@[email protected] to Microblog [email protected]English • 2 months agoLike a pediatrician rounding on cystic fibrosis children in the hospital and smoking at their bedside. That's what the early 1980s were like.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square174fedilinkarrow-up11.09Karrow-down19
arrow-up11.08Karrow-down1imageLike a pediatrician rounding on cystic fibrosis children in the hospital and smoking at their bedside. That's what the early 1980s were like.lemmy.world@[email protected] to Microblog [email protected]English • 2 months agomessage-square174fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•2 months agoWhat’s a buggy in this context, a cart?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoAnd back in the 80s, a cart was something you pushed at the grocery store, not something you smoked. And a buggy was a hardware cart that you’d deploy to go shopping, and then when you were done you’d roll it back and get your quarter back. 1984 was a strange time, linguistically speaking.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoYep. I actually didn’t know there was another name for it until I was in my 20s.
What’s a buggy in this context, a cart?
Correct.
And back in the 80s, a cart was something you pushed at the grocery store, not something you smoked. And a buggy was a hardware cart that you’d deploy to go shopping, and then when you were done you’d roll it back and get your quarter back.
1984 was a strange time, linguistically speaking.
Yep. I actually didn’t know there was another name for it until I was in my 20s.