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I remember my mum having a Tupperware party in the early seventies. She had all her friends round for a social gathering and to buy plastic containers. It sound

I remember my mum having a Tupperware party in the early seventies. She had all her friends round for a social gathering and to buy plastic containers. It sounds bizarre now.

bravetraveler 2y ago
Now a tactic saved for supplements and conspiracy theories
DonHopkins 2y ago
Not as bizarre as two Texas narcotics officers going undercover to sex toy parties and busting women for selling vibrators. How are vibrators narcotic? Am I just not using them right? Is it possible to overdose? Sex Toy Party: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_toy_party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_toy_party >A woman was arrested in Texas in December 2003 on obscenity charges for hosting a sex toy party for undercover narcotics officers, but the case was dismissed by the judge in July 2004. Texas housewife busted for hawking erotic toys / Sales rep for Brisbane firm sold vibrator to undercover agents: https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/texas-housewife-busted-for-hawking-erotic-toys-2508489.php https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/texas-housewife-busted-... >"It makes you wonder what they're thinking out there in Texas," Davis said. "They sound like prudes, with antiquated laws. They must have all their street crime under control in Texas if they're going to spend tax money arresting us." >[...] Webb said she was amazed that the town's narcotics squad would be put on the case. "We have a real problem with drugs in our schools," she said, "and they're using our narcotics officers to entrap me for selling a vibrator." Sex toys and porn on her terms: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna4314184 https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna4314184 >Passion Parties, a company in Brisbane, Calif., that markets adult toys such as vibrators, oils and romance kits through home party "consultants," has been in the news lately. It seems the brave police in Burleson, Texas, sensing the danger of women armed with dildos, arrested rep Joanne Webb, 43, because she explained how to use a sex toy. She faces a year in jail for obscenity. BRISBANE / Vibrator case dismissed in Texas: https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/BRISBANE-Vibrator-case-dismissed-in-Texas-2737906.php https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/BRISBANE-Vibrator-case-... >She was facing a year in jail for selling the vibrator in October to a pair of undercover officers posing as a dysfunctional married couple. It makes me wonder how they demonstrated they were dysfunctional?
- bravetraveler 2y ago
  > It makes me wonder how they demonstrated they were dysfunctional? Sounds like the default state for two people pretending to be in a relationship, tbh. No unity/chemistry lol
tjoff 2y ago
Oh, yeah that sounds bizarre... I've heard of tupperware parties but I always assumed that it was like a picnic where you brought your own food (in tupperware (or similar) containers) and shared with others.
- eastbound 2y ago
  Oh no, and it was way worse than that: No-one was allowed to leave until they had bought the inventory AND the next host was designated. Under penalty of social ostracism. The host was trained for that before hosting. It was basically a pyramid scheme. Being presented with an invitation was very rude. And you didn’t know what to do with it. Tupperware parties were predatory behavior, and you’d host them and pretend everything is alright because you wanted to give the hot potato to someone else.

I remember my mum having a Tupperware party in the early seventies. She had all her friends round for a social gathering and to buy plastic containers. It sounds bizarre now.

bravetraveler 2y ago

Now a tactic saved for supplements and conspiracy theories

DonHopkins 2y ago

Not as bizarre as two Texas narcotics officers going undercover to sex toy parties and busting women for selling vibrators. How are vibrators narcotic? Am I just not using them right? Is it possible to overdose? Sex Toy Party: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_toy_party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_toy_party >A woman was arrested in Texas in December 2003 on obscenity charges for hosting a sex toy party for undercover narcotics officers, but the case was dismissed by the judge in July 2004. Texas housewife busted for hawking erotic toys / Sales rep for Brisbane firm sold vibrator to undercover agents: https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/texas-housewife-busted-for-hawking-erotic-toys-2508489.php https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/texas-housewife-busted-... >"It makes you wonder what they're thinking out there in Texas," Davis said. "They sound like prudes, with antiquated laws. They must have all their street crime under control in Texas if they're going to spend tax money arresting us." >[...] Webb said she was amazed that the town's narcotics squad would be put on the case. "We have a real problem with drugs in our schools," she said, "and they're using our narcotics officers to entrap me for selling a vibrator." Sex toys and porn on her terms: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna4314184 https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna4314184 >Passion Parties, a company in Brisbane, Calif., that markets adult toys such as vibrators, oils and romance kits through home party "consultants," has been in the news lately. It seems the brave police in Burleson, Texas, sensing the danger of women armed with dildos, arrested rep Joanne Webb, 43, because she explained how to use a sex toy. She faces a year in jail for obscenity. BRISBANE / Vibrator case dismissed in Texas: https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/BRISBANE-Vibrator-case-dismissed-in-Texas-2737906.php https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/BRISBANE-Vibrator-case-... >She was facing a year in jail for selling the vibrator in October to a pair of undercover officers posing as a dysfunctional married couple. It makes me wonder how they demonstrated they were dysfunctional?

bravetraveler 2y ago
> It makes me wonder how they demonstrated they were dysfunctional? Sounds like the default state for two people pretending to be in a relationship, tbh. No unity/chemistry lol

tjoff 2y ago

Oh, yeah that sounds bizarre... I've heard of tupperware parties but I always assumed that it was like a picnic where you brought your own food (in tupperware (or similar) containers) and shared with others.

eastbound 2y ago
Oh no, and it was way worse than that: No-one was allowed to leave until they had bought the inventory AND the next host was designated. Under penalty of social ostracism. The host was trained for that before hosting. It was basically a pyramid scheme. Being presented with an invitation was very rude. And you didn’t know what to do with it. Tupperware parties were predatory behavior, and you’d host them and pretend everything is alright because you wanted to give the hot potato to someone else.