• @[email protected]
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    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.

    • Jordan Lund
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      31 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.

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        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_
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          21 year ago

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