What was socially acceptable when you we're young, but now it's not.

I grew up in an era when smoking was ubiquitous and socially acceptable, with cigarettes prominently featured in advertisements, movies, and even hospitals. I even remember crowded restaurants filled with smoke and airplanes designated "smoking" and "non-smoking" sections near the end of the full on "No Smoking Everywhere" ban took effect

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ArishMell · 70-79, M

Being civilised enough to refrain from calling people "morons" etc, sometimes complete with foul language, simply for expressing a different opinion?

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I agree fully with your observations on smoking.

Along with your examples, I recall seeing small metal plates screwed to the seat-backs in buses. They were embossed with chequer-patterned ridges and the legend, STUBBER.

I think I have seen similar, with a small ashtray too, in cinemas and theatres.

The smoking ban has certainly made going for a meal or a drink far more pleasant, even to the extent of going home without your hair and clothes smelling like a garden bonfire.

SpudMuffin · 61-69, M

@ArishMell I remember the stubbers! Stubbed-out cigarettes seemed to be everywhere when I was a lad.

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@SpudMuffin They were. Now it's discarded single-use "vapes"; and the sale of these will soon be illegal because they are so much trouble.