Carles is one of the most important bloggers in the history of the blogosphere. His posts are consistently meaningful in a meme economy where memes are forgotten within hours of posting. His memes and posts digg deep into your alternative soul, and stay with you forever. It’s difficult to do what Carles does–he’s consistent, empathetic, and his writing transcends anything ever done by any other human. After every post, an army of entry level commenters leave comments like ‘nice post’ or ‘this post sucks.’ No other blog is critiqued like a work of art on a daily basis. HIPSTER RUNOFF is more than just a meme pooper.
As the year 2k8 winds down, we will take some time to celebrate the year behind us. We will help Carles to find out which of his posts made the biggest impact on the alternative eCommunity. While there is a sidebar full of ‘memorable posts’, only the readers know which posts are memorable. Help HIPSTER RUNOFF. Let HRO know which posts were memorable 2 u.
Foreward by Carles, CEO, CFO, COO, Online Editor of HIPSTER RUNOFF
What was ur favourite post of 2k8?
What was ur least favourite post of 2k8?
What does Carles need 2 change in 2k9?
Is HRO ‘too formulaic now’?
Should Carles post a suicide vlog on vimeo/youtube?
Will HRO die in 2k9?
What does HRO mean 2 u?
<3 u / h8 u / miss u
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My Favorite, was the “Hipster Runoff Saved My Life”
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I’m thinking of doing blow for the first time.
I lolled s0 hard.
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//////////Reply by The Man in the Hat
//////////Posted December 13th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
@titties,
agreed, mostly.
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//////////Reply by tryin2findmyself
//////////Posted December 14th, 2008 at 1:18 am
@The Man in the Hat, as did i. luvs it
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FIRST YALL!
I think this is most meaning ful cuz it talks bout yer self.
Searchin for teh real u.
Naw mean Carlez?
I think ur very important mememaker and u tuch my sooul.
Can I also personally kiss ur butt?
Just to be moar ‘intouch’ with a real alt-guy-transhuman alt lyke ur self.
Kthx Carles
<3 U
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“just a lil dafty” was my fave post evr carles
<3<3<3
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POST MOAR PLOGS
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favorite post was the OJ simpson post…classic. the shoes were great also and meaningful core.
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//////////Reply by Teh Anomususses
//////////Posted December 13th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
@d, Wonder if OJs Personal brand will be inhibited now that he has to wear those non-dank jail people clothes…
Still Miss U/heath/oj
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1. HUMAN AFTER YALL
2. MEMOIRS OF AN ELECTROPRISON
3. A G-String Per Day Makes U tug urself off Away
4. Monitoring Emerging Necklaces <- Perfect Alternative Breast of 2k8
5. Dear Mom, miss u. Love, ur alternative child
SIMPLY COLBY
TEENAGERS INTERVIEW
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http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2008/10/human-after-yall.html
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2008/10/this-will-enable-u-2-become-the-next-justice.html
<3<3<33<3<<3<3<3<3<<3<<3333<3<3<3
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The best posts are about the mexicalts and pokemons. And also the space one.
You are about to become my dissertation. Don’t change anything.
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Carles is the Oprah of Generation-Alt
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human after yall really was one of the greatest posts in internet history
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//////////Reply by manny
//////////Posted December 15th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
@Diegs, i was being nosey last night
+ clickd your link it gave me an epileptic
seizure. thnx
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#1 s00 stressed, yall (h8 finals remix)
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Fave was the band personal brands, with the recent on on altinos being a close 2nd.
Least favorite, def the ginger peen. I’m not feelin 2k9 as year of the curious and 2k8 def was not, get that shit off mah screen!
more alt titties! or awesome alt alt pics like the joker alts/fggt alts! post more fggts indeed!
Is HRO ‘too formulaic now’? hell no!
Should Carles post a suicide vlog on vimeo/youtube? I love you carles dnon’t do it!
Will HRO die in 2k9? Never
What does HRO mean 2 u? awesome website
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MEMOIRS OF AN ELECTROPRISON – battle of the grey goose river
The HRO Tech Team [via India]
from the top of my head
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the band members personal brand rankings
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i hate you
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nice post
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favourite post: “Tween Parties on the Cobrasnake”
because it legitimizes the fact that mark hunter’s still prefers girls way to young for him.
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human after y’all
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1. is electrorama p00p?
2. SPACE
3. Brand of shoe
4. should i do blow off my nano ipod?
5. (and the very first post i read on here)
the emo war!
HONORABLE MENTIONS (2 M3)
jonah hill is the next chris farley!
AZNS as the best human accesory!
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DEAR MOM LOVE YR ALTERNATIVE KID WHATEVR
BEST
my m0m thought it was luuuuuuuuulz
asked me 2 print it out
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1. The one where we were formally introduced to MexiAlts and Altinos.
2. I’m lil and I smoke weed, yall!
3. Transitioning Your Tween Personal Brand into your desired adult identity
4 reallz ya digg??
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FIRST!!!!!!!!!!! XD
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in my honest and honored opinion,I believe blood in party pix got the community thinking/talking about life, in and outside of nightclubs.
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perfect alt breasts r always the best posts qtiyd
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Human after all and altbag vs altbro …………
hro= my daily routine
meRRy ChrISTmaS n haPPy New yEar, CaRLes !!!
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“Steve Aoki” in the choice of the question
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//////////Reply by D@smut
//////////Posted December 14th, 2008 at 10:21 am
and..
The series of the nipple of uffie and Upskirt of Alice Glass
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altdog, study stress, and dear mom all = truly meaningful
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hier soir Carles a sauvé mon âme avec son post
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lets not 4get alt bingo theres just soo many memorable memes i miss/<3/h8
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stop using the word meme so much D: other than that I love you and dont change a thing.
oh post some more lets get vulnerable post!
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SHUT UP
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THNXGVNG
s00 stressed, yall! h8 finals
Asperger’s
Seeing People With Strong Personal Brands in Normal Contexts
and that one with the helmet pic over and over
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THE BEST DJS IN THE WORLD ARE WILLING TO POUR DRANK INTO MY MOUF
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favorite was the list of the tops djs
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coming up with a “best of” theme is sooo00000 MnStRM.
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soo stressed yall, serial killers (via 80’s inspired album covers,) blow for the first time, many others
i forget, i will review later
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Best of the best:
best posts:
5) In Search Of… The Alternative Bro
4) HIPSTER RUNOFF remixes Radiohead!
3) HUMAN AFTER YALL
2) Let’s Get Vulnerable: Summer Edition
1) Mother’s Day Means A Meaningful HRO Tribute To Mothers of Alt Kids.
best grafix
5) the I bleed neon tween
4) bingos
3) erly n0vators
2) trail of tugs
1) Coby snake n africa
best forgotten alt fggts
5) stevie gheyoki
4) greggy the girl talks gillis
3) kid sister // M.I.Ghey (i still don’t know whats the diffy)
2) agheyness Deyn
1) Ghey Zonday
0) DJ mom jeans
best forgotton commentor debates:
3) festival bros: oregon vs colorado
2) alt hoe vs alt broad
1) blipsters vs nigsters
best comments ever:
5) WTF IS A MEME??
4) WTF IS A MEME??
3) WTF IS A MEME??
2) WTF IS A MEME??
1) WTF IS A MEME??
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PITCHFORK STARTS WAR WITH ELECTROBLOG COMMUNITY + Steve Aoki + DIM MAK + the rock/dance zeitgeist
the first hro post of my life.
not my last.
first time reading your description of members of the electroblog community = first moment I wondered how you got in my head.
heartchu hro. <3 <3 <3
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okokok well obvs HUMAN AFTER YALL is going to win this contest bc it belongs in the louvre or some other big french building.
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The OG definitive explanation of Alt-bro vs Alt-bag
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Essay: The Dark Mainstreamer (Knight). Best.
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quit while ur ahead crls
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//////////Reply by automanny
//////////Posted December 15th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
@veteran hro reader, concurring, I mean look @ madonna
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//////////Reply by automanny
//////////Posted December 15th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
@automanny, i wish i was serious
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//////////Reply by thATCHER
//////////Posted December 15th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
@automanny,
2k9 will be srs
no more zany
no more quirky
no more alt
just b srs
Don’t die yr blog makes the last 8 years make sense. Thought I was the only 1 now I know I’m part of a mvmnt. Post more blogs that are coincidentally abt my life plz. BONUS AZN EMOTICON (^-^)
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2many ones i <3
but these stick out…
What is the most authentic Alt Career?
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2008/10/what-is-the-most-authentic-alt-job.html
Which Busy P Empire Spinoff Product Should I Buy?
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2008/10/which-busy-p-empire-spinoff-product-should-i-buy.html
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BUGGER Ive been re-reading HRO from day one and im still by october 2007 when you started posting 5 times a day so it’s slow I’ll cut to january 08 and let u know…
I AM FOR
- This post is deep. (predicted in february already by tuftsmania. its not so great, but it IS the first good post of 2008)
- Pick your prop (its greatness lies not int eh post itself BUT in that its the first post of the year where Crls is accused of lowering the quality of the blog, and we all know how wrong that anonymous poster was!)
- The cobrasnake tries a new lens
i like READER APPRECIATION POST too
and ANONYMOUS COMMENTER APPRECIATION POST
i like a girl with toothpaste all over her boobies that you posted somewhere there too
the PIT $TAIN @LERT saga was charming too
I remember SIMPLY COLBY too, a myspacer worth blogging about. h8ing private profiles, but – hey! – his isnt. I think thats one of the posts i remember best.
Building a Better Brand: Analyzing the SIGN BEHIND BY DJ BOOTH
Ok im tired I just wanted to give a little love to the underrated and forgotten posts from 2k8.1 to 2k8.3 because everyone is just going to be “OJ!OJ!” and “robot child with ice cream!”
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//////////Reply by thATCHER
//////////Posted December 15th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
@PYTITZ,
word, bbb was gold
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looks some of you fggts got on board only days ago ["first port evverr read on hurr"].
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the post that sums it up for me is the one about how everyone who comments speaks in HRO slang.
and now everyone’s commenting on their fave post…in HRO slang.
carles you are the shakespeare of genelectro.
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thnxgvng post made me tear a little bit
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teenagerz interview!
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HUMAN AFTR YALL
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i think ‘HRO: The Game’ is wahts in store for 2k9. It could focus around the search for meaning and an authentic personal brand with side quests such as producing electro bangerz, creating internet memes, securing tugs and procuring out of print animal collective albums.
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my fave was
iTunes Gift Cards: A Gift From Old People Who Don’t “get” you
and
Humble SkirtBro
and
Human After Yall
and
I Can Only h8/<3/miss
u r just s000 krazie & random carles
<3 u
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