I miss the 60s

[Mook]

Cross posting this from FB. Cause the more I watch, the more I agree with myself.

So I'm rewatching Mad Men and I kind of wish things from back then returned to the present. Actual conversation, dressing well, dinners without technology all around you, the music...the only thing that has carried over for me is the alcohol. Not saying none of that exists anymore but its not the norm. Am I just rambling? This post makes sense, right?

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[wombat]

I yell at the wife if she touches her phone when we go out. Most of the bar/grill places we visit with friends we never touch our phones because we just shoot the shit. I will say that it's annoying to have everyone buried in their phones.

 

[CMNTMXR57]

So I'm rewatching Mad Men and I kind of wish things from back then returned to the present. Actual conversation, dressing well, dinners without technology all around you, the music...the only thing that has carried over for me is the alcohol. Not saying none of that exists anymore but its not the norm. Am I just rambling? This post makes sense, right?

Don't forget the muscle cars of the day too.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I could do without the chain smoking.

 

[Mook]

If I'm at a bar (which is once or twice a week), I'll fuck around on my phone b/c its one of those casual situations where conversation isnt constantly needed. At dinner, I try to not touch it. I'll leave it sitting out of habit but wont touch it...especially if I'm on a date.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Work would probably be even funnier if half the staff were shit faced at work

 

[wombat]

If I'm at a bar (which is once or twice a week), I'll fuck around on my phone b/c its one of those casual situations where conversation isnt constantly needed. At dinner, I try to not touch it. I'll leave it sitting out of habit but wont touch it...especially if I'm on a date.

I think if i were in the dating scene and she touched her phone, i'd just up and leave

 

[ChiLAX]

Don't forget the muscle cars of the day too.

I'd rather live now for that aspect. If the 60's car guys got dropped into today and saw a Dodge Demon/ZR1/Ford GT/everything else in the horsepower arms race, they would shit themselves out of excitement. We are definitely in the golden era of cars.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I'd rather live now for that aspect. If the 60's car guys got dropped into today and saw a Dodge Demon/ZR1/Ford GT/everything else in the horsepower arms race, they would shit themselves out of excitement. We are definitely in the golden era of cars.

Meh

 

[CMNTMXR57]

YOu have to put things in perspective though. And this is why so many of them hate the new stuff is because they "grew up with..."

However, back in 1965, and you grew up in a regular Chevy sedan with a straight 6 with maybe 83hp was standard fare, and then Pontiac takes a small car, drops a 389 in it... Or Chrysler doing stuff, and then ford, and then GM again, etc, etc...

No emissions to worry about, who gave a shit about fuel economy or safety either...

Just stuff the biggest/most powerful motor you got, in the lightest platform you've got, and voila...

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

New cars are impressive but do nothing for me as far as excitement to drive or look at.

 

[Euro]

I think I would thoroughly enjoy the 60s. I mean, the boom of the muscle car era is enough!

 

[DEEZUZ]

So guilty of having phone in hand and dick in the other

 

[ChiLAX]

YOu have to put things in perspective though. And this is why so many of them hate the new stuff is because they "grew up with..."

However, back in 1965, and you grew up in a regular Chevy sedan with a straight 6 with maybe 83hp was standard fare, and then Pontiac takes a small car, drops a 389 in it... Or Chrysler doing stuff, and then ford, and then GM again, etc, etc...

No emissions to worry about, who gave a shit about fuel economy or safety either...

Just stuff the biggest/most powerful motor you got, in the lightest platform you've got, and voila...

A lot of those muscle cars weren't as fast as people remember them, 14-15 seconds off the showroom floor was common. Like you said though, compared to the heavy sedan with 100 hp that was flying.

Emissions initially killed the performance car world, but once the engineers figured out ways to work with it, we ended up with some truly insane cars. Not to mention we're at the beginning of the electric car era.

 

[CMNTMXR57]

Agreed, they weren't as fast as many remember them, but again, fuzzy old mammories could things sometimes...

We didn't start to see that craziness until mid-90's though... it took them 20 - 25 years before computing power got to the levels it did to run this stuff.

 

[Yaj Yak]

albeit not the norm there was plenty of stuff that you'd slap headers on, a tank of leaded and some slicks and boom 11s maybe tens.

 

[Yaj Yak]

old stuff had character, style, and ingenuity.

new stuff is impressive as FUCK that they package so much power, efficiency, safety, reliability and performance into reasonably priced packages

but cars built to appease to the eye first and being safe somewhere far down the road, just are so cool.

 

[ChiLAX]

old stuff had character, style, and ingenuity.

Most definitely. So much so that car manufacturers today are still using those 60's models to design cars 50 years later.

 

[Bru]

I don't think that was the takeaway from Mad Men , but all those things you mention are easily achievable if you really desire. I hear the ad exec world isn't really that different 50 years later anyway.

 

[Yaj Yak]

Most definitely. So much so that car manufacturers today are still using those 60's models to design cars 50 years later.

i think that's just also cuz the world is losing it's creativity at a rapid rate.

i mean how many different spider man movies will come out

 

[Mook]

I don't think that was the takeaway from Mad Men , but all those things you mention are easily achievable if you really desire. I hear the ad exec world isn't really that different 50 years later anyway.

What was your takeaway then? I dont think I'm wrong in saying that human interaction is not anywhere close to the same as back then (I understand that wasnt the point of the show of course).

I mean the show isnt historically accurate at all times either but a lot of it is something I wish stood the test of time.

 

[Sprayin]

I like the modern comforts that technology provides. I don't have a problem being social though.

 

[Mook]

Neither do I. That wasn't my point.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I dislike being social. I can if the situation necessitates but I’d rather just not be near or talk to most.

 

[Bru]

What was your takeaway then? I dont think I'm wrong in saying that human interaction is not anywhere close to the same as back then (I understand that wasnt the point of the show of course).

I mean the show isnt historically accurate at all times either but a lot of it is something I wish stood the test of time.

I don’t think there was just one, but many, like self awareness and fulfillment for Draper or empowerment like Joan. But not a “simpler times were better” message.