Why do I hate the 1960s so much?

[Marc Chevalier]

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... I hate the '60s even more.

Because we can never get enough of a hated thing, here's a new thread to sock it to a decade. Ready... set... SLAM!


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[dhermann1]

I loved the 60's! Watch it! (Actually, feel free.)

 

[Lefty]

Space exploration: 40 years since the moon landing and who cares?

Hippies: OK, maybe this is a good use for space.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

The John Birch Society. 'Nuff said.


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[jamespowers]

Hippies: OK, maybe this is a good use for space.

Black holes are good for getting rid of that problem.
And geez, can we get over the Beatles already? I am tired of hearing about a group that lasted a few short years and put forth nonsense songs---goo goo go away.
Throw in Vietnam, Johson, Tiny Tim (here we go I know) and a host of neru jackets and fake fabrics. PU!:eusa_doh:

 

[LizzieMaine]

Fortunately, "The Sixties" never made it up here. I thought it was just a really strange TV show.

 

[Lefty]

And geez, can we get over the Beatles already? I am tired of hearing about a group that lasted a few short years and put forth nonsense songs---goo goo go away.

I was going to add the Beatles, but figured the response would crash the internet.

 

[jamespowers]

Fortunately, "The Sixties" never made it up here. I thought it was just a really strange TV show.

It was a horrible reality show starring Timothy Leary.

The best-selling single of the 60s was a slice of pungent cheese, Release Me by Englebert Humperdinck. :eusa_doh:

 

[jamespowers]

I was going to add the Beatles, but figured the response would crash the internet.

It still might but dope smoke clears out quickly with enough wind.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

The Ford Mustang. No, wait --


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[Brad Bowers]

The whole counterculture/revolution thing should go bye-bye. (Grumbles and curses about Boomers ruining this country and such...)

But the Sixties gave us Star Trek, and I was born in the Sixties, so there's a couple of things I like about those years.lol

Brad

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Governor George Wallace.


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[Baron Kurtz]

The 1968 Democratic Convention.

Honest, bartenders, this is not a political statement. My views are well known, but that was a mess of a debacle hiding inside a quagmire.

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[jamespowers]

The Ford Mustang. No, wait --


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Lousy rusty hunks of garbage. Ford didn't figure out how to treat its metal for twenty years after this. They rust like crazy. Pu!

 

[jamespowers]

but that was a mess of a debacle hiding inside a quagmire.

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That describes the whole decade.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

pretty much any decade, really.

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[Marc Chevalier]

TV's wretched Petticoat Junction. *yucky*


The commercial debut of Mr. Whipple.


Newspaper ads with tailors offering "lapel narrowing" and "pleat removal" services. They also "converted" double-breasted jackets into single-breasted ones, and changed peak lapels into notch lapels.


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[jamespowers]

TV's wretched Petticoat Junction. *yucky*

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Yep, that stunk too.

 

[Brad Bowers]

TV's wretched Petticoat Junction. *yucky*

I loved that show - trains and girls, what more could a young boy want?

Brad

 

[Forgotten Man]

Ooooooooh, this is going to be fun!

Why I hate the 60s,

Well, not all the 60s were bad, the early part of the decade wasn’t too distasteful, the later part of said decade did seem to run down hill in an alarming rate however.

I think what turns me off about the 60s is the lack of respect the younger generation had towards tradition and neatness, cleanliness and so forth. The hippy movement I feel damaged this country more then a lot of people would be willing to admit to it.

The start of the end as it were, the assassination of a president, an uproar of civil upheaval, the fashion wasn’t so hot… I really don’t care for long hair on men… ick! And I’m not crazy for the hair fashions of women back then either… or the boxy semi throw back to 20s fashions either… all the icky color combos, avocado green and royal blue? Come on! Tons of classic radios, furniture and such were PAINTED in light blue, avocado green, white, or dukie brown! People started to wear blue jeans EVERWHERE! Swede leather got a new life and it wasn’t pretty. Some of the music I can stomach… some of it.

The moon landing was amazing… that’s one real strong point that came out of the 60s that I feel I can appreciate.

I do like some of the TV shows from the 60s, there was some quality programming then… thank goodness most of the earlier shows were black and white… lol

I really think the thing that hangs me up on the whole decade is the fashion... Toss the whole mess in the river and forget about the whole thing!