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mech@feddit.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

That was still universal when I was a teenager in the 90s in Germany.
My best friend would just come over, ask if I’m home, and leave again or go look for me in the common places if I wasn’t.
It was awesome, and the loss of that world is something that still hurts.

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SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Where were the common places?

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- mech@feddit.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  In summer, the local playground, the basketball courts, the lake, or our secret place in the woods where we hid our porn magazines and fought our airsoft battles.
  In winter, the video game store where you could play for free to “try them out”, another friend’s place, or my dad’s garage where we tried to build a bungee strap crossbow that shot Bic lighters.
  
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- socsa@piefed.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  That vacant lot. The one in the summer where we used to smoke pot.
  
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- Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Café, other friends place.
  
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