Do I have to?

I hope i don't sound like a dork.

I've never done any kind of drugs and I've just realized how big a part it plays in the hippie lifestyle. i'm VERY into the hippie lifestyle but i don't know about the whole weed thing, i think i'd be too scared to try. but my question is, do i have to smoke weed and all that to be considered serious about becoming apart of the hippie community? sorry if i sound stupid, you guys.

 

First off your tryign to be a hippy way to much, listen to yourself your pretty much asking us if you have to smoek weed to be a hippy.

But, to answer your question.. No, you don't HAVE to smoek weed, you don't have to do anythign you don't want to. Even though I see no reason why soemone wouldn't smoke.

 

do whatever you feel comfortable with and whatever you like. remember to always push your boundaries a little, but just be content. the coolest hippies will never care if you smoke or not if you're a good guy, ya know?

cheers

 

it's completely your choice wether or not to smoke it or not. I think all that is required with the hippy lifestyle is to be tolerant and understanding of other peoples choices. I personally would suggest you at least try it, for it is a truly different expirience. I just think its something all people should expirience (not necessarily try it once but actually expirience it) at least once in their lifetimes. But the choice is all yours.

 

oh ok. well, i hope i didn't offend i was just wondering because i was talking with a friend a while ago and he was like a major hippie, he asked me if i ever smoked weed and i was like no and he said i'm the first wanna-be hippie he's ever met who hasn't smoked weed, so i just wanted to ask because i don't want to seem like a fake or anything. thanks for replying.

 

thanks for replying.

i've heard alot of good things about weed, i guess i'm just scared. i'm a scaredy-cat lol.

 

If you heard it from cops, school, parents, it's most likely lies. So what have you heard?

 

First off, weed is nothing to be afraid of... I was kind of afraid my first time because I didnt know what to expect, but after 2-3 hits I was like.... nevermind

Second off, your looking at the "hippy lifestyle" as if it was a clothing line like abercrombie and hollister... its more of a way of life and a mindset then a clique. So unless your just trying to be a hippy just for the friends and for attention, then please find something else to get into.

Finally, no you dont have to smoke weed to be a hippy. As I have mentioned before - being a hippy is a way of life, and smoking weed is just an activity we like to participate in for the social and mind expanding aspects.

 

I think that tryin to be a hippy , or thinkin you have do to stuff for it, is like opposite to what it is...Hippy its more like how the other people call them. I dont really like the im a 'insert label' stuff , but they call me a hippy. And it kinda makes me feel weird i dont feel part of their having a solid categorized identity shit.

Don't listen to him be yourself, he's the one who should be more open minded i guess.

But weed is fun, just smoke it somewhere you are confortable and where imagining yourself high there would seem fun, not make ya nervous, though you might wanna smoke just a few puffs on the first time , as you proclaim yourself a scaredy cat ;p

 

The answer is no.


Nothing else needs to be said. Don't try and be a "hippy". Be you. "Hippy" is a label and nothing more. They were people in the 60's, it is a fashion style, don't let the word define you.

 

well what i've mainly heard about it is that it's relaxing and it makes you see things in a new light, like notice stuff you've never noticed, i've actually witnessed this with a few friends.

 

my definition of ahippy has nothing to do with wheether or not they smoke weed, although coincedently often they seem to


my idea of a hippy is somebody who isnt materialistic,


they're calm, open minded, easy going, funrelaxing people

verry liberal as long as you arent harming others

that's my idea of a hippie, although i suppose maybe others think differently

so to answer your question, i dont think at all you need to smoke weed to be a "hippy"

i started feel less materialistic, more calm and easy going after i smoked weed, so it facilititated in my personal growth

but if you're doing that without any drug, by all means continue what you are doing

also, just do what makes you happy yo


and obviously try not to hurt others =]

 

oh no no. this is in no way a fashion trend for me. and i didn't mean to give off that feeling. i just wanted to get you guys opinions.

 

Why be anything but yourself?

Why the need to label yourself or others. Live your life the way YOU want to live it. Make your own choices.

If your not ready to try weed, no big deal, perhaps the day will come some time in the future.

 

your "friend" needs to get a grip

 

I agree with everyone. Hippy is just a label, given to me by others. I don't really know how I would define 'hippy' except that it has been given a negative connotation by the conservatives that I seem to be surrounded by. But, no, being a 'hippy' has nothing to do with smoking weed. I guess I think of hippies as people who do what they want regardless of the way that soceity looks at them for it. If you don't want to smoke weed, then all the more power to ya! But if you're at all curious, then I think you should at least try it.

 

fuckin a whoever said a true hippy was someone in the 60's..amen man...im with that one out of all of them...although i believe there are a few people who are a little older but not 60's..are true hippies also..but nobody that is around 15 and 16..just seems too recent and modern

 

And smoking weed doesnt necesarrily make you a hippy...or black...im neither. I dont think im a hippy...hmmm... I DO hate the government.

 

/\ Wtf

 

Lucidity,

Be yourself; be honest with yourself; listen to yourself; listen to your soul; that's as 'hip' as it gets.

Love,

David



P.S. There are lots of "hippie-type folk" who do not take drugs. A "hippie-type" artist friend of mine will not touch drugs in part because she does lots of abstract art and doesn't want her work attributed to drugs. Do not let people pressure you, be free; don't conform, be yourself even if you are lonely for awhile; you want to find friends who are smart enough and strong enough to care about you and honor what you feel.




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