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 Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 7:05 am
I may be way off here, (or there may be something in my coffee) but are Yuppies somehow related to Hippies?
Heck I'm not even sure what a Yuppie is...I just know that's what we called the customers at Panera Bread when I worked there.
...anywho I'm probably wrong to assume any connection, but its suspicious that two different social classes would have such similar names.
Am I trippin?
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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 11:30 am
Actually, the two stereotypes are quite... polor opposites. Haha.
A "yuppie" is a stereotype for the SUV driving, diamond ring wearing, living in a two story house, throwing their trash out the window type of person. Someone who's been suburanilized.
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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:09 pm
Yeah, that's what I kinda thought...yuppie = soccermoms. lol
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Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 6:23 pm
Maybe you mean "yippie"? Yuppies are extremely bourgeois, whereas hippies are more or less bohemian. They're about 180 degrees apart.
BTW, are you a Monty Python fan. "And now for something completely different....a man with a tape recorder-up his nose!"
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Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:15 pm
Oh, haha, I didn't even realize where in my brain that post title came from, but yeah I guess it must've been from seein that old Monty skit.
And what is the deal with the Yoko picture?!?! Do you mean to tell me there's someone out there that doesn't despise everything she is?!?!
No offense.
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Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 5:11 pm
Minus1muse Oh, haha, I didn't even realize where in my brain that post title came from, but yeah I guess it must've been from seein that old Monty skit. And what is the deal with the Yoko picture?!?! Do you mean to tell me there's someone out there that doesn't despise everything she is?!?! No offense. Yep, there is a non-Yoko despiser out there. **GASP 3nodding
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:10 pm
Epona Bride Minus1muse Oh, haha, I didn't even realize where in my brain that post title came from, but yeah I guess it must've been from seein that old Monty skit. And what is the deal with the Yoko picture?!?! Do you mean to tell me there's someone out there that doesn't despise everything she is?!?! No offense. Yep, there is a non-Yoko despiser out there. **GASP 3nodding I heart Yoko too. 3nodding
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Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 10:16 pm
i think that yuppies are associated with hippies because although they have money they are more concerned about their health, exercise, and the environment.
i don't call soccer moms yuppies. i call them suburban soccer moms. yuppies usually live in the city and might not even drive a car.
hooray for public transportation!!!!!!
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Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 10:24 pm
I try to combine the best qualities of hippiedom and yuppiedom.
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Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 12:58 pm
YUPPie- i thought it was short for Young, Upwardly-mobile, Professional, Person
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Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 12:59 pm
a D.I.N.K.Y. is Dual Income No Kids Yet
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Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 6:56 am
sabre_the_bogle Epona Bride Minus1muse Oh, haha, I didn't even realize where in my brain that post title came from, but yeah I guess it must've been from seein that old Monty skit. And what is the deal with the Yoko picture?!?! Do you mean to tell me there's someone out there that doesn't despise everything she is?!?! No offense. Yep, there is a non-Yoko despiser out there. **GASP 3nodding I heart Yoko too. 3nodding Me as well! heart I was always wondering what a yuppie was too. o_o I heard it alot and was all "whaaat"
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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 7:53 am
People still use the word "yuppie"? Wow... I always thought that was just an 80s thing. XD.
Some of those yuppie people do care about the envirnment, but the difference is they'll shell out some donation money and have charity banquests but you won't ever see them actually go and walk around in the forest they're trying to save. They won't actually go to Africa and help the starving people. But the hippies, we're the ones that join the Peace Corps. and go hike in the woods. 3nodding
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Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 9:35 am
And now for something completely different.. a man with three buttocks
I had to say that, those who are familiar with Monty Python's brilliance might pick up on the previous statement. xp
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Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 12:07 am
yuppies came up in the 80s and was an acronym for "Young, Upwardly-mobile Professionals", the source of the ME decade.
Parents were seldom included in this group as upwardly mobile professionals were too busy to have a brood. but for the few who did become parents, they SURELY did not drive the kids around to soccer practice (they hired staff for that sort of thing).
They did accummulate a lotta wealth and stuff tho. No matter how you define hippy, yuppie is typically at the other end of the rainbow... or spectrum if you're on the other side! smile
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