this post was submitted on 14 Sep 2023
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[–] [email protected] 94 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dude you're single handedly carrying the Lemmy meme community and I appreciate it.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It’s hard to imagine a time when you could smoke a cigarette on a talk show.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I remember ashtrays at the end of every aisle in the grocery store.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

They're still in the bathrooms, but for safety reasons.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

How about the foil McDonald’s ash trays with the logo stamped in them.

My wife still has Xmas ornaments she made as a kid out of them. And none of her family ever smoked.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

I’m going to be a year away. I remember smoking sections in restaurants and a world without the internet. I was probably less than 10 taking bike excursions around town without supervision . It was a different time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I remember cigarette vending machines in diners

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago

And giant shoulder pads, too

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

"Make sure you save those boxes! They're still good!"

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is absolutely gold. I regret that I have but one upvote to give.

Thank you for your service o7

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

It sure is.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is a meme trend I can get behind.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sadly I don't have any more like this, lol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

For your memeing pleasure.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

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