armchair cultural observation since 1995

Before shopping malls

Elderly woman at the bus stop: “Young people often ask me, ‘what did you do before we had malls?’ I tell them we played cards, played ball, that sort of thing.”

Middle-aged man with really bad teeth sitting next to her: “Didn’t you have soda fountains?”

Elderly woman: “Yeah, we had those too.”

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