Friday, May 21, 2010

What? Why? Shut up.

"Grizzly Bear and Panda Bear seem to be actually competing against real bears for google hits"

-This sentence is why I probably shouldn't read hipster runoff. The whole site is satirical (I think), but is a "subculture" that consists entirely of post-ironic apathy and high-tech digital devices worth lampooning? Still -- that site's prodigious use of the word "bro" reminds one of this other thing I just heard of the other day that's also a mixing of nausea and intrigue. Bros Icing Bros. WHY DOES THIS EXIST? OUR GENERATION IS BANKRUPT.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

et cetera, et cetera.

At least we can watch them sweat in the summertime. Fucking death of western civilization, those hipsters.

Sean said...

Post-ironic? Really? These "post" prefixes are starting to get to me. Seems kind of pretentious. Or maybe post-pretentious? Like when you know you are being pretentious but you do it anyway out of a sense of irony. Or maybe post-irony?! Oh shit, I just blew your mind.

thope said...

Yeah, post means it means after. Like Gen X was all about the irony. And now its after that, chronologically. A lazy literary device and not that hard to understand.

Speaking of which:
"After a few tentative attempts at posting on Facebook, I retreated into horrified silence. I couldn’t do the lingo. Then I decided not to try to do the lingo. It’s kind of like advertising for yourself, if your self was a plastic novelty toy: lots of cute photos and “hurray for everything” patter. I can only stand to look at it once a week. But I can’t seem to cut ties, no matter how obviously I should. I mean, many friends are on there, posting like mad, poor sods! Plus there’s a terrible fascination about Facebook: it’s so godawful, but so generally embraced. It made me start to believe there really is such a thing as “postmodernity,” and that most people have cheerfully given up the idea of having an authentic self. Happy artificial constructs! Meanwhile I’m a leftover modern type, still hanging back in the era of alienation, clinging to my likes and dislikes, occasionally fretting about the death of God."
-This

Sean said...

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=post-ironic

Perhaps I can direct your attention to number 2, sir. I hear this website also defines Pittsburgh Family Plan, so you know it doesnt lie.

thope said...

And may I refer you to the title of this very post.

Sean said...

I hate you so much right now. I post-hate you.

Anonymous said...

But what does the goats think of the Lost finale?! Do tell, you inhuman bastard.

thope said...

http://i.imgur.com/wtzBE.gif

To tide you over.