Types of Hippies
This week, I've had lunch at 2 different Portland establishments, The Lonely Planet and It's a Beautiful Pizza. Both are very hippyish, but as I sat down in Lonely Planet I couldn't help but notice it was giving off a totally different hippie atmosphere. Below is my attempt to detail some of the different types of hippies in Portland.
Old School Hippie
This is the It's a Beautiful Pizza type. Tends to have pony tails, still loves everything 60's, and likes to play guitar on their porches. Very nice, if at times in a fake kind of vacant way. One should steer conversations to travel, which they tend to have done a lot of.
Edgy Hippie
This is the vibe I get at Lonely Planet. Still based in the 60's, but more of that weird but a little bit scary side of an acid trip. Robert Crumb would be their be patron saint. Tend to be more interesting then Old School Hippies, but at times act as if they were the first to think of something.
Evil Hippie
Boooo. I hate evil hippies. They never create one group, instead they infiltrate other hippie groups. They have all the accouterments and even talk about the same things, but they either get competitive and try to outhippie you or just give off I hate you vibes. Tend to be the drug dealers of their group.
Burning Man Hippie
Sort of a hippie 2.0 for the 21st century. At first they don't seem like hippies, since they like modern music and definitely would never sport a pony tail But once you get into a conversation about Burning Man it all becomes clear. "It's all about community." "We set up a giant ma
ze and when you reached the end there's an ice cream station." "It's kind of tribal."
Subtle Hippie
This probably describes 70% of Portland. President elections represent a choice between Nader and the Democrat. They shop at Fred Meyers, but get their meat at New Seasons. They bike when they can and either own (or are planning) to get a hybrid.
Between attending Lewis and Clark College and living in Southeast Portland for ten years, my knowledge is pretty extensive. But did I miss any?
Old School Hippie
This is the It's a Beautiful Pizza type. Tends to have pony tails, still loves everything 60's, and likes to play guitar on their porches. Very nice, if at times in a fake kind of vacant way. One should steer conversations to travel, which they tend to have done a lot of.Edgy Hippie
This is the vibe I get at Lonely Planet. Still based in the 60's, but more of that weird but a little bit scary side of an acid trip. Robert Crumb would be their be patron saint. Tend to be more interesting then Old School Hippies, but at times act as if they were the first to think of something.
Evil Hippie
Boooo. I hate evil hippies. They never create one group, instead they infiltrate other hippie groups. They have all the accouterments and even talk about the same things, but they either get competitive and try to outhippie you or just give off I hate you vibes. Tend to be the drug dealers of their group.
Burning Man Hippie
Sort of a hippie 2.0 for the 21st century. At first they don't seem like hippies, since they like modern music and definitely would never sport a pony tail But once you get into a conversation about Burning Man it all becomes clear. "It's all about community." "We set up a giant ma
ze and when you reached the end there's an ice cream station." "It's kind of tribal."Subtle Hippie
This probably describes 70% of Portland. President elections represent a choice between Nader and the Democrat. They shop at Fred Meyers, but get their meat at New Seasons. They bike when they can and either own (or are planning) to get a hybrid.
Between attending Lewis and Clark College and living in Southeast Portland for ten years, my knowledge is pretty extensive. But did I miss any?
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posted by chuckdaddy2000 at 9:26 am
8 Comments:
Redneck Hippies - wear overalls, listen to the Drive-By Truckers, smoke really cheap weed - occasionally tweek - are always the loudest ones at outdoor concerts. And most importantly, they are completely unaware that they are hippies- call'em a hippy, they'll pop you in the face.
Craigeoke - Do the Allman brothers have something to do with them?
I like to think of myself as a Stealth Hippie. From the exterior, I'm just a standard issue middle-class schmo -- but inside, it's all about the peace, love, and good vibes.
But I'm not enough of a hippie to keep going to It's a Beautiful Pizza, 3 blocks from my house, after a long string of customer service disasters.
Nor am I enough of a hippie to keep from pedantically noting that the restaurant is "Laughing" Planet; "Lonely Planet" is the travel guide series.
The Pacific Hippie - any one of the hippies in the Pacific Northwest that do not fit in any where else.
Very informative post . . .
I will say, I'll take a hippy over a hardass any day.
Not a tree-hugger, but would hug a hippie for acid!!!
Hippie 2.0
That's funny :)
Nicely done!
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