Boomers: did you *really* think there was a United Network Command for Law and Enforcement in 1965?
Poll - Total Votes: 9
I did
Not for a second
I'm not a boomer, so I'm a jerk for even answering
You can only vote on one answer.
... AKA: U.N.C.L.E. No judgement if you did. See, I feel that if I was a young adult in 1965, I might have been suckered in by that line in the end credits of the TV Show [i]The Man From U.N.C.L.E.[/i]
that went something like
[quote]We wish to thank the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement[/quote]
But since I never saw the show until I was about 40, I saw it for what it was: a gimmick.
However, I think there's more to it than being of mellowed age. We all know the effects of the Internet; the... epistemological chaos it's caused. In my case, it may have also made me more discerning and skeptical. I believe that if I was 40 in 1965, I just might have been open to the existence of a United Network Command for Law and Enforcement. What references would I have had to suspect that I should have already heard of such an organization if it ever existed? At the same time, if I was 18 in 2023, I think I would have had those references and been dismissive of it.
that went something like
[quote]We wish to thank the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement[/quote]
But since I never saw the show until I was about 40, I saw it for what it was: a gimmick.
However, I think there's more to it than being of mellowed age. We all know the effects of the Internet; the... epistemological chaos it's caused. In my case, it may have also made me more discerning and skeptical. I believe that if I was 40 in 1965, I just might have been open to the existence of a United Network Command for Law and Enforcement. What references would I have had to suspect that I should have already heard of such an organization if it ever existed? At the same time, if I was 18 in 2023, I think I would have had those references and been dismissive of it.
46-50, M
