Yeah, blush in embarrassment at how blatant, transparent and ineffective it was. It was very unsubtle - and shocking to us now because of that. But they still

Yeah, blush in embarrassment at how blatant, transparent and ineffective it was. It was very unsubtle - and shocking to us now because of that. But they still thought that things were best sold by convincing people that their product was the best. And many though that actually being the best was a cost efficient way to convince people of that. Pretty childish by todays standards.