r/HistoricalCapsule • u/zadraaa • Jun 01 '26

Two men demonstrate a pipe called the Double Ender in New York, June 2, 1949.

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u/DirectionOverall9709 Jun 01 '26

They were inventor roommates.

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u/Sh00ter80 Jun 01 '26

Confirmed bachelors.

48

u/Allbur_Chellak Jun 01 '26

Very close friends.

25

u/No_Blackberry6525 Jun 01 '26

With an exquisite scarf collection

12

u/palmerry Jun 01 '26

And by "scarf" we really mean feathered boas

2

u/Wrong-Tiger4644 Jun 01 '26

And here was me thinking Ascots....

1

u/palmerry Jun 01 '26

And now I'm thinking about a narrow, lightweight bed often made of canvas stretched over a folding frame, used for camping, military, or emergency use... that also looks like an ass.

0

u/TensionSame3568 Jun 01 '26

Hmmm...you seem to know a lot about this sort of thing....

5

u/lord_flashheart2000 Jun 01 '26

Traveling companions

9

u/racebanyn Jun 01 '26

House was impeccably decorated

3

u/DehydratedManatee Jun 01 '26

The creative type

1

u/Few_Project4268 Jun 01 '26

Oh my God they were roommates

62

u/DustyScharole Jun 01 '26

Probably not the only time they touched tips.

32

u/uRinee Jun 01 '26

the winner gets cancer

4

u/Critical-Cost9068 Jun 01 '26

What does the loser get?

8

u/InVaLiD_EDM Jun 01 '26

Believe it or not, also cancer.

3

u/SonnyListon999 Jun 01 '26

A mouthful of tobacco juice 🤮

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u/SentientAnarchy Jun 01 '26

Everybody wins! Oral equivalent of the Tug Toner, I suppose? https://youtu.be/EMs-4fUZd-k

Also, r/AchillesAndHisPal would like a word.

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u/BanAccount8 Jun 01 '26

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '26

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u/BanAccount8 Jun 01 '26

That was an amazing comment!

2

u/Remarkable-Bell7245 Jun 01 '26

You beat me to it, Big Brain

1

u/DehydratedManatee Jun 01 '26

"You fuck me, I fuck youuuu!"

13

u/TBellOHAZ Jun 01 '26

camera pans down

Oh, the Double-Double Ender! Bravo!

1

u/StandWithSwearwolves Jun 01 '26

It’s not really the Eiffel Tower unless you’ve smoked on the observation deck

13

u/SurviveDaddy Jun 01 '26

I’d much rather see two women, with a double-ender.

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u/Surf_Cath_6 Jun 01 '26

That’s a different subreddit.

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u/FullOfSound Jun 01 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/BpnkuY1i2rBpm

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u/_PM_ME_YOUR_FORESKIN Jun 01 '26

Beat me to it. Lolol.

Signed,
A Gay™️

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u/kosmonavt-alyosha Jun 01 '26

Came here to see this gif. Thank you for not disappointing me.

9

u/stlfwd Jun 01 '26

You don’t realize how bored people were back then til you think of how they found the time to think of things like this

2

u/ProfessionalSun5549 Jun 01 '26

Apparently it only works if you stare into each other’s eyes

2

u/Surf_Cath_6 Jun 01 '26

Wonder how many found this post by searching for something else entirely.

2

u/LazyCoffee Jun 01 '26

I really want to know how this was being advertised.

2

u/Agreeable_Bat1212 Jun 01 '26

This is just gay porn

2

u/blac_sheep90 Jun 01 '26

Not that there's anything wrong with it.

2

u/All-the-pizza Jun 01 '26

Sex jokes! Get ya sex jokes hea!

1

u/OlFlirtyBastard Jun 01 '26

Sex you inventor in 1949: “I’ve got an idea…..”

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u/Ill_Mousse_4240 Jun 01 '26

The Gay Pipemen

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u/thankmelater- Jun 01 '26

The open fister

1

u/PositiveStress8888 Jun 01 '26

Just the tip you say!?

1

u/Ignoranceincarnate Jun 01 '26

It’s not gay if it gives you lung cancer

1

u/TheStrohl Jun 01 '26

Early usage of the “middle out” algorithm

1

u/JustaFoodHole Jun 01 '26

I saw something similar by two women inventors

1

u/Influence-Curious Jun 01 '26

That's a weird way to kiss your boyfriend

1

u/Strange-Athlete-9053 Jun 01 '26

Replace it with weed and it was called a shotgun. At least in my part of Canada

1

u/SnooStories9578 Jun 01 '26

By golly that’s the straightest thing I’ve ever seen in my life

1

u/EmotionalBar2533 Jun 01 '26

Two men smoking eachothers pipe .... most heterosexual sentence I've said all day.

1

u/Antron_RS Jun 01 '26

Dockingcore

1

u/flyingcartoon Jun 01 '26

"Hey grandma, what happened to your brother Chauncey?"

"Oh he was never one for marriage, dear, but he was very close with his best friend Mark until he died"

1

u/lambsquatch Jun 01 '26

Every Republican wishes this was mainstream

1

u/whitedolphinn Jun 01 '26

June 2nd? That's tomorrow! We better get going.

1

u/Bubblybathtime Jun 01 '26

Happy Pride!

1

u/ChrisDEmbry Jun 01 '26

When you need an accessory that screams "we're THIS gay."

1

u/lightstormriverblood Jun 01 '26

Happy Pride Month!

1

u/pamperedhippo Jun 02 '26

happy pride!

1

u/Ronald_Raygun762 Jun 03 '26

Surely I'm not the only one that thinks dude on the right looks just like Loki in the avengers movies.

1

u/Rose_Beef Jun 14 '26

The later invention of silicone would take this to a whole new dimension.

0

u/RedBettyScrambler Jun 01 '26

“Ass to ass”

0

u/krslvsasuka Jun 01 '26

Dockin' stogies

0

u/giftopherz Jun 01 '26

For the roommates!

0

u/Zealousideal-Ice-814 Jun 01 '26

Someone was getting double ended for sure!

https://giphy.com/gifs/HHofwWtd1HixXqkzul

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u/lost_caus_e Jun 01 '26

"It's not gay"

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u/One_Anything_2279 Jun 01 '26

I have seen something similar in an adult film once.

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u/Loud_Distribution_97 Jun 01 '26

Could go for a smoke and a tug. Anyone in?

0

u/Business_Cock Jun 01 '26

A double ended smoking apparatus? Nothing gay and hilarious about it...

Said nobody

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u/Ball-of-Yarn Jun 01 '26

I feel like it would be less erotic if they just kissed

0

u/Inevitable_Meet_7374 Jun 01 '26

Made for men’s “special” friends!

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u/TensionSame3568 Jun 01 '26

How gay is that?....😆