I'm out doing some design work and it's nealry zeroe and the wind is blowing. I'm in full arctic gear and a young hipster dude passes us with his pants hanging below his crotch with only his boxers covering his derriere. I honestly don't know what came over me. I started laughing uncontrollably. I could not stop laughing as hard as I tried. He had to be seriously freezing. He shot me a dirty look and kept shuffling along and I started thinking maybe we should just finish up and get out of there before he returned with his buddies for a drive by.
I guess I just don't get it.
A week ago today our morning temps were in the -8 to -10 range. As I was exiting a hospital/clinic I witnessed a fellow getting a wheelchair out of his trunk for the lady sitting in the front passenger seat. This guy was wearing a tee shirt and nylon workout shorts with exercise shoes and no socks. He weighed about 300 lbs and appeared to have forgotten what exercise was. I felt sorry for the poor woman who had to depend on this bozo to get her around.
There was a discussion about this at my barbershop a few months ago. We decided that the only benefit to wearing pants like that was so that the pants do not cut into your crotch when you sit down.:-O
Miguel A. Escobar, LSLS, RPLS
Hipsters
> and a young hipster dude passes us with his pants hanging below his crotch with only his boxers covering his derriere.
With all due respect, that was some sort of a thug, but not a hipster. I know this because my daughter, a junior in high school, made me a quick reference chart of annoying high school groups. The hipster, as seen below can be identified by the following:
Plastic frames
"Ironic" facial hair
Scarf
Vintage band T-shirt
Cardigan
Skinny jeans
Smells of marijuana and failure
For the enlightenment of other old fart surveyors like me, the entire chart is inserted below. The groups are, clockwise from top left:
Scenester
Bro (as I understand it, sort of like a frat boy or jock)
Emo (for "emotional" - sort of like "goth", but different, I guess)
Hipster
Bro Accomplice
It is a fad that originated in prison.
For most places around here, if you can't cover your junk in public places, you get a ride to the pokey.
😉
Hipsters
Thanks for that Mike!
I do believe I've been 'schooled'!
I'm thinking he was more 'gangsta wannabe' than hipster.
It's tough keeping up on this stuff. 😀
Hipsters
> It's tough keeping up on this stuff. 😀
Man, I guess. I think Allie drew that up for me so I'd quit asking questions about all the strange get-ups I'd see when I took her to school. "just refer to the guide, dad, you can figure it out yourself"
