Hippies . . . how can they afford it?

herpy hancock · Post by **herpy hancock** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 3:32 pm

What do hippies contribute besides, knit hats . . patchouli oil . . . sage . . .
acoustic renditions of dylan and the like . . .
AND - how in the hell do they get in? You certainly can't make 250$ on
the sale of hemp bracelets alone . . . can you?
more ART - less LOVE

primate · Post by **primate** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 3:54 pm

I hate to point out the obvious, but most the hippies I have met are white suburbanites. So I am pretty sure money isn't really an issue.

-jaded-

Isotopia · Post by **Isotopia** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 4:15 pm

how in the hell do they get in?

Trust fund?

herpy hancock · Post by **herpy hancock** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 4:32 pm

even the ones with the huge hunk of hair that seems to be spawning from the skull? - you know the ones - 'can i have some water?' - 'hey brother, got some shade i can use for the day?' - - heheee haaa -
'spare some change for a miracle?'

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 4:32 pm

I'm from the Beat generation. All the Nik's are gone. All the Hip's are gone. Now we have to deal with the soto hippie/frat boy gone bad. And the smell.............

headquarters · Post by **headquarters** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 4:39 pm

trustifarians

Sobretta Franjipan · Post by **Sobretta Franjipan** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 8:42 pm

KUM-BAY-YAH!

Don't hate the hippy brother; hate the game.

Markov Chaney · Post by **Markov Chaney** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 11:20 pm

Fuck all you hippie haters. I camped with my best friends, who happen to also be long time Rainbows, who happen to also own a successful business and contribute greatly to their community. They, and we, were fully self sufficient, as I expect that the majority of hippies attending Burning Man were. We participated, we gifted and we had a hell of a good time. The majority of hippies that I know give far more than they take.

Yeah, I know the type you are thinking of. Ya know what, every subculture has takers, usually a subset of the youth, just looking for an excuse to party. They think that the world owes them everything. Most of those kids do grow up.

Why is it that so many people feel the need to characterize an entire subculture by the negative characteristics exhibited by a small percentage of that culture? This applies to Hippies, Fraternity Brothers, Ravers, and Burners.

Please move beyond your divisive prejudices.

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 11:31 pm

Besides, hippies are hard to light.

M Joe Boss · Post by **M Joe Boss** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 11:47 pm

my only problem with hippies ....is that they very often reak, either of the god forsaken oil,or some serious BO, that shit just ain't right

I love the love ,but you is going to have to do it from across the street!!!!

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 12:28 am

Betcha anything herpy's a hippie.

baramiah · Post by **baramiah** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 1:08 am

AND - how in the hell do they get in? You certainly can't make 250$ on
the sale of hemp bracelets alone . . . can you?
more ART - less LOVE[/quote]

Well if you think about it a neclace or bracelet costs about maby $3 to make if you dont uses really expensive beads and you can sell them for like $12-$20 so its a good turnover rate if you ask me.

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 1:16 am

baramiah wrote: Well if you think about it a neclace or bracelet costs about maby $3 to make if you dont uses really expensive beads and you can sell them for like $12-$20 so its a good turnover rate if you ask me.

Now that I think about it herpy might not be a hippie after all.

chineseobelisk · Post by **chineseobelisk** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 3:20 am

better hippies than gawkers, 'sides I fell in love with the two cyber hippie girls that were spinning at sol henge

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 10:19 am

baramiah wrote: Well if you think about it a neclace or bracelet costs about maby $3 to make if you dont uses really expensive beads and you can sell them for like $12-$20 so its a good turnover rate if you ask me.

Dang--even at $30, I don't know if it's a good use of my time. Of course, I never got very far at stringing beads and liked the mid priced ones. . .

chineseobelisk · Post by **chineseobelisk** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 2:00 pm

hmm... just so i can get a handle on your new style of class segregation.... what parameters are we using to define "Hippie"? is it a particular hair style? mode of dress? musical preferences? those seem to be the big three as far as defining another from oneself so i thought it would be a good place to start.

oops....i forgot skin colour.

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 2:02 pm

chineseobelisk wrote:hmm... just so i can get a handle on your new style of class segregation.... what parameters are we using to define "Hippie"? is it a particular hair style? mode of dress? musical preferences? those seem to be the big three as far as defining another from oneself so i thought it would be a good place to start.

oops....i forgot skin colour.

Nope nope nope....You forgot smell.

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 2:11 pm

What DVD said.

AS for the dreds. That's just playa bed head.

mustchange4Xday · Post by **mustchange4Xday** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 3:23 pm

Yeah, hippies are better than spectators. They don't smell better (is BO and patchouli better than BO and Beer?) but at least they are nice, don't heckle the performers and don't mix up art for commerce.

Sobretta Franjipan · Post by **Sobretta Franjipan** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 5:47 pm

don't heckle the performers

Wait, is that a bad thing?

universalspirit · Post by **universalspirit** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 11:36 pm

get over your self! i don't know if you noticed that the things we tend to hate the most are actually the things we most identify with. so ha ha!!

chineseobelisk · Post by **chineseobelisk** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 11:06 am

the things we tend to hate the most are actually the things we most identify with. so ha ha!!

way to peg 'em on the fruedian transferral. oh and hey! I spotted some goth kids one night, maybe I should start a new thread where we can get down on them too.

milenko · Post by **milenko** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 9:16 pm

then it is agreed, no hippies, clowns, frogs, locals that oogle, and definitly nobody that can not afford it. no art fags (you know who you are) allowed.
any other suggestions?

chineseobelisk · Post by **chineseobelisk** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 11:32 pm

damn... I I feel as though I have been found out and must now confess-I am a cyber-hippie/neo-goth/punk-ass/art-fag/clown who sports the ever poular semi disheveled yet hip look, oggles frogs and jumps on logs.

Badger · Post by **Badger** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 8:25 am

what parameters are we using to define "Hippie"? is it a particular hair style? mode of dress? musical preferences?

One word: patchouli

ritamaya · Post by **ritamaya** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 10:24 am

There is a huge difference between hippies and dirt surfers

Hippies, good, sweet and self sustaining

Dirt Surfers, those freeaks that hang out in A camp at Rainbow and suck the community dry

dana · Post by **dana** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 12:10 pm

chineseobelisk wrote: I am a cyber-hippie/neo-goth/punk-ass/art-fag/clown who sports the ever poular semi disheveled yet hip look, oggles frogs and jumps on logs.

I think I'm in love. Are you single?

netatelier · Post by **netatelier** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 2:12 pm

Really, I didn't think there was too much neo-hippie energy out there this year - a little more acoustic anything would have been a welcome counterpoint to my soundscape. If there was a catergory of culture that I would basely point my finger at for reduced impact on the playa - it would have to be the ravers. Hey, i'm clearly not trying to make friends here, but I really don't see any group out there as a problem - I'll just do my damndest to encourage more diverse live music acts to show up for next year. Peace.

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 6:26 pm

ahm a mature real hippie and shucks...I work

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 6:31 pm

cowboyangel wrote:ahm a mature real hippie and shucks...I work

Is that function or labor¿

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I have to agree with ChineseObelisk

back in yo face about the hippies

neo-hippies