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Top 10 Toys That Made You Gay... in the 80s

Posted by Brian Fairbanks

 

Gays and straights everywhere have been rejoicing over this newly-released compilation.

The Just Out blog gushed sentimentally:

For the record I had number 9, I wanted 8 and 5 very badly but never got them, and I had several pairs of number 3. I had no idea number 1 even existed. 

The reason no one realizes #1 even existed is because we were so traumatized by its commercial that we blocked it out of our own impressionable little minds...


10 Toys That Might Have Made You Gay in the 80s

Does anyone out there remember these? And, more importantly, did you realize you were gay in the 80s... as a result of one of these ads?

Thanks to McNulty for the tip.

 

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Posted Aug 19 2008, 11:06 AM
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Comments

mumbiokundaye said:

Cum, Kiddie porn, and 'we love you michael jackson'...Those were the days!

August 19, 2008 12:13 PM

maibejosie said:

too bad #1 was a recent super soaker and not one from the 80s

August 20, 2008 12:02 AM

About Brian Fairbanks

Brian Fairbanks, the Senior National Political Correspondent for Nerve, is a filmmaker living in Brooklyn or New Orleans, depending on the season. He is a heavily-armed advocate of gun control.

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about the blogger

Emily Farris writes about culture and food for numerous publications and websites you've probably never heard of, including her own blog eefers. Her first cookbook will be published in fall 2008. Emily lives in Greenpoint, Brooklyn with her cat, but just one . . . so far.

Brian Fairbanks is a filmmaker living in the wilds of Brooklyn. He previously wrote for the Hartford Courant and Gawker. He won the Williamsburg Spelling Bee once. He loves cats, women with guns, and burning books.

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