At first I thought this was going to be about Green Fairy.

After thinking about how mind meltingly boring the 1950's were, they almost had to invent hard drugs just to get themselves out of the rut.

Thanks. I remember that flashback like yesterday.

Hey choad.

I don't think I have flashbacks.  I'm fairly certain I have never left the bus.

Emmeran wrote:

GooberMcNutly wrote:

After thinking about how mind meltingly boring the 1950's were, they almost had to invent hard drugs just to get themselves out of the rut.

the '50s were boring??   Lessee... Korean War, Rock-n-roll, V8's, commercially available condom's, cheap booze, middle class, marijauna, football, baseball, civil rights, sputnik - fuck dude - what are you thinking of?

Korean war - Even the papers barely covered the action and most of the country was still burned out from 1945.
Rock-n-roll: Two words: Chubby Checker. That was RnR in the 50s for you.
V8s? Really? Cars from the 20s and 30s were way cooler, that's why the kids were hot rodding them.
Condoms were great, but you still had to convince Mary Lou to spread 'em and that wasn't happening in the 50s with any regularity. Cheap booze was about the only way and it was no fun because with 1950's morals you were still expected to marry her if you got caught breaking her cherry.
Middle class was the problem. When the highlight of the social scene was having a few high balls on your freshly mowed lawn of your new tract house, you aren't living on the bleeding edge.
Marijuana? Only if you were a jazz musician.
I can't speak to sports, but I'm sure they were just more brutal and more boring than they are today.
Civil Rights was a spark in the dark, bringing groups into conflict and causing discussion at all levels of society, Ill grant you that.
Sputnik and the rocket race was a great undertaking if you knew how to use a slide rule, otherwise it was treated by the country as just another sports event.

I'm guessing that if I was living in the 1950's I would spend most of my time being happy I didn't get my balls shot off in the Ardennes or some shitty coral atol and celebrating by buying a lot of new suits and shiny, crapily made cars.

Always been a little wary of trying full on psychedelics.  My childhood is just begging to incapacitate me permanently on shrooms or LSD.

Dmtdust wrote:

With the right guide, set and setting, lots can be healed with psychedelics.

Having spent life in a Catholic school for years, I maybe don't want to be guided, much.