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minus-square@TheBlue22@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilink38•7 months agoBack in my day we worked 28 hours a day and didnt complain!! (They put cocaine in coca cola and lead in the water)
minus-square@lars@lemmy.sdf.orgOPlinkfedilink6•7 months agoBut now I sound like I’m wearing the same rose-tinted glasses as the folks I was making fun of
minus-square@lars@lemmy.sdf.orgOPlinkfedilink4•7 months agoAnd the… non-WASPs knew their place. They loved it too in fact! (I’m paraphrasing some actual things that actual people have actually said about the good old days (but I can’t remember their actual euphemisms (dysphemisms) for non-WASPs))
minus-square@AngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•7 months agoThe ones I grew up around called them heathens.
minus-square@lars@lemmy.sdf.orgOPlinkfedilink2•7 months agoIt never occurred to me that I should be grateful to have heard “heathen” used only by history professors and sarcasts.
Back in my day we worked 28 hours a day and didnt complain!!
(They put cocaine in coca cola and lead in the water)
…and could afford houses and food
But now I sound like I’m wearing the same rose-tinted glasses as the folks I was making fun of
… as long as they were white.
And the… non-WASPs knew their place. They loved it too in fact!
(I’m paraphrasing some actual things that actual people have actually said about the good old days (but I can’t remember their actual euphemisms (dysphemisms) for non-WASPs))
The ones I grew up around called them heathens.
It never occurred to me that I should be grateful to have heard “heathen” used only by history professors and sarcasts.