I was looking for like minded people. I think it was around the time I went to my first music festival, I'm thinking that's what drew me in. I was a teenager living in a shithole of a town full of redneck hypocrites and was trying to escape
I think it was for music-related interests. They have developed a lot since I joined I still dig hard rock, sixties folk and psychedelic rock very much though.
I was looking up exotic research drugs (5MEO DIPT) and this was one of the few sources of information.
I was looking for forums and decided it looked cool...so I joined, so far it seems pretty cool but is not nearly as active as other forums I've been on. But nor is it as well known as far as I know so that's to be expected.
i think i googled something weed related and this came up, so i poked around a bit and really liked it.
Was Googling "long haired hippie boys" in hopes of finding a hot boyfriend. I didn't find a hot boyfriend, but I did find a place to be a picture whore and have people tell me how awesome I am. Fuckin' good enough.
I joined originally because I was googling about why weed made me so sick when I was like 15 and this forum came up, but I liked the atmosphere and the wit so I decided to stay
In year 10 history we had to do a study on the 60s, I wrote about fashion, The Beatles, and hippies. That was the first time I ever saw HF, but that was about 6 years ago. I don't know the reason I came back after that
I was all fucked up on some skunk weed and though I was joining the Disney Channel, I been waitin for Mickey and Goofey for a long time and the closest I come are some imitation guys. Fuck you imitaters, if the real mickey and goofey don't show up soon I'm quittin
I joined in 2001 or so. I joined the military in 2000 and left all my friends and family in Illinois. My mentality at the time was very hippieish. My job granted me the opportunity to use a computer on my downtime, and I learned that the computer could be used for so much more than getting video game codes and reading news headlines. I was a big fan of a wrestling news site at the time and checked out what "forums" were and saw it was a cool way for fans to exchange ideas and opinions. One day I thought "these forums suck... what else is out there?" I googled '"cool forums" and got this place. Being in the military it seemed like I was losing some of the ideas and mentality that made me me. I used this site to keep that part of me alive and going by exchanging ideas with like minded free thinkers. After 9/11 I felt this site needed a soldier going through the trials and tribulations of what that was like to weigh in on some issues being discussed. I made friends, learned about all kinds of cool bands, and learned to always respect another persons viewpoint even if you think it's wrong. I've always been coming here. I don't keep a journal or anything, but a lot of my thoughts and feelings are sprinkled all over these forums. A part of me resides here. It would be a shame should I log on one day and hipforums not be there.