Who is the Cyber Hippy?

Keith Frazier kfrazier at NCSA.UIUC.EDU
Tue Aug 20 18:37:30 EDT 1996


>> >I thought it was 'Hippie.'  Is this a UK/US differentiation?
>> >theo--an original hipp**
>>
>>         Hippy is listed in my UK dictionary as a variant of Hippie.
>> I don't know if this spelling is accepted in the US or not.
>>
>>         How old do you have you have to be to qualify as an
>> _original_ hipp**  ?  ;-)
>>
>> Martyn
>
>Well, pretty much ancient, I'd say.  Age varies, but I think anyone
>who attended rock concerts, protests, love-ins, etc. pre-1970 would
>qualify, regardless of age.  And you'd have to have been a longhair
>as well.  Hair requirement waived for women, of course.
>theo

Don't you mean still a long hair instead of been a long hair? Anyone that's
been and now isn't has conformed to a certain extent IMHO. They're no
longer yippies...they're yuppies! Well except for the ones who lost their
hair due to baldness, etc.

Keith

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