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Don't Wear Hippie Costumes

A bunch of hippies at woodstock

You know what makes me mad? Costumes. More specifically, hippie costumes. Like them or hate them, some great things came out of the era of the hippie. I mean, the music, who doesn't like the music? So why the heck do people want to pay tribute or mock them by wearing hippie costumes that don't elude to anything realistic about authentic hippie clothing?

Woodstock was the height and culmination of everything hippie. So take a look at the picture of hippies above at Woodstock and see if you can spot anyone dressed like the person below. People, come on, wtf?

A terrible hippie costume, who really dressed like this?


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