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Well, this has got me to thinking, like a fly buzzing around the cornbread in my brain pan.
Thing is, I recall hearing a number of these complaints, and finding it odd. Hung out with these sorts of people most of my life. Over all, they are a cheerful and positive bunch, not the sort to scream hostility at complete strangers.
Odder still, it seems that they direct this ugly anthropoid behavior at people who already don’t much like them, but are entirely innocent of any offense (other than being too busy to honk a horn, it being way in the middle of the steering wheel, and all…) Nope, they didn’t give off any of the subtle signs and postures we monkeys do when we are saying “I don’t like you!”, and yet were victimized without provocation!
Which is kinda weird. Its almost as if you guys give off some form of radiation or…what could you calll it?..a “vibe”? I mean, you haven’t said a thing, done anything, maybe can’t even be clearly seen…yet they already know you don’t like hippies!
Far out.
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Wow. This is priceless. You should be the White House Press Secretary; I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a more impressive example, on these boards, of twisting and turning to find a way to blame the person you’ve set out, prejudicially, to blame. This is fantastic.
Ugh I get yelled at by hippies all the time. Most recently for not signing some stupid petition to put a peace shrine on Alcatraz. Now a days I just tell anyone that mildly resembles a hippie that I’m writing the great american novel as opposed to laboratory research on animals. You can defend stinky people all you want but I tend to follow the school of thought that if it smells like a hippie its probably a hippie. My materialistic heartless brethren tend to smell like bourbon, chanel #5, and infidelity. You should have flipped that hippie the bird and then asked her if she needed you to pick her up anything at neiman marcus. That’s what I would have done. But once again no one asked me for any of my good advice.
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a peace shrine on Alcatraz.
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This made me curious. So I googled it. For those of you looking for a giggle–folks, I give you The Global Peace Center! Note the pyramid dock and the tantric dome! Be sure to click on the Harmonium link to find out just what a Harmonium might be, read the lovely description, and watch the little video! Whee!
Not every smelly person you encounter is a hippie.
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Agreed. But smelling like a mixture of pot and ass immediately puts you on my “has a good chance of being an annoying jackass” list. I don’t even freaking care if thats fair or not.
Only my experience but non-materialists are usually too damned smug about being non-materialists. And the ones I’ve had the misfortune of having to meet kind of fit the OP’s description including the smell.
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[QUOTE=dangermom]
This made me curious. So I googled it. For those of you looking for a giggle–folks, I give you The Global Peace Center!
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Oh dear me. I think I want to change my username again. Is BlueThunder taken?
[QUOTE=dangermom]
This made me curious. So I googled it. For those of you looking for a giggle–folks, I give you The Global Peace Center! Note the pyramid dock and the tantric dome! Be sure to click on the Harmonium link to find out just what a Harmonium might be, read the lovely description, and watch the little video! Whee!
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The most amazing thing about it is that they’ve been working on it for 30 years, according to the FAQs. No wonder we haven’t solved the homeless problem, with all the time & energy going into stuff like this.
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The most amazing thing about it is that they’ve been working on it for 30 years, according to the FAQs. No wonder we haven’t solved the homeless problem, with all the time & energy going into stuff like this.
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not to mention the money they’ll need - and they expect it to come either from their supporters, who have none? or from corporations and wealthy individuals who (probably) look upon the project as a waste of resources.
Besides, have these folks never heard of Laserium?
[QUOTE=lissener]
I didn’t respond
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That’s where you went wrong, alas. She pegged you for a square; the proper response would have been to offer a friendly smile and say something groovy. Instead you stalked off, muttering under your breath about those damned crazy kids.
Ask yourself: is that a hip reaction, or a square reaction? Perhaps you’re the one who blew it, not her. You may want to consider the possibility that you are not quite as sympathetic to their message as you would like to believe yourself to be.
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not to mention the money they’ll need - and they expect it to come either from their supporters, who have none? or from corporations and wealthy individuals who (probably) look upon the project as a waste of resources.
Besides, have these folks never heard of Laserium?
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You are right…I should have said “time, energy, and money.”
Sarah I am, of course, pleased and surprised to hear that “some of your best friends” are hippies, but it might be best to politely refuse the brownies.
[QUOTE=bbs2k]
Oh don’t be snarky, she was agreeing with you.
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I honestly didn’t mean to be snarky. She was right.
[QUOTE=elucidator] Sarah I am, of course, pleased and surprised to hear that “some of your best friends” are hippies, but it might be best to politely refuse the brownies.
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I’m not like you, elucidator…I’m not afraid to hang out with people who are different from me. I’m much more open-minded than someone like you could imagine.
As far as the brownies are concerned, I’m a big enough girl to pick my poisons, thank you.