the future, in the 2000's it's the languange of Die Antwoord. Wow, is that Afrikaans as the second language?

In 1930′s Afrikaans was obviously language of the future, in the 2000′s it’s the languange of Die Antwoord.

]]> By: DrPretto http://boingboing.net/2010/11/22/this-age-of-power-an.html#comment-946568 DrPretto Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-946568 Very interesting some of those cards, but isn't it ironic that a Cigarettes company is interested in a "War on Cancer"? I wonder if that company still exists and what do they think about war on cancer in the present. Very interesting some of those cards, but isn’t it ironic that a Cigarettes company is interested in a “War on Cancer”?
I wonder if that company still exists and what do they think about war on cancer in the present.

]]> By: RangerGordon http://boingboing.net/2010/11/22/this-age-of-power-an.html#comment-945821 RangerGordon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-945821 Modernism was both optimistic and scary. Modernism was both optimistic and scary.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/22/this-age-of-power-an.html#comment-945850 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-945850 One thing I found cruel about modernism: it didn't take into account my morbid fear of heights. All these futuristic designs involve ramps and highways and airports a million miles up. I have extreme problems even driving over some winding bridges where I live. The guardrails are super low, and the heights (sometimes over water, sometimes over other highways) are absolutely dizzying. Is it a form of sadism that the modernists want to put me up in high places? One thing I found cruel about modernism: it didn’t take into account my morbid fear of heights. All these futuristic designs involve ramps and highways and airports a million miles up.

I have extreme problems even driving over some winding bridges where I live. The guardrails are super low, and the heights (sometimes over water, sometimes over other highways) are absolutely dizzying.

Is it a form of sadism that the modernists want to put me up in high places?

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