The yuppies have gone and done it again.
They’ve given us yet another reason to make fun of them.
Today the reason is “yuppie camping”.
While 'average Joes' camp, yuppies “yuppie camp.”
Regular folks go camping when they want to get away from the urban jungle and appreciate the solitude of nature. Yuppies go camping because they have something “dreadful” such as the yuppie flu and need to get away from it all. However, instead of escaping the city, yuppie camping entails bringing the urban jungle along with them on their camping trip.
An Eavesdropped conversation between one yuppie camper to another might sound something like this: “Yes Oscar, I just bought a Marc Jacobs tent…I’m thinking of pitching it on the National Mall during the 4th of July weekend…Yes, camping on the National Mall is much more dangerous than camping in Yellow Stone Park…why? Because on the National Mall homeless men bound up to your tent at night and try to eat your food. Quite frankly Oscar, the homeless are ten times more hazardous than wild mountain bears…very sad really…I just wish we could cage them up and put them in a research facility you know? …No, not the bears, the homeless silly! It would make yuppie camping so much safer…I’ll speak to Hillary about that at the fundraiser…”
Why is it acceptable to make fun of yuppies?
Possibly because we get annoyed at their over inflated view of themselves, or it could be because we are jealous of their seemingly endless disposable income, or perhaps we’re just frustrated with the saucy immaturity that comes along with their carefree youth.
Whatever the reason, everyone is always ready and willing to make fun of a yuppie.
Here are some major differences between yuppie campers and regular campers:
Traditional campers eat blackberries.
Yuppie campers check their blackberries.
Traditional campers bring a compass and a map.
Yuppie campers bring a handheld GPS device.
A threat to a traditional camper is a bear, or a mountain lion.
A threat to a yuppie camper is the saturated fat in hot dogs.
Traditional campers are delighted when they find a stream with fresh spring water.
Yuppie campers are disappointed in this, nothing but bottled spring water can be poured into their Nalgenes.
Traditional campers like to drink in their picturesque surroundings…yuppie campers like to drink a good wine in their camping crystal goblets.
“One great way to spot a yuppie camper is to take a look at their campsite when they leave,” explains traditional camper Jake Mccrowell, “They don’t clean up their campsites well.”
This is understandable, if there is no place to plug in a lime green Dirt Devil, or no convenient way to carry a Swiffer wet jet up a mountain, how in the world is a yuppie supposed to clean?
Mccrowell says another way to spot a yuppie camper is by his/her gadgets, “Yuppie campers usually have overpriced fancy equipment, but they don’t know how to use them.”
(A yuppie camper is usually more concerned about color coordinating their gear than spending time figuring out exactly how to use it, or if they actually do need it).
Here is a quote that Mccrowell says expresses his feelings about camping:
...to those who have struggled with them, the mountains reveal beauties that they will not disclose to those who make no effort. ... And it is because they have so much to give and give it so lavishly to those who will wrestle with them that men love the mountains and go back to them again and again ... mountains reserve their choicest gifts for those who stand upon their summits.
-Sir Francis Younghusband
If you are relatively young, considerably upwardly mobile, like to camp, and this exhilarating quote does not strike a strong note within the depths of your innermost being… time to own up…you are probably a yuppie camper.
They’ve given us yet another reason to make fun of them.
Today the reason is “yuppie camping”.
While 'average Joes' camp, yuppies “yuppie camp.”
Regular folks go camping when they want to get away from the urban jungle and appreciate the solitude of nature. Yuppies go camping because they have something “dreadful” such as the yuppie flu and need to get away from it all. However, instead of escaping the city, yuppie camping entails bringing the urban jungle along with them on their camping trip.
An Eavesdropped conversation between one yuppie camper to another might sound something like this: “Yes Oscar, I just bought a Marc Jacobs tent…I’m thinking of pitching it on the National Mall during the 4th of July weekend…Yes, camping on the National Mall is much more dangerous than camping in Yellow Stone Park…why? Because on the National Mall homeless men bound up to your tent at night and try to eat your food. Quite frankly Oscar, the homeless are ten times more hazardous than wild mountain bears…very sad really…I just wish we could cage them up and put them in a research facility you know? …No, not the bears, the homeless silly! It would make yuppie camping so much safer…I’ll speak to Hillary about that at the fundraiser…”
Why is it acceptable to make fun of yuppies?
Possibly because we get annoyed at their over inflated view of themselves, or it could be because we are jealous of their seemingly endless disposable income, or perhaps we’re just frustrated with the saucy immaturity that comes along with their carefree youth.
Whatever the reason, everyone is always ready and willing to make fun of a yuppie.
Here are some major differences between yuppie campers and regular campers:
Traditional campers eat blackberries.
Yuppie campers check their blackberries.
Traditional campers bring a compass and a map.
Yuppie campers bring a handheld GPS device.
A threat to a traditional camper is a bear, or a mountain lion.
A threat to a yuppie camper is the saturated fat in hot dogs.
Traditional campers are delighted when they find a stream with fresh spring water.
Yuppie campers are disappointed in this, nothing but bottled spring water can be poured into their Nalgenes.
Traditional campers like to drink in their picturesque surroundings…yuppie campers like to drink a good wine in their camping crystal goblets.
“One great way to spot a yuppie camper is to take a look at their campsite when they leave,” explains traditional camper Jake Mccrowell, “They don’t clean up their campsites well.”
This is understandable, if there is no place to plug in a lime green Dirt Devil, or no convenient way to carry a Swiffer wet jet up a mountain, how in the world is a yuppie supposed to clean?
Mccrowell says another way to spot a yuppie camper is by his/her gadgets, “Yuppie campers usually have overpriced fancy equipment, but they don’t know how to use them.”
(A yuppie camper is usually more concerned about color coordinating their gear than spending time figuring out exactly how to use it, or if they actually do need it).
Here is a quote that Mccrowell says expresses his feelings about camping:
...to those who have struggled with them, the mountains reveal beauties that they will not disclose to those who make no effort. ... And it is because they have so much to give and give it so lavishly to those who will wrestle with them that men love the mountains and go back to them again and again ... mountains reserve their choicest gifts for those who stand upon their summits.
-Sir Francis Younghusband
If you are relatively young, considerably upwardly mobile, like to camp, and this exhilarating quote does not strike a strong note within the depths of your innermost being… time to own up…you are probably a yuppie camper.
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