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[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 97 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

It’s impressive because after dropping all those coins into arcade machine he could still afford some smokes.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 53 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You just steal those from your mom.

[–] msage@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Coins or smokes?

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

They were less than a dollar a pack back then.

[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Damn those rich American kids.

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Well, that is Richie Rich we're looking at.

[–] Tomato666@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In the UK some shops would sell you a single cigarette for less the ten of our new pennies. Around '86 I think.

[–] Blackmist 1 points 2 days ago

The big kid who had a little bit of moustache would buy a pack of 20 for about 2 quid from the corner shop next to the school and would sell them for 20p each to the other kids.