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Off topic: We don't have missing people on milk cartons here in Europe. Seeing them always reminds me of being a teenager, watching Blur's Coffee and TV music v
by sph 3y ago
Off topic: We don't have missing people on milk cartons here in Europe. Seeing them always reminds me of being a teenager, watching Blur's Coffee and TV music video on MTV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oqXVx3sBOk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oqXVx3sBOk
- al_borland 3y agoI don’t think I’ve ever seen a missing person on a milk carton in the US either. It is only something I’ve seen in TV and movies, and I’m in my 40s. My assumption is that this was a thing from the 1950s, but someone who grew up during that era would have to speak to it. I suppose it’s also possible it was a regional thing and I wasn’t in a region that did it.
- sph 3y agoYou sent me down a rabbit hole. Wikipedia got us covered: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing-children_milk_carton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing-children_milk_carton
- al_borland 3y agoExcellent, thanks. So it sounds like I was alive, I was just either in an area where it wasn't used, or too young to remember, before it faded from popularity. It’s amazing something so short-lived had such an impact.