I was born in December ‘74, so I can’t say,”I was there and I’ll explain it to you,” but from everything I’ve read (and from having a few early childhood memories), the 70’s can pretty much be explained by understanding that the Vietnam War had dragged on for a long-ass time and Nixon was president from ‘68 to ‘74. If you don’t know about Nixon, he was corrupt as fuck. I’d suggest reading Hunter Thompson’s thoughts on Nixon (and the ‘70’s, for that matter) if you really wanna get a grip on that decade’s weirdness. People were tired, there was a straight-up criminal in the White House… Kind of like 2017-2021, except substitute “Afghanistan” for “Vietnam” and “Trump” for “Nixon.” And add in that people were being DRAFTED to go fight in a war that nobody believed in.
I think the best quote to illustrate the 70’s is from Hunter, when he said something like,”It’s worth noting that psychedelics went out of style in 1971 and were replaced with downers.” Or something like that. I’m pretty sure he wrote that in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, although it might’ve been from Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail. But the fact that quaaludes replaced acid as the drug of choice in the ‘70’s is all you really need to know haha!
See also: Denis Leary’s stand-up bit on quaaludes, from No Cure For Cancer. “Ludes, man. Fuckin’ ‘luuuuudes.” He also does a good two or three minutes on bell bottoms and gigantic bongs and shit. Good stuff. Very funny.
I remember pet rocks, shag carpet in the shaggin wagon.Lol
Disco sucked real bad. Don’t forget Billy beer and corduroy pants.
Five finger lids
Black Sabbath rocked though…
same here! I specialize in metalhouse and horikawa robots. I have a few Taiyo and Nomura robots also. It is an addiction that started when I was a kid, and is worse than being a seedaholic lol
I still got this guy on my basement shelf, I guess it qualifies as a tin robot. He doesn’t walk but he does pour drinks. Man I have to dust that basement shelf.
When I was growing up in the 70’s every kid on the block played with each other bike tag, running bases and kick the can etc…that doesn’t happen nowadays…the last time I saw kids and parents outside was probably 10 years ago because we had a power failer for 1 week it was to hot to be indoors…I of course had my lights, air conditioner and watching cable tv on during the power failure because I had a generator…
Grew up in Belfast 70’s and 80’s full on war,had a security gate at the top and bottom of the stairs
Bombs going off shootings crazy times teen during the 80’s
Just wondering since your Irish do you own a shillelagh ? Or have any leprechaun ornaments? My dad’s family came from Belfast years back and have a few Irish trinkets still kicking around .Sure miss my grandmothers stories and accent she had . Always wanted to give us a few coppers for treats little did she know pennies didn’t buy ya much .
I hold strong to my Irish roots brought couple of Hurley sticks over with played for a couple of teams in Belfast
Fastest game in the world my fathers best mate got hit on the chest with a Hurley ball killed him right on the spot,in Belfast if you were a scumbag the IRA would break your arms and legs with them,being Catholic we don’t talk to cops,justice is done by the people
