The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Just Post@lemmy.world · 6 months agoIf you're old enough to remember, it's a little unsettling and strange.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square179fedilinkarrow-up1889arrow-down115
arrow-up1874arrow-down1imageIf you're old enough to remember, it's a little unsettling and strange.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Just Post@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square179fedilink
minus-squarek_rol@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up43·6 months agoin 1998? yes we definitely were wearing a seat belt. I didn’t see many in my circle not wearing them. Of course the drunk uncle sometimes wasn’t.
minus-squarevzq@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down3·6 months agoMaybe it’s a local thing, but back then many of my grown up relatives were still on the “but what if I need to get out of the car quick” bandwagon. Motherfucker, you ain’t gonna be in any shape to get out of the car if you ain’t wearing a seat belt.
minus-squarelinearchaos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·6 months agoWell, the were exiting through the windshield quickly back in the day…
minus-squareCraigeryTheKid@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·6 months agohigh school in 1998 - we 100% were wearing seatbelts by default. we’re not THAT old!
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 months ago Of course the drunk uncle sometimes wasn’t. The drunk uncle would hook the seatbelt up before getting in so he didn’t hear the bell. Said it was safer that way, because he happened to survive a car accident once and claimed wearing a seatbelt would have killed him.
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoWe might have had the same uncle. Was he a back room tattoo artist who learned in prison too?
in 1998? yes we definitely were wearing a seat belt. I didn’t see many in my circle not wearing them. Of course the drunk uncle sometimes wasn’t.
Maybe it’s a local thing, but back then many of my grown up relatives were still on the “but what if I need to get out of the car quick” bandwagon.
Motherfucker, you ain’t gonna be in any shape to get out of the car if you ain’t wearing a seat belt.
Well, the were exiting through the windshield quickly back in the day…
high school in 1998 - we 100% were wearing seatbelts by default.
we’re not THAT old!
The drunk uncle would hook the seatbelt up before getting in so he didn’t hear the bell. Said it was safer that way, because he happened to survive a car accident once and claimed wearing a seatbelt would have killed him.
Haha ya that sounds like him
We might have had the same uncle. Was he a back room tattoo artist who learned in prison too?