The old Geezers 70's and 80's Megathread

[BIG_DADDY]

The Suzzane Somers thread got me thinking about a conversation I was having with one of my friends about how awesome it was to be alive in the 70s and 80s. You try telling younger generations about it but it’s impossible. For starters testosterone levels were WAY, WAY higher back then. There were very few girly men like we have so many of today. Much higher levels of T and no cell phones had a huge impact on your social/sex life. Everybody was fing everybody and it was awesome. Nobody was up in your business. Everyone knew what they were and what bathroom to use. Fat people were few and far between. Teenage years were amazing. Cruising every Friday night with people bringing out all their bad rides and the girls all sexied up. Kegers every friggen weekend. The music was so much better too. Still remember going to Van Halen’s first tour. It didn’t cost anything to see those bands back then. As a young adult the party for me just continued as I went into health clubs. Once again everybody was doing everybody. The parties after we closed the club, just wow. When I moved to the bay area from Florida it just continued. I remember when the Exotic Erotic ball was a company function and we took 10 limos to the city filled with teenage girls in their sexiest lingerie. Can you imagine that happening today? Sadly that way of life ended with Anita Hill and the invention of the smart phone amongst other things. I will be forever grateful to god for being able to grow up during that time. I feel so bad for the kids coming up today, there’s just no comparison.

So what do you say old geezers, give me a walk down memory lane.

[ShortRoundChief]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I kind of figure that everyone thinks that their memories were great, and that changes are substandard.

People who grew up in the 1940s probably talk fondly about victory gardens how much better life was with stay-at-home moms.

People who grew up in the 1910s probably reminisced about those stick and hoop toys, and how much better life was when ice was delivered by hand with those big tongs.

People who grew up in the 1790s probably talked fondly about at-home candle tallow making and how much better life was before the Indians got guns.

People who grew up in the Ice Age probably talk fondly about killing giant ground sloths and how much better meat tasted before cooking over fires started.

In forty years, people will talk about growing up in the 2020s and how great tiktok was and how much better life was before AI matched you up with your future spouse in elementary school.

Just to be clear: are you pro or anti stick and hoop toys?

[Dunerdr]

I just wanted to stop in and say OK BOOMERS

[AdolfOliverBush]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

In forty years, people will talk about growing up in the 2020s and how great tiktok was and how much better life was before AI matched you up with your future spouse in elementary school.

And young people will wonder how old geezers lived without ultra-realistic sex robots.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by AdolfOliverBush

And young people will wonder how old geezers lived without ultra-realistic sex robots.

I kind of wonder that now.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by J Diddy

Just to be clear: are you pro or anti stick and hoop toys?

Not as much fun as killing a giant ground sloth, but more fun than at-home tallow making.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I kind of figure that everyone thinks that their memories were great, and that changes are substandard.

People who grew up in the 1940s probably talk fondly about victory gardens how much better life was with stay-at-home moms.

People who grew up in the 1910s probably reminisced about those stick and hoop toys, and how much better life was when ice was delivered by hand with those big tongs.

People who grew up in the 1790s probably talked fondly about at-home candle tallow making and how much better life was before the Indians got guns.

People who grew up in the Ice Age probably talk fondly about killing giant ground sloths and how much better meat tasted before cooking over fires started.

In forty years, people will talk about growing up in the 2020s and how great tiktok was and how much better life was before AI matched you up with your future spouse in elementary school.

Yeah, people who enjoyed their childhood in the 70s or 80s would have enjoyed it in the 50s or 2010s and people who didn't enjoy their childhood in the 2000s wouldn't have enjoyed it in the 70s or 20s.

And that was basically cdcox's point, I think.

There's obviously give and take, and I'm sure some people would have done better or worse in a difficult decade... but kids are pretty damn resilient and don't exactly sit around pining for past decades they weren't ever part of either.

90% of it is nostalgia of being a kid with zero responsibility, the other 10% is just shouting at clouds and being disconnected with today's kids.

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by The Franchise

Movie reference or not.....we all know you weren't happy with it because he didn't bring up fat or trans people being nonexistent.

Good grief dude, nothing he said even comes close to warranting your attack... take it to DC if you ****ing hate conservatives so much

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by Chief Ten Beers

Good grief dude, nothing he said even comes close to warranting your attack... take it to DC if you ****ing hate conservatives so much

Lol who said anything about him being conservative?

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by The Franchise

Movie reference or not.....we all know you weren't happy with it because he didn't bring up fat or trans people being nonexistent.

Originally Posted by The Franchise

Lol who said anything about him being conservative?

Come on now, we're both too well seasoned to play these word games... you know exactly where you were going with that pointed remark

You didn't used to seem this outright hostile, its just weird... and kinda sad

[Punwit]

Originally Posted by Chief Ten Beers

Come on now, we're both too well seasoned to play these word games... you know exactly where you were going with that pointed remark

You didn't used to seem this outright hostile, its just weird... and kinda sad

Didn't come across as hostile, pointed perhaps but not hostile.

[Spott]

Originally Posted by Chief Ten Beers

Come on now, we're both too well seasoned to play these word games... you know exactly where you were going with that pointed remark

You didn't used to seem this outright hostile, its just weird... and kinda sad

I agree. Just trying to start a fight over nothing. The next post will be to make some backhanded passive aggressive sociopolitical comment, then act shocked when they respond.

[Chief Pagan]

Originally Posted by Loneiguana

Boys today will never know having to call a girls house and talk to her parents first.

I regret that as a dad nowadays.

That one absolutely sucked. And if you got a girls number, starting up a conversation by texting is a little easier than calling.

But I'm still glad smart phone with cameras didn't exist.

[Spott]

Originally Posted by Chief Pagan

That one absolutely sucked. And if you got a girls number, starting up a conversation by texting is a little easier than calling.

But I'm still glad smart phone with cameras didn't exist.

If I would have had internet porn as a teenager, I would have never left the house and had a forearm bigger than Popeye’s.

[Chief Pagan]

Originally Posted by backinblack

I don't think kids these days think that their childhood was as bad as you think it was.

Just because they have no idea what they missed out on, doesn't mean they missed out on it.



But seriously, helicopter overly protective parents isn't all great in my opinion.

Making kids wear bike helmets is a good idea. But having almost every moment of middle class kids lives structured with one activity or another and every dispute or conflict is handed off to be reffed by an adult...

Okay, slight exaggeration, but you get the picture.

[Chief Pagan]

Originally Posted by Spott

If I would have internet porn as a teenager, I wouldn’t have never left the house and a forearm bigger than Popeye’s.

Porn makes kids lazy.