• TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    In most restaurants, right next to the candy machines. Theaters, bowling alleys, bus stops, gas stations, hardware stores, most stores actually, usually near the entrance, sometimes outside the front door.

    Fucking everywhere.

    I’m not nostalgic for them, I’ve never smoked, and I was happy when the bans started. My god, we used to put up with that in theaters and restaurants, hard to believe.

    I remember back around 1984, I was flying on stand-by, which meant I could only get a seat if there was one free just before takeoff. There was one seat available, and it was in the smoking section. I had already spent the previous night in the airport and I was anxious to get home, so I took it. Fortunately, I was exhausted and fell asleep soon after takeoff and slept the entire trip. It took a full day to get that crap out of my lungs, I could smell it the entire time, it was disgusting.