Belonging

syberberg · Post by **syberberg** » 22 Jan 2008, 09:43

Andy Hunt wrote: Thanks anyway dude, I'm holding my own over there at the minute, it's a psychedelic dance music forum.

Full of 'hippies' who really should know better, but seem strangely ignorant of the issues relevant to planet Earth just at the minute . . .

Too busy partying to pay attention, perchance?

Andy Hunt · Post by **Andy Hunt** » 22 Jan 2008, 09:49

syberberg wrote:
Andy Hunt wrote: Thanks anyway dude, I'm holding my own over there at the minute, it's a psychedelic dance music forum.

Full of 'hippies' who really should know better, but seem strangely ignorant of the issues relevant to planet Earth just at the minute . . .
Too busy partying to pay attention, perchance?

All of a sudden it'll be,

"hey what's happened to the lights and the sound? We're the beautiful people, we're entitled to this stuff!"

Sad to say really, I always thought of myself as a hippy, but I seem to have a fundamentally different sense of priorities than most of those people.

SunnyJim · Post by **SunnyJim** » 22 Jan 2008, 10:19

Hehehe. I saw a poster yesterday by the 'born lazy' collective.... lobbying for a five day weekend.....

Man have they got a shock coming.

If I'm a hippy at heart, then I'm a hard working hippy.. to coin a username.

As far as hippydom goes, its the peace and love bit I like, and the respect for the planet. Unfortunately many of the hippys seem to think it's OK to sit around and get stoned all day, like that is some kind of a solution....

RenewableCandy · Post by **RenewableCandy** » 22 Jan 2008, 10:52

SunnyJim wrote:Hehehe. I saw a poster yesterday by the 'born lazy' collective.... lobbying for a five day weekend.....

Excellent!! 2 days working for actual money (or equivalent) 5 days gardening/repairing stuff/at the market/"putting food up"/etc, all at your own pace. I could live with that.

Andy Hunt · Post by **Andy Hunt** » 01 Feb 2008, 22:51

Oops I've managed to seriously p!ss off one of the party organisers on that other forum!!!

I was saying to him about the predictions of oil and electricity shortages, and asked him what his strategy is for running off-grid parties.

He said I was a pretentious save-the-world misfit and to leave him alone!!!

Of course, pretentious save-the-world types like me are always going to be out of place on a hippy forum, aren't they . . .

syberberg · Post by **syberberg** » 02 Feb 2008, 14:29

Andy Hunt wrote:Oops I've managed to seriously p!ss off one of the party organisers on that other forum!!!

I was saying to him about the predictions of oil and electricity shortages, and asked him what his strategy is for running off-grid parties.

He said I was a pretentious save-the-world misfit and to leave him alone!!!

Of course, pretentious save-the-world types like me are always going to be out of place on a hippy forum, aren't they . . .

Well, at least the last laugh will be your's mate.

Pippa · Post by **Pippa** » 04 Feb 2008, 11:47

Andy Hunt wrote:Oops I've managed to seriously p!ss off one of the party organisers on that other forum!!!

He said I was a pretentious save-the-world misfit and to leave him alone!!!

Andy Hunt · Post by **Andy Hunt** » 04 Feb 2008, 11:57

Just wait . . . they'll be sorry they didn't listen!!

Seriously . . . these alternative-living 'hippies' have 100% faith that the utilities will always provide mains power for their 'alternative' parties, and petrol so that people can get there.

Truth is stranger than fiction!

Adam1 · Post by **Adam1** » 04 Feb 2008, 12:15

You'd think that, with all that mind altering stuff in their veins, they'd be able to take on one more alternative reality, like the peak oil one!

Andy Hunt · Post by **Andy Hunt** » 04 Feb 2008, 12:38

Adam1 wrote:You'd think that, with all that mind altering stuff in their veins, they'd be able to take on one more alternative reality, like the peak oil one!

Just one more collective delusion, I'm afraid . . .

Adam1 · Post by **Adam1** » 04 Feb 2008, 14:19

Bummer.

syberberg · Post by **syberberg** » 04 Feb 2008, 23:32

Probably something to do with the way they dance (big box, little box, big box, little box, swatting flies, big box, little box...) that prevents them from thinking outside it.

Erik · Post by **Erik** » 05 Feb 2008, 00:03

syberberg wrote:Probably something to do with the way they dance (big box, little box, big box, little box, swatting flies, big box, little box...) that prevents them from thinking outside it.

If they like boxes, make them listen to this!