I could try to write some snarky captions about what a dildo/fggt/ass hole this piece of hipster trash is, but we have all seen that before. Instead, I would like to use this as the springboard for a meaningful discussion about the question I can’t stop asking myself: why do whites/hipsters think it’s cool to look like a fggt (srs)? From what I can tell, it is because whites all have a deep-seeded need to be seen as special snowflakes, and they know that adopting feminine mannerisms and appearance is a great way to stand out from the crowd.
For example, his bicycle. I am sure he is aware that it’s a girls’ bike, and that it was a very deliberate choice, most likely because simply having a track bike wasn’t enough. This baffles me, because literally nobody other than other hipster fggts will think this is cool, and even if another hipster fggt DOES think it’s cool, they will never acknowledge it since that would invalidate their own specialness (not sure what that whole phenomenon is all about either, but that’s another story).
Would he be flattered if someone thought he was an actual homosexual?? What is he trying to say with his varisty jacket??? OTW readers, do any of your people need to be special snowflakes this badly???? Pls respond :(
OH MY GOD
Listen up, maggots. You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You’re the same decaying organic matter as everything else.
Oh shit, looks like someone just saw Fight Club!
This dude makes me want to shave my beard and throw away all my hats. And why do a bunch of hipsters trying to stand out always seem like the exact same dude? I’m sure I saw five of these guys this morning on the way to their poetry classes or whatever, being as identical as the regular bros.
No Fucks given fight club is one of my all time favorite movies, and I never miss out on a chance to quote it :P
Edward Norton is the best actor of our generation (srs).
Even in that Hulk movie he did?
Haven’t seen it, doesn’t look bad tho.
see also 25th hour ;)
REAL EYEZ REALIZE REAL LIES
LI(F)E
gimme some machine head, fggt
Mixte and step-through frames make sense for certain men’s needs (read: you are old and can’t swing your leg over a regular road frame), maybe this guy is in the same situation due to pants tightness?
I was going to mention something along these lines. Mixte frames are cool, but you’re typically going to see someone with a touring/clubbing set up on a legit mixte, not some three speed vintage Raleigh bullshit.
HEHE you two just outed yourselves as hipsters with these cycle wank posts.. how ironic..especially as hipsters love irony
Well you can never really narrow it down to one thing, but I would say they just grew up in a place that leant itself to that particular aesthetic.
I tend to look at fashion and style as though they are viruses or colonies of bacteria. Branching off, mutating, rejoining in new ways, fighting one another. The conscious effort on his part is probs minimal.
some truth here!
I believe the girl’s bike choice is practical. With pants that tight, how would you be able to swing your leg over the bar on a boy’s bike?
I live in the Mission district in San Francisco, so I see these fggts on the daily…. though they are a bit dirtier (not as dirty as Oakland hipsters, of course) down here.
The Mission is where shitty Midwest hipster runoff ends up when they realize Oakland is too scary.
ONLY THE MARINA IS REAL
It’s spelled MARIN(a)
Well being Mexican thy have people over there that they call “fresas”, which is fruity. To my understanding fresa doesn’t literally mean you’re a fggt but implies that you think you’re better than everyone else and therefore you ARE a fggt for that. They also tend to dress preppy as phuck, maybe as of late they’re dressing hipster-ish.
*they
implies that you think you’re better than everyone else and therefore you ARE a fggt for that
this is the difference between a fggt and a homosexual (homos just like banging other dudes, which is fine)
yuck, man. this photo looks like it’s from the sartorialist or something. that dude needs like 1000 wedgies.
dude. i live in SF. 80% of the people here look like this (the other 20% being rapists/grifters/poors that live in the Tenderloin and Bayview). I am pretty sure the only reason dudes dress like this is to appeal more desirable/ safe/ meaningful to girls who read Vice and listen to horrible garage rock. If girls are gonna snowflake (via needs to be individuals/ distance themselves from their “old embarrassing selves”), then guys are gonna snowflake (via teh need 2 bone).
damn, my general impression of san franciscies is exactly what you’re describing.
Ugh. This is why I can’t even set foot in the Bay Area anymore. Literally everybody there is either a fggt douchelord, scummy poor person, or knowitall computer person. It’s unbearable.
So… you’re NOT gonna take that sweet unpaid internship at McSweeney’s??
Truth. I live about two hours south of SF and avoid it like the plague. The majority of people there are kids from small towns/suburbs who want to reinvent their identities, and they all end up just like the posted picture.
Alcatraz are pretty cool dudes, though.
Only respectable reason to dress like an idiot in any way is to impress a specific kind of girl. Though I may find trashy hipster girls gross, best of luck to this dude and his meaningful relationship goals.
I can totally back this.
What if that trashy hipster girl was under 18?
She’d probably be smoking more cigarettes and jocking 70′s stuff in an attempt to appear “more mature”, much sadder.
love that verbage of the word snowflake. Also, having an area of the city called “tenderloin” is really funny to me
I always wonder how the people behind the counter at discount clothing stores think when dudes like this come in and buy used women’s jeggings.
It’s called White Guilt. It dominates everything; from the music they listen to to the blogs they read (Jezebel). “Intelligent” white males have been told they should be beta pussies, otherwise they’re racist, homophobic, ignorant conservatives. The way out is to become a total fggt.
^This.
Then you do have the other side that take it to the other extreme and try to dress as ‘tough’ as possible are just d-bags to everyone at shows. When the two get together its pretty funny though. Stray From the Path show I went to the other night was like that. It was a mixture of hipster garbage like above and wannabe tough guys that got pissed if you touched them while moshing, but it was perfectly ok if they clocked you in the back of the head while they did their ‘dancing’ as they like to call it. I remember when hardcore dancing had actual moves involved as opposed to just randomly flailing around.
This must have been sometime in the 90′s, I’ve gone to shows since 01 and all I’ve ever seen/done is random flailing :)
I feel like this fashion has really run it’s course and has to be close to dying off. People started doing this because of their need to be special snowflakes, but now this has become basically a mainstream trend; which is exactly what they are trying to avoid. Here’s to hoping 2012 is the end of this foolishness. I wonder what the snowflakes will latch onto next?
Well in certain poorer parts of South East Asia, men do ride girly bicycles, but they probably don’t have much of a choice, I’ve seen a few growing up in Malaysia, feelsbadman. The varsity jacket isnt bad per say, but I just can’t stant the matching blue skinny jeans.
Yeah i’ve seen plenty of guys in rural china riding girls bikes and dressed like hipsters, but it’s a result of being poor as shit and giving zero fucks. Totally different. But still funny!
I’ve seen Chinese dudes in Nebraska, presumably immigrants, who dress like that. I can never bring myself to risk the awkwardness of getting caught taking a picture. I think the hipsters would be stoked to find out that they dress the same way as Chinese immigrants.
http://accidentalchinesehipsters.tumblr.com/
Whoooooooooa, you’re from Nebraska too?
It’s so weird meeting other people on the intertubes that are from this glorious land of beef, corn, and incest.
Goddamn you’re the third person I’ve seen on SYWH who’s also from Nebraska.
I just lost 15 minutes of work time to that tumblr and now wish I was chinese.
And in the “cities” in china there are so many attempts at dressing fashionable/cool that it makes this pic of the guy on a bike not even worth discussing, it’s last level shit here. The problem is not that they are giving zero fucks, they are giving thousands of fucks but doing it all wrong. This is not a OTW issue, it’s all over in different forms.
Here in Dutchland it’s pretty normal for guys to ride girls bikes.
welcome 2 europe
All this said, I would love to see SYWH commenters dressed up like this/replicating this photo.
That would be an awesome idea for a SYWH contest.
OH SHIT THERE NEEDS TO BE STUFF YOU WILL HATE CONTESTS
All of them must involve making embarrassingly bad decisions.
…I just like dressing like a girl. Really, no reason other than endorphin release upon seeing myself in the mirror. I haven’t dressed to look cool for other people in a long time.
Also nearly all my fggty clothing is either from target or india, no fucks given. I’m not paying over 10-15 bucks for an article of clothing unless I’m sure it’s gonna last me for at least half a decade.
I don’t think I’ll ever understand people who pay out the ass to look like they’re poor.
spending a shit-ton of cash is a small price to pay in order to avoid shopping at places full of depressing poor ppl
This style has basically just become mainstream where I live, and it is really sad. One thing that is super popular right now is for men to wear hats that can best be described as “Amish-looking”, so there are tons of dudes running around that look like Amish hipsters. Feelsbadman
Not sure if mentally retard, or hipster.
I don’t really get it, I don’t think he looks bad at all.
are you a phaggot? srs
No. I just don’t think he looks as awful as everyone here seems to think. Not trying to start shit, just sayin.
I know, I was just being dick <3
The dude himself doesn’t look that silly (relatively speaking), it’s just the gay fashion of these days.
It’s the bike that’s fucking stooopid, and as Sarge says he clearly had to seek it out deliberately, as there’s no way it’s a hand-me-down or anything.
i was guilty of this from 2002-2004. :(
I’ve been noticing a ton of mexibros with 50s dad haircuts and smiths shirts. Faggotry transcends race.
Dammit, that’s me :( but does loving dick give me a free pass?
Yes, it does. It’s totally fine to dress like this if you are an actual homosexual (srs)
A homosexual wouldn’t dress this badly. Also, a 50s dad haircut is two different things on a white person or a Mexican. On white’s, it’s trendy. On Mexicans, it’s kind of normal.
I meant the fifties haircut and smiths shirt. I wouldn’t dress like that beardo if I was paid.
HAHAHAhaaa…. I looked at this picture and thought “this dude looks like every single kid in downtown Copenhagen”. Well, reverse image search, and obviously, the guy is a dane (via we are all fucking looking alike. Really). The picture is originally from http://thelocals.dk/category/places/copenhagen/ (some fashionblog from CPH, notice how they all look alike), but was taken down for some reason. It was also posted at ‘GQ’: http://www.gq.com/style/blogs/the-gq-eye/2010/03/batter-up.html). I even recognize the place the shot was taken, it’s here:http://g.co/maps/4fnwj — in downtown cph, right next to the Uni buildings. If I could find his name, I’d bet we’d have mutual friends on facebook :(
You would all die from straight rageahol overdose within 30 secs of being in CPH. COME AT US!
Yeah, I work with a lot of Euros (both co-workers and vendors/suppliers in Europe) and I non-ironically fucking hate them.
because copenhagen is europe XD so much stupid :p
lrn2geography, faggot
a US-fag telling me to learn geography lolololol XD you made me laugh :D
but you seem not to get my comment…try to think a bit before writing…
I’ve never heard of this “copenhagen” but it is obviously full of cute emoticons.
^ free lulz
copenhagen. . . germany?
lewis County, New York XD
My favorite part of talking to euros is that when they don’t get a joke they like to tell you that you are stupid because of where you are from. It’s definitely really witty/next-level.
> make deliberately ignorant joke about how dumb euros are
> euros get mad and call you ignorant american
> realize you werent really joking in the first place
>Euro repeatedly makes shit jokes and no one like him
>”that’s not funny”
>”omg dumb rednecks Americans u don’t get me read it again I r trolling da fuck out of u U so dumb XD XD XD lmao rofl lmao XD”
Died
a black guy AND an asian guy featured on the FIRST STAGE of COPENHAGEN style? lolwut
*FIRST PAGE
Multiculturality, bro. EVER HEARD OF IT?
Irony aside, I think they shot pictures of blacks/asians ‘because they’re special and really interesting!’ aka ‘their skin color differs from white/pale’. Not sure tho, since I don’t know anything about the fashion scene in cph.
Lol yeah. I assumed that had to be the case. “quick! gotta find some people with exotic ethnicities to make ourselves hip and relevant!”
hip and relevant / not predominantly white and therefore automatically racist!
Well, global awareness is all the rage these days. plus, at least by and large in ‘merica, white people aren’t usually the vanguard of coolness these days
:(
we try so hard to be unique snowflakes, yet you judge us as if we were all the same?!??!?!!??
as a person of filipino descent, i can attest to the fact that some of us also want to be seen as special. only, my peoples tend to do it by pretending that we’re black and get super into shitty hip-hop and breakdancing.
D, no one hates hipsters more than I and I’ve made many friends and (ex) girlfriends over this strong hatred.
HOWEVER, since you have shown me the light of being chill as fuck as much as possible (via not having excessively public strong opinions about everything), I’ve made an interesting observation that may warrant further investigation.
There are legit weirdos (who are awesome) and there are faggots (aka Hipsters). I’ve conversed and even been acquaintances with a few legit weirdos who dress like the posted faggot and I have to say that they are pretty cool. Maybe they do it for the same reason as the special snowflakes but they don’t make a big deal out of it.
But then again, hipsters dress like this, think they are better than everyone else and generally should be put down.
I don’t know what my point is…I guess it’s a fine line between weirdo and faggot?
I see your point, and there is certainly a difference between the two. Personally though, I can’t stand either hipsters or weirdos (maybe it’s because I have so many legit, fucked up crazy people and weirdos in my family). Basically if you are weird you can die IMO.
And yes, I am aware that I am a weirdo and should be killed as well. I’m fine with that, feel free to take me off to the camps.
u so random!!! crazy!!!
Oh, you know about the camps?
Too bad so many bands aped the Hipster Holocaust name, would have loved to try my own hand at it.
If all the weirdo’s in the world died, then every SYWH member would die.
Hey, if you wanna make an omlette you’ve gotta break some eggs.
nope I am perfectly normal
Srs question: Why do hipsters like fixed-gear bikes so much?
Same reason they like Polaroids: they aren’t what everybody else uses, yet you can make it sound like ‘you really know what you’re talking about’ by explaining why they are actually better than what other people like.
can’t 4get about the “vinyl purists”!
Analog Warmth brah. Whatever that means.
Ultimate in fucking gay hipsterism:
The Arcade Fire (gross) recorded their latest album in a high quality studio, pressed it to vinyl, and then RECORDED THE SOUND COMING FROM THE VINYL and pressed that to CD, so that their CD’s would have that “authentic vinyl sound”.
Rageahol anybody? My shout.
My inner audiophile is raging, and I didn’t even think I had one.
I guess I’ll just humor them and pretend riding bikes without any brakes is really a good idea. With any luck, they’ll be flushed out of the gene pool eventually.
i think, after all this time and exposure to hipsterism, id still rather see white people try hard to be special white than try hard to be generic black. maybe it’s because i know if i really wanted to, i could beat the shit out of a hipster without fear of being bladed. also, theyre a quiter kind of annoyance. i dunno, it’s all just notches along the ‘just fucking die already’ spectrum.
lololol. i don’t like hipsters either… but damn, bro. did a guy from Animal Collective rape your mom and burn down your house?
it was consenual, but they made me watch
notches along the ‘just fucking die already’ spectrum
BRB STEALING THIS PHRASE
all yours, friendo.
your starting to choke on your own irony sywh
*You’re / You are
Irony?
“the ironing is delicious”
still very true :(
I member seeing one of these white hipster douch ffgts w/ a friend @ a wannabe Rubys diner in DT el-lay n I immediately start making fun of my friend that had the mandatory flannel shirt and I immediately start bagging on said friend by saying he buys all his shit @ stereotypical hipster mall shops/boutiques… previously seen hipster douche was w/ a 6.5 to 7 skinny hipster chick w/ mandatory flower/plant sleeve on left arm to make her a Spesh Snowie… Even she started laughing.. he ended up leaving w/ her a few minutes after I started making fun of the hipsterness of my mexi-salvi mutt homie.. the point is of how funny these ffgts get butthurt when u make fun of em yet can’t do shit cuz their own anorexic gfs can beat em up Lolz…
PS: yes even dumb ghetto ignorant brown people like shopping 4 tight ass diesel jeans and shitty hipster clothes to pretend they are from the suburbs and not from south gate/compton/east la/ insert any city or area from the 213-323 area codes full of ghetto brown/black poor people yo…
PSS: but I thought all the faggts in norcal lived in SF.. Oh well I’ll prob be more at comfort w/ the OTWs n raider fans in Oakland even tho they sux more balls than Tim tebow @ a Creed/nickelback concert
my mexi-salvi mutt homie
Interesting– brown people also do the “oh i’m a mutt, i’m [combination of interchangeable ethnicities]!!” thing too?? I thought it was just whites.
haha yup!! were special beans in a bag full of rice, m&ms, skittles, white tic-tacs, n ho-ho’s!!
=P go figure
I don’t understand how you can say this dude is a feminine fggt when he has a beard?! Beards are so MANLY!
It’s quite a paradox, isn’t it?
I can’t wait till actual homo’s catch on to the beard trend… Alan from the hangover (the wolfpack of one) will be the new lady gaga for homos everywhere!
there’s this thing called “Bears”
My beard looks like the skinny gay bro on Modern Family’s. No fucks given.
I was ok with him until I got to the bike, socks and shoes. Gross.
Here’s a great blog if you want to laugh (or get boners) to NY weirdos.
http://streetbonersandtvcarnage.com/streetboners/
OTW readers, do any of your people need to be special snowflakes this badly????
Sadly, yes.
Lol! I wish more of the internet would talk about hipsters!!
lol! go to reddit!!
The Guy Who Commented on my Comment is Slow, AMA
I wish it were performance art-level trolling but I think he is srs, do you agree? Y/Maybe
Srs questions:
How do you fit your wallet properly?
Where do you keep your phone?
Isn’t it hard to take out your house keys/dont they press against your thigh?
Where do you hide your stash that you take to a show?
Im no more mad than usual since hipsters gonna hip, but I am seriously puzzled by this phenomenon. I sincerely cannot fathom the physics of such tight pants.
Pls Respond.
inb4 size50Fubus
Where do u keep your penis?
Do u even have a penis?
PLZ RSPND
That’s what the man-purse is for.
his penis?
to quote Plies: “TIGHT JEANS DON WORK WHEN UR POCKETS STUFFED”
srsly tho, they clip their keys to their belt, have jack shit in their wallets, and smoke their stash basically immediately after getting it.
iphone is the only concern and will basically always be bulging in a front pocket or carried around like a baby. (my friend carries his cigarettes around everywhere too, puts ‘em in his hat with his wallet and phone, seriously just out everywhere.)
On a sort of off topic note (didnt know where else to share my rage), this made me cringe so much:
http://vimeo.com/14220611
the editing, the people, the clothes. UGH.
122 Comments? Jesus christ you all are so butthurt over what other dudes wear!
My anus is very sensitive :( will u apply some ointment to it?
I’ll lovingly massage it, like a mother tending to her newborn.
Replace the word “hipster” every time it appears with “scenekid” and this is basically the attitude SYWH is against, no?
U totally exposed my hypocrisy
cant tell if srs but assuming no, lol
I have nothing against butt pirates but they become unwanted faggots when they try so hard for attention. I mean look at his jeans.. can his dick even breathe? GOD DAMN… plus the female bike isn’t doin him justice… but then again, he homo or a confused-about-sexuality hipster…
I have nothing against butt pirates but they become unwanted faggots when they try so hard for attention. I mean look at his jeans.. can his dick even breathe? GOD DAMN… imagine the crushing pain his nuts must be goin thru… and this would be worse if he really wasnt a homo but a confused-about-sexuality hipster..
I’ve always wondered why they try to look like a vintage 70′s pedophile.
hopefully he was hit by a car driven by a successful banker.
So glad I’m a quarter native American. Makes me safe from doing shit like this. I have a few friends who are legit hipsters except most of them do it out of class. None of them are dirty or nasty. They all have pretty important jobs and just grow Amish beards/wear Amish hats because they think “it looks classy.” They also like chai tea and sushi and shit. Fuck off. You live in America. Drink Bud Light Platinum and eat steak if you wanna feel “fancy.”