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12-12-04, 00:51
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| Alpha Comae Berenices  Join Date: Jan 1971
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There have been many mistakes along the way, made by numerous people, including myself in the omc. I just wanted to thank you for offering me the chance to come home, to my first online mushroom community, and welcoming me with open arms. I suppose, my question is, How is it, that you were able to do that? Especially after everyting that went on? The reason I ask, is because I dont understand Hip. Not to mention, there is a fear in this for me, (Like being accepted) even tho it is something I would like to do.
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12-12-04, 01:29
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One!!!!!!!!!! Great to see you!! Hey when the jars are a rockin dont come a knockin lol. Your friend down the interstate, MojoRisin/John Hip, Sorry about the placement of this post, just had to say hi to One. (Message edited by rocketman on December 12, 2004) |
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12-12-04, 06:13
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| How is it, that you were able to do that? Especially after everyting that went on? hi dia everyone makes mistakes. i excell at them. i suppose my willingness to extend compassion to even those with whom i've had differences stems from my belief in second chances. lord knows there have been many times when all i needed was just one more chance to get it right. i guess i figure as a guy who has needed a lot of 'slack', i should be willing to give the very thing i ask so much for. nan himself could come back if he was willing to let bygones be bygones. my irish temper is quick to flare but also quick to subside. i only hold a grudge if i was deeply wounded, busted, ripped-off, etc. and even then time steals away much of that anger. but you never did me any serious damage, just words. i guess what i'm trying to say is it's been a very long time since you 'wronged' me in any way or i, you. so why not make a new start ? we used to be friends, we must have liked some things about each other. so let us pick up where we left off before all that unpleasantness. i have enough enemies but i sure do need a few more good friends. (Message edited by admin on December 12, 2004) Last edited by Hippie3; 08-31-07 at 08:10. |
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12-12-04, 06:51
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| there is a fear in this for me no reason for that. did i ever lift a finger to harm any of the exiles ? no. besides i never forget a kindness done to me, and your kind gift long ago took away much pain. you remember ? i do.  Last edited by Hippie3; 08-31-07 at 08:11. |
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12-12-04, 17:26
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| Why do you punctuate all of your posts to make them look like a poem of some sort? it's not really deliberate. it's my natural style i just break my thoughts into bite-sized phrases so each line stands as punctuation without using a comma, etc. Last edited by Hippie3; 08-31-07 at 08:17. |
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12-12-04, 17:31
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| how so many people can hate someone so wise and helpful as yourself. two main reasons. 1] i'm in their way. 2] i make them look bad by comparison. a few others may have 'legit' beefs with me, perhaps i banned them here. but the visceral hatred from my long term enemies is all about power, popularity, prestige and money. i've ruined some schemes, exposed some plots, and built a site that many others covet. i've bested them over and over at a game i'm not even really supposed to be able to play. i reckon that's enough to some for hate. Last edited by Hippie3; 08-31-07 at 08:18. |
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12-12-04, 20:45
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| Shared Animosity  Join Date: Jan 1970
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If you ban someone,how would you know if they came back under a different name? Do you only ban for the listed reasons in the rules & regs/repeated offenses,or is simply being an ass enough sometimes?
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12-13-04, 09:20
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| If you ban someone,how would you know if they came back under a different name? i don't bother to check. if they sneak back in and start acting out again i just boot them again. if they behave i let it slide. Last edited by Hippie3; 08-31-07 at 08:19. |
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12-13-04, 09:26
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| is simply being an ass enough sometimes? on rare occasion. we generally issue a few warnings to let offenders know when they cross a line. but when we see an obvious melt-down under way someone posting angry obscenities, we don't hesitate to shut it down. if they persist they get the boot. most common cause of banning is making personal attacks on a member here, often myself. 2nd common cause is offering or soliciting illegal items. but banning are pretty rare, all in all. and every few months i wipe the slate clean, granting amnesty by erasing the ban list to begin anew. Last edited by Hippie3; 08-31-07 at 08:19. |
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12-13-04, 09:29
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| How many family friends of yours know about 'Topia? damn few. my brother the lawyer is about it. and he didn't know until recently but i had to let him in on my little secret to deal with the legal ramifications that gerald hanafin, the snitch in florida who owns pfjars and sporgasm com, unleashed on me the last several months. (Message edited by admin on December 13, 2004) Last edited by Hippie3; 08-31-07 at 08:20. |
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12-13-04, 09:32
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| Have the trips had a change in their nature through the years? (eg become more spiritual etc) hmm, more the reverse in truth. i rarely dose high enough on mushrooms to get a real vision these days. more often i just take about 2 g's for a nice recreational warm fuzzy orgasmic love buzz. if i want spiritual ayahuasca is my first choice, nothing recreational there. (Message edited by admin on December 18, 2004) Last edited by Hippie3; 08-31-07 at 08:20. |
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12-14-04, 10:50
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Hip, I remember awhile back that you had to get a bunch of teeth pulled and I was wondering if you had false teeth? If so, do they look like your old teeth? The reason I'm asking is cause I may need false teeth, eventually, and I wanted to know if I could possibly look the same with them. I know it's a silly question, but I am curious...
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12-14-04, 18:17
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| Mycotopiate  Join Date: Dec 1971
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My mother had and my wife has false teeth. You can get the dentist to make the teeth look any way you want. Best if they can get an impression before they are pulled. That way the can shape them close to your originals. You can also get implants but they are expensive. Talked to a tec that was working on my wife's teeth and he said there was a guy that would pull all your teeth in one setting and put in implants in one day. Cost about 40k though 
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12-15-04, 07:04
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| How surprised was he? What was his reaction like? hehe my brother knows me well so he wasn't all that surprised. he was naturally a bit concerned for my safety and legal position but he & his lawyer buddies checked out the site and pronounced it essentially legal 'gray area' type material. Last edited by Hippie3; 08-31-07 at 08:23. |
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12-16-04, 09:14
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| What is your vision for 'topia in the future ? we sort of covered this already, albeit in a light-hearted way. i'll briefly re-visit the topic. the honest truth is i really have no idea how this will all turn out in the long run. i see 'topia as a bit like a library, the way libraries used to be before the government took them over. but it's more than just a library, it's also a university. but mycotopia is really a lifeform, and it will surely mutate and evolve over time into something we cannot yet foresee. she ['topia] is like a living cell, she has already split once and 'reproduced', just look at the archives over at the nook and you'll surely notice the family resemblance.  she used to be totally dependant on me to feed her but now she can feed herself. she used to do just what i told her to but now she has acquired a mind of her own and even i, the parent, have been forced to yield authority and control. but she is still very young, who can say now what she will become ? i can't. Last edited by Hippie3; 08-31-07 at 08:24. |
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12-17-04, 22:21
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Just out of curiosity. What was up with you when you wrote this? And whatever happened to "HIPPIEHAVEN"? hippie3 Oct 15 1999, 12:00 am Newsgroups: alt.drugs.mushrooms From: hippie3 <hippie3_at_geocit...@my-deja.com> Date: 1999/10/15 Subject: HIPPIE3 : R.I.P. -- i've been thinking for some time now that 'hippie3' had finished his work here & it was time to move on... i love helping you friends but i have a life to live off-line... i've tried to wean my self off this damn news group addiction but seem drawn like a fly to honey... and i've drawn far too much attention to myself for far too long. so i'm retiring 'hippie3': i've changed all the passwords, closed the email, and am mere moments away from deleting this user altogether and closing my ISP account. times are changing my friends, there's a cold wind blowing. cover your asses, friends. peace & love hip p.s. the 'haven is still up but is in password hell: it will not be updated. Check out HIPPIEHAVEN http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Marina/7382 Last edited by Hippie3; 08-31-07 at 08:26. |
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12-17-04, 23:08
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hell, i don't really remember proly a bout of paranoia lol the 'haven was up many years but geocities finally took it down a year ago or so... it was my first website built entirely on webtv no less had links to many sites of interest, fairly large as sites go, got alot of hits, too. i have many dogs & cats, love animals of all kind, the fuzzier the better (Message edited by admin on December 19, 2004) Last edited by Hippie3; 08-31-07 at 08:27. |
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12-17-04, 23:27
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Have you spoken to or heard from Ryche Hawk since the "bad old days"? I know you and "MAD" Max seem to have patched things up. LOL! He seems to be on Mike'O like a fly on shit when he posts his, "I hate Hippie3 rants" on ADM. It seems you are very well respected there now, even "old" enemys see Mike as a lunitic. |
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12-18-04, 17:07
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| Have you spoken to or heard from Ryche Hawk since the "bad old days"? certainly, we learned, gradually, to respect each other and understand that we were not real enemies. this same process has occured over and over in my career here, at least with those who were open to reason. we clashed at first, as strong-willed intelligent people are prone to do, but then we moved past that to better things. (Message edited by admin on December 18, 2004) Last edited by Hippie3; 08-31-07 at 08:30. |
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12-18-04, 17:15
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| LOL! Yes it looks like it was posted at 12AM.. I have had those long nights also.. Wondering.. yeah, me too. back then i still had a basement full of weed and an attic full of shrooms so i was pretty easily upset. i remember about three different episodes when i got so paranoid that i pulled a 'roo', so to speak. but i have no sense of shame in that, better safe than sorry eh ? at least folks can see that i'm for real, with the same worries that they have. i peek out the windows late at night, looking to see if johnny law is sneaking up on me. i'll admit it. and snitches like gerald hanafin make my ulcer burn and bleed. glad i'm retired now. but i wish i had some shrooms... Last edited by Hippie3; 08-31-07 at 08:31. |
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12-18-04, 18:58
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btw, i actually DID finally manage to beat my addiction to ADM/usenet haven't posted there in years, you might in fact have even found my actual retirement post quoted above, not entirely sure but that's around the time that i quit posting on usenet so may be. i moved onto more private message boards like this one instead. |
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12-18-04, 21:35
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Who needs shrooms when you got Ayahuasca? :-) I find this thread a bit creepy now. It feels like you think you are going to kick the bucket any second and want to set the record straight before you go, like your last will and testament. I hope I'm wrong. |
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12-19-04, 01:10
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"i remember about three different episodes when i got so paranoid that i pulled a 'roo', " LOL! My biggest worry is someone stealing "roo" and posting here and elsewhere. When I am unable to keep up with the board, I delete my account. I know about having a housefull of "evidence". In reality I only started realy posing on the net after I had "cleaned my house" so to speak. I know what it is to be sitting on a time bomb. I do not know how I survived the old days... Paranoia can be a good thing. So far I am alive and well. Being this deep into the underground, even in the relm of information, can make one paranoid. For me at least, my paranoia stems from what I am in reality verses here. I have always kept a tight lid on my exploits. I have always kept this life a huge secret. I think this "conflict" is quite common here. Far be it for me to confess my "sins", but if people only knew what I did in my spare time and how long I have done it. LOL! I have seen a few people poke their heads above ground and get them chopped off.. I am very much content with knowing I have seen and experianced things very few people get the chance to see. It is certainly less risky to give people the key, rather than unlock and open the door for them. There was a time when very few people know how to grow the shroom. It was high science. There is no reason to grow large amounts of them. There is no market for them. Now people can do this in secret. They just have a few boxes in the closet. I have seen some very amazing stats on just how many people grow shrooms in this country. I do not remember the exact number but it was in the millions. I have spoken to many groups of people, from a "respectable" position, and I have come to the conclusion that this stat is correct. This is why MANY people look up to you Hippie. There was a time not so long ago when one realy had to be in the know to trip. Now they just grow their own. From my experiance these people represent a braod spectrum of society. Truck drives, factory workers, writers, artists, IT's, doctors etc. Hippie, do you ever just sit back and realize that you have had a large role in starting a movement? LOL! Ott, the preverbial psychonaut, has brought up this site and you by name. I have seen links to this site all over the underground. I have heard this site mentioned at lectures on shamanism. Many people thank you for your hard work. You seem to have the impression that people still see you the way they did on ADM. This is not the case. In reality you have actualy helped the community gain some much needed respectability. Mycotopia has most certainly grown into a haunt for mature trippers. "Who needs shrooms when you got Ayahuasca?" Very true. For me at least I have found my entheogen. LOL! I still like the insanity of a good shroom trip a few times a year... 10 grams and me running around the woods at 3 am, naked. Pure paradise!  Last edited by Hippie3; 08-31-07 at 08:36. |
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12-19-04, 06:28
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| LOL! My biggest worry is someone stealing "roo" and posting here and elsewhere a valid concern, had it done to myself once back at drooldonkey.org crazy old ben dover/karl brooks did me great damage by posting under my nym a couple weeks before i caught him and exposed his treachery. wise to be cautious. Last edited by Hippie3; 08-31-07 at 08:38. |
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12-19-04, 06:38
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| Hippie, do you ever just sit back and realize that you have had a large role in starting a movement? LOL! Ott, the proverbial psychonaut, has brought up this site and you by name. I have seen links to this site all over the underground. I have heard this site mentioned at lectures on shamanism. pretty damn cool eh ? yeah, i take pride in what i've done, it's really my life's work. wanna know what really trips me out ? seeing some webpage in russia or israel or sweden where the only word i recognize is 'hippie3'. my invitro tek reverberated around the world, fundamentally changing the equation for many to enable them to get some shrooms of their own. i do feel humbled to think that little ol' me has actually changed the world a little, hopefully for the better. (Message edited by admin on December 19, 2004) Last edited by Hippie3; 08-31-07 at 08:38. |
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12-21-04, 04:05
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hippie..i have read your writings for a good four years now...it amazes me how much wisdom you have and the affect you have on alot of people...how does it feel to have touched so many peoples lives without actually knowing about it?  Last edited by Hippie3; 08-31-07 at 08:40. |
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12-21-04, 07:19
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| i have many dogs & cats, love animals of all kind, the fuzzier the better Any pics of your "kids"? i do feel humbled to think that little ol' me has actually changed the world a little, hopefully for the better. Humbling as I expect it would be... Not everyone can say that they've had an affect on thousands or more people all the way around the world. Life's work or no, it's a very high achievement to have made. I only hope I too can make as big a difference in some aspect of life by the time the end comes... You should be grateful and proud that you've not only achieved this but have seen its affects while you're still here to enjoy it. Congratulations, for what’s its worth. Last edited by Hippie3; 08-31-07 at 08:41. |
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12-21-04, 12:15
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| Mycotopiate Join Date: Oct 1971
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| Humbling as I expect it would be... Not everyone can say that they've had an affect on thousands or more people all the way around the world. I disagree. we all have these effects on thousands everyday... Consciousness is contagious. The difference (and very humbling part) is that hippie can actually SEE That difference being made with a precipitation of acknowledgement back to the source. But I see the point of that (and this) to empower others to help us all realize WE ARE MAKING THAT DIFFERENCE RIGHT NOW. The flip side is that is true of all our actions, good AND bad. stay conscious! stay positive! stay here and now! BE the difference! Last edited by Hippie3; 08-31-07 at 08:42. |
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12-21-04, 13:00
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First of all, just let me say that mycotopia has really opened my eyes to what a "perfect" web board can really be. I have frequented automotive web boards (and some other hobbies), for years, and I have NEVER found one like this. If anything, you mostly find aggression, disorganization, and negative undertones. Mycotopia is a plethora of information on topics that are very controversial, yet the members are in it for the community more than the content of the site. That right there is rare. my question How many hours would you estimate that you spend on mycotopia a week? I have never seen someone so responsive to what seems like EVERY thread on this site. -Nick |
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02-01-06, 18:48
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good question. i just recently began to understand that part of my personality. i guess it's partially instinct, part choice and part pure cussedness.  i have been blessed with intelligence, strength, stature so i try to give it back instead of being a bully. i was picked on as a child of a poor family in a private school, being where i didn't belong has been the story of my life. i learned to defend myself after being beat down, mocked. once i got strong enough to protect myself, it was only natural to begin helping others against the bullies. i loathe folks who are self-superior, smug. i like to take them down. what can i say ? there's a good thread around here on archetypes that covers this better than i do here.
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