20 things every year 70 children remember
From Bell-Bottoms to Pong, these Flashbacks from the 70s will make you feel serious nostalgia.
If you do not personallylive in the 1970sIt's easy to make assumptions. You probably imagine everyone dressed in the bottom of the bell, their shirts unbuttoned to their ships and their shag haircuts perfectly capped do not move as they are biogie-woogied all night. And while this can be a pretty precise snapshot, especially the Bells-low, it is in no way the complete picture. For those who have come from age during the most sunny decade in history, memories run deeper thanGave been and questionable mode choices. And with the current state of the world as bizarre and stimulating that it is right now, who could blame you to have seriousNostalgia of the 70s.OfRock school houseFor Pet Rocks, here are 20 things that children only from the 70s remember. And to look at the lingo of the era of the disco, check these20 Argot Terms All the 1970s.
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1 Take care of the company rocks
In the 70's, we completed our parents for $ 4 so that we can buy ... a rock.Of course, it pretends that the children of the 70s were the victims of the biggest con of history - and we were.CornWe do not have regrets.
We have to feed our rocks, take them for walks and even clean it after them, like a real pet. Call us fools if you owe it, but we loved our stones of animals. Ah, the 70s. They were really simpler. And for more terms of your years of Bell-low, check25 common words that did not exist before the 1970s.
2 Be afraid to go in the ocean afterJaws
All it took was a seriously terrifying filmSteven Spielberg 1975 Shark Right FestJaws-To keep an entire generation of children out of the ocean.All the children of the 70s scan the water for the signs of a shark fin, audienceDa-dum, da-dum, da-dumIn our heads as we did.
3 Learn mathematics and grammar ofRock of school
These shorts of educational animation jumped by our usual Saturday morning cartoon scheme. And their songsIt was so catchy that we did not even worry they tell us in learning.
With educational hits like"Conjunction junction" and"Three is a magic number" Rock of schoolWe have probably learned more than our actual teachers. Ask anyone who grew up in the 1970s to explain how laws are made in our country and they will probably start singing"I'm just an invoice."
4 Carry tube socks
Non-respect of oneselfThe 70's Would never jump for the gym class without a pair of tube socks, preferably a long enough to reach their knees. We all suffered from the same illusion as tube socks made us sporty and not incredibly stupid.
At least we were not alone, however. Everybody ofFarrah Fawcett ToKareem-Abdul Jabbar makes a very convincing case that the tube socks were cool. And for the soundtrack to go with your journey in memory, check these20 wonders to a hit all the memories of the 70s.
5 Dressing Habilla Bessy and Dapper Dan
These Playskool dolls have been designed to help us with 70 children to learn how to use buttons, snap buttons, zippers and links.Dressy Bessy looked like she was waiting for a tour at Woodstock soon, andDapper dan looked like a person who drove a van that is mushy patchouli, but theyAlways learning fun.
6 Worship
Children have not settled to SITCOMHappy Daysbecause they wereNostalgic on the 50s. They did it to see the Fonz, the coolest character on television. Everywhere throughout the country, children would practice their frozen thumbs and saying "ayyyy" with the perfectHenry Winkler inflection.
7 Tupperware pride
Of course, people still use Tupleware today, but nothing as it was in the 70s. Our Tupperware was colorful and daring, something you really wanted to show when you opened your lunch at school.
The generation before we even have had tuchs to sell these highly sought-after storage containers. In the 1970s, you would have a moment easier to enter someone's home and steal a lamp than to leave with their Tupperware. Seriously, we liked that. And for more contents of nostalgia like this delivered to your inbox,Sign up for our daily newsletter.
8 Use the 8-track player in your car
No onelove 8-track bands - They were simply the only thing available in the 70s to record and listen to music.They were incredibly complicated, with four "programs" instead of the sides. You had to switch from the program to the program, making the whole company extremely boring and clumsy.
9 Attend the television come out of the air at night
The television was not available 24 hours a day and 7 days a week during our childhood. Around 1 or 2 years, most TV stations were signed for the night, playing "star banner" before letting us leave a color bars test card. Anyone suffering from insomnia did not have many options at that time.
10 SeeingStars warsIn theaters for the first time
WhenGeorge LucasSpace Opera First Hit Theaters in 1977, it was different from all that the world has ever seen. If you ask anyone who saw the originalStars warsIn theaters about their experience, they will be able to tell you all the little details, until the end of the duration. For aThe 70'sIt's easy to make goose bumps to think about it. And for some images that could bring back some memories, check20 amazing photos every 70s can relate to.
11 PlayingPong
This could look like a right of honor today, but any child from the 1970s will always be nostalgic for Pong. It's because this two-dimensional video game, which wasLiberated by Atari In 1972, was one of the first one. It wasliterally A play changer.
Although this is supposed to be computerizedVersion of table tennis, the game basically involved a white point that slowly bounces between two white lines (pallets). The distinctivesounds of aPong Gamecan still hypnotize any kind of the 70s.
12 Hustle
Before there was Macarena, there was hasty. WhenVan mccoy Involved us in his 1975 hit in"Stir," We all knew we had to learn this dance or we would be left behind.
13 Fly our feet in the carpet Shag
Shag carpets seemed hideous, almost like the hair at the head of a gigantic Muppet. And yet, they were also surprisingly comfortable on barefoot.The material felt so gentle to the touch that it made an entire neglecting generationHis odious appearance.
14 Laughing atSaturday Night Live
If you were not old enough to stay late and watchSaturday Night Live When he first launched in 1975, you probably had a bother or an elderly parent or a parent who was - and did it. The next morning you would like to tell each hilarious moment, even if you have not always understood all the jokes.If nothing else, the ruthless torture of a clay figureappointedMr. Billfelt like the most brilliant jaws in the world.
15 Do the "y.m.c.a" Dance village
The rise was hardly the only emblematic dance out of the 70s. You can immediately tell if anyone came from age over the decade to know whether or not they spent the "Y" letters, "M". , "C", "C" and "A" with their arms every time this song of the village people is played.
16 GrowRue de sesame
Every child born over the last 50 years has probably been influenced byRue de sesame somehow. But for the children of the 70s who have had to experience the PBS show from the beginning, the program was a revelation. We were the first generation to fall in love with Big Bird, Grover, Bert and Ernie, the fictional characters who taught usAll we needed to know how to grow up.
17 Express yourself with mood rings
ThisFashion accessory of the 70sAlso was a liquid crystal thermometer, which allows to "recognize" your emotional state. Bleu meant that you were calm or relaxed, amber meant that you were nervous or worried, and that black meant you were angry.ForThe children of the 70s, showing that someone's color of his mood ring was much easier than talking about feelings.
18 Worship aaron spelling like the king of television
OfThe Angels of CharlieandFantastic islandToThe love boatandStarsky & Hutch,Aaron spelling Produces some of the largest television keys of the 70s.Growing up, we looked at its shows as if we were going to be tested on them later. Where could we see adults wearing short shorts and make debatable life choices? Perhaps adults also behaved irresponsibly in real life, but it was more entertaining on television.
19 Break clasters together
What is surprising, it is not that the children of the 70s loved this toy, composed of two heavy acrylic balls attached to the chain to be coogenous together - it'sThat it took years before someone noticed that Clackers produced a lot of splinters. In 1976, the government finally judged the toy a"Mechanical risk", " And they were removed from the store shelves.
20 LustTiger beatmagazine
With investigative reports such as "Leif Garrett: what you do not know about him" and "Donny & Marie: too busy for love?"Tiger beatProvided the new each child needed.The magazine has also come with free posters, so with a single problem of Tiger beat you can get a bare torso poster of Shaun Cassidy and Tons of knowledge about its scandalous secrets. What more for the 70s could hope?