An interactive interview with Hippie3. The man behind topia.

[shedthemonkey]

fire.
the sun is what will end this world.

[onediadem]

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.

[mojorisin]

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)

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)

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.

I wish I was a robot/cyborg
Then I'd just jack in here
With you Fine Folks
Is it odd, do you think
To prefer an OMC to a NWO
A series of posts truer
Than the series of conversation
I really do love this place

Just out of curiosity, Why do you punctuate all of your posts to make them look like a poem of some sort?


I really dont get how so many people can hate someone so wise and helpfull as yourself.

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.

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.

[Lefty]

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?

How many family friends of yours know about 'Topia?
Have the trips had a change in their nature through the years? (eg become more spiritual etc)

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.

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.

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)

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)

my brother the lawyer is about it.
and he didn't know until recently

How surprised was he? What was his reaction like?

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...

[imok]

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

put in implants in one day.
Cost about 40k though

Not bad for a days work :s

no shit... I think I'm in the wrong business...

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.

What is your vision for 'topia in the future ?

Peace...

I may need false teeth, eventually

my advice
is to keep your own teeth as long as possible.
you won't like dentures,
no one does.

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.

[life]

i used to take topia out on dates years ago but hip always chapperoned...

Ridder you're a nut!

used to take topia out on dates years ago but hip always chapperoned...

never quite trusted your intentions towards my little girl...

Do you have any cats, dogs, ie pets..?

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

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)

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.

"proly a bout of paranoia"

LOL! Yes it looks like it was posted at 12AM.. I have had those long nights also.. Wondering..

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)

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...

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.

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.

me, too.
i plan on being around a long time to come,
god willing.

"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