Humanity Peaked in 1967
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I can't prove it, but it sure seems the Summer of Love will be the "high point" of the human race.
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I can't prove it, but it sure seems the Summer of Love will be the "high point" of the human race.
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The six day Arab-Israeli war
The six day Arab-Israeli war just before summer started would like to weigh in on this discussion.
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It was over by the summer
It was over by the summer
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Sure, but the war in Vietnam
Sure, but the war in Vietnam was just really getting going.
1967 was also the long, hot summer when a bunch of US cities had riots.
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It would be neat if Viva
It would be neat if Viva included an asterisk or other demarcation of posts which had been edited. Y'know what I mean?
And,* I don't entirely disagree with OP!
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the actual summer of love
the actual summer of love ended in '66
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long,_hot_summer_of_1967
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Quite often the peaks are
Quite often peaks are accompanied by some real low spots. Another example is Woodstock, which took place a week or so after the Manson murders, and a few months before the Stones' Altamont show.
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The six day Arab-Israeli war
The six day Arab-Israeli war just before summer started would like to weigh in on this discussion<<<
Just like the broad nature of a "peak year" goes for tunes, I had to pick year ... so Summer of Love was convenient & didn't have much time.
Perhaps 1969 / Woodstock might have been a better choice regarding the high point?
Then again, it's all US centric.
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It would be neat if Viva
It would be neat if Viva included an asterisk or other demarcation of posts which had been edited. Y'know what I mean?
And,* I don't entirely disagree with OP!<<<
Yeah, that's a useful bell / whistle that plays out well on many other boards / platforms, but wouldn't that go against the grain of mirroring the "old zone"?
Not having a great day, so I did make a few edits (within the allotted time) if that's what you're talking about.
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When was Atlantis ? They
When was Atlantis ? They seemd to have some folks with their shit together.
Donovan
https://youtu.be/ECZetm-h77s
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>>>>Humanity Peaked in 1967
>>>>Humanity Peaked in 1967
...a few cool people were born after
I anticipate an Renaissance after the Q-Inquisition
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> Perhaps 1969 / Woodstock
> Perhaps 1969 / Woodstock might have been a better choice regarding the high point?
Face, I think you missed my post right before yours. Woodstock, while a high point, took place in the midst of some heinous shit too.
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1971; humanity jumped the
1971; humanity jumped the shark with Coke selling us our humanity.
https://youtu.be/ib-Qiyklq-Q
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And then in 2015, Madmen
And then in 2015, Mad Men jumped that jumping of the shark with a pseudo origin story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Exf63KPXF6w&t=96s
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> Perhaps 1969 / Woodstock
> Perhaps 1969 / Woodstock might have been a better choice regarding the high point?
Face, I think you missed my post right before yours. Woodstock, while a high point, took place in the midst of some heinous shit too.<<<
I did see it Mike, but I didn't quite respond as well as I could've. I had kinda questioned whether a "peak" should necessarily be associated with the US in an effort to say that yeah, not only was bad shit going down in the US, but undoubtedly around the globe too.
Guess I was thinking of it in terms of an alien that visits our desolate planet after nuclear destruction (sometime in the near future). It'd be difficult to imagine the US not involved in a nuclear exchange that wiped out everything, so figure it's appropriate to look within the US for peaks that reflect the ability of the human spirit to soar above its darker animalistic behavior.
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Be sure to wear some flowers
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair...
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Duality, bitches.
Duality, bitches.
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way..."
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> Duality, bitches.
> Duality, bitches.
Gold. In fact, that might be the funniest thing I've read on the zone this year.
Life is rhythms. Peaks and valleys. If we ever achieve a state of stasis, we're not living anymore. We're dead.
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I Peaked at the Greek...
I Peaked at the Greek...
wish I still had my lot shirt from the summer '85
https://www.cosmiccarter.com/product/vintage-1985-i-peaked-at-the-greek-...
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1969 brought the world
1969 brought the world together with the moonwalk.
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For one brief, rainy Sunday
For one brief, rainy Sunday afternoon (in New England, at least).
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>> I did make a few edits
>> I did make a few edits (within the allotted time) if that's what you're talking about.
Not at all, sir. Just a little early reply irreverence; here's to starting your week with a great day, today.
>> Guess I was thinking of it in terms of an alien that visits our desolate planet after nuclear destruction (sometime in the near future). It'd be difficult to imagine the US not involved in a nuclear exchange that wiped out everything, so figure it's appropriate to look within the US for peaks that reflect the ability of the human spirit to soar above its darker animalistic behavior.
I just read a funny comic story that considers just that, but wherein the alien visitors are... us.
Of course, in this tale, we never make it out of the 1950s.