A Box of __________ Shipped to Your House Each Month

not sure what pplains has there, but it reminds me of a "hot dog cooker" that was in my grandparents basement when I was a kid that was apparently a school project my dad made as a youth

it was a board with two metal pieces sticking up (it looked like two segments of a metal clotheshanger) and an electrical cord that looked like it was stolen from a lamp. each of the wires connected to one of the metal pieces. don't even think it had a switch, you just put the hot dog on the clotheshanger and plug it into the wall to electrocute your hot dog

there must have been a much lower creativity/safety threshold in the 1960s

This is like the second reference to a household hot dog cooker I've heard you make in the past 24 hours.

The pic's a model of one of the Unabomer bombs. Could cook a whole pack of hot dogs at once.

can't speak for mh but if my dad was the unabomber this is NOT the way i would've wanted to find out

xp true, but my reaction to convenience store rollers is "this is an excellent idea"

I'm thinking the direct electrocution method might not work on taquitos and I'm not going to try

guys, safari cards tho
http://www.atlaspicturecards.com/safari_cards.html

http://i1.wp.com/www.retroist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/safari-cards.jpg

there's gotta be a torrent of those things scanned in somewhere right?

Not exactly a monthly subscription but...MAN CRATES.

did anyone actually get safari cards? I thought they were a mythical thing that were advertised (and I think I had some free sample ones they sent in a promo) but I never heard of anyone having a full set

there might have been a really beat up set of them in one of my elementary school classrooms

i never had a full set but they gave away packs of ten at my local grocery store and rotated it every week for a year or so. I got about sixty of em?
I used to make my own, lol.

i found an incomplete but big set on ebay for $300, no way

pplains I dont know what this says abt me but I knew exactly what that pic was :/

holy shit i had some of those i think

I used to get the US history version of those cards. There were some disturbing cards like a holocaust one and a KKK one that freaked me out as a kid.

I got "aircraft of the world" for a while as a kid which was not even a little bit relevant to any of my other interests but I sure loved staring at them.

Somewhere between Safari Cards, Sweet Pickles, and Zoobooks is basically my Platonic ideal for how information should be quantized and rendered consumable. When a friend and I were toiling away on this Chinese architecture guidebook project a couple years ago, one way we kept ourselves on target with the format/design we wanted was to go "well, but would that ruin the Zoobooks effect we're going for?" In fact I think we were mainly talking about Safari Cards the whole time but had forgotten the name.

Was there some kind of a sportscar/aircraft subscription series? I suddenly have this vague memory of getting sportscar and aircraft cards in the mail for a little while.

doc casino, i feel like you and me need to start a company or make an app or something

can a design nerd let me know what the font on safari cards is? it fills me with calm.

Looks like some version of Clarendon (condensed/bold)

thanks, i really do like this typeface!
http://www.fontscape.com/pictures/bitstream/Clarendon.gif

https://shop.keyboard.io/products/a-box-of-crap-from-shenzhen

Dog toys!
https://www.barkbox.com/ - and if your dog destroys those, there's https://bullymake.com/

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/etienne_saint/Screen%20Shot%202016-12-15%20at%2010.46.01%20AM_zps8digqy9j.png

they sent him some ice and a star?

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/01/guilty-white-liberals-are-purchasing-racial-indulgences.html

In the second half, McMorris-Santoro sits with Safety Pin Box subscriber Barat Ellman, a Park Slope rabbi and Jewish studies professor, as she opens her first delivery. Among other things, the box contains a request that Ellman give higher tips to black people and explains that the month’s theme is combating white supremacy through “radical compassion.” Some of the other content is about media habits — “This week, I take a look at the media I consume on a regular basis and evaluate it for bias and worthiness,” Ellman reads aloud from one of the included slips of paper. She also offers some revealing details about why she subscribed. “It embarrasses me, honestly, that I just don’t have a world where I encounter, naturally, people of color,” she explains. McMorris-Santoro asks her how she’s hoping she’ll feel after she’s received all 12 boxes from her yearlong subscription. “I’d like to think — ‘Wow, I will be so incredibly sensitized,’” she replies. “That’s probably unrealistic.”

sorry if this was already mentioned but MAN CRATES.

BOOZE-INFUSED JERKYGRAM

http://cdn2.bigcommerce.com/server3800/5b8ee/products/115/images/2931/bif-beef-jerky-plus-alcohol-equals-perfect-mens-gifts__31012.1479320363.702.702.jpg?c=2

http://www.mancrates.com/

We say 'no' to ugly neckties, cologne samplers and executive trinkets. We don't save wrapping paper, we don't do ribbons.
We ship bragworthy gifts for guys. Gifts that you can't wait to arrive because you know the recipient will love opening them.

Gifts that people gather round at the office, people following the sounds of wood being torn from wood by the included, laser-engraved crowbar.

We are Man Crates, and we deliver awesome gifts for men.

they are hiring by the way, bay area people. health, dental, and vision!

http://www.mancrates.com/jobs

What sort of real man needs a crowbar to open a cardboard box?

"Wood being torn from wood"

was just about to quote that

the gasping sounds of pleasure as men tear wood from wood

There's nothing convenient about a sturdy, wooden Man Crate sealed firmly with ill-intentions. This crate will frustrate even the most patient of men to the brink of defeat. If he can break the crate before the crate breaks him, his heroism will be displayed, and his reward earned.

http://cdn2.bigcommerce.com/server3800/5b8ee/product_images/uploaded_images/mbc-mc-2016-2-11-about-us-2000px-9621.jpg?t=1458000310

is this thing like... a box that's difficult to open, but with "manly" items inside?

that's not a box... THIS is a box

It's not a box! It's a CRATE.

https://baconofthemonthclub.co.uk/?utm_source=facebook%20-%20CPC%20conversion&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=BOTM%20Fountain%20-%20Gourmet&utm_term=Gourmet&utm_content=baconlovers2

Might be peak ____ box of the month.

I was wrong.

https://cheeseposties.com/

oh my god

lol

lj beat you to it almost 2 years ago:

https://cheeseposties.com/

*forthright disgust*

― twunty fifteen (imago), Wednesday, September 23, 2015 7:12 AM (one year ago)

I am shamed

what is even more shameful is that cheeseposties.com still exists

trump is selling lootboxes now pic.twitter.com/GwNTTZLHB7

— gabagool: the movie (@jimpjorps) May 29, 2017

end of times shit for sure

'exclusive and vintage' = we got a warehouse full of election merch we gotta shift

This one actually seems like a worthy thing (science kits for children).

https://www.kiwico.com/?utm_source=Facebook-fb&utm_medium=SMM&utm_content=Mechanical+Bird+Square+-+April+2018&utm_term=Prospecting%3A+Conversionst&utm_campaign=FANS+-+Friends+of+Kiwi+Co+%26+Tinker+Crate

pretty sure my nieces get these, or at least a brand very close to it. i visited recently and they were playing w their different crafts crates. the younger one had a set that was felt butterfly wings she could decorate and wear like a cape, the older one had a curious makeshift tv setup that was a trio of RGB led lights and a semi-transparent screen you could drawn on w erasable marker that when all set up produced a cool reversed lofi projected image. she immediately started creating her own tv Naruto adventures =) def cool rainy day stuff for modern kids.

I’ve done this for my daughter and my nephew and they have both loved it. Highly recommend the Kiwi Crates. Very fun and great for a rainy day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSGDTE2UkRM