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It was an innocent time. (infosec.pub)
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[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They used to have cigarette vending machines. An underage person could buy cigarettes from a machine, because it had no way to check your age.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Didn’t even need to use the machines, because most people didn’t care. When I wanted to walk to the store in my teens, my mother would give me extra money to pick up cigarettes for her. Cashiers always sold them to me, no problem.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yep, I witnessed a mom send her 7-year-old child to the corner store with a permission note to buy cigarettes in 1984.