I Miss 1978; I WANT IT BACK AGAIN, NOW!!!

Yes those were good days. I miss then to.

Amazing.

You can go back to Jimmy Carter’s economy if you want.

Other notable events: the Afghanistan civil war started, Jim Jones killed his flock of moon eyed socialists, Khmir Rouge was stacking bodies in SE Asia, Iran was on the verge of revolution.

The first ‘GPS” Navstar was launched. The Ford Pinto was recalled. Both Ted Bundy and Gacy serial murderers are arrested.

TV sucked except for WKRP, SNL, and Monty Python. The notorious Star Wars Christmas Special was released and then sent to Capone’s vault. Annie Hall was best picture, Superman was the film to see.

So was I...13 years old...


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Funny enough, I was thinking of that time trying to go to sleep last night....
No cable, newspapers twice a day, my mom and stepdad in the station wagon, reading lots of science fiction, 16 magazine (lol) it was stupid to me then, writing stories.....

The Disco era sucked. It was Goon-ville.

I am glad you had fun though.

And the gas lines cause none was available even at 36 cents and 9

TV?

Who watched TV back in the 70's?

I remember going to the drive-in, and the movies, but TV was very low on everyone's list of things to do.

Oakland???
WOW

Man I was 15 and that was the greatest time to be alive hands down.

Id love to go back to the 80's but since that cant happen could we just give me back the 10 yuears of my life after i graduated college and got stuck in a 5k town because the government destroyed the economy and expects me to pay for something I never recieved?

The year I graduated from high school. Definitely the good old days.

OMG I miss all of that too, even the disco. I miss rock bands too. I miss not having to get a million messages in 10 different places. I miss the pace of the 70's. Life was wonderful then.

Pre-Fax
Pre-Cell Phones
Pre-Computer

More privacy, slower pace, miss it. I remember reading books, actual books. Seeking them out at my pace, not the world's. Men wore tight-fitting pants, even 2" heels. Nik Nik shirts on the guys, short dresses for women. Good times.

The same experience , but it was 1973 for me. Being served at bars at 13 but at the same time totally responsible and working a job at that age.

1978 sucked mighty wind.

1969 was far better.

Here in the real world, we call that 6'.
Oh, and derp.

I always loved those girls. Agnetha give me a call

1978 was my graduation year from High School. It was an amazing time. Still remember the kids driving their muscle cars to school and doing donuts in the parking lot...

Yes, there was disco; but I preferred Rock n Roll. The music was amazing back then. A particular bar I enjoyed had 2 stages with a view of the Atlantic Ocean. Multiple bands would play while various types of boats and speed boats would dock...

Lots of great times...

1978 I was 12. Never would have imagined the evil that I would discover later.

The best music in the history of mankind.
The hook in this song is genius.

I was 14 years old, embarking on the PRIME of my life (which, thank GOD, I am still in) and, what can I say, it simply was one of THE BEST ERAS to be a young adult or adult!

I was an EXTREMELY PRECOCIOUS child, very much advanced for my age in both physical and mental growth. I was ALREADY getting served alcohol, in bars and liquor stores at age 12! Not that that's bad or good, it just was. I was already 5'12" tall then! I have friends who to this day still do not understand how I did it. Suffice it to say that I was a responsible kid as well and did not overindulge. I would buy beer for other, much older 18 year olds, since alcohol was restricted to 21 year olds in my state then, but not now.

I lived the dance era known as "the disco era," which as most of us healthy guys saw it as "a chance to score with chicks." That's why young men and old men alike braved the shaky social risk of actually wearing the correct garb, going to a disco-theque then, with one's girlfriend on their arm AND DANCING THE NIGHT AWAY.

It was a lot of fun.

I miss it.

Every generation misses it's heydey.

1978 was mine.

That's all.

I'm approximately your age - 55 here. Just the other day I told my husband if I could return to any year, it would be 1974.

Before all this noisy, disruptive technology, we ate real food, listened to real music, read real books. We enjoyed fresh air, went for walks without worrying a serial killer would grab us, played outside until we dropped and then slept very soundly.

I miss those days.

You're right - and I do remember my parents struggling in this economy. It actually ruined their marriage. They never recovered, always behind from that point on until Mom died in 2000. These were not easy times either, but times were quieter, and I think that's what we're nostalgic for.

It doesn't get any better than this. Disco sucks...always has...always will.

Was a good year! That was the year i was born lol

Left the comfort and safety of home and joined the military in 1978. Best thing I ever did.

It’s because we didn’t have cell phones, computers, Netflix, you know... technology...

We actually had to go OUT to have fun... we had to actually CONVERSE to people...

Sad as it may be, I hope our markets crash so we can start over. I hate technology.

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True. But today's America, although it has technical marvels that were limited to sci-fi novels in the past, is a hard, cold, uncaring society. It's a George Soros and Michael Bloomberg combined with a Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton scamming everyone with false platitudes and hollow compassion.