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Martin Eden

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45. I turned 19 in 1976, but probably wouldn't fit in with that crowd

Sat Dec 20, 2025, 04:44 PM

Dec 20

Even though I had long-ish hair and indulged recreational drugs, I wasn't confident hangin free & loose with a crowd like that. In high school I would have been categorized as a "head" but not a hippie. Academics and sports were much easier for me than social interactions outside my longstanding friends.

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The year is 1976. Do you think these people would be your friends? [View all] True Dough Dec 20 OP

Most likely. no_hypocrisy Dec 20 #1

Nope. No doobies in evidence. Though there is one guy that seems on the nod. marble falls Dec 20 #2

Yep! jaymac Dec 20 #3

Happy and laid back. Any doing "recreational" drugs were far more likely to be using far less deadly and potent hlthe2b Dec 20 #4

Happy and laid. erronis Dec 20 #39

Yep, miss those days... walkingman Dec 20 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author anciano Dec 20 #6

Yea and they still are! flying_wahini Dec 20 #7

Friends with them? tonkatoy8888 Dec 20 #8

Women? niyad Dec 20 #42

No bongs. No booze. pfitz59 Dec 20 #9

Looks like the casting room for a religious movie bucolic_frolic Dec 20 #10

Just a random image from the internet True Dough Dec 20 #11

I posted it last week Marthe48 Dec 20 #17

Maybe True Dough Dec 20 #20

I don't have my glasses right now HappyH Dec 20 #12

Probably. sinkingfeeling Dec 20 #13

I agree with you , sinkingfeeling . Most all college students looked like that in 1976. debm55 Dec 20 #14

Very likely. highplainsdem Dec 20 #15

All of us "nonconformists" looked the same in those days. Been there, done that, I guess. Two of the people... NNadir Dec 20 #16

I think that's me PJMcK Dec 20 #18

I don't know your age, TrueDough. I was in college in 1976 and all of my friends and nonfriends looked like that . Me debm55 Dec 20 #19

I would have been 3 years old at that time True Dough Dec 20 #21

Just needed to know your age as this photo would be very much standard during that time. That's all. debm55 Dec 20 #22

Yeah, I know a little history True Dough Dec 20 #24

The blonde in front has her hand in an interesting place. Polly Hennessey Dec 20 #23

But True Dough Dec 20 #25

Probably, but I'm spooked by the guy in the upper portion on the left who looks like a young Matt Gaetz. Totally Tunsie Dec 20 #26

I was just graduating Catholic Grade School BlueKota Dec 20 #27

Looks a lot like Jilly_in_VA Dec 20 #28

Yep. I used to look like that. Ritabert Dec 20 #29

Definitely yes. We were so naive but we were not cruel like folks are today. Young Ziggysmom Dec 20 #30

Probably n/t gay texan Dec 20 #31

I would have been 9. cab67 Dec 20 #32

nope . graduated 1976. AllaN01Bear Dec 20 #33

I still relate BeneteauBum Dec 20 #34

I love the wire spool coffee table! crud Dec 20 #35

I was 14 then 15. Iggo Dec 20 #36

My parents' friends. GPV Dec 20 #37

Thats my head blocking the guitar... Golfnbrew Dec 20 #38

Looks like my crew surfered Dec 20 #40

Far Out! vanlassie Dec 20 #41

They look like many of my college classmates. niyad Dec 20 #43

The guy in the back, right side, looks like Rocky in taxi Dec 20 #44

I turned 19 in 1976, but probably wouldn't fit in with that crowd Martin Eden Dec 20 #45

not a chance. surrealAmerican Dec 20 #46

Great photo. snot Dec 20 #47

In '73? ProfessorGAC Dec 21 #48

That's me in the upper right. malthaussen Dec 21 #49

My oldest sister's friends easily. Solly Mack Dec 21 #50

Back row, 2nd guy from the left looks just like a guy I dated in 1979 ms liberty Dec 21 #51

Hell Yeah! Nictuku Dec 21 #52

Well, I was twelve at the time, but probably. OldBaldy1701E Dec 22 #53

It looks like the crowd I hung out with. Swede Dec 22 #54

I have a couple of pictures that looked like this, so yeah! lark Dec 22 #55

yes Skittles Dec 22 #56