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ALT or BRO?

ALT or BRO is a new HRO gimmick where readers must decided if the male person pictured is a BRO or an ALT. While we have seen many AltBros, there is a polarizing presence between true bros and true alts. Altbro is synergy, but there are many bros who are not alts, and many alts who are not bros.

[Photo via lookbook]

Do yall think he is a bro or an alt? Or an ‘altbro’? Or a tween interpretation of an altbro?

Please justify yalls answer in order to receive a free mix CD from Carles
For example:
“he is a bro because he has too many muscles and looks like he is an alpha bro in high school.”
or
“he is an alt bc he has on a zany hat, and created a lookbook account. He also has a fanny pack.”

What do yall think?

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84 Comments

  1. theyalltruth
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 10:31 am | Permalink

    he is an altbro. the zany hate, the lookbook account, the muscles, all suggest he is an alpha-dominant altbro, but probably not the head of his crew.

    maybe vice-altbro.
    or secretary of meaningful-core

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    //////////Reply by zaxdev
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    the fanny pack just means that he’s trying to be efficient in carrying his brogear. definitely agree with the ‘alpha-dombro’.

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    //////////Reply by nipplez
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    @zaxdev, theyalltruth.
    I think he is neither. I think that he is a metro faggot or perhaps a fagbro. Not generalizing but he looks like a try hard gay. I dont like the ripped singlet, singlets are already ripped, and he doesnt have muscles. Thats like saying MUSCLES has musles.
    luv yall nigguz.

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  2. russel peters
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 10:31 am | Permalink

    the kids a douchebro. the hat, the muscles, the condescending jock glare, the hairlessness. it all adds up.

    fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurst

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    //////////Reply by Barack Obama
    //////////Posted

    @russel peters,

    my money and The Economy’s on douchebro, definitely.

    HOPE he didn’t vote for me.

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    //////////Reply by Gavin McInnes
    //////////Posted

    @Barack Obama, we all know five months ago he was wearing american eagle polos with the collars popped and preripped step dad jeans and saying words like off the chain and crunk.

    He reeks of DOUCHEBRO

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    //////////Reply by Super Awesome Guy
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    @Gavin McInnes, Total DoucheBro! Now that ALT is not the alt, its the norm, so this bro is a bro, a douchebro.

    //////////Reply by $
    //////////Posted

    @Gavin McInnes, we all know that five months ago he was voting for Barack.

    //////////Reply by Anony
    //////////Posted

    @Gavin McInnes, Douchebro on the cusp of emo.

  3. MS
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 10:36 am | Permalink

    he is a southern/midwest inbreed-a-bro. got the the best facial structure in his high school, but hangs out with the fat chicks and lets them dress him based on trends they see online.

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    //////////Reply by russel peters
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    @MS, wow
    nailed it

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    //////////Reply by matt
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    @MS, agreed a southernbro trying to break the mold but unwilling to lose his alpha status. He is bound by his “all-american” features, however is not afraid to show a little nip.

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    //////////Reply by tripler
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    @MS, perfect

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    //////////Reply by dawsman
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    @ms

    right. he dates a hottie from rival school known among fat-hos for being nice and dressing cute. full credit to ms for the broagnosis.

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    //////////Reply by
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    @MS, amazing analysis.

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  4. anonymous
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 10:36 am | Permalink

    definite bro, but his julian casaltblancas haircut (via the british invasion) confuses me

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  5. joeyfivecents
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 10:48 am | Permalink

    Southernbro. This variety enjoys wearing tank topz, chewin on straw and most of all riding bmx bikez.

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  6. Pyry
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 10:49 am | Permalink

    Definately a bro. If he’s entrylvlAnything, it’s entrylvlBodybuilder, just hasn’t started doing the hormones and metamphetamines and all that yet.

    His chin does add an interesting contradiction to his personal via physical brand. He could be a tween soap actor, and after that he could get a GF who dates altCelebrities and that way even become an alt indie rock start like Jared Leto or Keanu Reeves.

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  7. Alyson
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 11:02 am | Permalink

    Definitely an ALTBRO MIX!!! I mean look at that fanny pack! More ALT than BRO, nose ring? yea definitely not BROOOO Also the football shirt is for POWDER PUFF football and it’s vintage..he ripped any athleticism connected to it and turned it into a hop trendy tank

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  8. dax jax
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 11:02 am | Permalink

    Bromo. He’s as gay as a day in May.

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    //////////Reply by *Jesse
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    @dax jax,
    I was gonna say that…not the gay in may stuff….but just ghey in general.

    But yeah, totally looks like a midwest-progressive-alt-jock…..he dates chicks now, but once he goes away for college he’ll be ’seduced’ by another bromo and his personal brand will morph into UBERfggt as he struggles to ‘find himself’ after years of repression [via church]

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    //////////Reply by Kito
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    @*Jesse,

    LOL! <3 this comment.

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  9. forrest
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 11:13 am | Permalink

    the muscles aren’t big enough or chiseled enough to make him a straight up bro. I’m guessing they are from skating. I’m so far removed from high school life to know it skating is alt again or not. I’m going with Sk8-bro who picked up a few cues from hipsters.

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    //////////Reply by thetruthyall
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    @forrest, i dont see any hi-Skoolers in my town who don’t at least look like they skate

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  10. Posted March 3, 2009 at 11:17 am | Permalink

    BRAlt- On the football team but plays an alt position, kicker or something. he considers himself alt and is in relation to his usual crowd of jocks, but strives to hang out with and get his jock friends to hang out with true alts. when he finds himself in a “true” alt environment, he feels like a poser, and bro takes over. he will find safety in being the “alt” among “bros”, and the “bros” will consider themselves openminded because they have an “alt” friend.

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    //////////Reply by mmmark
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    @Bantatstic, def stuckinthemiddlealtbro. could be totally alt, but grew up as a trapped-in-suburbia bro [via shopping center parking lot] and realized he didn’t belong, but he was too far gone into brodom to turn 100% alt.

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    //////////Reply by thetruthyall
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    @mmmark, I think we’re getting good at this, y’all

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    //////////Reply by niat
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    @Bantatstic,

    this is just psychologically inaccurate. I’m afffraid fggts don’t try to bring a football team over to the alt side of things. He would get tossed off the team and raped as punishment.

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    //////////Reply by colander
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    @niat, the sad truth is, ppl involved in high school sports report in higher percentages of having dabbled in gheyness. this is the truth.

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    //////////Reply by Anony
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    @colander, Really?

    //////////Reply by Niat
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    @colander,

    ya I heard that too.. but that’s all the more reason why they “openly” rebuke the alt/queer side of life.

    //////////Reply by dawsman
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    @Bantatstic, no diggity. you nailed it! he’s really good but doesn’t go to weightlifting. man, he HEARS it from his more committed brother, an ex-athlete and a good one at that. his brother’s got a point, though, right? his sports career gave him the tools he needed to get through a certified nursing course while AT THE SAME TIME waiting tables and writing for the junior college newspaper.

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  11. Posted March 3, 2009 at 11:22 am | Permalink

    ….and they’re all unadmittantly afraid of black people, even though “some of their best friends are black”.

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  12. Josh
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 11:48 am | Permalink

    Tight pants wearin’ ass altbro.

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  13. shamespear
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 11:51 am | Permalink

    this douche probably wants to bang silver back gorillas.

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    //////////Reply by SilverTell
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    @shamespear, tell me abt it!

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  14. Posted March 3, 2009 at 11:54 am | Permalink

    sure, Carles…I see his vanillabra tendencies ’specially with the faux vintage T, but fannybag makes him tween interpretation altbro…

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  15. *
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 11:55 am | Permalink

    bro:the muscles and the hat (they usually wear their hats on the top of their heads), the look/face, the hair (which is a typical post-bro haircut)

    alt:the tank top, the skinny jeans (cause bros wear pre-distressed boot cut jeans), the fanny pack, the lookbook account, the hair

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  16. markwahlberg
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 12:01 pm | Permalink

    he is a bro for sure. douche status, not due to sweet alt elitism, makes him a bro for sure

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  17. MDP
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 12:12 pm | Permalink

    He’s a total BRO… Just wants a tug from one of the 3 tru alt girls at his school, ’cause he feels like they “get” him ’cause his parents are divorced.

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  18. cool kid
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 12:13 pm | Permalink

    i think douchebag really works here. nice one russel p

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  19. Posted March 3, 2009 at 12:18 pm | Permalink

    The tank top is not merely an alt style, there is a deeper meaning which is the desire to remain covered yet freely expose yourself. I.E., an altbag wearing a sliced & diced tank top w/ no layer underneath is a manifestation of sluttiness [via I Am Flawed If I'm Not Free via popular alt band Jenny Lewis]. A bro or altbro wearing a tank top is typically an in-your-face expression of “I have come to terms with my bird chest, I need not rely on physical brostitude to express my masculinity” [via overcompensation] or “I absolutely must rely on my physical brostitude to express my masculinity” [via overcompensation].

    This guy probably works out shirtless in 9th grade weight training class because he’s insecure.

    I say closet bromo, overcompensating & trying to find his place in the world within the confines of the narrow worldview of his upbringing… he will not find genuine acceptance [via others, via himself] until he looks in the places he refuses to look. Until he opens his mind to true alternative lifestyles, he will always be an overcompensating entry level alt closet bromo.

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  20. R u professional?
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 12:19 pm | Permalink

    He’s def a bro pretending to be an alt. He’s probably the quarterback of his football team and he saw that alt is kool so he changed his look. His pants are not nearly tight enough to be alt…i can see wrinkles. He probably used his muscles to beat up the kids he stole those clothes from.

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    //////////Reply by bebop
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    @R u professional?,
    That was exactly what I was thinking. His pants aren’t
    tight enough to be alt, so he def got them from Abercrombie or some mnstrm store. They aren’t tight enough to outcast him from bros, but are tight enuff for girls to see him as ‘interesting’ and ‘outside the box’.

    but really he just comes home to a hot mom that doesn’t
    care about him pourin vodka in his mouf and a jock dad thats happy his son is ‘different’ but ‘talented’.

    thats a faux vintage shirt too. prolly came pre-ripped.
    only bromos wear hats like that and have their hair that tidy.

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  21. colander
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 12:22 pm | Permalink

    this is the most wonderful thread, you guys (aka, yalls).

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  22. Posted March 3, 2009 at 12:37 pm | Permalink

    This is clearly a case of the Freaky Friday / Prince and the Pauper variety. A bro and alt have a big fight which concludes with each one thinking he has the bad deal and the other has the easy life. The alt wakes up in the bro’s body and, after overcoming the initial shock, immediately proceeds to dress exactly like they would otherwise. Hilarity ensues. Fanny pack. Holding a flower (how has nobody mentioned he’s holding a dandelion with no petals? He’s systematically plucked each one off wondering “loves me?”)

    You’ll all be pleased to know that within a week, they each realize that no life is better than another. The air that I exhale is inhaled by my neighbor. We are not bro or alt; we simply are.
    –Buddha

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    //////////Reply by perezhilton
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    @Maitre Raisin, that was beautiful

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    //////////Reply by Maitre Raisin
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    @perezhilton, Thanks. Buddha and I were inspired by this pearl from the lookbook FAQ: “What is Average karma? A user’s total karma divided by the number of looks he or she has posted…the Karma Filter uses average karma to determine how often each look is shown. “

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  23. brian
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 12:38 pm | Permalink

    because he is challenging our natural perception of what makes someone alt and/or bro, i would call this bro alt. he’s willing to ‘challenge the norm’ by ‘reaching across the aisle’

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  24. perezhilton
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 12:42 pm | Permalink

    definitely the altest of his mainstream-midwestern-abercrombie wearing fggt bros, but not nearly alt enough for the true alt crowd (2 ppl in his suburbia). has been taking slight clues from scenesters and junior emos at his highschool and finally met someone in the city (via the internet) who passed along the holy grail – a lookbook invite- he lurked for 4-5 months and now ventured to post (via picture his faghag took at the mall). he is the type who would post in a livejournal community claiming his dated trends make him soooo hipster. will probably soon venture to wearing leggins and some form of zany vans.

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    //////////Reply by perezhilton
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    upon closer inspection, he appears to be holding some form of stuffed animal?

    nevermind then. he’s just a fggt

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  25. niat
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 12:51 pm | Permalink

    he’s a bro in transition.

    formally a bro who used muscles to mask a latent faggtness. lately transitioning into alt-queer but hasn’t a full wardrobe to complement his new identity politics

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  26. elfielouise
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 12:59 pm | Permalink

    nip slip…
    kid’s totally bro

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    //////////Reply by bebop
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    @elfielouise,
    totes true.

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  27. fromtherealzone
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 1:15 pm | Permalink

    Is that a hamster in his hand? what is he gonna do with it??? DEFINITELY alt. or fggt.

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  28. dax jax
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 1:35 pm | Permalink

    Anyone who thinks that guy has muscles doesn’t spend much time around athletes or bodybuilders.

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    //////////Reply by the jobros
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    @dax jax, dont be silly. his musculature is far more advanced than most altbros displayed on these pages, ESPECIALLY for a lookbookbro

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    //////////Reply by до свидания
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    @dax jax, y wuld i want 2 hang around ppl w/ gross muscles, ekkkk.

    he reminds me of the boys in 50s/60s/70s/80s/90s/ (way b4 i was born) italian gangsta films who r kinda qt but also l00k homophobic. i dont like his hair though….think he is a kinda boring bro who is tryin 2 look altbro in order 2 get tugs from altgirls who want 2 “fix him up”.

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    //////////Reply by the jobros
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    @до свидания, yeah, i know what ur saying. I’ve known guys like this, but he tips the scale toward the altside than most italian sk8 bros or ‘grew up by the shore’ ‘classic rock’ bros.

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    //////////Reply by Gurkman
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    @the jobros, yah, i think he’s the ‘missing link’ [via charles darwin] b/w the regular bros and the altbros.

    //////////Reply by до свидания
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    @до свидания, upon investigating his looks [via lookbook.nu] he is a boring, moderately attractive la model who has a “sexi southern hs football player” look. his looks r dated bcuz he isnt as alt as he thinks he is (he doesnt really like clothes, just the attention bein psuedoalt gets him). some1 gave him a lb invite + he posts jbroish looks soley 4 postive comments based on not his clothes but good looks.
    basically he seems vacuous + narcissistic. he needs 2 cut his hair 2 it doesnt suit his bone structure.
    hope im not bein a cyberbully.

    ciao bella.

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    //////////Reply by thetruthyall
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    @до свидания, yeah, I was afraid we were all being bullies for a second. but i also checked his lookbook, and his looks allow others to think he is a masculine bro but he’s basically a pretty boy

  29. brobro
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 1:35 pm | Permalink

    Sad, a bro trying to be some1 he’s not. Struggling 2 b self-aware but his bros prevent him from gaining the proper perspective. Pretending 2 b alt, also pretending 2 b bro, really just fggt. Probs <333s buttfukking.

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  30. phatquack
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 1:40 pm | Permalink

    High school Football star quarter back that went and saw jonas bros 3d in theaters and decided that by dressing like a zany alt he could steal freshman girl v cards easier

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  31. eric
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 1:44 pm | Permalink

    he is a bro trapped in suburbia, but not a true-alt bro trapped in suburbia. this bro will go on to do great things such as “cumming” on sluts, posing in parking lots, and continuing to think that he is better than you well into his early thirties.

    poor bro

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  32. phatquack
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 1:52 pm | Permalink

    he is actually a football bro who was shown dashboard confessional and fell in love with it so he went home and looked up the word indie on google and decided that is what he must be but his dad is a bro dad who is assistant volunteer football coach who would kick his sons ass if he listened to anything different than hinder. consequently this bro tells his dad that he fucked a girl last night and took her powder puff football shirt and he has his steroids in his fanny pack to go work out.

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  33. ixamxkewt
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 1:56 pm | Permalink

    bro
    cause he’s in a car park holding a stuffed animal
    he looks like he could be a hot basebolla or throwing down @ a deathXcore gig

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  34. Posted March 3, 2009 at 1:58 pm | Permalink

    Gotta be AltBro

    Head gear says Alt

    Powder Puff competition says “Bro” (ish)

    Fanny pack says Tween

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  35. *Jesse
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 2:01 pm | Permalink

    FOX ads on HRO?
    <3 U crls.
    H8 that I don’t get u sometimes.
    Keep on bloggin’

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  36. lepour.tal.
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 2:03 pm | Permalink

    im pretty certian he.s not altoid..

    but im going to say cuh is..onlybecausebrodieiscarryingahamsptr.

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  37. May
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 2:21 pm | Permalink

    Bro in transition

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    //////////Reply by Junebug
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    @May,
    think ur rite. looks like a bro because he can be always be ‘anywhere, with anyone, making out’ nd alt because he has a post help pre sergeant peppered george harrycut

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  38. HRO's PRINCESS
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 2:42 pm | Permalink

    I MISS THE OLD DAYS

    When HRO was still writing only about us, the alternative population.

    I just want to have a place where I can escape from my high school problems and where people get me.

    I live in a midwestern suburbia, but someday [via the strokes] i will move to the city, but till den i need to keep myself ‘inside’ what’s alt. like for example: the strokes are not alt since 2k2, getdat.

    so Carles, please, begging u, write more about ALT stuff.

    I miss the old days of HRO. When 83% of the cmmnts were:

    POST M0RE _______________

    :(

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    //////////Reply by до свидания
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    @HRO’s PRINCESS, f33l ur pain butt by studying mnstrmrs we can reach higher lvls by reverse engineering/commidifying/ironing their culture + fashion. they also teach us “wut not 2 wear”/”wut trends r dead”. ‘w/out the mnstrmr there is no alt’.

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    //////////Reply by SilverTell
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    @до свидания, lol

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    //////////Reply by до свидания
    //////////Posted

    @SilverTell, r u lolin @ me or w/ me? TIA

    //////////Reply by Gurkman
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    @HRO’s PRINCESS, d00d, there r cities in the midwest [via chicago/denver/omaha] that can help u get alt. convince ur dad 2 move there, or commute from the suburbs. THERE R WAIZ 2 STOP THE CYCLE.

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    //////////Reply by tragedy in toyland
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    @HRO’s PRINCESS, the strokes were nvr alt.

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  39. ColanderBro
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 2:58 pm | Permalink

    can we get in contact with this bro and get his take on this? do u think he’ll ‘get’ our humour, or hate us for dropping fggt-bombs (via his mainstream conceptualization of the term)?

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  40. are you kidding
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 3:32 pm | Permalink

    complete FGGT

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  41. cha
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 3:33 pm | Permalink

    waatt hes so hot dont care if hes bro or not

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  42. i think you
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 3:39 pm | Permalink

    have to be stick thin to wear a tank top and not look bro (via bradford cox)

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  43. br
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 3:49 pm | Permalink

    puuuure bro – he’s about to get ‘faded’ with his friend chad and let him suck his dick

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  44. Gin Geanie
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 3:50 pm | Permalink

    Douchebro ex-highschool football player (probably a third team kicker or something but still) striving for altness and failing brilliantly. Look for him at upcoming concerts by the Animal Collectives (who have recently replaced KoRn and or the Dave Matthews band as his favorite musical artists). Also, probably resembles the typical HRO reader.

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    //////////Reply by tragedy in toyland
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    @Gin Geanie, i don’t get how his ‘position’ is relevant except in that you are a ‘fggt’ for ‘giving a shit’ about it. this bro listens to bands that ‘don’t even exist yet.’

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  45. kyle
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 3:57 pm | Permalink

    bro because in his left hand looks like a normal phone
    alts only believe in the conceptual use of iphones to do blow off of.

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  46. Maxwell
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 4:24 pm | Permalink

    He’s an alt. While a muscle tee would normally suggest alpha-bro, the tee itself is ironically exaggerated in both length of drapery around the chest and thinness in straps to suggest that he is indeed satirizing the “Bro” / Alpha high school male persona.

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  47. Mark Henderson
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 4:30 pm | Permalink

    This tennis player is actually my brother. To begin – he only drinks lemonade he makes himself. He borrows my grandmas’ sweaters. He plays super nintendo with our little baby brother. he does like fat girls; who doesn’t they’re the best people ever. danced on stage when Girl Talk played Coachella. then walked off with a new boo. she was from san francisco. then she bought him some pizza which he didn’t eat. in this photo he’s about to step into one of la’s secret vintage shops. the owners have no clue that their items are way under priced. like we ever mention anything. totally watches Fresh Prince, 90210, Martin, Ducktales… someone give this puppy walker a hamburger. he won’t eat it. get this he’s a store manager at……

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  48. SilverTell
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 5:05 pm | Permalink

    This is a gimmick.
    This is more than a gimmick.
    This is a competition for lols.
    This is a commentary on our society.
    This is a space to get vulnerable.
    This is a space to find meaning.
    This is a space to discover urself.
    This is a space to define alt and bro, alt and mnstrm,
    This is HRO. U’ll nvr b alone again.

    I really enjoyed reading evry1’s cmmnts. They meant alot 2 me. As a 16yr old trapped in suburbia, I found the cmmnts insightful 2 who u r///2 who i am///2 who we r. I’m not ready to win the lol competition. This is 2k9 not 2k8. We need 2 get vulnerable 2gether. We need each other more than ever in this tough memeconomy.

    jpegbro is Mona Lisa.
    CRLS is Leonardo da Vinci.
    We don’t know if jpegbro is alt, bro, or altbro.
    We project our lives onto the pixels.
    We project our lives onto the pixels.
    Maybe he’s
    gheyoki,
    bromo,
    fggtcore.
    Maybe he’s
    vice-altbro.
    or secretary of meaningful-core.
    We project our lives onto the pixels.
    Maybe he’s
    jobro,
    tween soap star,
    v card thief.
    Projection/rejection
    Maybe he’s
    conceptual artist,
    pixel pusher,
    CRLS.
    Projection/rejection.

    As an omniscient 16yr listening to hypemachine, I will TELL u what we know. He isn’t alphamuscular bro. His unflexed muscles are 2 small 2 b alphamuscular bro. His ironic DIY t-shirt might not be his, his idea, or his doing but he is wearing it. He is also wearing some skinnys, a fanny pack, a dandelion, a stuffed gerbil. The picture was taken while his lid was not in standard bro placements. Without knowing what was on his cap/lid, it’s impossible 2 know if he is alt or bro.

    I project that he got his skinnys from Hot Topic, his New Era 59FIFTY online, and the fanny pack from TS (thrift store). You can’t see it but jpegbro has a sk8board near his sneaks. He isn’t a sneaker freaker. The dandelion, the stuffed gerbil, the DIY tee were all the ideas of the altbaguette photog with the lookbook account. She is 16 and she wants jpegbro.
    Projecting onto the pixels u’ve seen my soul.

    jpegbro is context collapse.
    jpegbro is Mona Lisa.

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    //////////Reply by Gurkman
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    @SilverTell, ur probz the new crls, we should stop reading hro and start reading u. srsly tho.

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    //////////Reply by cp
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    @SilverTell, :O

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    //////////Reply by cp
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    @cp, [via <3]

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    //////////Reply by Citizen Science
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    @SilverTell,

    Woa, there fella. You’re liable to blow a couple of minds with talk like that.

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    //////////Reply by anony69
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    @SilverTell,
    <3 u

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  49. Posted March 3, 2009 at 6:04 pm | Permalink

    he is just a lil cac boy [via ken kaniff eminem skits]

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  50. tragedy in toyland
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 6:29 pm | Permalink

    this bro transcends categoriz8n. he made his own shirt, tr00ly alt, but has a bullring nose piercing. the fanny-pack is an attempt at altness.

    he hangs with trappedinsuburbiabro, who is clearly a fggt, but since their altness transcends homophobic norms, they are simultaneously two of the ‘most’ ‘popular’ ‘bros’ at their ‘high school’ while also ‘not giving a shit about anything’ and being ‘over it.’

    his hat now is probably something not-alt, but when he gets into NYU and moves to town it will become a Los Angeles Kings (this is post-Dodgersalt) flat-brim cap.

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  51. anon
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 6:44 pm | Permalink

    muscles=bro. (period)

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  52. carmen
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 7:04 pm | Permalink

    he’s an authentic bro he might be a jock but oh well he’s probs funnier than you

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  53. melissa
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 7:07 pm | Permalink

    Prolly used to be a jock but then had a meaningful, self-defining experience and can now embrace his newfound altness in the most authentic, appreciative way.

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  54. Sean
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 7:13 pm | Permalink

    He’s a bro fro sho but it looks like he dressed up as an alt for halloween,, but failed epic style.

    He’s a failbro y’all

    want my cd carles!

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  55. Posted March 3, 2009 at 8:22 pm | Permalink

    I don’t care what he is, he’s fucken hot.

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  56. cc
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 8:40 pm | Permalink

    EW! BRO! Think I saw him at the Mickey Avalon show in Australia. Worst show ever bc it was overrun by the worst bros ever.

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  57. smehpstr
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 9:08 pm | Permalink

    fucking homo

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  58. Posted March 3, 2009 at 9:36 pm | Permalink

    he prolly likes it in the butt but doesnt know it yet, id do him if he were my student

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    //////////Reply by Anony
    //////////Posted

    @littlesparrow, thats so wrong.

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  59. altbag
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 9:41 pm | Permalink

    Bro… incontrovertible evidence via bro flow not quite concealed by zany hat

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  60. Posted March 3, 2009 at 9:57 pm | Permalink

    how about d-bag…

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  61. smichael
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 10:08 pm | Permalink

    arite the point of alt or bro is that you MUST pick one. i pick alt. look at those pants! they signify commitment to the altCom, the alternative community.

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  62. yea
    Posted March 3, 2009 at 10:56 pm | Permalink

    this guy is a douche bag no doubt about!
    bishop amat high school is a private catholic school in the los angeles county in Cali. its for rich kids who all do drugs and show up to school like lil FAKE ANGELS! it makes you wanna vomit! trust me…if u knew these rich kids u would vomit too….

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  63. Posted March 4, 2009 at 12:29 am | Permalink

    failpost

    clearly a bro, no question

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  64. whatev
    Posted March 4, 2009 at 1:21 am | Permalink

    who the fuck cares i wanna squirt in his mouf

    anyone who disses this kid is clearly jelly of his superior genetics

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  65. egon
    Posted March 4, 2009 at 4:55 am | Permalink

    Heavy Metal Parking Lot recreashun, alt for trying hard

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  66. $
    Posted March 4, 2009 at 5:32 am | Permalink

    y’all…… without straightened hair& a condescending glare, he’s just a nipslip bro
    http://lookbook.nu/look/31286-sad-face

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  67. gay hitler
    Posted March 4, 2009 at 5:33 am | Permalink

    u can buy fanny packs in the men’s section of target now

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  68. Posted March 4, 2009 at 9:12 am | Permalink

    I say this guy is a post-bloghouse-douchebro-sk8-ghey-HRO-copying dude. Oh no. I mean.. you are.

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  69. Steve McQueen
    Posted March 4, 2009 at 10:10 am | Permalink

    Def a regular bro making an effort to be hip. We have a lot of this specimen at my high school. they call themselves shred. but this is just a coverup for their desire to drink Bud light on the weekend and hump skanks. but they’re cool because they wear funky shirts and tight pants that make their butts look really fucking weird.

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  70. me
    Posted March 4, 2009 at 11:03 am | Permalink

    i want tits like him! h8 my flat chest (via body image issues)

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  71. m
    Posted March 4, 2009 at 3:34 pm | Permalink

    fggt bro

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  72. disneycorp.
    Posted March 4, 2009 at 6:01 pm | Permalink

    that is the Zach Efron Prototype, before we perfected the ultimate tween crush.
    we sent him to take out the Zach you all know, as he has gone AWOL in a colonel Kurtz fashion (Apocalypse Now/Heart of darkness reference)
    this happened, we believe, due to excess hairspray inhalation.
    the only reason its hat is at that awkward angle is to conceal the matrix-like port on the back of his head.
    and his nips are showing because every 30 minutes they squirt excess botox from his “firm” pecs.
    the fanny pack contains classified instructions to be opened upon finding the Zach.
    if you see him, wish him well in his mission.

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  73. human or dancer?
    Posted March 5, 2009 at 3:55 am | Permalink

    my initial response was definitely a bro (via high school football shirt). However, upon further inspection it can be noticed that the shirt is from 1998. All the cars in the parking lot are of a new-ish style. This means his shirt is not like that because he just left the gym. He just left home (via fanny pack). We have an alt.

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    //////////Reply by /// josé speaks: ///
    //////////Posted

    @human or dancer?,

    Id have 2 say that we have here 1 of the greatest AltBro mixes that HRO has discovered in quite some time.
    Agree with ur exploration of the FannyPack. Definitely demonstrates the alt qualities that this Brotween is trying 2 express.
    My final verdict: Alt+Twink+BroBaby.

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  74. raff
    Posted March 5, 2009 at 3:57 am | Permalink

    bro phased tween. because he looks buff but i reckon my lanky body would still beat on him… y’all.

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  75. mobydick
    Posted March 5, 2009 at 11:08 am | Permalink

    im not sure about you, but my dicks hard over this guy. DO WANT

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  76. Me!
    Posted March 6, 2009 at 1:43 am | Permalink

    these comments reek of self-awareism and its starting to really scare me. we’re all doomed to unhappiness until china attacks.

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  77. wut
    Posted March 6, 2009 at 9:24 pm | Permalink

    this game was better when it was called hipster/or/gay

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  78. Posted March 6, 2009 at 10:34 pm | Permalink

    Stealth Gibroni

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  79. bagette's d-light
    Posted March 8, 2009 at 12:51 am | Permalink

    defs alt
    no bro is comfie nuf to fanny packet

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  80. DFGHJ
    Posted March 8, 2009 at 1:36 pm | Permalink

    HOT. AND MAKING MY DICK HARD.

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  81. altluver
    Posted March 8, 2009 at 9:36 pm | Permalink

    hez n alt cuz he lukz like a fag

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  82. Peter Juice
    Posted April 12, 2009 at 9:15 pm | Permalink

    you guys are all idiotic and mindless for trying to judge this person based on just his appearance. worthless, ignorant hipster scum!

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  83. altbro
    Posted April 15, 2009 at 12:30 am | Permalink

    my goal in life it to be caught in an alt or bro contest.

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