Do you think 25 is a good age to retire from actively trying to be cool and attempting to look interesting and cultured in the eyes of people who don’t know you?
When is it time to transition your mindset from ‘this is who I am’ to ‘that was who I decided to be for a significant period during my youth. I wonder what ever happened to the cobrasnake guy?’?
When will your body stop recovering from your lifestyle? When will electronic music start making your ears bleed? When will your fashion sense and the way you cut your own hair make you look like a some one ‘who just needs to let go’? When is it time to put your guitar/microKorg on eBay, and use the money to open an eTrade account?
‘I’LL STAY YOUNG 4EVR!’ -HIPSTER RUNOFF’S target readership
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I think 25 is ‘pushing it’. You should naturally transition into an eccentric person in your twenties. People in their upper twenties right now should be tired of the ‘hipster’ aesthetic anyways.
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isn’t basically everyone who produces the music, fashion, accessories, etc that drives the hipster aesthetic and lifestyle in their late 20’s / early 30’s anyway? I hate to break it to the kids, but the dudes in MSTRKRFT and Steve Aoki are hovering around the 3 decade mark
so maybe 25 is a good time to either be doing something or to disengage. for example: if you are 25 and going to scene clubs to dance to music you know you should like and to hopefully be in some partie pix, then yeah, go back and work on your MA or open that etrade account. But if 25 hits and you’re banging out sweet remixes or designing sires for web 2.0 or are a master of cut and sew, then fuck it, you can be stupid hip, scene, and youthful until around 38.
no one takes you seriously (unless you are some sort of prodigy) until you’re about 23 anyway. use your younger years to work on being actually GOOD at something scene (DJing, screen printing, etc) so that when you are too old to be simply a participator, you can start to run shit. otherwise you will just be a jaded never-was graver bumming smokes off 19 year-olds outside the bar. hope this didn’t depress anyone xo!
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it’s over at 17
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damnit 25 isnt old at all. its just that most 12 year olds dress like and look up to barely legal celebs a la pixie geldof cory kennedy who in turn live off like parasites on ‘older’ hipsters like steve aoki, boys from the horrors and mark hunter. i hate teenagers.
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fuck kevin. you wr1t3 t00 much. aint no one gonna read it.
long live the goonies.
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happy birthday :D
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25 would be a good time to start growning some decent facial hair.
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it’s the 12 yrs olds that throw parties like their 19 that gives all you 25 yr olds a run for your money.
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yeah, 25 is so fucking old. I’m not even being sarcastic, but 12 is just sick. ideally, the hipster is 16-22. hollerrrr.
also, good strategy kevin. I’m going to law school ’cause I’d rather spend money on university tuition than moog equipment.
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not if you live in LA…you can keep it going ’til you’re at least 30
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I have a solid 7 years to go then!
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i didnt know the spindoctors were ever hip, 25 or not.
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im 24 and im fucking over it after only 2 years. my “boyfriend” is 27 and writes a lame music blog and thinks hes a dj and goes to 18+ clubs by himself.
i think hes a loser.
also, im anonymous because he might be reading this?
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i’m 37 and i’m reading this shit, so… there you go.
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kevin wins the comment game
@the girl with the lame boyfriend:
you’re twice as lame for identifying all this and tolerating it
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I’m 25 and still done know what the hell is going on.
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