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points by ralph84 2 days ago | 0 comments
The far superior 'S' from that era was Suck.com, but sadly it failed much earlier.
[–] ssl-3 2 days ago
I remember the suck.com freebies they sent out at one point.

A sticker, a suck-branded Gold Circle Coin condom, and something else that I can't recall right now. (I still have the sticker on an old ammo can.)

[–] Bluestein 2 days ago
> suck-branded Gold Circle Coin condom

Solid collectible, right there.-

[–] ssl-3 9 hours ago
It was in a semi-rigid aluminum clamshell, as I supposed was the style at that time for Gold Circle Coin condoms (and I'm guessing here, because I never bought any of them ever).

It was delivered in a regular business-sized envelope.

The clamshell got squished between themselves and myself, and the combination of squish-damage, sharp edges, paper abrasion, and otherwise-unadorned latex condom made me cast serious upon its efficacy in co-partner use.

The three parts were largely loose inside of the envelope: Front half of sharp clamshell (with suck logo sticker), rear half of sharp clamshell, and a condom just kind of hanging out in there somewhere.

I don't remember what teenager-me did with the actual (and seriously mostly-useless) non-lubricated latex condom that was inside of that tiny thin-metalled tin, and it may be likely that it would have been something that is positively inappropriate to discuss in polite company even today.

But I do know that its potential transport damage did not meet the much, much higher standards that were in-keeping of the rubbers that I was using with my girlfriend of that time.

So whatever came of it, I am quite sure in saying that its efficaciousness was untested by my behest.

And the tin was surely discarded. (I probably tried to keep the well-matched gold foil sticker with the suck logo, but I must have failed.)

All of the condom parts arrived, and none of the important ones were trustworthy. 1/10 on that particular freebie item.

(The orange-pink transparent is still holding on very well.)

[–] roryirvine 2 days ago
Yes! The weekly 'Filler' column with cartoons by Terry Colon was a real must-read in the early dotcom era.

And if you bend the rules a bit, Bianca's Smut Shack might sort-of count too - probably the first truly great website of any sort.

[–] euroderf 2 days ago
Do not forget Spy magazine !

FWIW they had it in for Trump from the start.