14 Things You Don't Miss About the 1970s

We take a nostalgic yet critical look back at the 1970s, exploring the quirks and challenges that many people don’t miss about the decade. From outdated fashion trends to the struggle of pre-digital technology, we’ll highlight 14 things that may have defined the era but aren’t exactly missed today. Join us as we dive into a blend of fun facts and relatable commentary that will make you appreciate how far we've come since the '70s #nostalgia #nostalgic #1970s #70s #70smusic #1970smusic #oldtimes #happytimes #70svibes #retro #memories #1970sNostalgia #throwback #NostalgiaTrip
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[nightmaretheater_TheCount]

Clearly you didn't grow up in the '70s. You lost all credibility when you said waiting for Saturday morning cartoons. You have no idea how exciting it was to wait all week... and then wake up on Saturday morning for your dose of cartoons. It added so much anticipation and excitement!

[dornelli]

If you question anyone who was a kid or teenager in the 70's and gave them a choice to go back, 99% of them would, because back then kids had fun, teenagers had hope and society wasn't sick with obesity, depression, sarcasm and indifference

[ChadElk]

VHS wasn't even around in most mainstream households until the mid 80's. A lot of your footage doesn't even match the said era.

[blenk]

Who the hell had a VCR in the 70s. Your list is suspect

[arun]

There were absolutely no VCR in the 70s that was the early 80s

[mattbosley]

VCRs? In the 70s? I didn't even have a VCR until the 80s. They were really expensive and not common until then.

[tkralva.]

Yes we do miss all that on TV.
Miss the days of not having to pay several streaming subscriptions and quality TV.
Miss the fact that it was easier to watch TV as a family.

Ok agree with smoking, but that didn't change until this century.

But Saturday morning kids TV, SwapShop, was a must. And rushing home from school for kids TV between 3 and 6pm, being either a BBC child or ITV child. And an hours worth of age related usually primary age 3-4, middle school 4-5 and secondary 5-6. Preschool was watch with mother at lunchtime.

Wouldn't it be great if they limited TV access again.

[paulhare]

I don't miss worrying about turning 18 before the Viet Nam clusterfudge was ended.

[PeterM-qxtz]

Moving the TV antenna was an art.. as soon as you touched it you became part of the antennae which improved the signal, and when you took your hand off it, the signal got worse... usually one person in the house was the designated expert and would get called to fix it... usually dad, but I became the go to guy for my family from the age of 12 onwards. As for changing TV channels manually, you only had three to choose from anyway, so that wasnt as great an inconvenience as you make out... everybody had the TV guide so knew exactly what was showing on all the channels at any given time.

[ericschmit]

We didn't worry about "stranger danger" because it wasn't really needed in most places other than huge cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, and Atlanta. I grew up in Denver Metro, Colorado. We walked 6 miles to the swimming pool, and the park was 3 miles away. It was a different time when things were safer.

[beeramebroham]

Wa Wa What this is a list of 14 things I miss about the 70's N°9 on the list was the best ok N°10 is something I don't miss .. So you have never seen an OSCAR MAYER commercial.

[nerdd-com]

No. All this is stuff I miss about the '70s. And, VCR's didn't start eating tapes in mass until the '80s. Children of the '70's (and '80s, and '60s) loved the smell of dittos. Xerox smells like burnt dog hair. Saturday morning cartoons was like a religion.

[hvrtguys]

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." (Charles Dickens)

[yossarian]

Who needed a remote? We had about 10 channels locally and Mom and Dad already had prime-time mapped out with the TV guide. So it wasn't a big deal to get up every hour and change the channel. As for cartoons, we had plenty of cartoons in the 3-5 pm "after school" weekday hours, but Saturday morning was our domain. Even better than cartoons were all those great live-action TV shows that later generations don't know existed. Muggsy. Wonder Bug. Electra Woman and Dyna Girl. Big John Little John. The Kids from CAPER. And all those psychotic Krofft productions... the opening of Lidsville scared the bejeezus out of me. We had an expensive antenna with a motorized device to aim it where we wanted it. It made this terrifying grinding and KER-THUNK sound when it stopped. Fixing snapped VHS tapes was a breeze. You just scotch-taped it back together and had a brief blip in the video. We had 24-hour, or at least very-late-night television from NYC and Philadelphia stations. We were an "early-to-bed, early-to-rise" family, so lack of late-night TV wasn't an issue with us.

I for one am I happy to see those old pull-tab soda cans gone. many idiots sent to the E/R after dropping the tab back into the can and getting them lodged in their throat. I'm old enough to remember when straws were made of waxed paper and got soggy and fell apart if you left them in your soda bottle too long.

I remember the floor of the supermarkets, and every other place in America, littered with stomped cigarette butts. Smoking in hospitals, college classrooms... you could smoke anywhere but an elevator, or in a court room. You could even smoke in the library. YUCK. My Mom had 7 kids and none of us got homemade haircuts. I guess life in 1970s America depended on if you were a working-class family, where money was tight, or a professional-class home that I grew up in. We weren't wealthy but we didn't have to pinch pennies... though my thrifty Mom could strech a dollar like no other. Housewives knew were all the sales were and shopped wisely. Mom was an S&H Green Stamp junkie and used them to buy wedding presents and christmas gifts.

The mere memory of the smell of ditto fluid still sends me into a fit of nostalgia.

One thing I DO NOT MISS is all the litter that was strewn EVERYWHERE. People threw everything imaginable out the car window - household trash, fast food bags, soda bottles, poopy diapers. One of our Cub Scout pack's regular community events was picking up litter... and it never seemed to end. But that "Clean up America" campaign got into full swing and the litter gradually disappeared. Every American of a certain age remembers that tear shed by the old Native American man in the canoe...

[jonsumner]

I was born in 79 so it's not like I exactly missed the 70s but I missed the 80s for a lot of the very reasons that you mentioned. At 1:00 I think is almost laughable because that is one of the biggest reasons I missed the 80s being oblivious to stranger danger

[Razmatazz]

VCR's were not invented in the 70's. More like in 1984.

[stevek]

Just seeing the thumbnail gave me the urge to watch Undercover Brother.

[mattbosley]

It's Oscar My-er, not May-er. I know it's spelled Mayer, but that's not how it's pronounced.

[windowworldcharlotte]

No he didn't grow up in the 70s. I wonder if the voice is human at all. Oh I'd love to be an Oscar May My uh...darn I forgot how to say the iconic name of that hot dog.

[VidWatcher-vj]

Anyone remember the baby blue movies CITY TV showed?