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Tara Incognita
06/22/09

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Anonymous Website Guy would get way more photos if people just sent in their profile pics from Facebook.
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Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!
05/09/09

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'At first, I wanted to help my dad start a blog called "IsThatAHipster?.com" Because, when he visits me in Williamsburg, that's literally what he says anytime a person walks by.'

Awwwww. That's adorable.

And of course he (or she) can publish a book. He could hold a casting call and half the borough would show up.
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Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
05/09/09

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God, I will never understand Hipster Hate. Espesh given that many of the posters here seem to come from Brooklyn...

WTF is a Hipster, anyhow? An indie kid? Or anyone you can make a snarky remark about?
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Samtagious
05/08/09

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I'm actually incredibly upset with this man. He has a photo posted which he stole from the private photos that belong to a friend of my family. He has been repeatedly asked to take the image down and he won't even brave a reply, he seems like an angry coward and my friend's family is very close to taking legal action against him for stealing this image and posting it without permission. And no, I am not a hipster--I am a decent human being that doesn't believe its right to profit off of being judgmental and bigoted. Perhaps you could ask him to check his email and take action concerning the photo belonging to my friend? Its really childish and mean for him to do this and he is hurting people who did nothing to him.
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Pinekatz
05/09/09

@JeannieGrrl: Call Nick Denton. He's a gentle sweet man who will do everything you ask of him.
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Cutting Makes You Sexy
05/08/09

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I mean, I like MGMT a lot. But I'd never go to one of their shows.

Hey. Guy. or whatever. So, you know, I like you. Kindof. You seem cool...ish. You wanted to name a website after something your dad says repeatedly, which I find cute. My father has the same slight dimensia. It's endearing and makes me smile.

And, I couldn't read your entire interview, I'm sorry. I don't have the attention span for that. I see bold and italics and plain print and it scares me off. I know, it's something I should address. Maybe tomorrow.

I actually only really caught the bit about your dad. Well, that, and my little pull-quote above.

And to that I say: The fact that you WILL NOT go to see a band that you like, because other hipsters will be there, unfortunately (sigh) makes you a hipster. Even if you don't wear the clothes.

There. Congrats. Now get some tight pants, and grab that scarf, and own it.

You Dirty Hipster,

CMYS
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minou
05/08/09

@Cutting Makes You Sexy: I like MGMT enough to listen to them occasionally but I would never spend the money to go to a show. There are only very few bands I like well enough to spring for seeing live, because I'm cheap like that. And if you are going to try to spin this into some rhetorical tunnel where I come out a hipster at the other end, don't waste your time. I'm 35.
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minou
05/08/09

@minou: I forgot: I assumed this was also the interviewee's reasoning.
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TableNine
05/08/09

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Nick Zinner is going to want his wig back.
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HiredGoons
05/08/09

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Sigh, I know more of those people than I should.
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TheUptightMidwesterner
05/08/09

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This website is like a fucking train wreck. I cannot quit staring.
Being of an older generation, I doubted all the hipster stereotypes that were being bandies about like Charney-'staches, PBR and asian women. I am kind of horrified at the amount of all of those in the pics.
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CaptainFantastic
05/08/09

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I need some sort of nomograph or flowchart that will help me determine whether a person is a hipster. There seems to be a fine line between hipsters, hippies, and the mentally ill.
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squidbait
05/08/09

@CaptainFantastic: You do not need a "flowgraph" to determine it. A simple "Yes" to any of these questions will suffice.

Are you wearing neon clothing?

Are you wearing big blocky black glasses?

Is your hair a trainwreck on purpose?

Are you over 12 and play kickball?

Do you drink Pabst beer exclusively?

Do you have a trustfund?

Do you have a curled mustache?

Are you wearing tight black jeans?

I didn't even get into the whole art/music/everyone-else-in-brooklyn-wants-to-kill-you part but you get the gist of it.

Oh, and hippies are over 40 and stink.
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CaptainFantastic
05/08/09

@squidbait: I think there are always exceptions though:

-blocky glasses: architect

-trustfund: not all rich kids are hipsters

-the girl checking out her vadge in the camping situation looked more hippy to me

@nearsighted: Yes, there is a gray triangle of terrible-ness between the three of them.
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TedSez
05/08/09

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Except Tinted Windows sucks. The Hanson dude has a terrible voice, and he's wasting Adam Schlesinger's time when he should be writing more catchy power-pop songs about sad executives.
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Max Silvestri
05/08/09

@TedSez: oh yeah, the guy was definitely being serious about that. Nice catch.
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TedSez
05/08/09

@Max Silvestri: And I am also being extremely serious.
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Max Silvestri
05/08/09

@TedSez: We should throw a serious party.
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TedSez
05/08/09

@Max Silvestri: Ha. Everyone's serious and sarcastic at the same time. Who can tell?
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Disco-Johnson
05/08/09

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Kickball, anyone?
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Banjo-Sea Kitten
05/08/09

@Disco-Johnson: my tube socks are at the cleaners.
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Banjo-Sea Kitten
05/08/09

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I have a very juvenile sense of humor and I have laughed at many of these excellent photos and captions. Thanks, phantom website guy, whoever you are.
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FormerEnglishMajor
05/08/09

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Those are some pretty hairy legs. Must be hot in the summer.
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MediaZombie
05/08/09

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Why are hipsters so skinny?

Do hipsters look in the mirror a lot?

How frequently do hipsters shower?

Do hipsters like money?

Why do hipsters hate white people?
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kjack
05/08/09

@MediaZombie:

1. vanity.
2. yes.
3. 2-3x per week - more during kickball season.
4. No. Why do you have some?
5. Because hipsters are white people.
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Clarence Rosario
05/08/09

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I miss Blue States Lose.
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Colander
05/08/09

@Clarence Rosario: Gawker should fold LATFH into itself.
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DorothyMantooth
05/08/09

@Clarence Rosario: Yeah, were it not for the "visits me in Williamsburg" bit (and, okay, the fact that I find this interview much funnier than I found a lot of BSL -- sorries!), I would swear it was Blagg.
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Botswana Meat Commission FC
05/08/09

@Clarence Rosario:

Gawker was just sort in the background for me until I discovered BSL. I loved it.
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minou
05/08/09

@Botswana Meat Commission FC: BSL is what officially brought me into the fold as well.
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