Step into the ’70s, the decade that walked, shrugged, and said: “Straight-laced? Never met her.” These photos prove it in living color.

There’s the dude getting caught with his little stash of “herbal enthusiasm,” wearing the exact expression of a man realizing his just did something kinda cool for his friends. Then you’ve got crowds hanging out in the middle of empty streets during the oil crisis. And of course, the goofy girls, pulling faces and cracking up like every snapshot was its own inside joke.

These moments remind us the ’70s were full of bell-bottoms and burnt-orange décor. They had loose, rebellious, and a lot of amazing unscripted chaos. So let’s flip through the evidence and enjoy the decade where nobody bothered to color inside the lines.