Thursday, September 16, 2010

BEING A HIPSTER'S COOL

This is a brilliant video that Dan sent me about those cool cats that try so hard to be alternative and non-conformist, but have actually become super mainstream. I have surely seen a lot of 'dickheads' around, I guess this particular breed originates from East London. Symptoms of dickhead-itis include:

  • wanky fake 'nerd' glasses. You're not fooling anyone into thinking you're smart.
  • Hitler youth hairstyle
  • androgyny
  • oversize 'David Bain' jumpers. Come on, really? This is sooo two years ago.
  • toting a leather satchel and riding a fixie bike to uni
  • claiming to be a graphic designer when you really work in a lame call centre
  • wearing a fedora and blazer to class
  • subscribing to any aspect of culture that's 'vintage' e.g. in fashion, photography, music...
  • basically being so ridonculously self conscious (read: insecure?) that you can't ever catch yourself not looking cool.


Sufferers from dickhead-itis should intake a heavy dose of Jersey Shore immediately, listen to ZM full blast, and buy a Jay Jays witty pun T shirt to contradict 'cool' vibes. This should balance out douche-ness and alleviate the problem. If symptoms persist, change degree from design to accounting.

1 comment:

  1. Thanks, Astrid - very useful for us older observers who sometimes don't know what it is we're observing.

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