Comments on: as it were http://www.clickclackgorilla.com/2009/10/13/as-it-were/ tales of marauding, plundering, and international gorilla conspiracy Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:01:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: sleeveless http://www.clickclackgorilla.com/2009/10/13/as-it-were/comment-page-1/#comment-72286 sleeveless Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:34:40 +0000 http://www.clickclackgorilla.com/?p=1433#comment-72286 ah, your last words before i rode the battleship home, early march: "you're not a hippy." such loving parting vernacular, nar there ever was. ah, your last words before i rode the battleship home, early march: “you’re not a hippy.” such loving parting vernacular, nar there ever was.

]]> By: doodle http://www.clickclackgorilla.com/2009/10/13/as-it-were/comment-page-1/#comment-72077 doodle Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:28:13 +0000 http://www.clickclackgorilla.com/?p=1433#comment-72077 I just learned a great hippy joke. How do you know you've had a hippy house guest recently? He's still there. Hahahaha. I don't actually have anything against hippies. But we make lots of hippy jokes 'round here. Mostly because we pretty much all qualify as hippies, and like ya said, it's all the same anyway. I just learned a great hippy joke.

How do you know you’ve had a hippy house guest recently?

He’s still there.

Hahahaha. I don’t actually have anything against hippies. But we make lots of hippy jokes ’round here. Mostly because we pretty much all qualify as hippies, and like ya said, it’s all the same anyway.

]]> By: La Flor de Mal http://www.clickclackgorilla.com/2009/10/13/as-it-were/comment-page-1/#comment-72071 La Flor de Mal Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:43:02 +0000 http://www.clickclackgorilla.com/?p=1433#comment-72071 A stupid hippy? Its interesting that the post-hippy generations have negative conotations of this culture. I found that disparaging - so I decided to look up the history of hippy-ism. Here's what I found...."Along with the New Left and the American Civil Rights Movement, the hippie movement was one of three dissenting groups of the 1960s counterculture. Hippies rejected established institutions, criticized middle class values, opposed nuclear weapons and the Vietnam War, embraced aspects of Eastern philosophy, championed sexual liberation, were often vegetarian and eco-friendly, promoted the use of psychedelic drugs which they felt expanded one's consciousness, and created intentional communities or communes. They used alternative arts, street theatre, folk music, and psychedelic rock as a part of their lifestyle and as a way of expressing their feelings, their protests and their vision of the world and life. Hippies opposed political and social orthodoxy, choosing a gentle and nondoctrinaire ideology that favored peace, love and personal freedom.......Hippies perceived the dominant culture as a corrupt, monolithic entity that exercised undue power over their lives, calling this culture "The Establishment", "Big Brother", or "The Man". You can give a lifestyle a new name, but its the same ol'wine in a different bottle. And to you - my young hippy friend....I salute you and your visions, your wagon and the fact that you don't just talk the talk - you walk the walk. A stupid hippy? Its interesting that the post-hippy generations have negative conotations of this culture. I found that disparaging – so I decided to look up the history of hippy-ism. Here’s what I found….”Along with the New Left and the American Civil Rights Movement, the hippie movement was one of three dissenting groups of the 1960s counterculture. Hippies rejected established institutions, criticized middle class values, opposed nuclear weapons and the Vietnam War, embraced aspects of Eastern philosophy, championed sexual liberation, were often vegetarian and eco-friendly, promoted the use of psychedelic drugs which they felt expanded one’s consciousness, and created intentional communities or communes. They used alternative arts, street theatre, folk music, and psychedelic rock as a part of their lifestyle and as a way of expressing their feelings, their protests and their vision of the world and life. Hippies opposed political and social orthodoxy, choosing a gentle and nondoctrinaire ideology that favored peace, love and personal freedom…….Hippies perceived the dominant culture as a corrupt, monolithic entity that exercised undue power over their lives, calling this culture “The Establishment”, “Big Brother”, or “The Man”.

You can give a lifestyle a new name, but its the same ol’wine in a different bottle. And to you – my young hippy friend….I salute you and your visions, your wagon and the fact that you don’t just talk the talk – you walk the walk.

]]> By: Jill http://www.clickclackgorilla.com/2009/10/13/as-it-were/comment-page-1/#comment-71999 Jill Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:30:26 +0000 http://www.clickclackgorilla.com/?p=1433#comment-71999 What I find funny here is that, even though no one is calling you a stupid hippy, what you are doing is pretty antithetical to what I presume is most people's conception of hippies. When I think of hippies (in the derogatory sense, said with a sneer by the people who wish they weren't chained to their routine), I imagine slovenly, slothful dopes sitting around doing drugs, not getting anything done. What you have done is just the opposite! Instead of freeloading, you are making your own home and the universe is providing most of what you need. Congratulations on a (huge) half a job well done! What I find funny here is that, even though no one is calling you a stupid hippy, what you are doing is pretty antithetical to what I presume is most people’s conception of hippies. When I think of hippies (in the derogatory sense, said with a sneer by the people who wish they weren’t chained to their routine), I imagine slovenly, slothful dopes sitting around doing drugs, not getting anything done. What you have done is just the opposite! Instead of freeloading, you are making your own home and the universe is providing most of what you need. Congratulations on a (huge) half a job well done!

]]> By: ts http://www.clickclackgorilla.com/2009/10/13/as-it-were/comment-page-1/#comment-71995 ts Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:17:36 +0000 http://www.clickclackgorilla.com/?p=1433#comment-71995 Actually I'm reading this book on brain chemistry and it seems that visualization can actually, in a very science-y sense, cause things to happen. When we visualize things over and over, they eventually become hardwired, so to speak, in the back portions of our brains where long term information is stored- where our vision of reality is stored, basically. By this method you can actually imagine away pain (though I still think that's not the best idea- better to find the cause of the pain first), or imagine yourself into a new personality, and, I would argue, imagine yourself a new wagon. Fascinating stuff. Actually I’m reading this book on brain chemistry and it seems that visualization can actually, in a very science-y sense, cause things to happen. When we visualize things over and over, they eventually become hardwired, so to speak, in the back portions of our brains where long term information is stored- where our vision of reality is stored, basically. By this method you can actually imagine away pain (though I still think that’s not the best idea- better to find the cause of the pain first), or imagine yourself into a new personality, and, I would argue, imagine yourself a new wagon. Fascinating stuff.

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