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[-] oatscoop@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I remember anything bad was "gay" in 2003, and greedy/stingy people were told to stop being such "jews".

The school-yard game where you tried to keep possession of a football for as long as possible while everyone else tried to strip it away or tackle you was called "smear the queer".

Bowling alleys and bars had a visible haze of cigarette smoke.

Yeah, it was bad.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago

Maybe it's because I live in a progressive state, but I haven't heard "smear the queer" since the 70s.

We set up smoking vs. non-smoking areas in 1981 for gods sake. We allowed cities to be more strict in 2000.

[-] oatscoop@midwest.social 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I was in a red part of a blue state, so YMMV.

I remember the smoking areas: not that it prevented the entire restaurant from smelling of smoke. But they weren't a thing in bars or bowling alleys. In my state indoor smoking was finally banned entirely in 2008.

[-] _cerpin_taxt_@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

'09 here in Illinois. I was 18 for 4 days and could smoke indoors lol.

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