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sinkingfeeling

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13. Probably.

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Sat Dec 20, 2025, 11:46 AM

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

Most likely. no_hypocrisy Saturday #1

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

Yep! jaymac Saturday #3

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

Happy and laid. erronis Saturday #39

Yep, miss those days... walkingman Saturday #5

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

Yea and they still are! flying_wahini Saturday #7

Friends with them? tonkatoy8888 Saturday #8

Women? niyad Saturday #42

No bongs. No booze. pfitz59 Saturday #9

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

Just a random image from the internet True Dough Saturday #11

I posted it last week Marthe48 Saturday #17

Maybe True Dough Saturday #20

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

Probably. sinkingfeeling Saturday #13

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

Very likely. highplainsdem Saturday #15

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

I think that's me PJMcK Saturday #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 Saturday #19

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

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

Yeah, I know a little history True Dough Saturday #24

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

But True Dough Saturday #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 Saturday #26

I was just graduating Catholic Grade School BlueKota Saturday #27

Looks a lot like Jilly_in_VA Saturday #28

Yep. I used to look like that. Ritabert Saturday #29

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

Probably n/t gay texan Saturday #31

I would have been 9. cab67 Saturday #32

nope . graduated 1976. AllaN01Bear Saturday #33

I still relate BeneteauBum Saturday #34

I love the wire spool coffee table! crud Saturday #35

I was 14 then 15. Iggo Saturday #36

My parents' friends. GPV Saturday #37

Thats my head blocking the guitar... Golfnbrew Saturday #38

Looks like my crew surfered Saturday #40

Far Out! vanlassie Saturday #41

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

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

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

not a chance. surrealAmerican Saturday #46

Great photo. snot Saturday #47

In '73? ProfessorGAC Sunday #48

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

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

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

Hell Yeah! Nictuku Sunday #52

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

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

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

yes Skittles Monday #56