I suppose the difference is they decided the meaning of life between them with no interference from Outsiders and they lived it everyday. We on the other hand are at the cusp of what appears to be the Answer (or weirdest war) so we want to stay crisp, some of us. Instead of settling our beliefs we are waiting for the final answer because we happen to be alive during what feels like the answer times. Or we drink. But not as good as they drank.
There is a lot of gray area in what I'm saying, beliefs, answers, drinkers, but I do feel our ancestors had some kind of luxury and it helped them get properly drunk in a proper setting, and the setting remained proper all the way out to the border of your country.
I know it's still out there but I haven't seen it in a long time, the great white civility and celebration of life.
