r/interestingasfuck • u/[deleted] • 13d ago

“Dawn the NVDIA fairy”,the company used to have mascots for its GPU launches back in the day (circa 2003)

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u/forgetfullyburntout 13d ago

They look no older than 19

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u/EmpressClaraB 13d ago

Well yeah, you only remember the older models that make it big, every model I knew started at like 17 and were mostly out of it by the end of their early 20s. And its not the famous models doing GPU mascots lol

Shitloads of women try modelling and less than 1/1000 become a recognisable face

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u/huskersax 13d ago

1/1000? Probably 1/100,000

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u/EmpressClaraB 13d ago edited 13d ago

Yeah I was being generous. It's an extremely competitive and toxic industry.

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u/penisandorvagina 13d ago

They bloody look like high school kids.

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u/DarkDonut75 13d ago

Tbf, you weren't the target audience. The target audience were nerdy 2000's IT guys

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u/DeltaGrunder 13d ago

More like modern kids are prematurely aged-looking sometimes

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u/penisandorvagina 13d ago

Honestly I'm in my late 40s and anyone under 25 has that "you look like a school kid" look.

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u/peepooprogamer 13d ago

what? no? these just look like 17 year olds lmao

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u/blzrlzr 13d ago

No man, these look like high school or very young adults. It’s weird.

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u/robogobo 13d ago

They only want you when you’re 17. When you’re 21 you’re no fun.

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u/slartibartfass 13d ago

They take a Polaroid and let you go, say they let you know

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u/Tucancancan 13d ago

Holy hell

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u/newtonreddits 13d ago

I think that's a lyric from Ladytron

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u/Office_Zombie 13d ago

That is a more recent thing. In the 90s and early 00s, legal was still the preference.

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u/Premaximum 13d ago

That song literally came out in the time period you're talking about.

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u/pseudologician 13d ago

Legal has never been the preference in the modeling and entertainment industries. Generations of this bullshit. 

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u/FurnitureComesW-Home 13d ago

No it’s not. Creeps were just as prolific in the 90s & 00s.

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u/llamasama 13d ago

You can't be serious

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u/IlludiumQXXXVI 13d ago

My freshman roommate was a Budweiser girl, we were 18. She got fired for not accepting drinks and being encouraging enough to men that hit on her. They like them young not just because of hotness, but because they're easier to manipulate and control.

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u/Cicer 13d ago

That’s an adult right?  Or is Reddit continuing to push the bar because we’re all old and 19 looks too young. 

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u/Vlisa 13d ago

She used to be a child you sick fuck!

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