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Having a little debate with my friend. How would you define a hippy? I would define them as someone who is generally poor, or does not spend their money liberally and is against having a job or doing anything actually practicle. I'm not too knowledgeable though.
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You are entirely wrong. Being a hippie has more to do with ascribing to and living in accordance with a perscribed ideological/philisophical position. Hippies are politically marxist and active, environmentally minded (usually backed up by practice), believe and often practice communal living (see marxist), socially egalitarian (in theory anyway, I've met some very intolerant hippies), charitable, non-conformist, and cherish free thought/expression.
The general characteristic of hippies being poor is not universally true as there are many quite wealthy hippies (Ben & Jerry for example). That said, most hippies do not value material wealth and often will live either well below their means with the surplus going to charitable causes or will work for subsistance wages in order to free up time for their preferred pursuits.
Real hippies haven't existed since the sixties.
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| Originally posted by Mr.Mystery Real hippies haven't existed since the sixties. |
If you say so.
My mother and stepfather where hippies, neither where exactly poor or poorly educated and well employed, but they devoted a fair bit of their time to charity in poorer countries. I tended to think of them not living below their means but more of a case of working below their normal incomes in a lot of cases and using it as a way to live rather than a reason to live.
I dunno, both of them caught the tail end of the 60's in their early 20's, late teens, I'm fairly sure neither remembered much of the 70's...
I do know they give their kids crap names though 
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| Originally posted by Lilith I do know they give their kids crap names though |
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| Originally posted by Mr.Mystery Real hippies haven't existed since the sixties. |
"lmao sure" indeed.
oh hi
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| Originally posted by Mr.Mystery "lmao sure" indeed. |
Who are you talking about?
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| Originally posted by Mr.Mystery Who are you talking about? |
Oh well, at least you got the location right. Sort of.
well ive got a picture of you wearing military uniform, with your cute little rosy cheeks and a beret.
explain that.
How cute, you keep pictures of me.
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| Originally posted by Mr.Mystery How cute, you keep pictures of me. |
Yes, it was quite laughable.
Wikipedia Define: Hipster
A hipster is a person who derives his identity largely through his association with a subculture which has been deemed "hip," a word taken from African American Vernacular English (AAVE). Hip means "fashionably current," and likely came from the Wolof word hipi, meaning "to open one's eyes," or "to be aware."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster
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| Originally posted by beats and beeps REMEMBER WHEN YOU CALLED ME AN 18 YEAR OLD BRAT? THAT WAS REALLY HURTFUL ON MY FEELINGS MAN |
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| Originally posted by Moral Hazard Sorry to hear about that Moonbeam. |
my mom says theres a lot of hippies in san fransisco.
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| Originally posted by Mr.Mystery If you say so. |
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| Originally posted by Danny Ocean visit Guatemala, Costa Rica, and other Central American countries..this is where all the hippies from the 60s ended up. |
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| Originally posted by beats and beeps well ive got a picture of you wearing military uniform, with your cute little rosy cheeks and a beret. explain that. |
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