Thursday, April 22, 2010

HIPPIE ENDURANCE TEST

There's only one way to save our planet, and it's 101 minutes of crunchy grooves.

59 comments:

Alan B said...

fucking hippies! this makes me want to wear nikes and drive a hummer

Heather said...

In honor of Earth Day: stop playing with kites and take a bath, stupid hippies!!

I made it to the five minute mark without throwing up, so I'm making progress.

John said...

Paging Spin Doctors, are you there Spin Doctors?

Only thing worse than a 60's hippie is one from the 90's.

Anonymous said...

Is this the sort of test where I get a real reward if I pass or a crappy reward like the self-satisfaction of knowing I can endure what most cannot? Because I could really use an extra $20 or so...

Anonymous said...

I just might start burning coal more frequently after seeing this (I gave up after Minute 3)

JRH said...

What is it about deities that makes them demand that their worshipers dress up and put on bad performance art?

J said...

What were they thinking! The lighting was totally wrong and the camera lens looked dirty.

MsPissed said...

i made it a meer 45 seconds before i wanted to barf all over their dirty, crunchy, noodle dancing, trustifarian sandals. *shudder*

Spaf said...

I made it 5 minutes, and now I want to go burn a huge stack of old tires.

Anonymous said...

I don't quite know how long I lasted, it was like a nightmare that wouldn't end. Did those hippies intended for this to make people happy or something? It made me want to puke then club a baby seal... or two.
FUCKIN' HIPPIES!! YOU GET A JOB! and take a shower, WITH SOAP!

Sara Eliza Johnson said...

This definitely deserves the "Worst Thing Ever" tag.

Lazlo H. said...

Holy shit! There's something around the moon! What the fuck is it?

I made it about nine minutes (while doing other stuff), but once I heard the rainbow around the moon I had to make it stop. Last time EIT put that video up I had that shit stuck in my head for a week. And that is hell.

Anonymous said...

So, this is the sauce on that "rainbow around the moon." Truly horrid.

Kathleen said...

What's with Renaissance Fair Man and his side kick, Petey the Elf? Are renaissance reenactors a sect of hippiedom?

I've made it to 20 minutes so far. "Music is the key, and music is the key." Rock out, Willie Nelson's distant cousin!

Kathleen said...

Oh, god no...the off-brand Stevie Nicks has a stuffed dolphin at 33:30. I can't look away. It's like a train wreck.

Anonymous said...

i got to 0:33, then noticed how long the video was. it made me physically ill, and i can't imagine watching that thing through in its entirety

Lazlo H. said...

I couldn't stop. It really picks up with the white "reggae" rapper at 55'. Jah Rastafari is crying, but not for joy.

Anonymous said...

I think you are all being really insensitive. If we don't learn how to come together as one people then the earth will die!

Psych! I love it when earthy douchbags get together, and doing absolutely NOTHING, think they are doing a lot. In between the flashing smiles they all look so serious, like if they play the flute that much harder then something will happen, like an earth genie will come out of the ground and hump sommeone's face.

Anonymous said...

Well, if I had to watch 101 minutes of this or 101 minutes of fox news, bring on the smelly hippies!

And a technical note, this is the first time I've ever seen a video clip this long load in 10 seconds.

Kathleen said...

Well, I survived all 101 minutes...are there prizes? Or guns to clean our heads out with? I have so many questions...why are the hippies talking about Jeebus so much?

I think the last song needs new lyrics:
"Lift up the magic hippie challis,
It's full of good hippie things,
Magic, flowers and rainbows,
A challis full of dolphin pee.
'cause dolphins piss rainbows,
Rainbows for you and me.
Let's lift each other up,
Swimming in magic rainbow dolphin pee."

Oh, shit. The end...this is "the beginning"??? I can't do this again, EIT!

Destination A Go-Go said...

Hold the phone....

Nobody told me it was "Boring Week" again.

MormonProphet said...

It was so ironic! I was EMBARRASSED for him when he said if you come to the gathering, you'd see that our world isn't so bad after all. OMG! I swear i saw Ted Bundy, a few pedophiles, 17 meth makers, and a handful of street whores at their "meet n greet."

I need to make up for a lost 101 minutes of my day now....

Defenestrator III: On Broken Glass said...

Kathleen, that is truly impressive. I think this means you are The One.

Mars said...

I'm a liberal and I hate hippies. They are the bummer.

filmscience said...

As I watch this, I can think of nothing except the thick stench of body odor, pot, and patchouli oil. That, and the fact that some of those girls were actually quasi-attractive... except I am not down with hairy pits. I can almost be down with the jungle bush, but the pits are a no-go.

Anonymous said...

I do not think this is right...

Kyle said...

I'm going to need 500cc of metal to clean out this bilge.

Fat 'n Boring said...

I posted the link on my Facebook, and was immediately bombarded with such comments as:
"Too long!"
"What?"
"No No NO!"
"Shut up, Edie Brickell."

And so on.

Now if you will excuse me, I'm off to broaden my carbon footprint.

Anonymous said...

I would trade a rainbow for this, but that's of monetary value.

Random Neko said...

Words cannot describe this brand of torture. I didn't make it past that terribad rainbow graphic monstrosity they call a title.

qed said...

as soon as the singing circle showed up at the three minute mark, it was the first time in my life i prayed a nuclear bomb would explode.

Anonymous said...

how dare you... not even a hippie could withstand that sort of horrible, lo-fi punishment... after about a minute and a half, i subconsciously grabbed the styrofoam plates in my cupboard, took them outside, and burned them on a bird's nest. why would you do this to me?

Anonymous said...

I think If I was there in person, I would probably go crazy and fashion a knife out of a piece of stone and go berserk. Seriously. I want to vomit after 5 minutes.

Laughing With The Stars said...

I'd rather hang out with any of the folks from the RBI - stoned, patchouil'd and hairy-pitted as they were - than spend a nanosecond with the typical netizen. Post-ironic, refusing to feel, passive and scared and waiting for death - fuck that. Say what you like about the folks in that video - they had nerve, and they had passion, and they had joy. If it takes bare feet and piccolos to feel that alive, I'm in.

I'd rather stay a child and keep my self-respect if being an adult means being like you. Wah!

Defenestrator III: On Broken Glass said...

Laughing at the Stars, we are not so different. Generalizing is fun for everyone! One love.

Alaska Paul said...

Mother MacCree!!!! Quite the ganga fest, it was. Can't say much for the lyrics, but I did enjoy the alternative dolphin pee lyrics that Heather posted, LOL!

Everyone is swaying to the music, uttering generalizations. Trances on a budget. Also, did you notice that the bear man, Timothy Treadwell was not in attendance?

I think that I will pour myself a nice Guinness, admire the foam, and practice my new banjo from Nashville to clear my head.

hillrunner223 said...

Without a doubt, this piece is the best argument for euthanasia I have ever seen.



I was trying to make it 30 minutes, but had to quit at the 28 minute mark. So close.
Maybe I'll try again in 2 or 3 months when I've regained my strength.

Then again, maybe not.

David W. said...

Yeah so a couple things....
I know like 10 people in the video, not to mention who made it. Grew up with them and have done both Renaissance fairs and rainbow gatherings. No one there is the same. You might have a couple bums, but most are actually talented people and doctors. This video wasn't actually that popular among my friends but it's about that lifestyle. I never thought I would see it surface here, it's pretty wild. I always thought it was over the top. After growing up this way I'm not all hippie. I run a scene blog that is mostly about electro and indie music. To those who think the people in the video are bums, who don't shower, and do drugs, go fuck yourself. They would sincerely give you anything if you needed it. And have fed people who needed it.
Other than that, I love EIT!!!

Carbon Mike and Pollution John said...

What the hell is up with Charles Manson with the baby on his lap at 60:45????????? In response to David W(ahhhhhhhhh Im a fuckin baby), The fact that you came on here and volunteered that you knew the people that made this bile, and many of those participating in it tells us one thing: You are gay. Let me explain, I had to have a friend come over and watch this with me, after many beers and a half a bottle of Crown, we made it to 61 minutes then we started hitting each other to show our manliness. The fire???? We watched 61 minutes of open fire, isnt that a blatant disregard for the global warming hysteria, and isnt it hurting gaia A.K.A. Mother Earth (que theatrical music). We have never watched something as asnine and ignorant as this video, and we are staunch Kevin Smith fans. Fuck off hippies. Love Carbon Mike and Pollution John. P.S. stercepi is a code word for the hippie movement.

David W. said...

yeah any lifestyle outside your own is gay. So continue to have manly pillow fights with your "friend" and comment about a movement, and people, you know nothing about.

Anonymous said...

I know what I see, and I see a bunch of half wits acting like mental retards, David. Most of the men at this gathering are there for one reason: Women.
The stench of pot, and the obvious actions of those riddled with XTC, the wobbling dances, the indoctrination of children. Basically stupid fucking filthy hippies, people that are afraid to work,, hate society and need to see a therapist. Its fucking retarded.
Stop watching it, and go to work. Stop burning massive fires days on end, stop using lithium batteries in your video cameras, electricity to view and edit your hippie movie, and burning gas driving your 2oo plus hippies into the deep forest to act like you are one with nature. Fucking hypocrites.
Carbon Mike and Pollution John

Anonymous said...

woah there are some creepy groupthink comments in here.
not sure why people are antagonizing david w.

Anonymous said...

I was at least hoping to see some tits.

Nate said...

1) This 101 minute clip loaded in 3 seconds. I WANT ANSWERS!

2) lol @ 101 minutes of this. I made it 6 minutes.
3) Mosted commented on clip in EIT?

David W. said...

http://vimeo.com/4052500

feardrinker said...

A hippie presidency would be worse than another Bush presidency. Worse than a cybernetic Dick Cheney presidency.

benB said...

'I'm in you and you're in me'
Bill and Ted's favourite number comes to mind.

The thing about the hippie philosophy is that it's actually really hedonistic. Sure, you want the world to be clean and for everyone to live in peace. So why do you just play guitar and take drugs? Get involved in something that will make a difference ffs.

Anonymous said...

LOVE THIS <3 open your minds people.

Alex Barbatsis said...

This is one of the best things i've ever seen on the site. So funny! BORING FOREVER!!!

Alex Barbatsis said...

This is one of my favorite things on the site. BORING FOREVER!!!

Alex Barbatsis said...

I'm not very good at commenting. TRIPLE COMMENT ACTION! VIVA LA BORING!!

Anonymous said...

so beautiful to see people living peacefully together <3

shell2todd said...

I watched the whole thing and liked it. peace out brothers.

Anonymous said...

Fucking horrible! I wanted to gouge my eyes out and render myself deaf after enduring this completely horrible piece of bullshit hippie propaganda. No prizes, please. Just tell me I don't have to watch it again. Oh, the horror!!!! (Notice I didn't say "humanity").

Anonymous said...

I made it 30 minutes, but I actually liked it. I just got bored and wanted to hear something else. If the video weren't so long, I'd listen to the whole thing.

Roger Hucek said...

This video made me philosophical. I asked myself: why does our country suck so much today? Why don't we dissent, as a country? Why is it that the last part of the 20th Century was such a long saga of the American Left eating it, day after day, losing, losing, losing on every front, and becoming more irrelevant?

Maybe it has a little something to do with the fact that it was motherfucking HIPPIES like this that became our radicals. Rather than doing ANYTHING, they are hippies. And they're lame. And creepy. And a waste of time.

Anyway, other than that, I laughed my ass off for three minutes before switching off the video to bathe thoroughly, vomit, and brush my tongue with toothpaste.

David said...

@Roger Hucek, you might go to the doctor and find out why your stomach is so weak. Just kidding but it was LAME you tried to make a political point along with your opinion. Because really, if non-money-loving hippies were in power, we wouldn't be in this financial crises. I know a hippy that can afford to travel the world because he never spends his income on bull shit he doesn't need.

anthony risola said...

this should be used as a torture tactic at guantanamo,they would beg to be water-boarded.

Anonymous said...

Call me a dirty hippy, but I think this is a beautiful gathering. Sure, they aren't about to erase environmental damage, fix the economy, or rearrange the infrastructure, but I doubt you and your friends are either. They seem like genuinely good people who want to share a beautiful experience with like minded folks. Is the level of hippyness a bit much? Perhaps. Is there some New Age silliness here? I would say so, but that doesn't make them bad people. I see a lot of generalizations in these comments. This looks like a large, diverse gathering. Some of these people may be bums, but many of them may very well not be. Personally, I see nothing wrong with people coming together to make music, dance, and have fun for a couple of days. At the very least, I see no reason to hate these people who I have never even met.
Now, admittedly, I didn't watch the whole video, so maybe I'm just missing something, but so far I see absolutely no reason for the intense animosity in some of these comments. It just seems a bit silly how worked up people are getting about this.