What would you do if you found yourself in the 70's? (S5 Spoilers)

[Brent]

So, a lot of this season has dealt with our losties in the 70's DI. If you were on the Island, and traveled with our group to the 70's, what would you have done? Would you have stayed on the Island and worked for the DI? If so what job would you have liked to work? If not, would you have gone off island and done something out in the world back in the 70's?

Me, I'd probably leave the island for a little bit and maybe meet my parents before I was even born (I was born in '79) That might have been cool. I'd probably go see Star Wars in the theater too. I think it would be cool to walk around with future knowledge. I think though eventually, like Faraday, I might come back to the Island to work for the DI, I'd like working in The Flame or perhaps on the tech side in the computer department, working with some old school computers, heh.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Maybe if I can work out the reason... I can get home.

 

[chrisspringob]

Follow in the footsteps of Biff Tannen, and win big $ by betting on sports and other future events. (Though it would help if I knew the outcomes of any sporting events in 1977.)

 

[DonIago]

Are we operating on the premise that we could change time, or that whatever happened happened?

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Bide my time and buy Apple and Microsoft stock.

Hell, buy Apple and Microsoft before the get big enough to have stock!

(Though it would help if I knew the outcomes of any sporting events in 1977.)

Same here. That's why I'm sticking with big bidness. I know what companies became rich!

 

[Mr Light]

Ugh I would hate to live in the 70s. Just looking back at my childhood in the 80s the level of technology is horrendous. I wish I could have grown up with computers and the internet! I didn't get the internet until 1997!

 

[Shurik]

Ugh I would hate to live in the 70s. Just looking back at my childhood in the 80s the level of technology is horrendous. I wish I could have grown up with computers and the internet! I didn't get the internet until 1997!

They didn't even have Digger in the 70s'!
Also, you would have to experience the disco craze in the 70s', the 80s' fashion and hair, all those horrible hair metal bands.
OTOH, it would be fun to see my favorite metal bands before they got big, like Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, performing in small clubs in front of the very small audience ...

But in general, going back to 70s' would suck.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

Follow in the footsteps of Biff Tannen, and win big $ by betting on sports and other future events. (Though it would help if I knew the outcomes of any sporting events in 1977.)

I'm OK with local teams, but I don't think any played in championships in 77. I could make bets in 80, though, and 83. I think the Blazers won the NBA championship in 79, but I'm not sure. I'm better betting on championships, but if I were to make the bet at the beginning of the season, I'm sure I'd screw it up.

Still, it's not like I'd have anything better to do in the 70s, so I'll take a shot.

 

[Jenee]

Ugh I would hate to live in the 70s. Just looking back at my childhood in the 80s the level of technology is horrendous. I wish I could have grown up with computers and the internet! I didn't get the internet until 1997!

They didn't even have Digger in the 70s'!
Also, you would have to experience the disco craze in the 70s', the 80s' fashion and hair, all those horrible hair metal bands.
OTOH, it would be fun to see my favorite metal bands before they got big, like Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, performing in small clubs in front of the very small audience ...

But in general, going back to 70s' would suck.

What??!!

Damn kids.

I'd hate to have been a kid in the 80s or 90s.

If for no other reason than not being afraid to have sex.

Or ride a bike without a helmet.

or playing outside all day without a leash - er cell phone.

using my imagination.

building snow forts

sitting on Dad's lap as he drives around the block.

riding in the back of a pick up.

... those were the days ...

 

[beneldon]

I think I'd go to my Mom and Dad's house and convince them that there son needed to learn how to type and to point out that computers were going to be big and that if they had any spare capital to invest in that small fruit company.
Having altered the course of Young Beneldon's lfie and hopefully for my family, I'd return to the island and life out my life the way the Island wants me to live it... Provided it lets me leave...

I don't think I'd "disappear" because I would be back in time and Young Beneldon would live out his life on a different path being a different person now that he is not a hunt and peck typist - I see big things happening for Young Beneldon! Big things!

 

[Capn Flukie]

Maybe if I can work out the reason... I can get home.

Brilliant!

I'd probably just hang out with Hurley.

 

[Super Grover]

I'd have Nolan Ryan sign his Rookie card, see him pitch when he was in his prime. Tell Bob Short to spend lots and lots of money on the Bullpen, instead of big hitters.

Do some investing, and some creative gambling.

I'd go work at the Dharma Initiave radio station, because working it TV and Radio back in the 70s sure sounded exciting.

 

[PKTrekGirl]

Ugh I would hate to live in the 70s. Just looking back at my childhood in the 80s the level of technology is horrendous. I wish I could have grown up with computers and the internet! I didn't get the internet until 1997!

They didn't even have Digger in the 70s'!
Also, you would have to experience the disco craze in the 70s', the 80s' fashion and hair, all those horrible hair metal bands.
OTOH, it would be fun to see my favorite metal bands before they got big, like Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, performing in small clubs in front of the very small audience ...

But in general, going back to 70s' would suck.

Well, I was alive during the 70's, and it didn't suck.

Sure, it was different than it is now, but it didn't suck.

First of all, Disco, while it did indeed suck, was really only in the late 70's. And even then, it wasn't ALL Disco. There were other bands that were quite popular then, and much of the music was pretty decent. It wasn't like it was 24/7/365 Donna Summer or anything. And let's face it - the Village People ARE entertaining, if nothing else.

Early to mid 70's music was pretty damn good. I mean, you have a problem with Led Zepplin or something? Wouldn't have wanted to have been there for Bruce Springsteen's beginnings? And then, the Eagles were great. Foreigner was good. Styx was pretty decent...Kansas was good...Chicago was busy during that time.

And in the 70's there was alot more freedom. There was no AIDS, no Herpes, no War on Drugs.... So being young was...erm....alot more like one big party rather than like one big SAT prep class. Parties at the beach every weekend, hanging out with friends and having a good time - not sitting in front of a TV screen or a computer monitor.

As far as other entertainment goes, the biggest actors during that period were guys like Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman - GOOD actors. Not idiotic posers like we have today. And alot of the classic film actors were still alive and making movies - guys like Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rock Hudson. THOSE were movie stars!

As for not having computers and the internet...well, we didn't miss what we didn't have. But then, we had ALOT more real social interaction. Our social lives involved alot more real people in real social interactions and alot fewer cyper-pals on the internets. And since we also had alot fewer TV channels, we watched alot less TV. But what we did watch, everyone else watched too, so it was alot more fun to talk about.

It was an interesting time. The Vietnam War was going on, the whole hippie movement was happening.....Watergate and Nixon's resignation, the Munich Olympics and the Israeli hostage situation...

The world wasn't changing very fast technologically..but it certainly was changing socially, politically, and morally.

In truth, it was proably the most 'alive' decade of my life.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

The '50s were boring, the '60s rocked, and the '70s - Oh, my god, they obviously suck.

 

[Jenee]

The 50s were so boring, they made a tv show about how boring it was - called it Happy Days.

and the 70s sucked so bad they made a tv show about how much it sucked - called it ... uh, That 70s Show.

But, the 60s and 80s rocked so much that they ... er .... have a special on VH1 every once in a while ... for the 80s, anyway ...

 

[label]

Bide my time and buy Apple and Microsoft stock.

Yep, that's exactly the first two things I thought as well.

That and Google, Amazon and Ebay.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

The 50s were so boring, they made a tv show about how boring it was - called it Happy Days.

and the 70s sucked so bad they made a tv show about how much it sucked - called it ... uh, That 70s Show.

But, the 60s and 80s rocked so much that they ... er .... have a special on VH1 every once in a while ... for the 80s, anyway ...

I take it you didn't get the reference?

 

[acappellasaurus]

Swinger parties. Yeah baby, yeah.

 

[Jenee]

The 50s were so boring, they made a tv show about how boring it was - called it Happy Days.

and the 70s sucked so bad they made a tv show about how much it sucked - called it ... uh, That 70s Show.

But, the 60s and 80s rocked so much that they ... er .... have a special on VH1 every once in a while ... for the 80s, anyway ...

I take it you didn't get the reference?

No, but I was kidding anyway.

I meant to come back later when someone responded and I would have said something witty.

But, my short attention span and lack of smileys made me look like a right bitch, didn't it.

BTW, what was it a reference to?

 

[Alidar Jarok]

The movie Dazed and Confused (which takes place in the 70s, but was made much more recently so there's a bit of an intended irony about these statements for the viewer).

Cynthia: "It's like the every-other-decade theory, you know? The '50s were boring, the '60s rocked, and the '70s-- Oh, my god, they obviously suck. Come on. Maybe the '80s will be radical. You know? I figure we'll be in our 20s and, hey, it can't get any worse."

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Good movie, btw