There was AIDS and DUIs stacked up like 8 track tapes. Then again eating shit wasn't cool/fire

Yep, we used to constantly get neighborhood football games going in some grassy lot... haven't seen anything like it occur around here in 30+ years, they're all apparently too busy playing WoW or whatever

Smells like ointment and pee in here.

In the 70s, people seemed sure that we'd all have flying cars by now. We couldn't have been more wrong.

To be fair, we might have changed our minds if there had been self-checkout lanes at grocery stores back then. I see people struggle with them now and wonder how the hell we advanced past the hunter-gatherer stage.

Turn that damn tv off and go play outside!

Going to the junkyard and snagging parts for your minibike or go-cart. Spending a dime for an AC spark plug kite and getting it caught in the power lines. Gym class where the coach put all the jocks on one side and the nerds on the other for bombardment. Riding bikes with no helmet, high school parking lot full of 60s Camaros, Mustangs, etc. Arcades, foosball, bowling alleys and four channels on TV. Chiefs were bad however tickets and beer were cheap and we just went for the fun of it.

School had no AC, you didn't get out because there was a little snow or it was too hot.

Going to McDonalds or other fast food was a treat, not an everyday thing like today. And you could get a cheeseburger, fries and chocolate shake for $1.

The '70s and '80s were pretty cool for me. I was an introvert and groups of people usually act like idiots so I didn't do that kind of party scene. I was way to cool for that. I had a couple of friends who I hung with and we'd usually just drive the county roads and get high. Maybe find someone to get us a 6 pack of Mickey's Big Mouths. A couple of doobies and a couple of Mickey's and we were good. I grew up in the Bible Belt so yeah there were no limos with teenage girls in lingerie. I am curious as to where Big Daddy worked for that to be happening.

Kansas, Boston, REO Speedwagon and Nugent, stinkfinger, cruising, sneaking beer, hot boxing,and SNL was hilarious.

My buddies and I lit upon a brand called Pearl beer. Super cheap, and had these puzzles to figure out in each cap. When you couldn't figure out the puzzles, it was time to stop drinking, lol.

those things were great, because you could get a running start and run right back up the slide and either zoom back down, or jump off the top. The feeling of being indestructible, those were the days.

Okay, finding porn is easier. But there were plenty of dads that left magazines lying around or older brothers who would provide them.

VHS video porn had just become a thing.

If you found some teenager working a convenience store, they would sell girlie mags to you if you had the nerve and cash.

It also made boys more determined to find a real life partner for the sort of stuff that would now 'go on your permanent record'. ;)

Porn makes kids lazy.

I remember when going to the movies was the only way to see a flick that wasn't broadcast over the air on local television. VHS tapes and the ability to rent a VHS player were awesome.

Did your college campus allow kegs when you were a freshman?

:harumph:

Right! That was it, with a cheap trucker hat had your team name ironed on the front...

The ability to find information instantly is the bomb now...that's what I'm most appreciative of with all the changes.