This and waiting for Ronnie to end the world with the push of a button.

  • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】
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    24 months ago

    The '80s? Is my memory fucked? There was no smoking in schools, libraries, cafeterias, doctor’s offices, hospitals, courts, by the '80s. At least the later eighties. This dude is talking about like 50’s and 60’s maybe. When literally everyone smoked everywhere all the time. Nicotine must have seemed amazing if you conceal and deny its side effects. I probably would have smoked all the time too.

    • Flying SquidOP
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      14 months ago

      Yes. Your memory is fucked.

      There was still smoking in bars in L.A. when I moved there in the 2000s. When I was in high school in the 90s, there was a smoking area for high schoolers until 1993 or so. Smoking wasn’t entirely banned on domestic flights until 2000 (although it was mostly banned in 1990).

      • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】
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        24 months ago

        I suppose. I looked at some bar graphs and plots and adult smoking was going down but did really start dropping off in the late nineties, so that tracks with your experience and memory.