GamerDude has talked about lots of things from his childhood, from grade school to shopping malls. This week, he focuses on trying to paint a picture of what growing up in the 1970s was like, and how it was so different from the world today.  He talks about McDonalds, and how it was everywhere when he was a kid, but very different from the fast food place we know today.  He talks about how, until the 1970s, there was no Egg McMuffin, and how he never got to enjoy chicken mcnuggets as a kid because they weren't "a thing."  He talks about how pay phones were everywhere, and actual live operators existed to help you, with information, with collect calls, and even with calling for help, because 911 wasn't "a thing" when GamerDude was a kid. He also talks about living through the gas crisis of the 1970s, and how that changed the family car.  He rememb ...