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Monday 29 September 2008

Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization

A little cheeky article I came across in Adbusters titled,

"Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization"
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I think by the title you get the drift of the article already,
to read it for yourself just (click)
Well worth the read if your not to busy.

Just to entice you here is a extract i found to funny


"In many ways, the lifestyle promoted by hipsterdom is highly ritualized. Many of the party-goers who are subject to the photoblogger’s snapshots no doubt crawl out of bed the next afternoon and immediately re-experience the previous night’s debauchery. Red-eyed and bleary, they sit hunched over their laptops, wading through a sea of similarity to find their own (momentarily) thrilling instant of perfected hipster-ness.

What they may or may not know is that “cool-hunters” will also be skulking the same sites, taking note of how they dress and what they consume. These marketers and party-promoters get paid to co-opt youth culture and then re-sell it back at a profit. In the end, hipsters are sold what they think they invent and are spoon-fed their pre-packaged cultural livelihood"


(no indirect towards anyone, because I "lego" will be the first to admit I look for the photos which would have been taken at a event I attended the night before)

FUCK IT DEFINITELY READ ITS TO FUNNY

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Loving bntl like a fat kid loves cake.

4 comments:

Jesse said...

Gawd Damn, some people really trying to make you feel guilty leaving the house in a flannel shirt. nothing wrong with a lil flaneezy. lol

Elle Bee said...

this is embarassingly accurate to read isnt it... bit harsh though!

midwestconnect said...

check out the photos from the debonair social club in chicago...it's in an area called Wicker Park..a la the film....their equivalent of the trendy east crowd in london...i've shelved the american apparel over here....my hoodies get worn out of neccesity.....harsh it may be but there's definately a lot of hipster resentment...

peas said...

fourth!!!