Some advertisements found in comic books published in 1973. 1975.  Company is Archie.  From roughly the era of girl on hippy dog love affairs, so maybe that is a point of reference to comprehend some confusion.

The audience of whom, I can assure you,care chopping at the bit to buy that Playboy Bunny (knock off or not, can’t say)  patch.

Or… STP.  I wonder how many teenage listeners of the band Stone Temple Pilots in the 1990s played dumb to their parents asking “STP?  Message there?”. From the vantage point of 1970s kid friendly marketing — what is STP?  I do not know, but it is right next to a Budweiser decal.

Then at the right hand side you see that both the American AND Confederate flags can be yours. 

The shirt decals get curious with the ready to paste “Master” and “Slave”  message.  Then on the next row it’s ” Yu Turn E On”, which I guess can be subimated to bare infetence. The Comics Code approved all this smut?
(Fina image inspired by lsd drawn by Robert Crumb.)

In higher strata of changing mores and standards, today we receive word that a few Dr. Seuss books are no longer being published.  The biggest title of the lot, and thus most regrettable in terms of crises, the classic And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street.  I would suggest that now is the time to stock up before the classics get stomped in the memory hole, but then realize… After decades of constant publishing and at times short need — they are in no danger of disappearing from used book stores in any foreseeable future.  All with generation of children’s crayons additions. 

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