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2009's Funniest Blogs

HAR, HAR, HAR

Dec 29, 2009 2:40 PM CST

2009's Funniest Blogs

Because what's funnier than hipsters and creepy Santas?

(Newser) - This was indeed a banner year for people wanting to waste time at work by looking at silly, random blogs. The Frisky lists 10 favorites that got popular in 2009:

Look At This F**king Hipster: If you can’t get enough of neon shirts, emo haircuts, and short-shorts, this site

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Hipster Beer PBR
Cruises in Recession

Dec 11, 2009 1:19 PM CST

Hipster Beer PBR Cruises in Recession

Downmarket brew's sales skyrocket as usual suspects flounder

(Newser) - Pabst Blue Ribbon has profited from a hipster following for years because of its unpretentious image and low-profile marketing, so it makes sense that even a recession hasn’t dimmed the brand’s power. Sales are up 30% for the year ending in October, trouncing beer’s overall 1.1%...

The Best of
'00s Nostalgia

Snuggies + Juicy couture

Dec 9, 2009 11:33 AM CST

The Best of '00s Nostalgia

Hipsters and foodies and Snuggies, oh my!

(Newser) - What will be the ‘00s version of the 1970s' lava lamps, the 1980s' stonewashed jeans, the 1990s' flannel shirts? What will we, one day, look back on with embarrassed nostalgia and say, “That’s so aughties”? Heather Wagner lists 26 possibilities in Vanity Fair :

Hipsters: Skinny jeans,

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A Decade
of Hipsters

AN EVOLVING BREED

Dec 6, 2009 4:05 PM CST

A Decade of Hipsters

From the Emo to the Meta-Nerd, check 'em here

(Newser) - The 2000s have been the decade of plenty of things, hipsters included. Paste undertakes a study of their evolution, from 2000 to the present:

2000: The Emo. “Proto-hipster” finds guyliner and a white belt a “soulful combination.”
2001: The Emo Redux. You’ll see a theme in

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Hipsters, Please:
Stop With the
Rattails

OPINION

Sep 25, 2009 9:57 AM CDT

Hipsters, Please: Stop With the Rattails

Ugly 'do could lead to the downfall of America

(Newser) - There’s a new generation of hipsters “and, if you can believe it, they're sporting something even more disgusting than von Dutch fashions: a rattail,” writes Andrew Belonsky for Gawker. Think it’s no more than an ill-informed fashion decision, “the hairstyle of choice for rednecks and...

How to Identify
Hipsters: By What
They Hate

Aug 25, 2009 2:07 PM CDT

How to Identify Hipsters: By What They Hate

(Newser) - Josh Skolnick was looking for a way to sum up what a hipster is for the Stimulist, and stumbled upon the perfect tool: Stuff Hipsters Hate, a website that "gives the world its most coherent vision yet of what defines these folks.” A sampling:

Other hipsters: "To

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Latest Hipster Fad: A Potbelly

Aug 13, 2009 12:01 PM CDT

Latest Hipster Fad: A Potbelly

Have men given up? Or is the president somehow to blame?

(Newser) - A new trend is emerging among hipster males. No, not the Hanes V-neck or the straw fedora—the potbelly. The protruding guts are too prominent to write off, so what accounts for the fad? Well, hipsters love nonconformism, so some blame President Obama, a magazine editor tells Guy Trebay of...

Hipsters 101:
Their History,
Bleak Future

OPINION

Jul 29, 2009 11:12 AM CDT

Hipsters 101: Their History, Bleak Future

Their main enclave is threatened, but no one seems to care

(Newser) - Hipsters. They “sneer when you cop to liking Coldplay”; they “sport cowboy hats and berets”; they’re “the only ones in America who still think Pabst Blue Ribbon is a good beer.” But they’re certainly not a new phenomenon, writes Dan Fletcher for Time. The...