This Video Is 6 Minutes Of What It’s Like To Be In Our Office.
Between doing work and too often in place of it all that goes on in our offices is one person (hipster) accusing another person (hipster) of being a hipster for reasons X, Y & Z. And I swear at one point one person even referenced Norman Mailer’s “The White Negro” to prove their point just like in the Video!
I’ll end this debate now and publicly state that EVERYONE (Ease included) who works/has worked for Mishka is a Hipster. Ron Morelli however is so unabashedly hipster that it makes me sick.
I have no clue what Black 20 is but this video is an amusing watch. Thanks to Gothamist (I can’t even begin to imagine the treasure trove of comment potential this video will generate on there) and Brian (Pan/Hipster) for being kind enough to find time to forward this on in-between work and treks to Gimme (Hipster) Coffee for a cup of Joe.
- My Pal the Crook
November 18th, 2008 at 12:05 am
damn. that was such a good video.
November 18th, 2008 at 12:15 am
These dudes doing the interview think they are in the know, but they didn’t even bother to walk a few blocks and look for the Dominican hipster contingent. Ease stand up!
November 18th, 2008 at 10:47 am
Man, that lady’s obnoxious. That Hipster Is Dead thing makes me want to throw a cup of coffee at her.
I recognized a lot of the people in that video. The guy with the glasses and one sleeve works at Vinny’s Pizza. I think that author did an article called the Cool Nerd for NY Press in which he interviewed another guy who worked at Vinny’s and referenced the White Negro in his article. Eight years ago we would have been considered punk or hardcore but the whole punk aesthetic has lost it’s teeth.
What’s annoying about the term hipster is that it’s not tied to any specific style of music, fashion, place of origin. It’s a word that you can call someone and totally dismiss them of their humanity. People who use the word often strike me as people who would be racists complaining about niggers if this was fifty years ago.
November 18th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
hipsters are the new n_ggers.
you know, people that annoy you.
November 18th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Yo..Hipsters are the new Gayz which are the new Naggers.
November 18th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
…people who ride fixed gear bicycles. hipster chicks are hot though.
November 18th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Greg: Yeah, that joke was great when it aired on South Park!
Joel: quit hiding.
November 18th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
I don’t know if that Ben dude who wrote for this and that was a “hipster” or not, but I do know that his voice is so fucking fake I hope he never is given an opportunity to speak again. It sounds like a gay dude with a sore throat trying to do an impression of the girls from The Hills.
November 18th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
I’ve been accused of being a hipster, its just a funny term. Reminds me of being asked if I was a “rocker” or a “rapper” in middle school/high school. damn hipsters.
November 19th, 2008 at 11:20 am
the eyes pause on… “publicly state that EVERYONE who works/has worked for Mishka is a Hipster.”