What's with all the bad vibes?

Well, not particularly this forum ... but HipForums in general. I thought we were all hippies here? (or wannabees, that's OK too). I can't believe the personal attacks, slagging, and general bad manners on the forums. I can remember when anyone who often did such would be labeled a "longhaired redneck in hippy clothes", and nobody in their right mind would hang out with them.

Peace, Love, and whatever Kindness that floats yer boat - not all this nastiness! Criminee, you'd think this was the Disgruntled Yuppies Forums.
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Thanks Bro, I've been wondering the same thing. I got sorta used to being ignored for the most part at mainstream boards, I am a bit weirder than words, and my communication style tends to put people off, with all sorts of misinterpretations, I expected things to be different here, rudeness, insults, hostility, these have no place in a hippies mind, or heart; rather polite, supportive, kindness, in a heart of love and tolerance is the hippy way.

Celebrating our differences as we each fullfill our individual different roles in the family is how we grow, in love for each other, and in the family's influence on machine of the establishment. We are hippys not hippy-crits, let the love light shine, and lets be about showing the world that with love and understanding, we can still change the world.
Peace, love and wonder
sine cera

 

well, look around hipforums isnt really that much hippies, sure theres a bunch, but seems like the larger crowds the chronic masterbator or bitcyh about everything types, the cm crowd gets all bitchy if u interupt theyre quest for new masterbation material, and the other crownd well they just bitch about everyrthing and everyone
it gives theyre life purpose to see you agrevated just as much as it might give yours purpoose to makesomeone smiile or whatever...
theyresd a p[lace for everyuone..the good the bad and the bitchy...
when u get hit in the face with stupidity and insults just smile and wave & be glad your not as misserable as some folks here

maybe we shouldnt bitch bout bad vibes if thats just another bad vibe in the air, maybe we should spread a lil lovve and caring and tunrn those vibes into smoiiles


love & light

 

"Follow No Leaders" What's this mean? It means you're expected to express yourself as you wish, without impressing others to conform. This is hard to do, it's natural to conform to a "Group Ideology" and to follow the charisma of a leader. Consider the Yin and the Yang of the thing, if following and conforming is Yin then it's opposite, non-conformation and disrespect is the Yang.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yin_and_yang

The greatest minds amongst us may have to take refuge in their Yang because of their Yin. Take the Crucifixion as an instance of Yin and we may understand why some may find sanctuary in Yang. It's all a bit more involved than a first impressions, and hefty doses of compassion may see us thru.

 

I must say Soaring Eagle's response is so much more Hip than mine. awesome.

 

hahaha mine was delerium setting in, yours made perfect sence, , just why trolls flock here , theyre negativity and stupidity is an attempt to ballance the possitivity and inteligence....if this was a purely troll like board without a spark of light anywhere to be found (say for instance a hate group or anti whatever board) you may be very temprted to interject your own thoughts and inteligence into the vacumm.. if every post was i hate gays gays are gay gays suck dick you maybe very tempted to add a lil possitivity and interligence and disputetheyre claims with gentle understandinjg..the negativity is there to ballance thepossitivity and if every post was all possitive how would any one stand out from the rest?
be glad theyre there so your not looked over...hey i like that 1001 hes not an asshole like everyone else...see you were just upgraded from random numbers to "not an asshole" youve earnhed recognition simply by not being negative all thetime

 

yeah...people...be positive and kind...

 

There is truth to the phrase "there is method in madness" I just begun to see.

 

welcome to life

 

Well in my case, I came here years ago when I used to be a hippie and now I am not a hippie anymore, I had a personality change, but I had made friends on here and so I keep coming back.

I consider myself to be more of a hipster, and we all know that hipsters are edgier than hippies.

 

Personality changes are a bitch, that ol' Jekyll & Hyde thing...

 

Oh, I'm glad mine did.

 

this reminds me of the song 'personality crisis ' by the n y dolls ....i too am changing for better or worse .....amerika gets worse by the minit .

 

i think it would be a good rule that only hippies are allowed here but don't think skip would do that

 

You still don't have to insult people on here when your personality changes. There's nothing wrong with a critical post, though. And some people are offended too easily for their own good.

 

course now iffn only hippies were allowed here - would you be allowed - O my and who judges
So it just goes on that you find where some like minded hang out and sometimes interject into the mainstream (shudder) just to let them know there are others too.
But damn - you know having been there in the daze - i gots to say they were mostly a bunch of assholes too .... oops forgot my positive spin - ... the seekers and those that have found the key to the Self through learning to be still have always numbered small.

Peace y'all

Namaste

 

Right on, VCR! Regarding showing the world that with love & understanding, we can still change the world - I agree! And, even just one person can make a difference.
We set examples; each one of us; every day, by how we
treat others. I believe that we have the opportunity to influence others to be nicer if we put it out there first. I would say that people have become pretty isolated these days, particularly in public. The tendency is to not interact with strangers to the point of being rude to one another. The point that Gaston raises in starting this thread is correct - what's with all the nastiness? It simply doesn't have to be that way. Our society is very much caught up in the "Decline of Empire" , though; and one of the glaring signs is that people no longer have good manners towards each other. But showing respect and kindness to others is a choice that is under our own control. Even though we're in a downward spiral amidst the decline of empire, each and every one of us can choose to be nice to others, or we can choose to be nasty. It's really that simple. Personally, it's a reward for me to feel that good feeling that wells up inside me when I hold
a door open for an old person and they look up into my eyes with surprise and gratitude and say, "Thank you, dear..." You betcha! I'll take that any day of the week over someone shooting me a nasty look because I let the door slam them in the face.
SPREAD THE KINDNESS - IT'S A CHOICE.

Sincere Regards, Michaela
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"They will never make a perfect heart until they make
one that can't be broken."
....... The Wizard, "The Wizard of Oz"
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As Chuck said, "welcome to life". This forum is a text representation of life, which is the true beauty of it. It cannot be the utopia you perceive or want it to be. This place would be awfully dull if it wasn't for arguments, discussions, different opinions, and lifestyles.

I've been posting on this forum for a long time and have met some amazing people here... I can honestly say that I wouldn't have stayed a day here if it was all peace and love.

 

Nah, that's a copout to excuse bad manners. This isn't a "CNN Talkback" forum, it's HipForums. Hip, as in Hippies. Peace, love, all that stuff. As far as rude, antagonistic posts on a Hippie board are concerned I'm a lot in agreement the German company, many years ago, that got a shipment of sugar from the US with rat shit in it. They wrote back and said "We are unhappy that there was rat shit in the sugar you sent. On the next shipment, please send the rat shit in separate bags so we can mix it to our own preferences."

I'm glad you met some cool folks here, but if you need conflict to be entertained, there's always Grand Theft Auto.

 

I have always thought that these forums were called "Hipforums" because they deal with hip therapy and surgery. Shit, how wrong I was.

People who are rude in general can easily be ignored, it's as simple as that. Like a previous poster already said... these forums have few "hippies". It is sad to see people actually conforming to the hippie stereotype as it is... individualism requires embracing the concepts of peace and love, while also knowing that there is more to life than just that, including the negative.

I do not need conflict to be entertained, but it does help. It's like food... I prefer it spicy, and not bland.

Utopia only exists in your head... take the positive out of this forum, and just ignore the negative if it bothers ya so much.