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Location: frankston, Australia
i think that we all are branded for fire twirling does anyone have anything to say on the matter i was at my crew last week and we all got yelled at then abused because we "twirl" we are all dirty hippies one guy called me a mungbean i wanted to KILL HIM
fire is a living thing it can breath and it eats so respect the fire
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13,215 posts
Location: without class distinction, Australia
I think many of us are hippies. I think many of us aren't. I have been called a hippy for spinning, but I don't think that makes us all hippeis. It's just because people don't understand. It's like every person who wears black is suddenly a Goth to those who are less informed.
If it offends you, don't let it worry you. It's just some people who are either miss informed or just uninformed. They don't know you and they don't sound like the people you'd want to know either.
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i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
ARRRR!
529 posts
Location: Charlotte, NC, USA
I think I can help.
1. Never "twirl" fire. You can hurl fire and possibly spin fire, but NEVER twirl.
2. Staff spinners are less likely to be exposed as the hippies they truly are.
3. The ONLY excuse for long hair is a mullet!
4. NEVER wear: Bell bottoms or tie-dyed shirts. Suggested attire: eyepatch, peg leg, hook hand and a bicorn or tricorn hat with not to poofy a plume.
5. What's a "mungbean"?
I've never been called a hippie, that makes me sad.
"My skin is singed but it heals my heart and with glowing pride I'll wear my scars." -Davey Havok
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13,215 posts
Location: without class distinction, Australia
Written by: mtbeer
1. Never "twirl" fire. You can hurl fire and possibly spin fire, but NEVER twirl.
Anyone else noticed that Australians are generally "twirlers" but the Brits and Americans are "spinners"? Haven't noticed about the Kiwis or the others yet!
I'm a proud Spinner
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
1,328 posts
Location: Bendigo, Vic, Australia
Ive been told i am starting to turn into a Hippy (or is it hippie?)
I know some people on here are Hippies, and others arent, we also have our goths (would you call them a Hippy if they were spinning fire?) we have a wide range of people here, not all of us are Hippies.
umm... call me uninformed, but what is a mungbean?
Are you up for it??
349 posts
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
In response to Rouge Dragon us 'kiwis' are fire dancers
That's the term I've heard most often over here anyway
Are you up for it?
;)
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13,215 posts
Location: without class distinction, Australia
what about those of you who spin poi, just not of the fire variety?
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
Are you up for it??
349 posts
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
If it's traditional maori poi - most people are in a 'kapa haka' group so now sure 'bout that one
otherwise, like what you just said, "spin" e.g. do you spin yourself? if so what? from what I've seen it depends on whether you spin as a hobby or making money doing it
Which goes for L.e.d. poi, staff, flags, just about anything
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Are you up for it?;)
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newbie
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Location: Arizona, USA
I never knew that spinning was part of being a "hippy" before coming here. I've been vegan for a while, and I'm also an activist, so I always get called a hippy for that. Seems pretty incongruent to me.
If they're going to stereotype people, can't they at least do it in a way that isn't intirely random?
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enthusiast
205 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
I like it how hippies call me a City Slicker, then they see me spin.... beaten at their own game...
Wish I were a hippy.
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
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Location: Wales
You got offended to the point of wanting to kill someone because they called you a Mung bean?
I would have wet myself laughing. That has to be the lamest insult I ever heard.
For those of you that don't know, a mung bean is the bean that bean sprouts sprout out of.
Come on people, if you can't rise above a few fools yelling stupid names at you, I think you're going to find the rest of life a little bit difficult. So what if someone calls you a hippy? What's so wrong with hippies?
If people yell various legume names at you just turn the other cheek and put a hand up to your mouth to stifle the giggle, as giggling at peoples insults sometimes makes them feel inadequate and we wouldn't want to do that now would we.
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
*checks in mirror* Nope, close-cropped hair, tight, simple nice clothing, no sewn-together trousers, etc...
*smells armpits*
Nope. I'm definately not a hippie.
-Mike
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water based
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Location: melbourne, Australia
Written by: Skulduggery
a mung bean is the bean that bean sprouts sprout out of.
ive been called a hippie, a goth, an emo, a freak, just plain wrong, a psychopath and many more.
still yet to figure out where i lie
cheers, pete
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
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Location: Wales
Written by: pineapple peteWritten by: Skulduggery
a mung bean is the bean that bean sprouts sprout out of.
Ok Pete so that line did sound better in my head than it reads in text. Sorry about that.
Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
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13,215 posts
Location: without class distinction, Australia
Written by: pineapple pete
ive been called...just plain wrong
ooh! being called that one is my fav!
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
Watching the Sky
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Location: Cambridge(ish)/Bath Spa Uni, United Kingdom
Well...................Ive had a good think about it and I think that there is a little bit of hippy in all of us - spinners anyway, (even a tiny tiny bit), personally Ive always been quite 'free' in a sense so alot of people see me as some kind of hippy, but most of the time people see me as wierd because Ive never really been branded as anything because I am what I am...............yeah, I dont really know what Im saying!
But I think the term 'hippie' has changed alot today, I it now as being free-minded and stuff.........................I dont know.......................I'll be over here --->
I jumped into the river, what did i see?
Black-eyed angels swam with me.
What a Bummer
3,224 posts
Location: Shatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
over where? over there? can i come? Looks nice....
1 + 1 = 3
3,540 posts
Location: Bristol UK
Hmm... I don't think you are a hippy...
Firstly, you wanted to kill him. That's not very hippy like, is it?
Secondly, Hippies use punctuation. This is because they believe that their views are important, and so want to make them easy to read...
Thirdly, you have a 'Crew'...
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What a Bummer
3,224 posts
Location: Shatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
I have a crew, of pirates mind, we pillage and plunder... yo ho men!!
...and is this more suited for discussion? or does my light heartened pointless randomness make it chat?
Momma Bear
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wandering thru the woods of WI
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Location: Wisconsin, USA
if it helps i'm a corporate goth who hangs out at a hippie bar...at least that's what i have been told...i just like black and they have cheap beer and good conversation
Faith
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enthusiast
360 posts
Location: Oxford, United Kingdom
For lil minimosher kids (the 'alternative' crowd), we use the term greebo, seems to fit.
Hippies are usually self identified; a concious effort to distance oneself from the (percieved as being right wing by comparison) general public.
I'm assuming you're a greebo & the other guys were chavs (originally short for 'cheltenham average' by a private girl's school, this has now come to mean anyone wearing clothes that could be called 'bling'), in which case the best two ways to deal with it are ignore em or kick the crap out of em.
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I have a crew, of pirates mind, we pillage and plunder... yo ho men!!
Your not pirates, you've no interest in treasure. You only go ashore looking for men, yarrgghh. Can I join you? lol
Its so true spinners get labled as hippies, one of the first hoppers I came across was cantus so I also thought you all were too lol but that didnt last long really.
Also my brother thinks spinners are high on weed 24 hours a day, he asked me to get him hooked up
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Watching the Sky
453 posts
Location: Cambridge(ish)/Bath Spa Uni, United Kingdom
Written by: Asena
over where? over there? can i come? Looks nice....
Tis nice, its my very own world! Everyones invited!
I jumped into the river, what did i see?
Black-eyed angels swam with me.
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1,584 posts
Location: Angels Landing, USA
This thread makes me laugh.
*insert obligatory hip thrust for "hippys" here.
To do: More Firedrums 08 video?
Wildfire/US East coast fire footage
LA/EDC glow/fire footage
Fresno fire
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,172 posts
Location: Hastings, United Kingdom
Actually, who gives a rats arse?
As my mum says "You can call me what you like as long as its not 'late for dinner'"
I don't really know why she shouldn't be called late for for dinner.
But I'm sure that quote fits into this thread somewhere...
And you wanted to "KILL HIM"?
Why kill an idiot when you can have much more fun beating him down with wit?
Pooh-Bah
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Location: York University, United Kingdom
I got called "Long Haired Lover of Jesus".
Evidence in Support: I had long hair.
Evidence against: I'm not religious.
Hmm. What happened to originality in insults? Like Monkey Island? They were some pretty funny lines!
Kill him and be done with it, just make sure you hide the body
After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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lurker
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Location: Nashville, TN, USA
Written by: greddyfirebrat
i think that we all are branded for fire twirling does anyone have anything to say on the matter i was at my crew last week and we all got yelled at then abused because we "twirl" we are all dirty hippies one guy called me a mungbean i wanted to KILL HIM
pretty sure the the correct response is "thank you!"
and since when was that ever an effective insult? does "hippie" mean the same thing in oz that "gutter punk" means here? if i called someone a hippie here, it would probably just mean i thought they smoked pot... i'm just not sure what they're even suggesting a "hippie" stereotypically does that's looked badly upon.
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Location: Huddersfield + Hull Uni... UK.
You're all hippies.
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Member
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Location: frankston, Australia
well u cant blame them when i look like me
fire is a living thing it can breath and it eats so respect the fire
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