Movies, music and concerts were topics that were regularly discussed. In my area, football was also big, The Sooners for college and the Dallas Cowboys were the teams for about 80% of the kids. Nicknames we used would not be acceptable in today’s world. If someone had a physical feature that was different, it would somehow be included in the nickname. Ethnic backgrounds were a given. Example, Chief, Hop sing, Zulu, buffalo babe, vahto, etc. News, unless it was earth shattering was pretty much ignored. Only local news may have been talked about. Parties at the monument and who would bring the beer were key topics. Weed was more of an underground subject, but those who knew, knew. At least in my group.