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Quote:Now, I was around at that time (question: were you?) , and I remember it completely differently. Spacey was... well, like you were in space. Far away. Distant. From here. From now. Stars. Galaxies. Spacey, right?
Yes, I was around then. The whole idea going around at that time was that society brought you "down", (non-spiritual, socially aggressive, etc), and therefore it was a good idea to take something to lift you above all that. To look around and really notice things, colors, etc. The whole idea was to disconnect yourself mentally from the mundane world and focus on the things around you in a more humane, artistic way. Not the time to be doing anything mathematical, dealing with payments or schedules.
As time went on and soft drug use expanded, there began to be more and more people around who were high so often that there was no time at all that they were able to do anything mathematical, deal with payments or schedules. In fact, the suspicion was that they might not have been able to do any of those things even before they started getting high. These people were referred to, and sometimes nicknamed, Spacey.