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Summary: This book is REALLY funny
Review: (Short answer: Ironically) If you are reading this book in hopes of becoming a 'hipster', give up, for this book like 'hipster culture' oozes irony and laughs at those who take it at face value. Instead you would become what laymen may term a 'poseur', analogous to the 'fashion punks' who brought punk to the near mainstream in the 80s, and would quickly be revealed by such gaffes as the use of a term like 'deck' with any seriousness or lack of irony. However, 'real' hipsters need not despair. This book can still be read by them without shame and be prominently displayed on their thrift store used coffee table in their small apartment as long as it is done with an excess of irony. Doing so is in fact essential in some ways to remaining a 'real hipster' in the face of the subculture's sudden commodification. With the sudden entrance of this book into mainstream consciousness, as once once 'hip' statements of 'hipsterdom' such as the trucker hat and the messenger bag are paraded around on mass media (MTV and NBC respectively--although any self respecting 'hipster' would only ever be caught watching Queer Eye on Bravo), the essential exclusivity and irony of hipsterdom has come under attack. 'Hipsters' of course must defend themselves the only way they can, with further layers of irony. They must show that they get the joke, that they are not the sheeplike wannabe 'hipsters' trying to be like them by copying their fashions and terminologies a day too late, that they can still tell the 'real thing' and keep their 'club' exclusive in the face of scrutiny by the dumb masses. This book can become another obscure reference by those in the know, not to be talked about overtly, but to be subtly slipped into conversation. And of course a true 'hipster' would never refer to his- or herself as a 'hipster' nor would one identify his- or herself as part of any movement. And of course if you took any of this at face value or learned anything you did not already know in this review, then neither are you a 'hipster' nor will you ever be. With much 'irony',
'j'
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Summary: How to read this book as a 'hipster'
Review: (Short answer: Ironically) If you are reading this book in hopes of becoming a 'hipster', give up, for this book like 'hipster culture' oozes irony and laughs at those who take it at face value. Instead you would become what laymen may term a 'poseur', analogous to the 'fashion punks' who brought punk to the near mainstream in the 80s, and would quickly be revealed by such gaffes as the use of a term like 'deck' with any seriousness or lack of irony. However, 'real' hipsters need not despair. This book can still be read by them without shame and be prominently displayed on their thrift store used coffee table in their small apartment as long as it is done with an excess of irony. Doing so is in fact essential in some ways to remaining a 'real hipster' in the face of the subculture's sudden commodification. With the sudden entrance of this book into mainstream consciousness, as once once 'hip' statements of 'hipsterdom' such as the trucker hat and the messenger bag are paraded around on mass media (MTV and NBC respectively--although any self respecting 'hipster' would only ever be caught watching Queer Eye on Bravo), the essential exclusivity and irony of hipsterdom has come under attack. 'Hipsters' of course must defend themselves the only way they can, with further layers of irony. They must show that they get the joke, that they are not the sheeplike wannabe 'hipsters' trying to be like them by copying their fashions and terminologies a day too late, that they can still tell the 'real thing' and keep their 'club' exclusive in the face of scrutiny by the dumb masses. This book can become another obscure reference by those in the know, not to be talked about overtly, but to be subtly slipped into conversation. And of course a true 'hipster' would never refer to his- or herself as a 'hipster' nor would one identify his- or herself as part of any movement. And of course if you took any of this at face value or learned anything you did not already know in this review, then neither are you a 'hipster' nor will you ever be. With much 'irony',
'j'
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Summary: This book is REALLY funny
Review: A not to be missed culture guide that is at once accurate and satiric. Great, side-splitting humor.
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Summary: a fine book for a small population
Review: a very dear friend gave me this book because it mocks people like me. it outlined my tates fully, from how i choose a bar to why i think marlboro lights are tacky cigarettes to smoke. while i would never call myself a "hipster", according to my score on the "are you a hipster?" quiz, this jerry is the very difination.
i found it to be one of the most entertaining light readings of my life, but i suspect (and hope) that the population which takes a similar delight from "the hipster handbook" is a small one. if you have a friend or loved one who snobbs nearly everthing mainstream, who is a dedicated "non-conformist", holds very liberal political beliefs, and is at least a little arrogant and aloof, this book would make a really swell gift. a note to pousers considering buying this book for its explicit purpose: consider everything to be true except for the slang. slang evolves too quickly and is too limited by clique and geography for a glossary to ever be useful. if you want your slang to sound "right" just watch "requiem for a dream" and pick up your slang from there and say you are from out of town. consistantly retro slang use makes up for a lot. i give it three stars due to its limited appeal, but as a gift for the right person it is an easy five stars.
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Summary: You are about to be exposed...
Review: A very funny book exposing the varieties of hipsters. A tongue in cheek guide which proves what existed all along: hipsters are merely sheep following others' trends, much like the mainstream schlubs the hipsters themselves loathe. Hillarious but also strangely informative.
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Summary: Deck
Review: As the editor review says, a TRUE hipster would never read this...but for those of us who want a few tips on how to be a little hipper it is a funny, quick read. A bit of 'hip'ocrisy though, in that the book says by definition hipsters know that as soon as something becomes mainstream or trendy it loses its coolness (or as they would say, it's totally fin); so does it follow that hipsters will no longer be deck (hip for "cool") because this book might make being a hipster trendy?
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Summary: being kickass made easier
Review: being kickass is no easy task. this fine piece of literature could very well transform your lame self into a hip little piece of badness. it also could make you feel worse about yourself (sporting the Korn t-shirt, are we?). if you're aiming to be a badass vinyl-toting messy-haired mofo, purchase the book, dork.
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Summary: being kickass made easier
Review: being kickass is no easy task. this fine piece of literature could very well transform your lame self into a hip little piece of badness. it also could make you feel worse about yourself (sporting the Korn t-shirt, are we?). if you're aiming to be a badass vinyl-toting messy-haired mofo, purchase the book, dork.
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Summary: hella deck!
Review: brilliance oozes from the pages of this satirical collection of social commentary directly extracted from the busy streets of williamsburg brooklyn. it provides outsiders an in and insiders a chuckle with its humorous and informative chapters which expose the irony involved in the deck lifestyle while shamelessly humiliating the fin with its take no prisoners approach. pick up a copy of this for your too cool friend, your ... sibling or your curious mom, for a fun filled time of embarrassing humor or pure envy.
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Summary: Swingin' on the Flippity Flop!
Review: Don't be caught in wack slacks, lamestain!
Haw Haw Haw
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