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