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[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ah ok, thanks.

Where I'm from a lock in is a pub illegally serving drinkers after time by locking the doors.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Lock ins were all night parties for kids when I was growing up. Parents in 80s USA, wow.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Undoubtedly, apologies if it was understood that I spoke as the sole arbiter of lock ins.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

libraries sometimes too. basically an overnight in a non-residential space?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

My parents went to them at skating rinks where they would take their skates off and dance on the rink. They called them sock hops.