• Uncle_Sheo217@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Plus grease guns were introduced to the military as a cheaper, easier to manufacture alternative to the Thompson midway through the war. Thompsons were just damn expensive to make. Grease guns were about as simple as you could get other than maybe a Sten.

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      1 year ago

      The context you seem to be missing is that “greaser” used to be a slur for Italians.

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          1 year ago

          Also why the movie “Grease” was named as it happens.

          The “Greaser” culture John Travolta’s character represents had become synonymous with Italian and Mexican American youths.