by Janet Couch
illustrated by Myra McGee
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Characteristics Comparison Chart
| Characteristic | Beatnik | Hippie | Kvechie |
| favorite place to crash | attics, freight cars, anywhere "on the road" | tents, caves, VW vans, communes | anybody's pad with a CD player, electric coffee pot and a hooka |
| favorite thing(s) to protest | mediocrity | Viet Nam, parents, pigs, NY Stock Exchange | everything that makes no sense, i.e., the UNIVERSE |
| favorite thing(s) to support | individualism | free love, nudity, the whales | each other, i.e., "My folks gave me money for the rent this month." |
| dress code | Salvation Army rejects | Salvation Army rejects with bell bottoms | Galleria Grunge with back pack |
| accessories | dirty hanky | feathers, crystals, beads | nipple rings |
| idol worship | Jack Kerouac, Alan Ginsberg, Pete Seeger | Timothy Leary, The Beatles, Maharishi, Mahesh | that couple from Findlay, Ohio who dropped out of grad school to hike the entire Appalachian trail on foot |
| ultimate high | making out on pot | making out on LSD | Prozac |
| pet peeve | people who compare them to "bohemians" | people who compare them to "beatniks" | people who compare them to "normal people" (there is no-one who understands who a Kvechie really is except other Kvechies and spirit guides channeled thru weird pets |
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