Hipster traps: http://laughingsquid.com/hipster-trap/
Cool. Its good to see that "They" are being shown in no uncertain terms that "We" are onto them, and lulz will surely flow.
:lulz: I love those.
So - does that make you a hipster / or not??
MMIX
is genuinely confused
Quote from: MMIX on July 20, 2013, 05:49:59 PM
So - does that make you a hipster / or not??
MMIX
is genuinely confused
Ability to appreciate ironic art installations=definitely a hipster.
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 20, 2013, 05:53:55 PM
Quote from: MMIX on July 20, 2013, 05:49:59 PM
So - does that make you a hipster / or not??
MMIX
is genuinely confused
Ability to appreciate ironic art installations=definitely a hipster.
That's really cool.
Can I join your gang??
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a289/goblinhill/Me21stBirthday4_zps57bab3f7.jpg)
YOU ALREADY HAVE!
Woot!
That is a great relief as I had to google most of the bait items.
On balance I think I prefer the tourist lane/New Yorkers lane the baiters did last year because of the interactive element http://laughingsquid.com/improv-everywhere-creates-separate-sidewalk-lanes-for-tourists-new-yorkers-in-nyc/.
Quote from: MMIX on July 20, 2013, 06:14:21 PM
That is a great relief as I had to google most of the bait items.
On balance I think I prefer the tourist lane/New Yorkers lane the baiters did last year because of the interactive element http://laughingsquid.com/improv-everywhere-creates-separate-sidewalk-lanes-for-tourists-new-yorkers-in-nyc/.
I like that one. Also, it becomes suddenly urgent that I own one of those orange vests. For safety reasons.
I wish someone would do that here, on the Esplanade. Goddamn meandering fucks all over that thing.
I remember being in an airport and seeing a guy who was SO absurdly hipster, I think he may have actually come all the way 'round and disqualified himself on account of over-hipstering.
Scuffed burgundy leather shoes, a yellow knitted scarf that must have been about eight feet long wrapped around his shoulders, a threadbare cardigan, a worn-out old fashioned green suitcase, and corduroy pants rolled up to reveal argyle socks. I couldn't stop staring.
Quote from: Cainad on July 20, 2013, 07:09:47 PM
I remember being in an airport and seeing a guy who was SO absurdly hipster, I think he may have actually come all the way 'round and disqualified himself on account of over-hipstering.
Scuffed burgundy leather shoes, a yellow knitted scarf that must have been about eight feet long wrapped around his shoulders, a threadbare cardigan, a worn-out old fashioned green suitcase, and corduroy pants rolled up to reveal argyle socks. I couldn't stop staring.
Sounds like my ex-boyfriend.
Have you ever noticed that after a certain point, it becomes really hard to tell the difference between a hipster and a homeless person? It's a little game I play. Hipster, or homeless? You decide!
Oh oh I've got one for you.
Q] Homeless or Homeowner
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a289/goblinhill/HomelessorHomeownerstately_zps6cfaecd1.jpg)
I've noticed that the richer people get, the harder it is to tell whether they're rich and crazy or homeless and crazy.
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 20, 2013, 09:17:23 PM
I've noticed that the richer people get, the harder it is to tell whether they're rich and crazy or homeless and crazy.
Incidentally, also a problem concerning the person pictured above.
Quote from: Cain on July 20, 2013, 09:18:27 PM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 20, 2013, 09:17:23 PM
I've noticed that the richer people get, the harder it is to tell whether they're rich and crazy or homeless and crazy.
Incidentally, also a problem concerning the person pictured above.
I have no idea who that guy is.
But I know who this guy is:
(http://media.katu.com/images/130114-John-McAfee-660.jpg)
I think I saw him wandering up and down Alberta without a shirt yesterday.
He's Alexander George Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath, 359th richest man in the UK, owner of a very good Safari park, painter of erotic murals and a man who names his (70+) mistresses "wifelets" and installs them in cottages on his estate.
Quote from: Cain on July 20, 2013, 09:44:44 PM
He's Alexander George Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath, 359th richest man in the UK, owner of a very good Safari park, painter of erotic murals and a man who names his (70+) mistresses "wifelets" and installs them in cottages on his estate.
Yyyyyeahhh see, I don't think it's healthy for people to be that rich.
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 20, 2013, 09:39:21 PM
Quote from: Cain on July 20, 2013, 09:18:27 PM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 20, 2013, 09:17:23 PM
I've noticed that the richer people get, the harder it is to tell whether they're rich and crazy or homeless and crazy.
Incidentally, also a problem concerning the person pictured above.
I have no idea who that guy is.
But I know who this guy is:
(http://media.katu.com/images/130114-John-McAfee-660.jpg)
I think I saw him wandering up and down Alberta without a shirt yesterday.
Lol. My guy is Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath; the stately home he is standing in front of is Longleat; and yes he owns it. I didn't know who yours was so I tried my basic standby of trying to save the image to get the name. I am truly ashamed to admit that even knowing he was John MacAfee didn't help at all. Until I googled him. Oh, THAT MacAfee.
Goes to show that mostly you really can't tell a book by its cover.
He is super-duper special.
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 20, 2013, 10:21:49 PM
He is super-duper special.
Only insofar as some people have sufficient financial capital as to enable their social capital to be able to survive stuff/behaviour which is infra-dig. I don't think that that makes them any more "special" than anyone else, just well-positioned.
"I don't care what others think of what I look like, because I'm so rich, money will make up for it."
"I don't care what others think of what I look like, because I'm here just trying to survive."
"I pretend to not care what others think of what I look like, to overcompensate my ridiculous expensive niche tastes."
I smoked parliament lights and drank PBR way before it was cool.
Quote from: The Johnny on July 20, 2013, 11:05:48 PM
"I don't care what others think of what I look like, because I'm so rich, money will make up for it."
"I don't care what others think of what I look like, because I'm here just trying to survive."
"I pretend to not care what others think of what I look like, to overcompensate my ridiculous expensive niche tastes."
How about "It isn't important what I look like; no caveats, but in the overall scale of things it really just isn't that important"
Quote from: MMIX on July 20, 2013, 11:32:12 PM
Quote from: The Johnny on July 20, 2013, 11:05:48 PM
"I don't care what others think of what I look like, because I'm so rich, money will make up for it."
"I don't care what others think of what I look like, because I'm here just trying to survive."
"I pretend to not care what others think of what I look like, to overcompensate my ridiculous expensive niche tastes."
How about "It isn't important what I look like; no caveats, but in the overall scale of things it really just isn't that important"
Because if you aren't rich or poor enough not to care it is important. What we look like determines how easy it is for us to get jobs and to network with people in order to fulfil both social and physical needs.
Quote from: Pergamos on July 20, 2013, 11:40:01 PM
Quote from: MMIX on July 20, 2013, 11:32:12 PM
Quote from: The Johnny on July 20, 2013, 11:05:48 PM
"I don't care what others think of what I look like, because I'm so rich, money will make up for it."
"I don't care what others think of what I look like, because I'm here just trying to survive."
"I pretend to not care what others think of what I look like, to overcompensate my ridiculous expensive niche tastes."
How about "It isn't important what I look like; no caveats, but in the overall scale of things it really just isn't that important"
Because if you aren't rich or poor enough not to care it is important. What we look like determines how easy it is for us to get jobs and to network with people in order to fulfil both social and physical needs.
Answering to both of you:
From how we look like, one can infer a lot of things, but it really depends on your observational and correlational/interpreting skills how accurate that information is.
Lets see, for example, obesity: the common social judgement is that, that person is lazy, a slob with low self-esteem... but what can we really infer? Nothing much that is truthful, but it is still done. Maybe that person is very much hard-working, but has no free time to eat healthily or exersice, or maybe they have some medical problem that makes them fatter than usual, or hell, maybe just a very slow metabolism.
The previous example was just body, but one could get into the accesories and clothing one uses, one may, with varying results, infer things, because in the majority of cases, we choose what we wear, and those choices have resonance with what we are. For example, id never ever wear Abercrombie, just for the association with the recent statements by the owner or CEO, cant remember who it was, but it is very well possible that a "good" person doesnt know about those statements and thus continues wearing Abercrombie.
As with any information, it should be triangulated/verified with other elements before making a judgement.
Quote from: The Johnny on July 21, 2013, 12:09:19 AM
As with any information, it should be triangulated/verified with other elements before making a judgement.
That is a very sound point.
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 20, 2013, 09:45:26 PM
Quote from: Cain on July 20, 2013, 09:44:44 PM
He's Alexander George Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath, 359th richest man in the UK, owner of a very good Safari park, painter of erotic murals and a man who names his (70+) mistresses "wifelets" and installs them in cottages on his estate.
Yyyyyeahhh see, I don't think it's healthy for people to be that rich.
He was surprisingly decent as a politician, I must say. Which is just as well, since, up until Labour's reforms he was a Peer in the House of Lords, and so couldn't be voted out of office anyway.
I was just in Brooklyn. I did not see these. Sounds like I need to go over to Park Slope.
-Suu
Just had to explain to her psychologist cousin what a hipster was. Her response, "Oh god, THOSE PEOPLE."
I, for one, am pleasantly surprised to see the amount of good conversation regarding such a banal post.
It makes me wonder what exactly attracts Hipsters to Federal Hill...only they insist on calling it the Westside, because the Eastside is a NICE place, and we're fucking guinea brats over here. Granted, we DO have the best restaurants in the state and some of the best in the country within walking distance of my house, which is a huge draw for "foodies," but still. The houses are mediocre, and it's mostly college students that go to JWU and nice Hispanic families on my end of the hill, interspersed with the old Italian folks. I do know that about 15 years ago this place was very run down and bad, so I wonder if they think they're living in the "bad" part of town? I know I used to see several all the time when I lived in Elmwood, and they ADORE Olneyville, which I avoid like the plague EXCEPT to get killer barbecue at Wes' (again, the food.) They even tell me that Olneyville is "up and coming!" Which, if you ask any person who has lived here for a while, the only thing up and coming from that side of the tracks are the crackheads breaking into our cars at night. Maybe because it's cheap and reasonably nice?
Or maybe they just want to annoy the fuck out of me with their trust funds and vegan brunches at Julian's. I dunno. If anything, the urban farming supply store that opened around the corner from me is worth it. Though she's older and very much a gardening guru who knows her shit rather than some bratty kid who wanted to spend their financial aid or parents' money on an old gas station full of fertilizer and chicken feed.
that reminds me...I need to re-pot some basil.
Quote from: MMIX on July 20, 2013, 10:30:35 PM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 20, 2013, 10:21:49 PM
He is super-duper special.
Only insofar as some people have sufficient financial capital as to enable their social capital to be able to survive stuff/behaviour which is infra-dig. I don't think that that makes them any more "special" than anyone else, just well-positioned.
I'm using "special" as a euphemism for batshit crazy.
Quote from: Suu on July 21, 2013, 03:01:14 AM
I was just in Brooklyn. I did not see these. Sounds like I need to go over to Park Slope.
-Suu
Just had to explain to her psychologist cousin what a hipster was. Her response, "Oh god, THOSE PEOPLE."
That installation was a couple years ago, they're long gone.
"Hipster" is just a lazy way of othering and devaluing people who are determined to not be part of one's ingroup. As a category it's fairly meaningless, it just means "Young urban person who isn't one of those Abercrombie & Fitch douches".
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 21, 2013, 04:40:52 PM
Quote from: MMIX on July 20, 2013, 10:30:35 PM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 20, 2013, 10:21:49 PM
He is super-duper special.
Only insofar as some people have sufficient financial capital as to enable their social capital to be able to survive stuff/behaviour which is infra-dig. I don't think that that makes them any more "special" than anyone else, just well-positioned.
Yeah, ok, the traditional expression would be "eccentric" but I guess "batshit crazy" will eventually replace the older usage. God bless the internet it condenses everything down to the icky essence.
I'm using "special" as a euphemism for batshit crazy.
Quote from: MMIX on July 21, 2013, 04:46:05 PM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 21, 2013, 04:40:52 PM
Quote from: MMIX on July 20, 2013, 10:30:35 PM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 20, 2013, 10:21:49 PM
He is super-duper special.
Only insofar as some people have sufficient financial capital as to enable their social capital to be able to survive stuff/behaviour which is infra-dig. I don't think that that makes them any more "special" than anyone else, just well-positioned.
Yeah, ok, the traditional expression would be "eccentric" but I guess "batshit crazy" will eventually replace the older usage. God bless the internet it condenses everything down to the icky essence.
I'm using "special" as a euphemism for batshit crazy.
Um.
McAfee is not eccentric. That aristocrat you posted, he might be eccentric. McAfee is batshit crazy. I know that usually if someone's rich we like to refer to them as eccentric, but McAfee... well, this: http://gizmodo.com/5958877/secrets-schemes-and-lots-of-guns-inside-john-mcafees-heart-of-darkness
This is funny, though: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bKgf5PaBzyg
He's also kind of an awesome internet troll.
Wow, I never, I mean, just Wow. :eek:
Quote"Rich white men who come to Belize and act strangely are kind of a type," one local journalist told me.
Quote"Success, for me," he has said, "is being able to wake up in the morning and feel like a 12 year old."
or apparently wake up and feel a
12 [17] year old!
I hadn't come across this guy before. I guess that I was lucky - and then the luck ran out.
He's the kind of batshit that Charlie Sheen aspires to. And he's now a Portland local, fitting in seamlessly.
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 21, 2013, 07:17:23 PM
He's the kind of batshit that Charlie Sheen aspires to. And he's now a Portland local, fitting in seamlessly.
Majestically Batshit then.
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 21, 2013, 07:17:23 PM
He's the kind of batshit that Charlie Sheen aspires to. And he's now a Portland local, fitting in seamlessly.
I'm so sorry. :horrormirth:
Quote from: Freeky Queen of DERP on July 21, 2013, 08:33:02 PM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on July 21, 2013, 07:17:23 PM
He's the kind of batshit that Charlie Sheen aspires to. And he's now a Portland local, fitting in seamlessly.
I'm so sorry. :horrormirth:
It's how we roll.