837 Comments
User's avatar
⭠ Return to thread
Susan Mercurio's avatar

I WAS THERE IN THE 1960S! Are you calling me a liar to my face? Or are you assuming that you know more about what happened in the 1960s than I, a living witness, does?

I know what a "yippie" is; that's what we hippies called the student activists over in Berkeley.

AND WE CALLED YOUNG URBAN PROFESSIONALS "YUPPIES"

You're referring to the "first recorded instance" of the use of the word, but who ever paid attention to what we hippies said?

Stop quoting what we said, from some authoritative source. Since I am a living witness, I am far more authoritative than it is.

Expand full comment
lucrezia's avatar

Ahead of the times, apparently, and authoritative you are.

Expand full comment