Talk:Zippie

I think the clean-up tag currently appearing on this page can be removed after somebody rephrases, " techno-hippies with suss. 1990s technoperson". I don't know what this phrase is supposed to mean.PKT 15:20, 11 August 2006 (UTC) i I agree that "suss" appears to make no sense. Perhaps the writer meant "sass" (cheeky attitude)? 82.113.133.7 10:59, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

It's English slang, suss Verb. To work something out, to understand, to ascertain. Often followed by 'out'. Adj. Abb. of suspicious. E.g."I don't like the looks of that bloke, he's suss." sussed Adj. Knowledgeable, well-informed, able to look after oneself. see http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/s.htm I take it as a noun, meaning to be well-informed, sophisticated and able to look after oneselfEthnopunk 12:08, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Article needs a lot of cleaning up. There are many generalizations, and no real, credible sources of reference.71.51.75.232 (talk) 01:52, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

This article is a mess
At best, it needs a full rewrite. more likely, it needs to be deleted. It's based on two references--one about India only, which is an Op/Ed piece and thus not reliable. The other in Wired is fine, but if it's the only reliable source, it's questionable. I'll try to take a look for more info later, and I'm cutting out all of the OR here for now.Qwyrxian (talk) 03:47, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

I entirely agree. It's meandering, the foundation statement in the first sentence is never supported or explained, and it makes no sense to the inquiring reader. (And this 3 years after the last post!) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.99.147.18 (talk) 19:08, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

Agree it needs a rewrite, but there many references, including New York Times, LA Times, Out There Magazine, Rolling Stone. Most publications only went digital in late 90s, so a lot of the references are on microfilm in archives and not available online Ethnopunk (talk) 07:40, 23 December 2013 (UTC)Ethnopunk (talk) 07:35, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

Indian Zippies: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/22/opinion/meet-the-zippies.html

http://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/24/opinion/l-the-zippies-have-it-573027.html

Yippies/Zippies http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/29/nyregion/yippie-central.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/zippies-on-the-superhighway-american-counterculture-is-experiencing-a-flowering-comparable-to-the-summer-of-woodstock-25-years-ago-yet-the-beautiful-people-in-the-vanguard-of-this-revolution-are-not-californian-dreamers-but-a-motley-band-of-new-age-ravers-from-england-1415980.html

http://articles.latimes.com/1994-08-07/entertainment/ca-24430_1_dance-music

http://www.pronoia.net/tour/faq/faq_zippies.html

"A zippie is a blend of hippie philosophy and computer hack practicality to create a weltanschauung that is balanced between the spiritual and the technological." Practicing Religion in the Age of the Media: Explorations in Media, Religion and Culture edited by Stewart M. Hoover, Lynn Schofield Clark

Ethnopunk (talk) 07:40, 23 December 2013 (UTC)