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t0x00
More than pure kindness, it was a good business strategy.
DaNylz
Pure kindness? Sound like good marketing to me.
funniestusername
All those poor boys with flower clothes
OkButWhyWereTheyFilming
Remember when big corporations used to care about people?
bad1080
nowadays they would make it so it dissolves when being washed...
Animeislame
My grandma would tell us stories about how they would go to the store and pick out bags of flour for their dresses. ??
JDtheAmazzzing
Kansas Wheat...isn’t that a rapper?
stresstwig
feedsack dresses, they were called. for obvious reasons. :D
Justaroundtobrowse
Toby Maguire is aging well
SirSmurfalot
You mean, pure marketing. Any kindness was an afterthought.
MissSassyPanties
This is what companies are missing today.
hammersquirrel
berlinson
When there was still some decency and kindness in our country..
samtherat6
Pure kindness? Isn't it just marketing because mothers would be more likely to buy Kansas Wheat so they could make patterned dresses? Or 1/2
samtherat6
were they a monopoly in the area or something?
nanaspot
That's really nice.
geauxhike
Kindness? Sounds like great marketing to me.
stupidgeniuscom
These days, the flour company would just start charging extra.
limeyptwo
jeesachick
My grandma used to do this. My grandpa would take her on the buggy with him and she'd pick out the bags she wanted to make clothes out of.
elbowdeepinagoose
BlueCat1
This is how you run a business. Create a scenario where buying your product means everybody wins. Not just a business transaction.
stgsteve
When companies cared about people
CuteBaldChick
The company that made the flour my mom used for tortillas used flowered material. 10 of her babies wore diapers made out of this material.
MoesToes
10!
CuteBaldChick
There were actually 13 of us. First three were plain muslin. :)
MoesToes
Holy crow! Your mom is superwoman. Get togethers must be fun tho.
IlTuoPolpetta
When the world was genuinely softer and sweeter
GoDrunkYoureHome
Ya back when a Nazi was easy to pick out, just look for the guy invading Poland.
hammersquirrel
1939 Oklahoma City
jumbosmooth
It is nice to see people looking after each other and helping out in little ways. Perhaps things were a little softer and sweeter back then.
lawideas
They also used to print the patterns on the insides of the sacks, so the moms would know where to cut.
TheMershedPerderder
Wouldn't it also be an incentive to buy that wheat instead of another company's wheat?
trumpypumpyinyourrumpy
Yes, but they would've never done it for profit right?
Metals4J
I wouldn’t call it “pure kindness.” It was a good idea, but it’s marketing. If anything, they benefit from helping their customers. Win-win.
whatwouldshabadadodo
By your reasoning there is so such thing as pure kindness. Its a nice thing to do and would of been a possible loss of money at the time
joshff
Marketing and tons of great PR. Priceless.
VinerialBlumpkin11
Get out of here with that evidence that capitalism can be beneficial.
HenryLongfellowIII
All we need is for society to collapse and some folks will start being kind again. Worth it?
VinerialBlumpkin11
All we need is the internet to go away for that to happen.
Baelish2016
And that people can be really creative and innovative when given an incentive!
aintnothinbutahounddog28
These ppl weren't in grocery stores making decisions on brands. They had no choices. The company had the busines either way. It was kindness
Spikelf
Next thing will say Nike is a heroic instead of covering up child labor. I’m shocked
laton
The label would wash out. Not very good marketing if your product isn't being displayed.
jesuisgur
I NEVER buy clothing with visible brand labels. Unless THEY pay me to wear and display it.
samtherat6
The idea is people buy their flour bc it has the added bonus of being patterned for dresses.
SexAndDrugsAndSausageRolls
Having a logo displayed on something isn’t the only form of advertising.
ferafish
Word of mouth and brand loyalty are good advertising
DukeDarkwood
When it's genuinely deserved, I don't really see the problem with it. We WANT to promote goodness in our businessmen.
Headstereo
The Amazon way, look at them now.
KoalasArentReal
Excellent marketing because now people buy your product over competitors' because it will make for nicer clothes
berlinson
Your cynicism is what is killing society.
VinerialBlumpkin11
The denial of any possible benefits of capitalism and free will are killing society.
berlinson
Why can’t kindness and capitalism coexist?
VinerialBlumpkin11
They can, and do. Much of the population is in denial of that fact unfortunately.
Domi3guy
Wasn't the origin of "fortune cookies" with a hopeful message a depression era phenom and just a compassionate gesture? Srsly asking.
OneNeoEon
Damn now I am curious but I have seriously bad luck googling what I am looking for.
andaction
Just give in to the dark force. They will find you.
RidingDragonsWithoutALicense
They come from Japan and a smaller version was made around 1906 in San Fran. It only became associated with Chinese food when Japanese 1)
imgjim
No. The people that came up with them and the dough recipe come from Japan. They were created in the US.
RidingDragonsWithoutALicense
Bakeries were closed during the Japanese-American internment camps during WWII. Chinese bakeries stepped in to fill demand. 2)
Domi3guy
Oh, yes, that glorious stunt we pulled. Knew a wonderful Japanese lady that it happened to. Lost her business. Bounced back to a good life.
RidingDragonsWithoutALicense
Sauce: http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2010/07/origins-of-a-fortune-cookie.html
andaction
Ah! Another chink in the American armor. Sorry about the ‘chink’ part.
Domi3guy
Thank you. I was hazy on the details.
DirkNurple
This will never happen again. All of the white Midwest moms are afraid of gluten.
UnremarkablyInteresting
Plus kids are fat as fuck these days, they'd need 100lb sack of flour.
coolauntphoebe
Midwest moms?? Yeah they don’t care
tbkelley1498
i was raised on gluten my dude, you gotta look to california type folks for that
MrPhucket
You think the state with the nickname “the wheat state” is afraid of gluten? Have you been to Kansas?
ResponsivePanic
Born in Kansas, and went to an ag college, unless you actually have an allergen to gluten most of us would live of bread if we could. 1/
ResponsivePanic
From what I've been told the non gluten breads are getting better too.
TittesAndKitties
I work at a pizza place on Iowa. Trust me, Midwest moms don’t give a fuck about gluten.
booboobabybox
Yeah I think they mean Bay Area ladies
DirkNurple
Yeah but nobody thinks LA when they think Kansas city depression era dust bowl.
Shadoweclipse13
Only the crazy ones.
jbcars4life
Pretty sure mid west mom's couldn't care less. Urban coastal mom's tho....
DirkNurple
Urban coastal moms aren’t in Kansas.
OmNachoMama
Anymore
jbcars4life
They wouldn't be coastal if they were now would they?
Therealbigdaddy99
Kansas wheat is where it's from, not necessarily the destination
DirkNurple
You’re Harshing my mellow, big daddy.
infectiousgigglezombie
Unless it showed up on Pinterest
Hippehpanda
Well and flour is now sold in paper, kinda hard to make your kids clothes outta that
CrazyMrowLady
I dunno, man. As a Coeliac, no matter how pretty the flowers are, my volcano arse would stain that shit into oblivion. And then I'd die.
DirkNurple
My mom and best friend both have celiacs. I hear women talk about their b-holes way too much.
ImNotTaylorSwift
Want to trade places?
DirkNurple
Do you want to hear about inflamed rectal lining, hemorrhoids, and bloody fire shits?
ImNotTaylorSwift
Oh dear. I thought it was just talking about buttholes. But I guess these topics sound interesting.
CrazyMrowLady
I'd rather hear about it than have it. So yeah, 100% would trade places.
TheRapMan
Cool, I have a Cadillac too
LadySasquatch
Mom of a Celiac kid here. I'm fine with all those healthy GF types. Makes more choices available for my baby.
whoopsidaz
I'm with you. My wife is biopsy-diagnosed. It is way easier to buy food for her now than it was 15 yrs ago. I welcome the fad dieters.
CrazyMrowLady
It's a double edged sword. Sure, there is better/cheaper/more available food, but more often than not, chefs assume they can skimp on 1/2
CrazyMrowLady
Safety measures. Cross contamination is the biggest risk to Coeliacs ATM. 2/2
taytoh3ad
I ALWAYS tell them I am celiac because the thought of this terrifies me.
ImSorryFriend
Saying GF popularity is responsible for that ignores the assholery it takes to feel justified in disregarding it as a cook.
jumbosmooth
It was the Depression and people were very tight on money.
HULKSMASHMOUTH
"Never let a good crisis go to waste" Rahm Emanuel
OperatorTX13
Back then, money was a lotta money.
MPinky
I wish they still did this.
fukmeefuku
My grandma still has her ration coupon book, super legit
VinerialBlumpkin11
And now when people are tight on money they just complain about government and the rich while continuing to be wasteful.
ThrowAwayAcct0000
People couldn't get credit cards then.
VinerialBlumpkin11
People could borrow money, credit cards just allow dumb people to make poor choices more conveniently.
thorgod
also a world war 2 was / will be in Europe soon
metalfoto
Yet big hearted.
moodytravesty
and yet Kansas Wheat could afford the extra printing cost?
dohcohv
It might give them an edge in the market.
CmfMttnPpl
Tight on money but not compassion and unity
nunyuh
My great grandpa had a small shop that they lived above. My grandma said the only clothes they had were made out of wheat & potato sacks.
adelaideannie
My mom and mil grew up in sack clothes. Still have a baby dress hand stitched and embroidered from a flour sack.
sumowoman
Probably better quality than today's fast fashion, though.
strangelyaddicting
Right. Today they just marketed the current depression as a "recession" and avoided all that kindness. Thanks for pointing that out...
nhnmreWatcher
If you’re referring to the US, you could almost not be more wrong. The US economy is very strong right now.
KamSolastor
But the country is supposed to be going to hell now! /s
strangelyaddicting
You're a fool if you think we aren't in a massive economic bubble. When it collapses, (and it will), shit will be bad my friend.
dohcohv
It's always been a boom and bust cycle, and it will not be as bad as the great depression.
B1LLc0sby
You probably typed this from an iPhone while taking a shit, calm down there buddy
youjackass
That's exactly how I'm typing this comment right now!
allsaidsostupid
But he had to type it. When my dad was 30 he had a secretary to type his complaints while he took a shit.
baronzo
Look man I had to go through all of yesterday without a latte, so that was basically as bad as D-Day.
Ulthirm
I have money on an Android tbh.
RaynWisp
RaynWisp
Instadownvoted... guess I hit a nerve :( I know mobile app users can't see comment origins like Android/iPhone, but you're on desktop...
Kamasu0Tra
Not neccesarily. You can login and use Imgur from your phones browser, without using the app, and it will not show your device.
B1LLc0sby
Lol yea I'm on mobile I didnt see that, but I upvoted you, no nerve hit here my dude.
RackhamTheRed
39 still counts as in the great depression?
SoupIsNotAMealVera
In NYC, no. In rural Kansas, probably.
keebs63
Yes, it didn't end until the massive amount of spending caused by WWII created millions of jobs and spurred the economy
ZAPZAPMOTHAFUCKA
It really didn't end until the mid 50s in some places. I talked with my grandparents and great grandparents about it. Here in TX it 1/2
ZAPZAPMOTHAFUCKA
Lasted until the mid 50s for the poor. If you were middle class in the 30s/40s life got better faster.
GoDrunkYoureHome
Consumer goods didn't become available until after the war. The GDP recovered, but the people still had it hard during the war.
keebs63
True, but most still had money to put some kind of food on the table because of it tho
GoDrunkYoureHome
Kind of hard to judge, since the rations during the war weren't generous, and starvation deaths didn't increase during the depression. 1
kebbitevoke
Conscripting workers helps too, did it happen in the us or was it mostly volunteers?
RackhamTheRed
they had conscription afaik. the paid army became a thing after vietnam when fragging got popular
kebbitevoke
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TheLannistersSendALovelyFruitBasket
Actually wrote a paper on this, the pro-war sentiment was STAGGERING. Support for the country was never greater than 39-45
AlwaysUpVoteGSD
My guess would be propaganda had something to do with it.
kebbitevoke
Did the US do it though?