If somebody from the 1970's woke up today...

[DodgyGeezer]

a sort of reverse 'blast from the past'... If somebody from the 1970's woke up today what would surprise them the most?

No Moonbse Alpha?
No flying cars?
No USSR?


Have at it...

[dudleybloke]

Probably smartphones.

[av185]

The return of SPAM.

[juice]

Cars with over 100K on them

[callyman]

av185 said:

The return of SPAM.

Never been without it.
Spam and Egg roll mmmm.

[StevieBee]

How they managed to sleep for so long without getting up for a pee.

[DodgyGeezer]

StevieBee said:

How they managed to sleep for so long without getting up for a pee.

[havoc]

StevieBee said:

How they managed to sleep for so long without getting up for a pee.

I was going to say "they'd be very hungry", but your response is better!

[cuprabob]

The vast amount of TV channels and still nothing decent to watch

[vixen1700]

dudleybloke said:

Probably smartphones.

Yep.

Video calls
Internet
Email
Plus everything else

Even the fact they're cordless phones.

Then I'd show them something like the Shazam app to blow their minds.

[Castrol for a knave]

TVR didn't start again after going bust, this time....

[P-Jay]

If I think about my childhood in the late 70s and early 80s. There's the obvious stuff like fashion, everything seemed to be brown in the 70s, although I wonder if they'd wonder why everything is grey now.

I think fundamentally it would be the speed of life, you can look at the way people dress and think, "I was expecting spacesuits, but it's mostly just the same but different cuts and colours". Cars are quieter, but far bigger, but they're still cars. Smartphones, in fact flat screens everywhere, but it's still moving pictures on a screen.

I think if I was woken today after 40-50 years in a coma, it would be the number of people about, the pace everyone goes at and the noise.

[Tango13]

juice said:

Cars with over 100K on them

Not having to fettle the car every weekend just to make it through the week.

[Cold]

That the summer of '76 is still the benchmark.

[BoomerPride]

Everybody is so fat!!

[pzero64]

Petrol being nearly £1.50/gallon.

No, sorry Mr 1970’s man, that’s per litre and there’s a few of them in a gallon.

[Electronicpants]

P-Jay said:

pictures on a screen.

I think if I was woken today after 40-50 years in a coma, it would be the number of people about, the pace everyone goes at and the noise.

[gt40steve]

Gender identity, etc.

[Sheets Tabuer]

Don't want to be that guy but they'd be very surprised by multiculturalism.

[Super Sonic]

House prices.