With no squared-off beard, no top knot (there is something on his head but I don't know what), no Crocs and no grandad-style cardigan? I don't know what he is, but I think we need a whole new classification. What the hell is this magazine, anyway?
So he is an "influencer". Does he get paid in "exposure" because that's about all he seems to do as a job.
If he can "influence" people into buying $15 lattes then he's either the king of salesmen or there are some gullible-ass people in that town. I don't think I'd pay $15 for a cup of anything that wasn't alcoholic.
As far as I can tell, he gets “paid” a “free” $15 latte to advertise that latte on Instagram. I think that’s a perfect confluence of over-inflated values. :-/
Isn't CBD that stuff out of Cannabis that's supposed to be like the new wonder-drug, without the bit that gets you stoned out of your gourd? Which would probably explain the price tag... Doesn't explain the existence of that particular gentleman though
Used to be I'd use "Soy-latte-drinking" as an insult (before the whole "soyboy" thing, by the way; it was based off the sorts of people I typically saw ordering soy lattes) but I think I'll switch to "$15 latte-drinking".
No idea, found via Twitter. Maybe it's Sugar Ape? EDIT: Apparently a magazine called "The Cut", still checking to see if it may have an N missing...
The usual DJ I hear on the radio in the mornings has taken a few holidays recently and his stand-ins have been dumb. It's like, they don't have any genuine wit or sense of humour, so they just say whatever shite pops into their heads to fill the silence. I know most DJs will do this, but the guy they're replacing does it so much more naturally, without effort. For example, one started to play a song and said, "Haha! This one always reminds me of Beverly Hills Cop!". Well, yeah, it would... It was Axel F's theme to Beverly Hills Cop... Much like Vangelis' Chariots of Fire might remind you of Chariots of Fire. This guy gets paid a wage for this.
Oh, and I had a look for The Cut - it's a style magazine from New York. Looking on their website they seem to have a scattergun approach to articles with some pretty poor writing. Articles include, "Goop is looking for people to work at its summit for free; there's no pay, but think of the wellness you'll soak up!" "Dress your baby as a pumpkin!" "The Rape List at Brown, 30 years before shitty media men." Just don't look them in the eye!
And I thought that this kind of shitty businessman* are a specialty of my country... (*translation for my Polish bros: "Janusz Biznesu")
This reminds me of one of my favorite interactions in GTAV Michael: You... are a hipster! Trevor: What? Michael: You're a hipster. Trevor: I hate hipsters. Michael: Classic hipster denial. Trevor: I abhor hipsters. I eat them for fun! Michael: Hipsters love saying they hate hipsters. Trevor: Well, I really fucking do! Michael: Self hatred. Common hipster affliction. Trevor: Only because I'm living out here away from the Bean Machines, and the bankers? Michael: You're gentrifying. Soon, the skinny jeans will show up, then the skinny lattes, and then the bankers. And you'll be somewhere else starting the cycle all over again. Maybe you're not a classic garden variety hipster, but you're what the hipsters aspire to be. You, Trevor, are the proto-hipster. Trevor: I don't know what you're talking about. I don't agree with what you're saying. You're talking bullshit. And you're trying to wind me up. But I'm very, very angry, and I want this conversation to stop right away. Michael: Hipster. Trevor: Fuck you! Fuck you, Michael! Say it again! Michael: I've made my point. I'm not a sadist.
I mean, lets be real – does anyone here enjoy being called "mainstream" or a conformist? a few pages back I just observed an entire conversation about how new phones are dumb and everyone is dumb for buying an expensive phone, but not us, oh no, the mobile companies won't trick us! Everyone here is a walking contradiction, pointing the finger while being the very thing they claim to despise or misunderstand. The true hipster. WAKE UP PEOPLE! /s
Oh, I'd love to buy a phone like my old one. I'm even eyeing a few models that are on the market (made mostly for construction workers, these are tough and can withstand lots of abuse). But when I want a Swiss Army knife, I go for my Swisstool. A phone is to make calls, and not much more.
I don't know man, all I'm saying is this is a very old man mentality. "remember when you would just watch a TV show on the tele? now these kids' and their video games..." "Music used to be good in my day, record on the record player, thats all you need and now these kids and their dang radios!" "Paper's should be typed out on a word processor, not some fancy computer, all I need is the words on the button on the paper!"
My girlfriend (who is a huge hipster) is obsessed with being normal and mainstream, and will argue up and down that she is the normalest human, even though she says things like "I hate Harry Potter because it's too mainstream"
I mean, in a sense I think we're all a sort-of hipster. we play a table-top game. how many of us can say that's mainstream? I think the idea of conformity is abhorrent to Americans, as our culture teaches us that we are all shining stars, special snowflakes capable of rising above society and doing some great. It's an interesting comparison to a society like Japan or Germany, where they are taught from a young age to contribute to the group and integrate with society.
