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I Am An Object Of Internet Ridicule, Ask Me Anything

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Re: I Am An Object Of Internet Ridicule, Ask Me Anything

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Post by l33tbro »

eshvk wrote: post #90
PhasmaFelis wrote: post #23

Tangentially related, things like this are why I have not stopped wearing my fedora (in appropriate situations, with appropriate outfits). Dear Internet Fashionistas: You've decided that fedoras and suspenders are the mark of a horrible person. Your opinions have no connection to reality. Over here in the real world, I look good. When I come back to the bar the next day to pick up my credit card, and the bouncer reme…

You are trying to make fashion into something objective; it really isn't. I can line ten people in reality who can hate on your fedora. At the end of it, wear whatever you want to, I guarantee there will be people hating on it and loving it. Such is the nature of things. Hell, I have worn a suit to a friend's place and gotten hate from it.

One fedora per crew, bro.

Re: I Am An Object Of Internet Ridicule, Ask Me Anything

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Post by isxek »

cobbzilla wrote: post #56

I was in NOLA in February and thought this street poet was quite entertaining: http://www.tout.com/m/hitche and his typewriter is older & cooler :) I don't care how more street authors and poets "steal" this idea. Please copy, adapt, iterate, mutate, spread.... that's what culture is all about. Improvisational public writing is awesome on so many levels.

I remember reading somewhere about Harlan Ellison doing the same thing during a science fiction world convention many years ago, after which Ben Bova (then editor-in-chief for Analog sci-fi magazine) bought the whole piece.

In other words, yeah, I'd like to see more of this.

Re: I Am An Object Of Internet Ridicule, Ask Me Anything

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Post by webhat »

jlgreco wrote: post #257
webhat wrote: post #252

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I also think ageism is dumb, however the age - 25 - that he mentioned isn't an arbitrary cut off point. There have been studies, such as by the National Institutes of Health that show that "the part of the brain that restrains risky behavior, including reckless driving, and thinking skills is not fully developed until the age of 25." Meaning the Frontal Lobe and Prefrontal cortex have not yet matured until 25, that's…

So does this have much to do with calling people "hipster" in a disparaging way? And why "hipster", but seemingly not other insults (which >25 year olds certainly still make)? He's just yelling at kids to get off his lawn and lacks the self-awareness to pay attention to who's lawn he is standing on while he does it. There aren't any deep truths hidden in his comment.

Whose lawn is it?

Re: I Am An Object Of Internet Ridicule, Ask Me Anything

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Post by jlgreco »

Torgo wrote: post #221
sequoia wrote: post #153

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Because I got treated like dog shit by the exact same class of person who now dresses in a parody of my life What suggests to you that these are the same people? Like, if I wore lensless glasses for kicks, would that put me into the "high school bully" class? You're doing what TFA complains about: making assumptions about people & speaking ill of them because of how they dress. Why make assumptions? Why get mad bec…

Because it's not arbitrary. I didn't get punched in the guts when I was a kid because I was wearing tight pants driving a pennyfarthing. I was punched in the guts because I was a "nerd" which meant "not cool." So when someone copies the cartoon version of me to be "cool" I'm entitled to be annoyed. I was who I was, I wasn't trying to fit an "image." Unlike hipsters, which are a real thing, I didn't get the privilege…

Why do you think any given hipster wasn't also punched in the gut for being a nerd? Who are you to say that your nerd style sense is somehow more "real" than their adopted image now? For all you know they were a nerd then, continue to be a nerd now, and have merely refined how they carry themselves. Maybe hipsters look like cool kids trying to make "nerd" cool because they are actually nerds who are cool.

Who the hell knows? Not you. You are just judging them for their style and how well they can pull it off. This tells you nothing of who they actually are.

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Post by isxek »

carlaas wrote: post #185

I'm the one that took the picture and here is the uncropped version ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/crlnh/9818826176/ ). I didn't expect all this when I posted it on reddit

Unfortunately, the two cute girls I was writing a story for are cropped out.

Looking at the whole picture now, it still doesn't appear evident (at least to me) that the two ladies chatting beside him were waiting for their story to be done.

I agree with the author: seeing his sign more would have put more context into the picture.

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Post by jlgreco »

webhat wrote: post #263
jlgreco wrote: post #257

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So does this have much to do with calling people "hipster" in a disparaging way? And why "hipster", but seemingly not other insults (which >25 year olds certainly still make)? He's just yelling at kids to get off his lawn and lacks the self-awareness to pay attention to who's lawn he is standing on while he does it. There aren't any deep truths hidden in his comment.

Whose lawn is it?

Not his either? Before he yells at others to get off it, he should get off it himself.

He is making a baseless judgement about an entire age group because he thinks that age group makes baseless judgments. The lack of self awareness is ludicrous.

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Post by drcode »

aaron695 wrote: post #243
drcode wrote: post #38

NEWSFLASH: If you're doing something specifically to get attention, it's possible the attention you get might not be to your liking. (Though I agree people should be more open to people doing fun performance-ish stuff like this, it does not mean a performer is entitled to receive only positive reactions.)

> NEWSFLASH: If you're doing something specifically to get attention, it's possible the attention you get might not be to your liking. What on earth was he doing to get attention? He was doing a job. If you are writing stories for people in a park, a typewriter is probably the best way to do it, how else would you? How was he trying for attention any more than the ice cream van I'm sure was down the road? Since when…

I don't know if you've ever had to do any significant writing on a manual typewriter, but it is a very difficult process. It would much, much easier to write it out long hand (he has great hand writing, as can be seen on his sign.). Even better would be to write it up o a laptop, let the customer view it on the screen, then email it to them later. Or, write it up on a phone with a $20 Bluetooth keyboard and email it immediately. Lots of different superior options exist, depending on his budget.

Bottom line, using a manual typewriter is a theatrical element and designed to draw attention to him.

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Post by agentultra »

pyrocat wrote: post #161
agentultra wrote: post #94

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This is going to sound inflammatory but I basically consider anyone younger than around 25 to be functionally insane . They're in a period in their life where they seriously believe that they cannot spend the rest of their lives with someone who doesn't have the same taste in music as they do. You're busy cultivating a sense of identity, I get it. But more often than not you grow up and find yourself in love with som…

Ageism is dumb, and I rally against it now as an adult as much as I did when I was 15. > "but I seriously haven't really heard someone over the age of 30 or so make snarky remarks about how so-and-so is such a hipster douchebag" Maybe that's because you surround yourself with people who have similar outlooks? That doesn't mean that all people over 30 are above high school bullshit. And it certainly doesn't mean that…

Totally agree that ageism is dumb. I've met plenty of people under 25 who are rather smart, mature, and well rounded people.

But I've also met far more who are arrogant, confused, and wistful.

It's hard not to make broad, generalized statements when making such observations which is why I felt like I should justify it a bit more. I'm not saying there aren't any adults over 30 who don't act like bullies; the game just changes in my experience.

The point is that hipster hate tends to be a symptom of the self-conscious people who lack a solid understanding of their own identity. This can be a problem for people well into their 50's or through out their lifetimes: I don't know. Either way I wasn't implying anything negative about young people. Except that they're all absolutely insane in my opinion. Hate me if you want.

Re: I Am An Object Of Internet Ridicule, Ask Me Anything

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Post by l33tbro »

homosaur wrote: post #44

It seems like the hipster-as-a-pejorative thing started around the total collapse of the music industry in the mid-2000's and unfortunately was driven by indie scenesters who resented the influx of popularity when say, Modest Mouse had a song appear on say, One Tree Hill. The primary aesthetic religion of the indie scene from punk onward, no matter what the genre or style, was D.I.Y. so suburbanites who went to Hot T…

Hipster bashing started with this book which came out in '03: http://www.amazon.com/The-Hipster-Handbook-Robert-Lanham/dp/...

Also, pop culture is not dead #twerking #beiber #hashtags

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