pruwyben@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoDid it really used to be common for guys to go to a bar every night like in Cheers or The Simpsons?message-squaremessage-square243fedilinkarrow-up1365arrow-down12
arrow-up1363arrow-down1message-squareDid it really used to be common for guys to go to a bar every night like in Cheers or The Simpsons?pruwyben@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square243fedilink
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 hours agoI 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.
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 hours agowhen I heard barflys it was always men who hung out every night in a bar.
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 hours agoHuh. Must have been regional where I was then.
minus-squaretimbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 hours agoNever heard of loadies but barfly was always a term used for women around me.
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.
when I heard barflys it was always men who hung out every night in a bar.
Huh. Must have been regional where I was then.
Never heard of loadies but barfly was always a term used for women around me.