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[-] misk@sopuli.xyz 93 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It’s impressive because after dropping all those coins into arcade machine he could still afford some smokes.

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 51 points 3 days ago

You just steal those from your mom.

[-] msage@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago

Coins or smokes?

[-] watson387@sopuli.xyz 14 points 3 days ago

They were less than a dollar a pack back then.

[-] misk@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 days ago

Damn those rich American kids.

[-] Tomato666@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 days ago

In the UK some shops would sell you a single cigarette for less the ten of our new pennies. Around '86 I think.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 points 2 days ago

The big kid who had a little bit of moustache would buy a pack of 20 for about 2 quid from the corner shop next to the school and would sell them for 20p each to the other kids.

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