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[-] Albbi@lemmy.ca 38 points 5 months ago

Don't forget about the banning of indoor smoking in public places. God the 90's were a horrible time for that although it was winding down.

[-] CanadaPlus 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It wasn't so great if you were gay, either. Racism was mostly passe, but everyone thought Columbus was a cool guy and the natives disappeared on their own, which is not ideal.

Not being poor and the blissful delusion that history is over sound lit, but there are some hard edges to the era I hear about occasionally, as a Zoomer. And WTF is up with that song about rubbing your boner on people?

[-] ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

I was fortunate to have grown up in the pacific northwest where being gay was mostly fine, racism was mostly absent and we learned about smallpox blankets in school.

[-] CanadaPlus 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Dope. I grew up in a rural area where even in the 2000's homophobia lingered pretty good. I could be wrong about Columbus in the 90s, I guess, but he was definitely a hero at some point.

[-] ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

I grew up pretty rural as well but in a very liberal state and since course standards were set at the state government level, the education definitely leaned that way. I think Columbus is still celebrated in certain parts of this country where they refuse to acknowledge indigenous people's day.

[-] datavoid@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago

Can I get a link to the dick-rubbing song?

[-] Albbi@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago
[-] CanadaPlus 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yep, Too Close.

It was in Leave the World Behind, and if the characters weren't taking it seriously I 100% would have thought it was a parody song.

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[-] CanadaPlus 1 points 5 months ago

Yep, the other guy's got it, it's Too Close.

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