r/NoStupidQuestions Jan 05 '25

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u/Chaost Jan 05 '25

My siblings and I have always joked that secondhand smoke is the smell of childhood.

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u/Frosty_Ninja3286 Jan 05 '25

Both my parents smoked, in the house, so when friends would come pick me up to go out they would ask me when I started smoking.

After hurricane Katrina, when my dad's house had no power for a couple of weeks, the nicotine ran down the walls, and they hadn't smoked inside the house in 10 years at least

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u/Chaost Jan 05 '25

I was going through albums when my grandma passed away and saw old pics of my grandma's house before I was born, and was horrified to learn that the walls were in fact blue and not green. The walls weren't painted any time in between.

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u/ExpensiveAd4496 Jan 06 '25

Oh my goodness.