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I remember seeing these in "A Clockwork Orange" but naively assumed it was a concept invented for that Universe. I had no idea this was actually a thing.
by jmkni 2y ago
I remember seeing these in "A Clockwork Orange" but naively assumed it was a concept invented for that Universe.
I had no idea this was actually a thing.
- jhbadger 2y agoExcept of course in that the milk had drugs added to it, while the point of the real milk bars was to provide a similar atmosphere to a pub without the intoxication.
- defrost 2y agoThe USofA variation on the milk bar added a drug: Proprietors of a soda fountain in Aspen, Colorado made the Aspen Crud, a cocktail of ice cream laced with bourbon, taking advantage of laws that enabled drugstores to sell alcohol for medicinal purposes. https://www.history.com/news/ice-cream-boom-1920s-prohibition https://www.history.com/news/ice-cream-boom-1920s-prohibitio...
- barrkel 2y agoThe Pathé newsreel in the video embed at the bottom of the page explicitly states that milk is tasty "when you know how to drink it" while showing a man pouring almost certainly alcoholic liquor into the milk.
- darby_nine 2y ago> while the point of the real milk bars was to provide a similar atmosphere to a pub without the intoxication. What does this entail that the concept of a restaurant or cafe or cafeteria does not?
- cyberax 2y agoMore socialization, I guess? Like the modern coffee houses.
- jhbadger 2y agoNormally in a pub you have multiple drinks over the course of an hour or more while you socialize. It's a very different scene than restaurant where you order a meal, eat it, and leave. Cafes/coffee houses could be similar but still, while I have been known to drink several pints at a pub, I can't imagine drinking several lattes in sequence -- the caffeine would seem too much.
- snickerbockers 2y agoIt's also in a lot of Nintendo games (or at least the US localizations), I always assumed it was something they made up as a cute kid-friendly alternative to having literal bars in their fictional worlds.
- theF00l 2y agoZelda: Majora's Mask! This is probably localization independent since it had cows inside iirc. But in what other games?
- snickerbockers 2y agoIIRC Mario Party 2, on the cowboy board.