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Indian matchbox labels as a visual archive

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Re: Indian matchbox labels as a visual archive

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Well one hobby I had when young was collecting these matchboxes. It was rumored that collecting 1000 unique ones would unlock something and gave rise to a rat race, this is pre Indian internet and no one really knew what it would unlock. I would look into the dirtiest of places against my family's protests. A variant of the iconic 'Ship' called 'Shib', probably a misprint was the most prized possession. When I rethin…

Me and my friends collected, traded and also played a game with stone by staking match box covers. The idea is everyone stakes match box covers in a small circle drawn on an open ground. Everyone then takes turn to throw stone at the pile. Whichever match cover that’s dislodged out of the circle belongs to the thrower. Also played it with cigarette packet covers.

Fun times

Re: Indian matchbox labels as a visual archive

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Except you can, because there's a greyed out but functional "necessary cookies only" button, but only after clicking customise.

At some point there needs to be a reckoning for companies that take the piss like this.

Re: Indian matchbox labels as a visual archive

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I would’ve read what the site was about if I didn’t get the most complicated cookie consent modal. Just backed out and won’t be visiting that now.

FWIW I did not see a cookie modal. Most likely it was blocked by uBlock Origin's Annoyances filters. You should give it a try, it fixes a lot of this crap.

Re: Indian matchbox labels as a visual archive

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I would’ve read what the site was about if I didn’t get the most complicated cookie consent modal. Just backed out and won’t be visiting that now.

Yes, there are _40_ necessary cookies which you can’t deny, 40, like it’s basically an ad in disguise

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Play with that cookie consent bar at the bottom if you feel like you need to get your blood pumping!

Yes, apparently you're not allowed to not allow the "unclassified" category. Apparently it was really hard to classify "ads.twitter" as marketing, so it remains unclassified and therefore you can't opt-out. Except you can, because there's a greyed out but functional "necessary cookies only" button, but only after clicking customise. At some point there needs to be a reckoning for companies that take the piss like thi…

You're not powerless here. Install uBlock Origin and enable its Annoyances filters. It gets rid of a lot of this crap.

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Re: Indian matchbox labels as a visual archive

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Printed Rainbow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LatobRtLukM The journey of an old woman and her cat through the fantastical world of match box covers. The film premiered in Cannes Critic's Week in 2006, winning three awards in Cannes and 22 other international awards.

Hadn't heard of this, thank you. A Cannes film about matchbox covers is exactly the kind of thing that shouldn't work but clearly does.

Re: Indian matchbox labels as a visual archive

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Ha ha! I worked in one of these matchbox factories as a kid. My dad had dropped me off at my grandpa's for summer vacation in the village. I was not a particularly good kid. So my grandpa took me to the match factory in the morning and told me to make myself useful. You sit around in a circle on the floor. There is a small hill of matchsticks piled in front of you. You count 50 sticks and stuff them into a matchbox, push that matchbox into the center of the pile. If you stuff 100 matchboxes you get 10 paisa or some such...was in the 1970s, I don't recollect exact amount. I do remember I came out in the evening with enough money to buy a stick ice-cream.
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