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(DIR) Post #ARiwOI88jReTGBwaoq by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-17T05:10:20Z
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"The Disappearance of the Ashtray"When I was a kid in the 70s and early 80s, you were essentially *never* in a room that didn't have at least one -- and usually multiple -- ashtraysSome of them were pieces of *furniture*. Many were gorgeously designed!Now when I show one to my kids, they have no idea what this strange artifact could beMy essay, for Medium subscribers: https://medium.com/@clivethompson/the-disappearance-of-the-ashtray-4badc1be9e3bIf you're not a Medium subscriber, here's a "friend" link: https://clivethompson.medium.com/the-disappearance-of-the-ashtray-4badc1be9e3b?sk=af07683752cbce61571abf26ad35ca69
(DIR) Post #ARiwpaHXLwWdNJLzNI by ubiquity75@dair-community.social
2023-01-17T05:15:15Z
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@clive I have them in my home purely for aesthetics and nostalgia (they come from my grandparents, who both stopped smoking in the 60s and 70s but had them for guests). They are from the 50s, mostly.
(DIR) Post #ARix2FPqFAbMQOHCnw by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-17T05:17:33Z
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@ubiquity75 They're pretty gorgeous, aren't they?I can easily imagine collecting them today
(DIR) Post #ARixDm2VI3m2n3rAC8 by KansasGrant@techhub.social
2023-01-17T05:19:21Z
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@clive Now that you mention it, my two older brothers each made a metal ashtray in shop class. I think the pounded a piece of sheet metal into a shallow round wooden mold using a ball peen hammer, then they cut the edges to make an octagon.Something both a boy and his parents could be proud of.
(DIR) Post #ARixEGpSoalMHazgfo by souris@saturation.social
2023-01-17T05:18:33Z
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@clive ashtrays were so pervasive, we made ceramic ones in elementary school for both of my parents -- neither who smoked!
(DIR) Post #ARixKj9qP0jpsdbbyS by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-17T05:20:43Z
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@souris Lol I know, it's so crazy
(DIR) Post #ARixZEk5lgu3tOTkmm by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-17T05:21:46Z
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@KansasGrant That's a nice design!
(DIR) Post #ARixeF2E6lbcFPLc5g by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-17T05:21:23Z
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@tim @ubiquity75 Actually a standing floor-ashtray would be superb for thatPark it next to the sofa or barcaloungerplop the remotes in it
(DIR) Post #ARixsFS7Lu4Bb48XxI by jemcewen@toad.social
2023-01-17T05:26:53Z
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@clive If the younger generation travel to other countries, they will see them on many cafe, bar or restaurant tables
(DIR) Post #ARixxZKkrUG0hnEKIK by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-17T05:27:24Z
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@jemcewen Yep yepThis evaporation is really mostly a story of north america
(DIR) Post #ARiy89MtjzktMPHIi8 by KansasGrant@techhub.social
2023-01-17T05:29:26Z
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@clive Indeed. Those ashtrays were in our home for many years, one each on two small end tables guarding the couch.Not only were they decorative, they prevented the embarrassment that would ensue if a guest showed up and wanted to smoke, and we didn't have any ashtrays.Today, it seems hard to believe that 'courtesy' ever worked that way.
(DIR) Post #ARiz48ASMYtCQs6cvg by atbrygge@expressional.social
2023-01-17T05:40:18Z
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@clive “An inversion layer would form around waist height…”I remember those days.🤢
(DIR) Post #ARiznyjTm5ZSUULj5U by brbcoding@indieweb.social
2023-01-17T05:48:34Z
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@clive Hey kids, back in my day they used to smoke on planes! The smoking section was usually in the rear, separated from the rest of the plane by an invisible force field (actually just air), so if you had the misfortune to be seated in the last non-smoking rows you got the full smoking experience at no additional cost!
(DIR) Post #ARj08n9e14zofCVpy4 by stoicmike@zirk.us
2023-01-17T05:52:19Z
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@clive One of my grandfathers has a small cabinet that was a humidor for tobacco. The other had a huge ashtray on a stand with a button to open a receptacle for the butts. It was always overflowing.
(DIR) Post #ARj0ohvJr6okbOnayG by kimberstreams@mastodon.social
2023-01-17T05:59:31Z
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@clive @tim @ubiquity75 could use the little holdy slots for cable management for chargers!
(DIR) Post #ARj1fCN9tMYY62qm8G by paul@oldfriends.live
2023-01-17T06:09:23Z
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@clive Fond memories...even the scary ones like the 6 inch by 6 inch by 2 inch thick heavy glass ashtray that doubled as nana's security piece in case someone broke in to 'have their way with her'
(DIR) Post #ARj2OJ43rGCzsmQWBc by ubiquity75@dair-community.social
2023-01-17T06:17:32Z
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@clive I just took a look at my favorite one and found the stamp “Maurice of Calif.” “Maurice Ceramics (aka Maurice of California) was founded by Maurice Pechman (1924-2011) in 1954 in Los Angeles, California. Pechman was born in Krakow, Poland. He survived internment at Aushwitz concentration camp. He arrived in the United States in 1950.
(DIR) Post #ARj2OKtr2BETZhfOYS by ubiquity75@dair-community.social
2023-01-17T06:17:32Z
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@clive The company produced its own line of ceramics, as well as importing pottery, glass and dinnerware from Europe and the Orient. It was in business until at least 1985."
(DIR) Post #ARj38woSPI6QTrMtNI by Lesliesez@union.place
2023-01-17T06:25:59Z
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@clive thank you for this article! 💕 I collect vintage California pottery and had two ashtrays stolen off my back porch (I'm guessing for the butts?) Now I just use tin cans 🙄
(DIR) Post #ARj3nTS0TmKDHxBwm0 by jrosen707@toad.social
2023-01-17T06:33:18Z
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@clive All I have left of my grandparents is: two ashtrays. As different as the people. Dad's side in Montreal: carved by hand from a solid block of wood with incised and painted motifs. Mom's side in Brooklyn: clear glass, elegantly curving rectilinear with etched relief scottie dog. Also in my possession: an art deco smoking stand, which used to house my Lucky Strike straights and burnished steel Zippo.#smoking #ashtray
(DIR) Post #ARj4CIJj0j9Bzw9Z20 by Aporkalypse666@mstdn.social
2023-01-17T06:37:47Z
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@clive I remember flying as a kid and the entire plane was full of smoke the entire flight. I think there's still planes flying with ashtrays in the armrests.
(DIR) Post #ARjBEVIQQQm0VgXuIC by bike4climate@mastodon.nu
2023-01-17T07:56:36Z
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@clive The same can be said of the private automobile. It's virtually everywhere, occupying our public places, polluting everything in it's way, proudly decorating driveways, many of the gorgeously designed.Private automobiles are the ashtrays of our time. Sincerely hoping that kids in the 2060's will have no idea of what these oversized public space destroyers are.
(DIR) Post #ARjD08RemvofUc8kqG by arjun@home.social
2023-01-17T08:16:27Z
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@clive As part of the demise of the ashtray, I remember the anti-smoking ad that went: "Kissing a smoker is like licking an ashtray."
(DIR) Post #ARjEj4ucryQ1WOgVTE by guncelawits@mastodon.social
2023-01-17T08:35:46Z
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@clive @Eraserbones, a fellow genxer, claims to have been shown a (by then ancient) postwar film in health class called, approximately, “How to be a good husband.” One of the tips in the film was, “Consider not ashing directly onto the carpet.” We therefore have a headcanon that ashtrays were a postwar innovation that was as close as many men got to feminism.
(DIR) Post #ARjVQV1LH1vmDJYKZs by kbob@chaos.social
2023-01-17T11:42:28Z
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@clive I recently binge watched all five seasons of I Dream of Jeannie, 1965-70. Although none of the characters smoked on screen, every room had an ashtray visible. Once I noticed the first one, I couldn't stop seeing them.
(DIR) Post #ARjXlequ7BDwhBt4oy by John_Dillworth@mastodon.social
2023-01-17T12:08:42Z
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@clive we had a bunch of folks over for New Years, some of them smokers. We wanted an ash tray to put out in the patio so they didn’t leave their butts I. The garden. We don’t own one. I am no searching the local antique shops for an old standing ash tray. Remember those ones that had the 2 cigar holders on the side and the big button on to that would spin, or open, a trap door in the ash tray and a willow the butts?
(DIR) Post #ARjiHzexHwNS2KM7s0 by Vasabjit@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-01-17T14:06:51Z
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@clive There's a whole subset of Indian handicraft ashtrays made of brass. They used to be ubiquitous in the 1980s, even 1990s, in India. Now, mostly gone. 1/2
(DIR) Post #ARjr38PNNU0kPj3gLg by sdl@somewhy.net
2023-01-17T15:45:06Z
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@clive Late 80s, we visited a great aunt and uncle on my Dad's side whom I had never met before. They were wealthier than the rest of the family and had a large, nicely appointed home. It was probably one of the cleanest homes I've ever been in. While we were there my great uncle produced a cigarette case, offered one to my Dad and they both lit up with some kind of fancy table-top lighter. My great aunt got up, left the room, and then returned with an ornate ash tray on a stand...
(DIR) Post #ARjyNyYdtdMzciHGvw by jacktaylor@ohai.social
2023-01-17T17:06:41Z
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@clive I inherited a few really interesting ashtrays, and, 20 years later, still have no idea what to do with them.
(DIR) Post #ARk2fHp1vPBc6tS7fc by oddletters@everything.happens.horse
2023-01-17T17:55:08Z
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@clive @tim @ubiquity75 i have a small collection of crystal ashtrays that i use to hold: candy, paperclips, the dishsoap bottle, handsoap in the bathroom
(DIR) Post #ARk3Tl0ZgYcN6nv1Zw by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-17T18:04:19Z
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@oddletters @tim @ubiquity75 Yeah, the repurpose well, don't they?
(DIR) Post #ARk45kCj7gddcSiTya by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-17T18:10:11Z
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@jacktaylor You could try what @oddletters was just posting about -- receptacles for candy, paperclips, etc!
(DIR) Post #ARk4QQ9Wrxp3Vn51yi by sdl@somewhy.net
2023-01-17T15:47:48Z
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@clive ...and placed it next to the coffee table. When they were finished, she picked it up and carried it away. What I found most odd was that had I not witnessed them smoking right there in the room, I never would have guessed they smoked in the house at all.
(DIR) Post #ARk4QQcb7t4gxwgFHs by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-17T18:11:31Z
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@sdl Yeah, that sort of tableau is pretty wild -- I haven't seen anything like that myself but definitely saw standing ashtrays in rooms that were otherwise pretty neat
(DIR) Post #ARk4vwLpCsgsLlrRQW by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-17T18:18:23Z
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@Vasabjit Oh man, those are gorgeous!!
(DIR) Post #ARk5BOeOGwlgSlunMu by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-17T18:18:59Z
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@John_Dillworth Yeah, I remember the trap-door ones!Honestly there was a lot of engineering ingenuity lavished on these things
(DIR) Post #ARk5GyJ589JIUsbfBw by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-17T18:19:22Z
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@kbob That's a *great* observationI wanna go back and look at some of them myself
(DIR) Post #ARk5TnmfZ6LvcrZ1BQ by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-17T18:21:23Z
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@arjun Man, I remember *thinking* that back in the late 80s My highschool girlfriend in grade 13 (Canada had a five-year high school back then) smoked occasionally, and wow could you ever taste it
(DIR) Post #ARk5ZkdYB9JNbR8RhQ by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-17T18:21:41Z
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@bike4climate Yeah, excellent point!
(DIR) Post #ARk5f5Gyskvt3I7ayW by ubiquity75@dair-community.social
2023-01-17T06:19:19Z
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@clive Wild how uncouth it is to think that you’d go into the home of non smokers and totally be like, “I’m gonna light up; where’s the ashtray?” It was another time.
(DIR) Post #ARk5f5sCeMhsujXJzc by samhainnight@mstdn.social
2023-01-17T06:30:53Z
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@ubiquity75 @clive Since the 70's my aunt has had Thank You for Not Smoking signs here and there in her house.
(DIR) Post #ARk5f6NOmNf0TU8EcK by ubiquity75@dair-community.social
2023-01-17T06:52:11Z
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@samhainnight @clive there’s always the Steve Martin classic:“Mind if I smoke?”“Mind if I fart?”
(DIR) Post #ARk5f70kQ58URWXewy by samhainnight@mstdn.social
2023-01-17T06:58:21Z
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@ubiquity75 @clive Ha!
(DIR) Post #ARk5f7Usc3Erwydiuu by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-17T18:22:00Z
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@samhainnight @ubiquity75 😂
(DIR) Post #ARk5q9k6bVq46H1Xc0 by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-17T18:19:54Z
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@guncelawits @Eraserbones 😬 Yowsa, that is ... quite the suggestion!!
(DIR) Post #ARk63gVw4W1VVHqZVY by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-17T18:24:07Z
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@jrosen707 Oh wow, those sound amazing!
(DIR) Post #ARk69CnTTLGN4igPKK by avram@mastodon.social
2023-01-17T06:29:19Z
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@ubiquity75 @clive An older friend of mine said that in the ’50s, her parents, who didn’t smoke, kept cigarettes in the house for use by visitors who did.
(DIR) Post #ARk69DWqkdYjLRue3M by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-17T18:24:30Z
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@avram @ubiquity75 Yeah, back then I bet that was a reasonably common behavior
(DIR) Post #ARk6E9euZDpMn42P6O by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-17T18:25:07Z
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@paul Yeah, you could do serious damage to someone's skull with those things
(DIR) Post #ARk6JA6yJOTBdrYBsW by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-17T18:26:05Z
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@Lesliesez Aha, that's interesting!Stealing them for the butts makes sense -- I can't imagine tons of people going oooo I gotta get my hands on that ashtrayCans work! A classic, really
(DIR) Post #ARk6OjhPQPbpSmFf4S by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-17T18:26:21Z
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@ubiquity75 I know, right??
(DIR) Post #ARk6VRTzYG3YzdAoue by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-17T18:26:50Z
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@ubiquity75 Holy moses
(DIR) Post #ARk6aeD9efVduwmR0q by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-17T18:27:05Z
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@kimberstreams @tim @ubiquity75 yesssss
(DIR) Post #ARk6zcV59Xdzqp4bs8 by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-17T18:23:43Z
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@Aporkalypse666 Yeah I've been in some older Canadair jets that still had armrest ashtraysBathrooms, even on very new planes, all have ashtrays apparently because the airlines know that *some* people are going to smoke illicitly in there -- so they need a place to safely put their buttsPutting it in the trash is a recipe for an on-board fire
(DIR) Post #ARk7FXv5wzuUHJpowq by tim@phire.place
2023-01-17T05:19:50Z
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@clive @ubiquity75 keep your remotes in one, perhaps
(DIR) Post #ARk7FYYRahNyFMFFHU by ubiquity75@dair-community.social
2023-01-17T06:18:17Z
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@tim @clive I DO!!
(DIR) Post #ARk7FZ05vtVHd7BKNc by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-17T18:26:34Z
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@ubiquity75 @tim 🤘
(DIR) Post #ARk7M2V9A7bqrXnHxA by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-17T18:27:29Z
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@brbcoding Man, I remember flights like that Yowsa
(DIR) Post #ARk7UnBPU7SlxZjh4q by Nothingsmonstrd@mastodon.world
2023-01-17T18:39:49Z
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@clive even in "designated smoke areas" outside, it seems to me that it's rare to see ashtrays — or maybe I just don't notice them.
(DIR) Post #ARk7dH2kLh4at1jCbI by guncelawits@mastodon.social
2023-01-17T18:43:15Z
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@clive @Eraserbones 😬 indeed
(DIR) Post #ARk7ifCByj5NF2iSh6 by smellsofbikes@clacks.link
2023-01-17T18:43:50Z
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@clive in my old car there is an ashtray in the middle of the dashboard, the single most prominent feature you see when looking out the windshield while driving. I'm thinking about repurposing it as a pop up map screen.
(DIR) Post #ARk7nxYX8tqfdJgw3U by Newmy@writing.exchange
2023-01-17T18:44:10Z
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@clive I enjoyed this story and I also appreciated “bullshit with ChatGPT confidence” as a turn of phrase.
(DIR) Post #ARk7tNHouA7msmSKeW by Lesliesez@union.place
2023-01-17T18:44:16Z
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@clive 👍
(DIR) Post #ARk8EjMu02t5Rx15OK by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-17T18:46:28Z
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@smellsofbikes Yes!
(DIR) Post #ARk8P6Qh76yprujh4a by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-17T18:47:37Z
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@Nothingsmonstrd Yeah, I think mostly people are just ashing on the groundSometimes they have those plastic cones with holes in the top
(DIR) Post #ARk8ZTlVCugT8ePtHE by bgporter@hachyderm.io
2023-01-17T18:47:52Z
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@clive glad that you got the weirdest detail: I know that I made several of these as art projects. What were they thinking?
(DIR) Post #ARk8nNXT9ZdzskTr4y by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-17T18:46:54Z
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@Newmy Lol thank youI enjoyed that line when I came up with it
(DIR) Post #ARk8vFohkPOMFWIVhA by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-17T18:56:27Z
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@bgporter I know, right??
(DIR) Post #ARk8xO85oPKgbsNrF2 by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-17T18:46:17Z
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@Lesliesez so nice
(DIR) Post #ARkBB60sAIggNwfeMK by geekischade@mastodon.social
2023-01-17T19:30:37Z
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@clive I loved your description, "and the upper half of the adults would vanish like skyscrapers into the clouds." :)--a problem I saw usually in December was the one relative who couldn't tell the difference between a candy dish and an ashtray, so ashes + candy, followed by mild swears.Then a few other adults would say "It's okay, I've made that mistake too."
(DIR) Post #ARkBGsVPIZpUEJi5ei by TheBoxFactory@mastodon.social
2023-01-17T19:30:53Z
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@clive Slightly topic adjacent, but I believe the FAA still require a 'functioning' ashtray in all aircraft bathrooms. I found this out, as my plane was delayed recently, while an ashtray was replaced...
(DIR) Post #ARkBxzeMbyFAq9SUDo by jacktaylor@ohai.social
2023-01-17T19:39:32Z
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@clive @oddletters I'd dedicate one of those art deco beauties in your essay to my piles of guitar picks and 45 RPM plastic spindles (whatever they're called).
(DIR) Post #ARkCzegHe21AL5iFhA by Andrewhinton@mastodon.social
2023-01-17T19:51:00Z
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@clive @Lesliesez I was recently going through my mom’s photo albums to help her downsize and was reminded how many ashtrays were all over the house in the 70s even though my parents didn’t even smoke
(DIR) Post #ARkDZvLTAGgWRoGszY by PenguinToot@twit.social
2023-01-17T19:57:34Z
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@clive @dsilverman Great article, and I remember ashtrays everywhere in my childhood in the 1950’s 🙂
(DIR) Post #ARkELs2ojxGm6tPTAu by zvi@wandering.shop
2023-01-17T20:06:14Z
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@clive great article, and though my parents didn’t smoke, the cloud that would form at my grandmother (Bubby’s) table with all my great-aunts and cousins was pretty thick. What fascinated me as a child were the furniture ashtrays in elevator lobbies, usually between two elevators or two of them off to each side. They were filled with a pure fine white sand which I wanted to play with even if there were a few butts.Who supplied that beautiful sand? Sic transit gloria mundi.
(DIR) Post #ARkI0eJczKvFGZPQOW by thesiswhisperer@aus.social
2023-01-17T20:47:10Z
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@clive @Fritinancy I love this - was in an antique store the other day wondering out loud about where they all went. I love them! Don't smoke of course, but I want one of those standing ones ...
(DIR) Post #ARkNIxEnsGeEw4hUMC by rlpaulprodn@mstdn.social
2023-01-17T21:46:29Z
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@clive - My wife gave me this one for my birthday a few years back (the Mets won the Series on my 10th birthday) and whenever I see it, I think about how ubiquitous these were the year that this one was bought (by whoever later put it on eBay).
(DIR) Post #ARkRGbrMmmtVs1sKv2 by kims@mas.to
2023-01-17T22:30:54Z
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@clive Our home must have had a dozen homemade ashtrays from the years my brothers and I were in grade school.But as odd as that seems, it's even odder to remember that there was a smoking area for *students* in my high school. For sophomores and older, all that was required was a note from mom or dad and you could smoke in designated areas on campus.
(DIR) Post #ARklCt9gXQ2fR6wlWK by smpaley@universeodon.com
2023-01-18T00:11:57Z
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@kims @clive In my HS, it was a special senior privilege. We didn't always have one -- when I was a freshman, the candidates for student council campaigned on establishing a senior smoking lounge, and when they won they negotiated with the administration for it and got it. No parental note required.
(DIR) Post #ARklCtdSkhrSvSsXw0 by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-18T02:13:31Z
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@smpaley @kims I can't remember if there was a designated smoking area at my high school! I don't *think* soBut there was definitely a ton of smoking going on right outside the school doors
(DIR) Post #ARklW1XRarkOwFBUDA by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-18T02:15:16Z
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@rlpaulprodn Quite pretty!
(DIR) Post #ARkldfZz7XQF9O1Cym by helloronaut@toot.community
2023-01-17T22:35:17Z
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@kims @clive we had that at my school too. it was a room in the school until my junior year. then they moved it outside to a circular hardscaped area that became affectionately known as the butt hole.
(DIR) Post #ARkldfwflBZQHkdKLI by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-18T02:14:22Z
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@helloronaut @kims yowsa
(DIR) Post #ARkliquIQrOzjKzShk by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-18T02:16:37Z
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@thesiswhisperer @Fritinancy I know! They look so cool you just sort of want to have one around for like no reason
(DIR) Post #ARklozCsUG3TD0bfQO by Leisureguy@mstdn.party
2023-01-17T21:59:00Z
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@Vasabjit @clive Now it seems such an odd idea: a special decorative receptacle for ashes. No stranger, of course, than the idea of wrapping dried leaves in paper and letting the smoulder so one can inhale the smoke while hoping not to get lung cancer or emphysema. 🙂
(DIR) Post #ARklozlcP5qOwkrPZg by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-18T02:14:58Z
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@Leisureguy @Vasabjit It's amazing the stuff we'll endure to achieve a mildly altered state lol
(DIR) Post #ARkluLQVImDtZPXEky by Lesliesez@union.place
2023-01-17T20:11:24Z
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@Andrewhinton @clive 💔💕
(DIR) Post #ARkluM6KnFgRf96dxQ by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-18T02:17:01Z
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@Lesliesez @Andrewhinton Yeah, people had them for visitors!
(DIR) Post #ARklzFlbltjhStkNrE by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-18T02:17:26Z
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@zvi I remember those!!That sand was oddly beautiful, wasn't it?
(DIR) Post #ARkm42ZUG9VpzJMOhM by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-18T02:17:43Z
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@PenguinToot @dsilverman I'll bet!
(DIR) Post #ARkm8tad52H7a1D3lg by FrugalGamer@snug.moe
2023-01-17T19:44:06.983Z
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@clive@saturation.social I could not be more happy to see a trend go. Nice article, btw. I can't help but think that some of those beautiful ashtrays could be saved from the garbage bins and repurposed into candle holders, knick-nack holders, etc. I'm surprised I don't see them more often in thrift stores.
(DIR) Post #ARkm8usOIU4pZOWl5k by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-18T02:18:28Z
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@FrugalGamer I've seen a few in my local thrift shop but not many!
(DIR) Post #ARkmJLdBg7LrRbOFii by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-18T02:19:21Z
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@TheBoxFactory YepThey know people are gonna smoke illicitlyAnd you can't have 'em shoving burning butts into the paper trash -- fires on planes are super bad
(DIR) Post #ARkmRpQcmBqIAxYeAK by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-18T02:20:34Z
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@geekischade Yikes, yeah, I think I ate some ashed-on candies back in the day tooewwww
(DIR) Post #ARkme0CCZLuh2rcI0O by Leisureguy@mstdn.party
2023-01-18T02:24:43Z
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@clive @Vasabjit There was also the desire to "belong," to be like one's peers. Humans are social animals prone to imitation.
(DIR) Post #ARkmkirNQE1tJ252wK by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-18T02:18:48Z
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@jacktaylor @oddletters Yeah, what *are* those things called?
(DIR) Post #ARkoV4nQIOaKcBtkTA by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-18T02:51:19Z
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@Leisureguy @Vasabjit Yep, 100%
(DIR) Post #ARlRP61GjNgMsrVubI by edwardchampion@universeodon.com
2023-01-18T10:07:14Z
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@clive In the late 1990s, I had a lot of fancy metal ashtrays with beautiful patterns that I would buy up at estate sales and distribute to friends. Back then, you could buy a pack of cigarettes for $2 and the ashtrays helped us become "civilized" with our filthy habit. Really, we were a bunch of filmmaking and musician punks looking for any excuse to justify all the smoking. And the ashtrays suggested with the design that we were right!
(DIR) Post #ARluphLvRm6Ks2DFz6 by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-18T15:36:23Z
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@edwardchampion yes!
(DIR) Post #ARnMOacPMsqK2akD56 by TheMorrigan@mastodon.scot
2023-01-19T08:20:31Z
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@clive urghhh I hate the horrible smelly disgusting things. Growing up in a pub they used to turn my stomach…hated them ever since! Should be well and truly consigned to history.
(DIR) Post #ARo6C9NPQHSNy4jdU8 by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-19T16:51:11Z
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@TheMorrigan Yeah, pub ashtrays get *gnarly* very quickly
(DIR) Post #ASHqMsgr1vfPtEZz5k by zvi@wandering.shop
2023-02-03T01:17:32Z
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@clive a little bit sparkly…