# The hippies are getting worse... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 15, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hippies-are-getting-worse/652999 "2013-03-15T12:42:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hippies-are-getting-worse/652999/21 "2013-03-15T16:16:29Z")
“These sprouts are grown with the conscious awareness of the interconnectedness of everything and all life” [inlcuding the potential to shit your life out in agony?](http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/10/e-coli-bean-sprouts-blamed) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hippies-are-getting-worse/652999/22 "2013-03-15T16:21:12Z")
> [@Hippy Bean Sprouts](#): > > These sprouts are grown with the conscious awareness of the interconnectedness of everything and all life Wait, so is it the sprouting beans that groove on the interconnectedness of everything, or the humans growing them? If it’s the beans, they’re obviously advanced intelligent life and it is murder to cut their sprouting lives short and eat them. What a vegan conundrum. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hippies-are-getting-worse/652999/23 "2013-03-15T16:21:38Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > inlcuding the potential to shit your life out in agony I don’t know what that link is, but it made my browser shit the bed, three times. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hippies-are-getting-worse/652999/24 "2013-03-15T16:25:27Z")
I, for one, welcome the coming reign of sapient bean sprouts. Our current lizard-folk overlords are not scary or crazy enough. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hippies-are-getting-worse/652999/25 "2013-03-15T16:27:36Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I don’t know what that link is, but it made my browser shit the bed, three times. Guardian article about contracting E. coli from bean sprouts. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hippies-are-getting-worse/652999/26 "2013-03-15T16:30:47Z")
Do beans speak different languages? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hippies-are-getting-worse/652999/27 "2013-03-15T16:44:22Z")
Some of those beans are really old. They’re has beans. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hippies-are-getting-worse/652999/28 "2013-03-15T16:54:18Z")
Dude, you weren’t supposed to eat them, man! You were supposed to smoke them- like in a bong, man. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hippies-are-getting-worse/652999/29 "2013-03-15T18:36:16Z")
“What do you know about the beans?” Neil asked nervously. ---
**Author:** ![slitterst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@slitterst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slitterst)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hippies-are-getting-worse/652999/30 "2013-03-15T18:39:23Z")
Am I the only person who thought the Subject Line read “The nipples are getting worse?” ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hippies-are-getting-worse/652999/31 "2013-03-15T18:40:00Z")
I personally like to read all the store brand labels at Publix, because whoever wrote them majored in punnery. Some examples off the top of my head: The generic cheese-its say “Cheese on down the road”. The generic wheat thins say “Wheat your heart out”. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hippies-are-getting-worse/652999/32 "2013-03-15T18:45:20Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > These sprouts are grown with the conscious awareness of the interconnectedness of everything and all life > > 😕:dubious::rolleyes: > > Has anyone encountered anything dumber than that on a food label? Dumber? Maybe. Funnier? Probably not. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hippies-are-getting-worse/652999/33 "2013-03-15T19:22:05Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Do beans speak different languages? Sure…haven’t you heard of the French Foreign Legumes? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hippies-are-getting-worse/652999/34 "2013-03-15T19:35:57Z")
Beans are Borg. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hippies-are-getting-worse/652999/35 "2013-03-15T20:58:53Z")
were they sprouted from free range beans? yeah nothing beats a Bronner soap label. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hippies-are-getting-worse/652999/36 "2013-03-15T21:00:46Z")
It means that the sprouts were grown in a pile of shit. That’s the connection between the animal that produced the shit and the sprouts that consumed it. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hippies-are-getting-worse/652999/37 "2013-03-15T23:12:38Z")
Better than: Bean There, Dung That ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hippies-are-getting-worse/652999/38 "2013-03-15T23:15:55Z")
I thought we had programs to control the feral hippie population. edit: Oh wait, I might be thinking of hipsters - sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hippies-are-getting-worse/652999/39 "2013-03-15T23:30:21Z")
_Beans, beans, the musical fruit…_ ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hippies-are-getting-worse/652999/40 "2013-03-15T23:45:56Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Mole people. You probably haven’t heard of them since they’re not..uh…interconnected. My girlfriend. She’s Canadian, you probably wouldn’t know her. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hippies-are-getting-worse/652999.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hippies-are-getting-worse/652999.md?page=3)