# Stuff that was different in the 60s and 70s **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 11, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-was-different-in-the-60s-and-70s/788688 "2017-06-11T14:38:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-was-different-in-the-60s-and-70s/788688/401 "2017-06-26T19:45:58Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > You were a Tough Guy if you could crush the can in your hand. Or smash it against your forehead. Or open bottle caps without a bottle opener. Probably using your teeth. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-was-different-in-the-60s-and-70s/788688/402 "2017-06-26T19:50:34Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Beer came in steel cans. > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > You were a Tough Guy if you could crush the can in your hand. The secret was to hold the can with the seam against the palm of your hand (cans were not stamped out of one piece of metal then), and crush the can with your fingers on the side opposite the seam. I also remember linking the pull top rings into a chain so you didn’t litter the ground with them. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-was-different-in-the-60s-and-70s/788688/403 "2017-06-26T20:06:00Z")
Oh man, pop tops. I remember walking across a small bridge over an apparently quite popular river for fishing. There was an astonishing number of pop tops on it. Inches thick in places. It would take all day with a snow shovel to clean them up. There were also a common cause of cuts to your feet at the beach. Those are one thing I don’t miss. ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-was-different-in-the-60s-and-70s/788688/404 "2017-06-26T20:16:58Z")
People used [these](http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/woman-w-metal-reflector-sunbathing-picture-id50388563?s=612x612) to speed up the tanning process, along with tanning oil :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-was-different-in-the-60s-and-70s/788688/405 "2017-06-26T20:51:23Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > The secret was to hold the can with the seam against the palm of your hand (cans were not stamped out of one piece of metal then), and crush the can with your fingers on the side opposite the seam. > . I just learned to crush them (steel) by strength. I didn’t know any tricks. “They switched to aluminum back in 63, now anyone can be a hero.” - Jim Rockford ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-was-different-in-the-60s-and-70s/788688/406 "2017-06-26T21:08:58Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > “They switched to aluminum back in 63, now anyone can be a hero.” - Jim Rockford I thought of that, too. Said to a large Black guy who had just gotten out of prison. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-was-different-in-the-60s-and-70s/788688/407 "2017-06-26T21:34:23Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Hey! I remember you in the audience! You were the know-it-all, amirite? 😉 Yep, that was me alright! You might remember when I went up to the stage and told Dylan he got some of the lyrics wrong. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-was-different-in-the-60s-and-70s/788688/408 "2017-06-26T22:16:31Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I thought of that, too. > > Said to a large Black guy who had just gotten out of prison. Wow, I never knew that about **Just Asking Questions.** ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-was-different-in-the-60s-and-70s/788688/409 "2017-06-26T22:29:51Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Yep, that was me alright! You might remember when I went up to the stage and told Dylan he got some of the lyrics wrong. 😃 I do remember. You made him cry. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-was-different-in-the-60s-and-70s/788688/410 "2017-06-26T23:26:23Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Oh man, pop tops. > > I remember walking across a small bridge over an apparently quite popular river for fishing. There was an astonishing number of pop tops on it. Inches thick in places. It would take all day with a snow shovel to clean them up. > > There were also a common cause of cuts to your feet at the beach. > > Those are one thing I don’t miss. Did you blow out your flip flop? 😃 > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I thought of that, too. > > Said to a large Black guy who had just gotten out of prison. Would that have been Gandy Fitch, played by Issac Hayes? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-was-different-in-the-60s-and-70s/788688/411 "2017-06-26T23:33:17Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Would that have been Gandy Fitch, played by Issac Hayes? “They make them out of aluminum now, Gandy. Anyone can be a tough guy.” Maybe. You remember The Rockford Files better than I. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-was-different-in-the-60s-and-70s/788688/412 "2017-06-27T01:14:33Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > “They make them out of aluminum now, Gandy. Anyone can be a tough guy.” > Maybe. You remember The Rockford Files better than I. Isaac Hayes is pretty unmistakable. But yeah, Gandy was always calling Jim “Rockfish.” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-was-different-in-the-60s-and-70s/788688/413 "2017-06-27T01:40:53Z")
I think of Hayes as [the Chef.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1e/SouthParkChef.png) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-was-different-in-the-60s-and-70s/788688/414 "2017-06-27T03:00:46Z")
That Chef is one bad mother… ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-was-different-in-the-60s-and-70s/788688/415 "2017-06-27T03:51:36Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > That Chef is one bad mother… Shut your mouth! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-was-different-in-the-60s-and-70s/788688/416 "2017-06-27T04:05:49Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > That Chef is one bad mother… You’re damn right! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-was-different-in-the-60s-and-70s/788688/417 "2017-06-27T04:16:02Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > You’re damn right! I’m just talkin bout Chef! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-was-different-in-the-60s-and-70s/788688/418 "2017-06-27T05:27:55Z")
And his chocolate salty balls are the sweetest! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-was-different-in-the-60s-and-70s/788688/419 "2017-06-27T06:31:44Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I’m just talkin bout Chef! Then we can dig it. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-was-different-in-the-60s-and-70s/788688/420 "2017-06-27T10:11:47Z")
> [@jerez](#): > > Humor was coarser (racist jokes, etc.) Yes and no. There was more tolerance for humor that today would be considered racist and sexist. But in many public forums, there was less tolerance for explicit humor (or any discussion at all) about sexual or body functions. I remember when Jimmy Carter’s hopes for the presidency were called into question because he used the words “screw” and “shack up” in an interview (in Playboy magazine, which made it even worse). Flash forward a couple decades, and we had the moralistic prig Dr. Laura using “shack up” as a catchphrase. > [@John\_Mace](#): > > …We used to record music off the radio by positioning the microphone near the radio and waiting, patiently, until the station played a song we liked… Ah, that nostalgic 60-cycle hum. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-was-different-in-the-60s-and-70s/788688.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-was-different-in-the-60s-and-70s/788688.md?page=22)