My 98 Oldsmobile

2026-07-23 19:50 UTC

It’s 1992. Your mom just took you through the Dairy Queen drive in after supper. It was 30C today, and it’s going to be 35C tomorrow. You’re going to go swimming at the local outdoor pool with your mom, little brother, auntie and favourite cousin, tomorrow though. Mom will probably put on that Blue Rodeo tape on the way back. It’s not your favorite, but you find yourself waiting for the song hooks. Life is simple and life is good.

Replies (7)

@terranoid@lemmy.cafe 2026-07-23 23:09

It’s 1992. Your mom takes you to Dairy Queen in her oldsmobile. She lights up a cigarette. She asks if you want one. You say no. She says stop acting like such a pussy. You take the cigarette. She lights it for you.

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@PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 2026-07-23 23:07

And it smelled like 20-year-old cigarette smoke

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@shittydwarf@piefed.ca 2026-07-23 19:55

Pretty sure this car had more ashtrays than it did safety features too

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@dais@lemmy.world 2026-07-24 04:40

They sell “fucking cars” now?

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@LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 2026-07-24 04:42

1984 LTD Crown Victoria, White with red velour interior. I closed that door (which looks a lot like this door) on my hand and it locked. Mom had already gone inside and there i was screaming bloody murder in the front yard. She eventually came out and unlocked the door and got me out. Somehow it didn’t break my hand, probly because children are made of rubber or something. Theres no point to this other than sharing my unlocked PTSD that this image unlocked.

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@Polisheocket@lemmy.zip 2026-07-24 05:30

And it probably still works

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@iocase@lemmy.zip 2026-07-26 04:29

You’re in the middle of death valley in a heat wave. It’s hotter than Venus outside. Your mom turns the AC on low. The weapons grade CFCs—now banned by the Geneva convention—form icicles on your eyebrows in seconds.

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