06-01-2020, 03:44 AM
(05-23-2020, 10:31 AM)beechnut79 Wrote:(05-23-2020, 07:56 AM)Blazkovitz Wrote:(05-22-2020, 09:12 AM)beechnut79 Wrote: Many here seem to associate the culture of hedonism as a 3T trait. I have more or less considered said culture to the 2T. In many ways the last 2T was a wild and fun time. Yet for many the culture of sex, drugs and Rick 'n roll led to AIDS, addiction and hearing loss
Isn't it a Dionysian trait? What does a typical Apollonian 3T look like? The 1920s were pretty hedonistic time as well, as a result of the WW1 shock.
The supreme irony here is that it was also the decade when Prohibition was in effect for its entirety, which in theory is one of if not the ultimate deterrent to hedonism. Perhaps the reputation as a hedonistic time is because it was the first decade in which it was acceptable for a woman to show off her legs. But it would still be a couple of decades yet before they started showing their feet more and the pinup came into vogue. The pinup culture seems almost obsolete today. A few years ago the Miss America pageant chose to delete the swimsuit competition even though you can see plenty of women in swimsuits at any public beach or pool. The pageant began in 1921, which means it will mark its centennial next year. Although it began as a beauty pageant, it always took more than just a pretty face to win the crown. Is the pageant something that has outlived it’s usefulness?
In Europe the 1920s were way more hedonistic than in America, but their Missionary awakening was more Dionysian. Decadents instead of social purity movements.
Beauty pageants may have outlived their usefulness because there is (still) so much nudity online. Online nudity might however be purged during the 1T, or the 2T if it's similar to America's Missionary awakening.