Sharpen Your 'Cool to Do Drugs' Pencil and Watch Its Message Change
Mesel Isaac — February 24, 2014 — Art & Design
References: shop.brrybnds & laughingsquid
As far as stationary goes, the 'cool to do drugs' pencil is the most blatantly pro-drug writing implement I have ever seen.
The cool to do drugs pencil is based on actual pencils that were distributed to school children by – ironically enough – an anti-drug group back in the late 1990s (they were eventually recalled). If you happened to be in school at that time then these pencils will be a nostalgic reminder of the past. If the 1990s was a little ahead of your time, they're still a fun novelty item, though I don't recommend bringing them to school. The pencils begin with the innocuous statement "too cool to do drugs" but as you sharpen them, over time your pencil takes a more pro-drugs stance.
Made by Done To Death Projects and BRRYBNDS, the cool to do drugs pencil is a funny reminder of the past.
The cool to do drugs pencil is based on actual pencils that were distributed to school children by – ironically enough – an anti-drug group back in the late 1990s (they were eventually recalled). If you happened to be in school at that time then these pencils will be a nostalgic reminder of the past. If the 1990s was a little ahead of your time, they're still a fun novelty item, though I don't recommend bringing them to school. The pencils begin with the innocuous statement "too cool to do drugs" but as you sharpen them, over time your pencil takes a more pro-drugs stance.
Made by Done To Death Projects and BRRYBNDS, the cool to do drugs pencil is a funny reminder of the past.
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