Missing from this picture, blacks/minorities getting a raw deal.

  • Crowtee_Robot [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Plus no one had air conditioning, cars rode like shit, and everything smelled like cigarettes.

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      2 years ago

      everything smelled like cigarettes.

      Honestly one of the biggest qualitative improvements of my lifetime was banning cigarettes from damn near everywhere.

        • SadStruggle92 [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          I was born in '92, and growing up my dad had an Oldsmobile that looked like one of those shitty, small, boxy 2-door cars from GTA 3.

          Anyways, I think they may have still had TEL gas in the cheaper pumps where I was living because anytime we'd go on a long trip (like when he had to pick me up for weekend visitation), I would get severe headaches & feel nauseous the whole time. Either that or it was just how many cigarettes he smoked in that goddamn car.

      • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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        2 years ago

        My grandmother had a strict "No smoking in the house" rule and I often forget how nice her house was compared to everyone else's.

    • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Every time I see that stupid "we didn't have seatbelts" I remember this dude I went to school with. Was in the bed of a truck. Horrible accident. His whole face is skin grafts. Whole. Face.

      • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        Yeah, their generation invented a toy that was basically just heavy metal spikes you threw into the air

        Killed more than a few kids before they realized that making them less heavy and sharp was probably a smart idea

      • MKMuatra [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        Old lady that lived across the streets when I grew up lost her son and daughter cus they were doing doughnuts in the school parking lot and the thing flipped. No seatbelts just dead af, including the other passengers

        • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Jesus. What a senseless tragedy. I mean touch grass etc but save the car shit for GTA or actually take a racing class so you can learn how to react and what signs to look for.

        • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          For sure. It happened to him after 8th grade. He was in the bed in a sleeping bag with his best friend coming back from an overnight camping trip. Dad had a fatal heart attack. Truck hit a tree and engulfed in flames. Both boys survived. He was an athlete with promise, probably would have gone to college over it. It was like a punch to the gut of the whole class. He was a really nice kid. Just a fucked up situation all around.

    • poppy_apocalypse [he/him, any]
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      2 years ago

      I don't have anything against people who smoke, but for some reason I cannot get through an episode of Mad Men because the ungodly amount of ciggs they smoke.

      • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        Mad Men worldbuilding is just "what if the doctor blows cigarette smoke into pregnant Betty's face?"

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          11 days ago

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    • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      Most TV shows weren't filmed in color until the late 60s lol. And even then, color TVs didn't outsold b/w TVs until the early 70s.