Comment on Did it really used to be common for guys to go to a bar every night like in Cheers or The Simpsons?
HubertManne@piefed.social 6 days ago
Yes. In my fathers time men would go there often for lunch and after work. I think some went home and then went over for an hour or two. Later it was still common but someone who did it all the time would be called a barfly but almost everyone did like friday night and pretty often thursday or saturday. Its diminished since and more and more bars have to sorta be restaurants or dance clubs or band venues.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I think the men were called “loadies”, getting loaded (drunk) before going home. Women got the much less forgiving name of being a “barfly.” However, that may have just been regional and/or for that era.
HubertManne@piefed.social 6 days ago
when I heard barflys it was always men who hung out every night in a bar.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Huh. Must have been regional where I was then.
timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Never heard of loadies but barfly was always a term used for women around me.