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[–] TheBlue22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 39 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Back in my day we worked 28 hours a day and didnt complain!!

(They put cocaine in coca cola and lead in the water)

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 11 months ago (2 children)

…and could afford houses and food

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 11 months ago

But now I sound like I’m wearing the same rose-tinted glasses as the folks I was making fun of

[–] potpie@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

... as long as they were white.

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And the… non-WASPs knew their place. They loved it too in fact!

(I’m paraphrasing some actual things that actual people have actually said about the good old days (but I can’t remember their actual euphemisms (dysphemisms) for non-WASPs))

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The ones I grew up around called them heathens.

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 11 months ago

It never occurred to me that I should be grateful to have heard “heathen” used only by history professors and sarcasts.