No offence, but to everyone getting upset that he used the word "Hippies"...

Your defenses are "I'm a vegetarian/vegan and I wouldn't try to feed my snake a vegetarian/vegan diet." POink was obviously speaking about someone who WOULD do that, and therefor is not implying that all vegetarian/vegans are hippies or that all of them would try something this stupid. Don't be so quick to be defensive.