Dude/Folk Hybrids

Some Dude Types require mass affirmation, primarily involving association with many like-minded Dudes, and in this way can be viewed as Dude/Folk hybrids. See: Jam Bands and their Tourists (also Tour Hag), Proto-Hippies (especially Community Living Co-ops), Farmsters, Sports Dudes, and Academics. Queen Bees, Motivated Hipsters, Grandmothers and Network Hubs promote a sort of Dude/Folk hybridism from the top down, as their efforts encourage diversified Dudes to act in Groups. In a negative fashion, we could understand the Holier-Than-Thou to be a form of Dude/Folk Hybrid, as this type erects a firm value system that is used to judge and exclude the differently-minded.

The Dude of the Future
Sure, Babymaking often replaces a parent’s Dude values for more traditional/practical ones … but what if it does not? Dude Network is gaining ground and can actually provide support for the (often single) Dude Parent, who is now, more than ever, able to impart dude values directly into its progeny. What will these future Dudes be like? We can’t wait to see!

The Handydude
Primarily the member of some Folk Group, this person is heartily endorsed by the Dude community for his perpetual earnest willingness to help out his neighbors. Sure, the Handydude may be primarily acting from a Folkish impulse, but the implication of that assumption has heavy Dude overtones, and unintentionally promotes positive qualities of Dudism.