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Attention, Silver Lake: 'Hipsters' on Deathwatch?
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Fold up your skinny jeans and ironic t-shirts, kids. While it doesn't get much more hipster than to be known for your Tumblr blog, comedian Joe Mande has turned his snark into payday with the release of his book Look At This Fucking Hipster.
Now that hipster is interchangeable in our lexicon with "young person," is time running out for reality TV cameras to capture the homeless chic lives of Silver Lakers with any sense of relevance? Mande told Salon "the term is starting to lose its meaning," and that he's torn about the hipster era coming to an end: "Part of me hopes it is, and part of me doesn't. But I hope it lasts at least another three to four months for the purposes of this book."
We bet so do Pabst Blue Ribbon, Urban Outfitters, and Cobrasnake. Even Stinkers decided to wash the irony off their walls. What's next: The end of food trucks?
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