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re: 1975-1989 was the golden age for growing up as a kid in the U.S.
Posted on 10/1/18 at 10:07 am to TigerTalker16
Posted on 10/1/18 at 10:07 am to TigerTalker16
24 and think the 70s was the golden age, lol
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Posted on 10/1/18 at 10:08 am to TigerTalker16
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Got to watching Stranger Things, and I realize that the mid to late 70's is basically today minus all the retarded music
First of all, that show is set in the 80s.
Second of all, nah. Late 90s to late 00s we're GOAT. The internet was a thing, but it was still kind of slow and smart phones were only a novelty around in the last half of the decade so our lives weren't ruled by internet. Television was far superior to the 70s. Kids were still doing kid stuff, but also still had good video games. The PC climate was relatively stable, where you knew that it wasn't cool to be racist or sexist for real but you could still get away with light hearted jokes.
This post was edited on 10/1/18 at 10:16 am
Posted on 10/1/18 at 10:10 am to TigerTalker16
The 90s
Pre 911
Nickelodeon
Cable tv
Video game consoles
This was the golden age of childhood in the US
Pre 911
Nickelodeon
Cable tv
Video game consoles
This was the golden age of childhood in the US
Posted on 10/1/18 at 10:10 am to double d
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That's why I love watching the movie "Dazed and Confused", very accurate depiction of high school in the mid to late 70's. Such good times and non of this stupid #metoo shite.
Problem with the 70's and 80's is that drugs and alcohol were considered cool. Not so much with kids these days.
shite look at the Kavanaugh hearing. Getting drunk and grabbing some arse has come back to haunt this guy.
Posted on 10/1/18 at 10:11 am to TigerTalker16
There was an arcade, on a major thoroughfare, but on "our" side of it, within our neighborhood boundaries. We could, thus, ride our bikes to it. Two dollars was enough to keep us occupied for an hour or so, and in the air conditioning, before we went off again.
Couldn't beat that. Our biggest worry was riding our bikes on the inside streets where folks drove fast (except for my Mom and my grandfather.)
Couldn't beat that. Our biggest worry was riding our bikes on the inside streets where folks drove fast (except for my Mom and my grandfather.)
Posted on 10/1/18 at 10:12 am to TigerTalker16
The late 50s and early 60s (before 11/22/1963) and it's not even close.
Posted on 10/1/18 at 10:15 am to 14&Counting
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Problem with the 70's and 80's is that drugs and alcohol were considered cool
That wasn't a problem.
Posted on 10/1/18 at 10:17 am to TigerTalker16
Did you suffocate this morning?
Posted on 10/1/18 at 10:19 am to WestCoastAg
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I grew up able to watch internet porn. I win
We had National Geographic, the Sears catalog and the occasional stolen Playboy.
Posted on 10/1/18 at 10:20 am to tketaco
I didn't realize the show was set in the 80's. My bad. Basically what I'm trying to say is 1975-1989 is where it's at. That general era of culture.
Posted on 10/1/18 at 10:25 am to TigerTalker16
All of the kids in the neighborhood would meet at one person's house every day of the summer and we would do shite from sun up to sun down, and after school during the school year. There was no such thing as a "play date" arranged by our parents. We rode the bus to school and made friends and made our own play dates (which was every day as long as we weren't punished).
Posted on 10/1/18 at 10:26 am to majoredinwhitehorse
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We had National Geographic, the Sears catalog and the occasional stolen Playboy.
Nah, the kids I ran with had a huge box full of porno mags. Kept them hid in an old bomb shelter.
Posted on 10/1/18 at 10:27 am to TigerTalker16
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The mid to late 70's was the golden age for growing up as a kid in the U.S.
I might drop back a decade or two
For sex, drugs, and rock & roll the sweet spot was 65' to 75' so you wanted to be at least 18 in 65 and preferably 21. If you were a kid in the 70's then 18 to 21 would have meant an 80's early adulthood and by then cocaine and STD's had put a definite chill on the freewheeling lifestyle.
Posted on 10/1/18 at 10:27 am to TigerTalker16
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The mid to late 70's was the golden age for growing up as a kid in the U.S.
It didn't feel like it at the time, but it's easy to have nostalgia for the 70's. I was more 60's than 70's. The main advantage kids had in the 70's was that they didn't have Vietnam hovering over their childhood. It was a relief seeing the U.S. involvement come to an end while I was in Junior High.
The short answer is that everything seems more special when it's in limited supply. 99% of cartoons only on Saturday mornings, porn almost unavailable, four or five TV channels, movies in theaters as your only option, AM radio as your main source for music... made everything more valuable to you.
Posted on 10/1/18 at 10:27 am to RogerTheShrubber
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Nah, the kids I ran with had a huge box full of porno mags. Kept them hid in an old bomb shelter.
Me and a buddy had a stash that we kept in our clubhouse in the woods. I don't remember whose dad we stole them from
Posted on 10/1/18 at 10:28 am to fallguy_1978
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Me and a buddy had a stash that we kept in our clubhouse in the woods. I don't remember whose dad we stole them from
My mom found a couple of mine I had hidden under my mattress. She just told me to keep them from my little brother.
Posted on 10/1/18 at 10:29 am to Tigeralum2008
Don't forget that every housewife was on either "diet pills" (amphetamines) and/or Valium, coke was just coming on the scene with Disco in the mid 70's, alcohol age was 18. No such thing as AID's, no silly helmet/pad/seatbelt laws. Cops wore a 6 shooter and had the dog at home not out being taught to bark and scratch at some minor hand signal for an excuse to violate search and seizure rights.
Posted on 10/1/18 at 10:29 am to RogerTheShrubber
quote:thank god I didnt have to deal with this
Nah, the kids I ran with had a huge box full of porno mags. Kept them hid in an old bomb shelter.
Posted on 10/1/18 at 10:30 am to RogerTheShrubber
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My mom found a couple of mine I had hidden under my mattress. She just told me to keep them from my little brother.
Mine found some too. I remember her and my dad discussing it and overheard pops say "well, at least he isn't gay"
Posted on 10/1/18 at 10:31 am to WestCoastAg
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thank god I didnt have to deal with this
The drive in theater around my neighborhood played x rated flicks on certain nights. Couldn't hear, but we sure could see.
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