Instagram Has Become SkyMall
The ads are a nonstop slurry of surreal products, and I love it
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6 min readJul 9, 2021
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If you flew during the 90s and 00s, you probably remember SkyMall. It was a catalogue of completely loony products — often high-tech gadgets of dubious promise, such as “a vacuum cleaner to catch flies, an alien butler drink tray, a helmet that promises to regrow your hair using lasers.” Here’s that head…