• dogslayeggs@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    As a kid, I remember flipping open and closed the armrest ash trays on the backseat doors of our car while running back and forth across the seat because we didn’t have to be buckled in or in child seats. I didn’t think about what it meant then, because ashtrays were everywhere. I also remember being proud to make a pottery ashtray in school for my grandpa. We were encouraged to encourage our elderly to smoke more!

    Now I live in CA where smoking isn’t allowed most places, even outdoors, and traveling to Europe is so jarring because people smoke everywhere outside.