20 photos only children who grew up in the 1970s will understand

Always looking for the thrill of a Pong Tournament? You are definitely a kid from the 70s.


Ask anyone who has lived with through the 1970s and they will say impatiently what a magic time was. The hair was higher, the fashion was brighter and, at the twilight of the decade, we had endowed with a film that triggered a perpetuous Hollywood obsession (well appreciated) with laser sword fights. And despite the context of the Vietnam War and a scandal-scandal presidency, people have managed to make the most of this influential decade, now looking at the tumultuous moments that have shaped what they are today.

In this spirit, we gathered 20 images that will evoke a good nostalgia for the children who lived in the 1970s. And when you want to spend your 70's glory days, rub your vocabulary of these20 Argot terms of the 1970s person no longer relies.

1
Spend hours trying to conquer games on your Atari

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Sure,Pong Was not it the only video game that occupied hours of your time after school. You were also addicted to the thrill to overcome these pesky ghosts inPac-manor destroy enemy ships inInvaders of space too much.

2
Collage with your pet

Dogs are disordered and expensive, cats leave fur everywhere and parrots (at least in the 70s) only repeated sentences their owners drawn fromCRAZYmagazine. So, instead, your parents made you a pet. And while it may never have been licking your face or kept your feet warm at night, you nevertheless liked. And if you want to bring a more traditional pet in your life, discover these15 extraordinary benefits to adopt a pet.

3
Create an amazing art on your magna doodle

Picasso had painting. Rodin had marble. And you had your magna doodle on which you created your own masterpieces before dragging them for good.

4
Practice your styling skills on your Barbie beauty center

In the 1970s, the grass hairdressers had to practice these banana loops and tease the fringe in one way or another. And without YouTube tutorials to guide, Barbie Beauty Center tends to support amateur style attempts - and all singers of curling who went to them.

5
Copy comics into the paper with silly sealant

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Long before the scanners are a fixture in each house and each office, you copied things to the old: with silly sealant. And, of course, you have designed the opportunity to swing it after copying aFamily circus panel and start again.

6
Love sitting at the back of your parents' train station

1970s family road trip in car, 1970s nostalgia
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While a SUV car or an elegant sports car can be a more catchy option with current standards, in the 70s, there was nothing more cool than hitting the road in the station of your parents station . And when you were particularly good, you have to go up in the way, the return and look at the rear window. And for more so bad - they are good rides, checkThe 20 worst rental cars for the last 20 years.

7
Have shag carpets in your home

Family Playing Games on Shag Carpeting 1970s Home Decor
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Covering your floors was not as simple as jumping into the pottery barn and pick up a carpet in the 1970s. Your home outside the patterned linoleum in your kitchen - was covered with carpet of Shag in a variety of tones earthy, pumpkin foam to the population, leopard.

8
Tease your hair to get Farah Fawcett waves

a couple rocking the coolest and craziest 1970s fashion
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The big hair was the name of the game in the 70s and nobody had a more emblematic mane thatFarrah Fawcett. And although you may have lost a good part of your hair, try to imitate his classic, "you are always teased and sprayed until your waves had just right.

9
Rocking Short Short With High Socks

tube socks and short shorts, 1970s nostalgia
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Long before Lululemon made Cool Athlexure, those who grew up in the 1970s had their own grip of the trend of will. Many of your consternation, it often meant that your father was wearing tweezers, high socks and precarious short shorts when it took you and your friends at the mall.

10
Worship the hairy god who was Burt Reynolds

Burt Reynolds 1970s
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Here is: the measurement of masculinity in 1975.

11
Mix your parents to take you to Walt Disney World

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While today's children go to Disney Theme Parks for decades, the children of the 70s were the first to see Walt Disney World in all his glory when the park opened on October 1, 1971. Sure, you have begged your parents every summer to give up your trip to your grandparents' home to take you there. And if you like Disney, so check these20 Secrets Disney employees do not want you to know.

12
Have each dish served as patterned pyrex

1970s Harvest Gold or Yellow Kitchen 1970s Home Decor
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Fancy China has its place, but as a child of the 70s, you know that the true height of the sophistication enjoys the tuna noodle of your mother directly from pilgrim patterin pyrex, it was cooked in the oven.

13
Take your Fashion Landmarks of Abba

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The underestimated fashion has rarely made the cup in the 1970s and you followed the fashion styles of Abba with joy. Break your feather pajamas and Christmas pajamas, you will gladly turn around your living room to "Queen dance", imagine that you were the fifth member of the Swedish quartet.

14
Collection of Pez Distributors

The candies may have been limestone, but you are not going to rest until you had every Pez distributor on the market that bordered the shelves of your room.

15
Learning on the world with Viewmaster reels

While annual international holidays may not have been in your parents' budget, you have to explore the world anyway. With your Viewmaster rollers, you learned the Eiffel Tower, Machu Picchu and the pyramid overview.

16
Sing with the bee gees

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With their tight combinations, their long hair and their high voices, the Bee Gees were about as cool as the bands obtained, in your opinion. And even today, you still stand out a bit when their version of "how can you repair a broken heart" plays somewhere. And for more explosions of the past, check the50 Cover Cover Songs Breed Better than the original.

17
Take the pride of your bulky 8-track collection

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As you like the bands of the time, you also knew that you listen to them on the road was quite the effort. Nevertheless, you brought your voluminous collection to 8 tracks with you on every trip by car, often sacrifices valuable suitcase to do it.

18
Become frustrated when you could not follow the instructions that play Simon

vintage simon game, 1970s nostalgia
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You may have mastered the basics of Simon, like a primary school, but years later, you still have trouble following the instructions when a Simon's success, which often means that you played for hours at a moment trying to get the scheme.

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Thinking pong was the coolest video game ever

Atari Pong
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Today,We have so realistic games It's like you're really in them. In the 1970s, decades before the advent ofFortif, we have hadPong"And yes, he felt superficially modern at the time.

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Practicing your design skills with your fashion plate set

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If you believe yourself a fashion designer in the 1970s, chances are you ask your parents for aSet of fashion plates For your birthday. Once you got them, your after-school hours have been devoted to the tracing of their drawings, imagining that you become the next Vanderbilt Gloria with every pencil.

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