The Hippie steriotype

I hate this steriotype.
At school, people think I'm a big stoner because I wear tye-dye. or dress like a hippie or whatever.
I hate it because I have never smoked weed and I'm never going to, but everyone thinks I'm a stoner.
And I also hate that people think you have to be a stoner in order to be a hippie.

What is you're view on this little thing today?

 

I don't have a view because I don't think about things of this nature, why? Because it's a waste of brain cells...
We get it, we get people stereotype you as a "hippie/stoner"... We know this already..

 

eh, people will do what they do, alot of stoners i know are scene kids actually... But i dont know any hippies at my school to the best of my knowledge.

Just ignore them?

 

it's hard though because i don't consider myself a hippy because i'm not exactly a peaceful person, and i don't like people calling me something i don't consider myself to be.

like i went to the skatepark with some friends and these little kids were calling me a hippie and i kept saying "no i'm not" and the only way i could make them go away was to grab my pentagram necklace and start saying random shit in latin.

it's very annoying because that doesn't work with everyone

 

Well, that's what you get for wearing tye-dye.

 

hippie is a state of mind that begins with not caring what other people think and ends with being who you are in your heart regardless of what others may stereotype you as..
until you find this plateau you are not a hippie in my opinion..

if you dont consider yourself a hippy,then all i can say is the above advice is IMO still the best advice..

be yourself and dont give a fuck what others think..

 

Why does it bother so much if other people stereotype you?
You are just yourself and if people want to put you in some sort of little box, just let them. People have always been and will always be extremely close-minded beings.

 

You really think about this crap way to deeply and almost all the time... just an observation...

 

remember what the great philosopher popeye once said..

 

honey i went through the same thing. I didn't even dress like a hippie as much as you, it was just the way I naturally tend to walk chill, kinda be spaced out, that everyone ALWAYS called me a stoner/hippie.


Some people even think i went to rehab

its just highschool. I never really gave a fuck because I knew, i'm not a stoner, never smoked weed, never will, and they can think what they want.

for the most part though, you may grow out of it. Personal style and the way one dresses generally changes at leaaast a little as the years go on. Now people just call me a bitch or a slut

 

being young and in high school is part of that, cause your mind is molded around it. Once you get out of school, you grow into the adult that we are, what other people think doesnt effect you personally anymore

 

I don't think that's a given, but something that needs working on.

and I agree with most others, there is no point in worrying about what other people think. they're going to think what they want regardless.

 

When I was younger + people called me a Hippie I'd say "thanks man and (*)"

Nowadays though, I realise adding stoner etc.. and making personally critical insults especially if it inpacts on your nearest/dearest
Though as "HippieHillBilly" points out -


Being yourself is the only true way to be,
I still get some shit now but, ... don't care.
It's hard for those people who are blinkerd by conformity, don't get Mad - get
Sad for "those who do not see"

Keep the Faith ((You are not alone))

(*) < Peace + Love ~ Save the Planet > +


P.S. - I Love the Pentangle response

 

if they think it , thats fine, i don't care, i just hate it when they tell me everyday, because it gets insanely annoying and it makes me want to kill them

 

believe me,i got "are you high?" " youre so stoned" " what are you on?" so many times, haha.

i was never on anything...... it just made me laugh. You gota look at it from a different point of view, and just laugh at it.

 

Just tell them something like 'Yes, I am a fucking hippie. Now go jerk yourself off, thank you very much.'

Or just ignore it and mind your own business whilst laughing inside at their ignorance.

 

Everybody thought I was a stoner in high school, too. I didn't really care, they could've piss tested me any day and I would've passed. On a side note, I swore when I was your age I'd never smoke, but you might change your mind later on, lol. But until then, just be yourself and know that in high school, you're going to have to deal with people who are fonder of labels than General Mills' marketing company. It'll fade when you graduate.

 

seriously, why do you care so much about labels and what others think of you? grow up and stop worrying about what idiots think

 

I get stereotyped, people stereotype me as being a human..pfft, morons...

 

Its just this: Kids in our generation are obsessed with being cool(drugs/sex/crime) And it doesn't matter what you do, they are always going to assume that you smoke bud. I don't mind it personally because I do those things(except crime, those days are over for good I think). The only way that your not going to be seen as a pothead is to look straight edge.