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Ok, there's one bad idea (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Have you seen the video advert for this?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Yeah, it's nuts in hindsight

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Wasn't this around before AIDS? I remember reading about some unfortunate naming that was ruined by an emerging disease

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Ayds was trademarked in 1946

They didn’t want to rename it:

Early in 1986, another executive of the manufacturer was quoted, "The product has been around for 45 years. Let the disease change its name."