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The bizarre 90s ad that feels like a fever dream

By Popkin. If you remember Dial an Insult, maybe you don't want to experience it again

Sep 07, 2024
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Screenshot: Dial an Insult / YouTube
Screenshot: Dial an Insult / YouTube

Dial an Insult was a bizarre 1990's advertisement that feels like a fever dream. I have a feeling that to many kids who saw this on TV, they wonder now if it was just some weird hallucination. Luckily, it's been uploaded to YouTube and those who saw this on TV can rest assured (or perhaps, disturbed), that this funny,…

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