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[-] AlwaysNowNeverNotMe@kbin.social 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

"Yo I was demoing this old speakeasy and I found a pack of smokes in a walled up room u Wana try one?"

[-] solinus@lemmy.cafe 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

(actually speakeasies referred to illegal bars during prohibition from 1920-33, while the cigarettes came out in 1952 🤓 (unless it continued to be used as a slang term in the 50s))

[-] AlwaysNowNeverNotMe@kbin.social 16 points 2 years ago

They continued to operate as bars once bars were legal but often had major renovations since they no longer had to be hidden. A few friends of mine lived in one. Only house I've ever been in that had a larger basement than the house.

[-] anti_antidote@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 years ago

Technically speakeasies are still a thing, but afaik they're more modern "underground" bars rather than literally prohibition-era speakeasies

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