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Patient buying cigarettes while laid up in a hospital bed, USA?, 1951 (infosec.pub)
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[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 11 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Both can be correct. I didn't know plastic was as bad as it was when I was a kid. I laugh at how stupid I used to be all the time.

Besides, if that man is still alive he'd be like 95 and in the exact same situation as the rest of us. Maybe we could joke together about how fucking stupid we are while cursing the corporations that lied to us.

Edit: bad math