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[outsidedream86]

Why do I dislike hippies? It's not really a rhetorical question, I just can't place my finger on what the problem is. I'm pretty far from the Republican side of things so I feel like hippie culture shouldn't bother me...but it does. I bring it up because I moved to San Francisco last month.

[Sweeney]

If you can define "hippy" in a concise way, that encompasses every "hippy", I'll be very impressed.

[Waser Lave]

Why do I get the feeling that this thread is about 40-50 years too late? I don't think I've even met a person who I would class as a hippy.

[sonic]

I think stoners are the modern day hippies. Or maybe those crazy rave bitches.

[jcrdude]

Why do I get the feeling that this thread is about 40-50 years too late? I don't think I've even met a person who I would class as a hippy.

I've met stoners who don't shower, grow out their hair, attend festivals, and listen to the Grateful Dead and Hendrix.

[Token]

San Francisco isn't filled with hippies. It has a lot of down to earth people... Bums (good luck getting on the BART without seeing at least 10 of em)... But hippies? I'm not so sure. Then again, I haven't lived in the Bay Area for years...

[Waser Lave]

I've met stoners who don't shower, grow out their hair, attend festivals, and listen to the Grateful Dead and Hendrix.

I've done all of those things, I'm not a hippy.

[Token]

I've done all of those things, I'm not a hippy.

*looks around* You sure about that?

[Rebeca]

Wooow! your opnion about hippies is very interesting

[sonic]

Wooow! your opnion about hippies is very interesting

could you be more subtle?

[jcrdude]

I've done all of those things, I'm not a hippy.

You should probably do the showering thing more. Then I won't have any problems with you (not that I have problems with online people who don't shower. I can't smell them)

[outsidedream86]

I went to a permaculture / renewable energy conference and there were a lot of white guys with waist-length hair in traditional clothing from India, women with flowing leg and armpit hair wearing hemp dresses, people singing to trees, and a ton of New Age-y stuff for sale (chakra water, crystals, pyramids etc). Feng Shui. Astrology readings. Met some people that lived on a commune. Some weren't wearing shoes and had dirty dirty feet up on the backs of chairs in the auditorium.

New Agers I suppose?

[Random]

I'm a hipster, what of it?

[Drakonid]

I went to a permaculture / renewable energy conference and there were a lot of white guys with waist-length hair in traditional clothing from India, women with flowing leg and armpit hair wearing hemp dresses, people singing to trees, and a ton of New Age-y stuff for sale (chakra water, crystals, pyramids etc). Feng Shui. Astrology readings. Met some people that lived on a commune. Some weren't wearing shoes and had dirty dirty feet up on the backs of chairs in the auditorium.

New Agers I suppose?

You went to a renewable energy conference, and you didn't expect to see hippies?

[TheNovakGirl]

If you think hippies aren't alive anymore, you're wrong. They're just all hiding in the mountains in their makeshift villages.

And they don't have a shower.

[Kush]

Do you have a problem with the actual hippies, or with the kids who wear peace sign t-shirts while talking shit and starting fights? Hippie is being used as a marketing tool right now, a real hippie is a rare sight.

[luvsmyncis]

You went to a renewable energy conference, and you didn't expect to see hippies?

LOL no shit.
I tend to think of 'modern hippies' as flakey dreamers, who want everyone to just 'get along' and tend to favor nature, the color beige, and vegetables. There is nothing wrong with that, except it makes them weirdos. They mean well. They can't help it if their personalities come off as... oatmealy. If it helps, I don't like hippies either. They make me uncomfortable, and I hate pretending like I care about the conversation when they start talking about herbal supplements.

[Eskimo]

[Tarchy]

i hate hippies because they don't work or contribute anything to the community or the economy. they usually just bludge welfare, do drugs, sleep and repeat.