pruwyben@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoDid it really used to be common for guys to go to a bar every night like in Cheers or The Simpsons?message-squaremessage-square246linkfedilinkarrow-up1371arrow-down12
arrow-up1369arrow-down1message-squareDid it really used to be common for guys to go to a bar every night like in Cheers or The Simpsons?pruwyben@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square246linkfedilink
minus-squarevillage604linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down3·1 year agoThere’s a reason prohibition happened. Alcohol consumption back then was 3x higher than it is now, so it was not uncommon for men to get off work, go blow their paychecks at the bar, then go home and beat their wives.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoBack in the day, they’d be getting drunk AT work.
minus-squarevillage604linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoThen they’d go to the bar and get wrecked.
There’s a reason prohibition happened. Alcohol consumption back then was 3x higher than it is now, so it was not uncommon for men to get off work, go blow their paychecks at the bar, then go home and beat their wives.
Back in the day, they’d be getting drunk AT work.
Then they’d go to the bar and get wrecked.