Why do I hate the 1970s so much?

[jamespowers]

I sat on the plane next to a sweaty, fat man wearing cheap cologne and a velour jogging suit. On the flight back home he was on the same flight but in a different jogging suit. Thank God he didn't sit next to me.

Oh geez! A wardrobe of jogging suits. :eusa_doh:

 

[Lincsong]

and a cabinet of cheap cologne.

 

[jamespowers]

and a cabinet of cheap cologne.

Hai Karate cologne---another 70s invention of silliness. Stinks to high heaven. The stink for every occassion.

 

[Lincsong]

I think he bought it in one of his gas stations.

 

[Emer]

Am I the only one who hates the 1970s?

Do the rest of you feel this way, or am I just a hateful misanthropic bad man?

Nope! I'm definitely not a fan of the 70's (or late 60's for that matter). But I believe my dislike stems from being raised by my grandparents. My grandfather always had amusing stories about the "damned hippies" and what an upheaval those times were. I think subconciously I just associate the 70's with the disrespect for the previous generations, which are the decades I love. Not saying that's how it was! That's just the line that's been fed to me.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Hai Karate cologne---another 70s invention of silliness. Stinks to high heaven. The stink for every occassion.

But the commercials for it were hilarious: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtwh3nQP5Uo

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[John in Covina]

Hai Karate Lime! Fabulous!

 

[Lillemor]

I just saw a neauseating clip on youtube with Cher, Avalon, Boone, Dimucci and Valli. I really hate those 70s shows! Dion made it sort of worth watching. I like Frank(ie) but this was just toe curling!

 

[Lincsong]

For you Gordon Lightfoot fans....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta0a3DFUU0Y&feature=related

 

[Lincsong]

But I do like this song from Lookinglass....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-tRXewCAmU&feature=related

 

[Kermez]

Lets Not forget the Funk. The best music that came out of that era........P-Funk, The Uncut Funk, da Bomb!!!!

Fa Reallidoe, Baby!

 

[Kermez]

But since you have good taste in TV detectives let's just agree to disagree.

Yes, let's do that.

 

[jamespowers]

I think he bought it in one of his gas stations.

Makes sense. He remembers the good old days when the lines went around the block for his gas. :eusa_doh:

 

[maybelaughter]

looking at this thread makes me happy to have been raised by parents who sort of withdrew from the world during the 70's and 80's (and 90's too, but i was around by then!). they were back-to-the-landers and moved from st. pete/tampa bay, FL to the middle of the mark twain nat'l forest area in southern missouri 30-some odd years ago. lived in a converted school bus while my dad built a house, pretty much out of tune with the trends and such. so growing up, i only knew music from the '60s and earlier, watched old TV shows like dick vandyke/i love lucy - there was a bit of 90's influence, but only once i hit school age. i always feel a bit left out when people my age i know talk about all these things (tv shows, video games, music) from their youth/growing up, because i've never heard of them!

as to the 70's, i'll just say 'no thanks!'

 

[maybelaughter]

one good thing to come from the '70's - pants and sweaters that are slim/long enough for my husband! (in the form of old things belonging to his dad/uncle...who thankfully didn't go for the extreme styles)

 

[carouselvic]

Hai Karate Lime! Fabulous!

It was certainly fruity.

 

[jamespowers]

It was certainly fruity.

lol lol lol lol lol

 

[Fletch]

I hate the 1970s because the 1970s hated me.
I was too young, too precocious, too poorly adjusted. I was lucky I didn't get wiped right off the face of the earth a couple of times as a kid. I was mouthy, and fearful, and impatient, and didn't want to grow up. I was born at the wrong time, and that was a very bad time to have been born at the wrong time. And I paid for it, and will be paying for it the rest of my life.

 

[Lincsong]

Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq7GxWsr8jM

 

[jamespowers]

I was born at the wrong time, and that was a very bad time to have been born at the wrong time.

Oh boy, tell me about it. :eusa_doh: