It's nothing new for companies to have contempt for their clientele.  From Lustige Blätter, 1905.

Here's a precursor to Sushi Ramen Riku, who often uses pressurized bottles to propel himself through space.  From Lustige Blätter, 1908.

Reblog if this is how your money disappears, too.  From Gilbert Handkerchief Tricks for Boys by Alfred Carlton Gilbert, 1920.

Reblog if this is you.  From Lustige Blätter, 1903.  See How to Believe in Your Elf.

From The Judge, 1912.

From Le Journal Amusant, 1899.

From Le Courrier Français, 1907.

The ghosts of spirits, from the grave of John Barley Corn.  From Life, 1920.

From Le Courrier Français, 1889.

"Lifting wine glasses counts as exercise" quips celebrated humorist Elaine Ambrose, and she was hardly even joking.  Here's a precurosr to her insight, from Le Courrier Français, 1907.

How to pour absinthe.  From Le Rire, 1901.