# What would you be? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 25, 2005, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be/323290 "2005-09-25T03:29:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jeffro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jeffro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeffro)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be/323290/1 "2005-09-25T03:29:55Z")
If you were 18 in 1968 America, would you be: a) Collage student b) Hippie c) Serving in Armed Forces d) Other Things to consider You would have the same set of morals that you have right now You would have no knowledge of future events You would have perfect health so yes you could serve in the Army ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be/323290/2 "2005-09-25T03:40:52Z")
As a young woman, I would likely be a college student. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be/323290/3 "2005-09-25T04:11:56Z")
I’m torn between College Student and (Damned Dirty) Hippie. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be/323290/4 "2005-09-25T04:14:14Z")
I’d be, like, wow, man. What was the question? Oh yeah, man. A hippie. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be/323290/5 "2005-09-25T04:15:47Z")
I’d be one of those peace-lovin’ hippies, no doubt about it. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be/323290/6 "2005-09-25T04:28:11Z")
I was a college student. But not of collages. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be/323290/7 "2005-09-25T04:36:06Z")
Been there. Done that. ---
**Author:** ![Jeffro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jeffro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeffro)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be/323290/8 "2005-09-25T04:43:27Z")
> [@MLS](#): > > I was a college student. But not of collages. SDS? ---
**Author:** ![davenportavenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@davenportavenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davenportavenger)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be/323290/9 "2005-09-25T05:31:16Z")
Political radical/proto-punk. I might have been in college, but would have dropped out after being hassled by the man. No way I’m gonna be a god damn hippie though! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be/323290/10 "2005-09-25T06:05:11Z")
Definitely a hippie. I still regret that I was born ten years too late. > [@davenportavenger](#): > > Political radical/proto-punk. I might have been in college, but would have dropped out after being hassled by the man. No way I’m gonna be a god damn hippie though! Is that you, Eric Cartman? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be/323290/11 "2005-09-25T06:11:21Z")
I think there’s too much conformity in the whole hippie thing for me, and I look dumb with more hair. So I figure I’d despise the Vietnam War without looking the part. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be/323290/12 "2005-09-25T06:49:46Z")
Other. I’d just be… me. Not a college student, never a hippie, not serving in the Armed Forces… I’d be holed up in a basement somewhere, writing. And painting. Viciously. ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be/323290/13 "2005-09-25T07:06:38Z")
I would be a college student with hippe tendencies ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be/323290/14 "2005-09-25T09:40:16Z")
I’d be in the armed forces. Hell will freeze over before I’d ever become a damn dirty hippy. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be/323290/15 "2005-09-25T11:01:11Z")
If I were the same in 1968 as I was when I was 18, then I would be (a) a student and one year away from (e) a missionary. It’s hard to say now. Student or hippie? Studying hard or smoking dope and shagging women? Yup, go with the hippie thing for a couple of years. Got to go with the free love thing. Not the military, that’s for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be/323290/16 "2005-09-25T14:40:29Z")
College. Failing that, collage. Failing that, Canada.