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Never buy a bad gram again. (date unknown, suspected 1970s) (media.piefed.ca)
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Get one of these babies for less than the price of 2 grams!

These were sold in the 70s and 80s, and still show up on auction sites. Here's a photo of a real one.

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[–] 12 points 1 month ago (16 children)

I'm dead 😵 I thought it was a therman, but the truth is sooooo much better!

Bonus fact: When I saw the MP test in Blow? I thought it was fake because I didn't know that much about analytical chemistry at the time. It's not.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    This clip was the first thing that came to my mind, and looking at their device it looks like the exact same one shown here.

    https://youtu.be/2biQuiMgmnk

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Oh yeah, totally! Didn't even realize that. Also forgot that was Bobcat :-)

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (9 children)

    Theremin?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    LOL... looks like I misspelled it. If you're a fan of Star Trek TOS, or honestly most vintage Scifi it's the warbeling noise you hear in the soundtrack.

    A type of synth that you played by moving your hands in relation to a metal antenna.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (4 children)

    I have seen Angelo of Fishbone fame rock the shi out of one right after I was handed an illicit substance, which cued me to christen it a GOD-WAND!

    The documentary shows so many other excellent applications.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    Which documentary... I just keep getting hits for a '70's women in prison movie 😂

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Sorry, it's in here somewhere. This link should take you to comment where I posted IMDB and image. https://sh.itjust.works/post/67951901/27933731

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