Dear Uptight Seattlite

[elfs]

I should send this into the Stranger (or is it the Seattle Weekly) to have them go over this for real:

Dear Uptight Seattlite:

Every month I go up to Capitol Hill to get myself the roasted coffee that I prefer. There are only two places I have found that sell my favored brand: one is a local organic co-op staffed with hippies struggling to survive against the onslaught of Whole Foods and Safeway. the other is a local coffeeshop staffed by goths struggling to survive against the likes of Starbucks.

Which one of these deserves my money more?

Comments

[nbarnes.livejournal.com]

I love the question and you should absolutely send it in.

[davidlevine]

Go with the hippies. They do less damage to the environment.

[abostick59.livejournal.com]

Supporting the hippie organic co-op means supporting sustainable local agriculture. Supporting the goth coffee shop means supporting bad techno bands.

(Oh, my, I think I'm showing a bit of an attitude here.)

[elgatocurioso.livejournal.com]

Yeah, go with the hippies. Some might be preachy, but at least you know that they are willing to walk-the-walk as well as talk-the-talk.

On the other hand some of the cafe-goths really do mean well too, but a much larger percentage of them are just doing it because it's cool and if you looked you'd still find daddy's platinum card in their pocket.

[zvi-likes-tv.livejournal.com]

If you're grocery shopping, go with the hippies. If you're having a day out and want to have a refreshing beverage, go with the goths.

I am grimly predictable

[dr-memory.livejournal.com]

Which one are cuter?

[sagittaria.livejournal.com]

I vote hippies. But you could always alternate between the two.

[laplor.livejournal.com]

The totally pragmatic answer is go for whichever is more convenient, has a better price, and offers better eye-candy. As long as you chose one or the other, some real person will benefit. Ideally, it would be nice if both can survive so that there will always be a choice.

(I tend to prefer hippies overall, but I agree with you on the lip piercing. For me, those things distract in an unpleasant way.)

[norincraft.livejournal.com]

I say it doesn't really matter as both are good choices. But you should ask Uptight Seattlite anyway (since it's an illuminating question) and post the answer.

[amythis.livejournal.com]

Since no one answered your other question, it's Seattle Weekly. My guess is ASU will tell you to order it online, and support our cyber-economy.

[slutdiary.livejournal.com]

Go to Madison Market and say hello to my beautiful partner, who works there.