My God. It's full of sitars.OrdRadical@beige.party
Oct 24, 2026, 10:07 AM@purplepadma @WeirdWriter
Most of those that lost their jobs to washing machines were poor women, mostly black. So of course no one cried for them.
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Charlotte Walkerpurplepadma@beige.partyOct 24, 2026, 10:09 AM@OrdRadical @WeirdWriter Exactly
Oct 24, 2026, 2:58 PM@purplepadma @OrdRadical @WeirdWriter
my parents (who were immigrants to UK) ran an actual launderette in 1970s - it was fairly modern by the standards of the time did have electric washing machines, but the viability of the business declined as more and more folk got personal washing machines (in the end my dad got a job in the oil industry which became his long term career, so much less eco-friendly)