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.
Not really, that was all not cool in 2003 as well. You might be thinking of 1993 or even 1983.
I was thirty in 2003. Im 100% positive about what I wrote but you might not be remembering correctly.
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.