Alt or Bro is an HRO gimmick where the HRO reader must decide whether the male pictured is an alt, or a total bro.
Photo by Lastnightsparty
What do yall think? Please justify ur answer. The 137th commenter will receive a $20 gift certificate to McDonalds.
For example:
“He is an alt because he looks like he listens 2 Cut Copy.”
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“he is a bro because he has a lot of muscles and a non-alt square jaw.”
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“He is an altbro because he is wearing a pretty vneck and has on wrist bands.”
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“He is a beta version of an altbag circa 2k13.”
WHAT DO YALL THINK HE IS?
HIS EXISTENCE ALL CONFUSES ME.
H8 WHEN U CAN’T LUMP EVERY1 INTO A CATEGORY.
h8 our modern world where alt = mainstream = bro.
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http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2009/03/alt-or-bro.html
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don’t care abt dbag, just want McD’s
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brah
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his chin is too chiseled.. he must be a bro trying to pass as an altbro.
plus look how in your face he is, who does he think he is? peaches?
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ALT by a slim margin. IMO, BRO’s wear American Eagle, not American Apparel.
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//////////Reply by ▲
//////////Posted April 15th, 2009 at 9:40 am
@Mat, +1
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bro doing his best impression of an alt. note the completely AA getup he has on.
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//////////Reply by LVL5INFERNO
//////////Posted April 14th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
@lolz,
You know, it could be possible that he’s an AA model….?…???/?
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//////////Reply by beeflogz
//////////Posted April 15th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
@LVL5INFERNO, or, if you think just a littttttle harder, maybe he’s an employee (prolly not a model, could very well be an employee)
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bro because he weighs over 150 pounds…
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well, it’s obviously a model and models aren’t real they play a character. so i’m going for he isn’t alt, he’s a model going for a look and pulling it off to the mainstream and half of the alt public.
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//////////Reply by elsbeth
//////////Posted April 13th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
@Faisal, yeah but he’s a bro model not an alt model so he’s for mainstream target audience but not half the alt public, except for maybe the few that hate themselves because they aren’t real alts and are really bros. nope total bro
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//////////Reply by Faisal
//////////Posted April 13th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
@elsbeth, true true true
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AltPeddlinBro
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//////////Reply by daffy
//////////Posted April 14th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
@Manley, totes
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stance is bro circa 2k6.5 NJ guido
outfit is altbrofag via 2k8 when bros accepted alt dress but fckd it up [via improper fitment for bodytype]
hair is euroaltbro with a dash of ameriGudioAlt
overall judgement: “dated trend bouillabaisse”
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//////////Reply by grammy
//////////Posted April 14th, 2009 at 12:30 am
@tugBro, you are completely right. But I’m going to call him, thomobro.
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him to his bros: man if you dress totally gay you can like get so laid at that bar where they have all the shows… yeah and they don’t all have the herp yet
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im pretty sure its an azn in disguise yall. i cant rlly tell if its authentic – is that PBR on the floor? kinda weird how u can tell if its an alt if he has pbr or a bro if he has something mnstrm like coors lite
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//////////Reply by hsihs
//////////Posted April 13th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
@shish, YA RETARDDD he’s not azn
He is clrly a bro
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//////////Reply by shish
//////////Posted April 13th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
@hsihs, yeah i was jk but u can tell he might rlly be an alt because there is PBR at that party
I think he actually is a bro though, i bet he was just dressing like that because he went 2 a girl talk show that nite
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//////////Reply by Neil
//////////Posted April 14th, 2009 at 9:31 am
@shish, dude, did you just suggest that PBR was non-mainstream? That hurt my brain a little bit.
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He’s a bro because he’s really looking forward to Vampire Weekend remixing Lady Gaga.
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total bro
he’s the guy in the back of the class that’s really stoopid but trys to slap high fives with the alts by making jokes with them and picking on nerds and stuff. he’s a total bro. he’s muscly and in yerr face , like, look i’m hot and wearing cool clothing. the hat and jacket, well he’s just trying to hard just like in english class
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I call undercover bro.
he’s trying much to hard
no true alt would look that
much like a douche
fucking sweat bands
give me a goddamn
BREAK
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first comment
UNLESS SOMEUNE BEANTS ME TWO I@T!!!
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bro
because that face screams
MONEY SHOT
you know, from his brosefs
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brobag themed professional wrestler
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//////////Reply by me
//////////Posted April 13th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
@funaki, haha, brobag is a good call
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//////////Reply by elsbesth
//////////Posted April 14th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
@funaki, lol !!
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bro.
eyebros and jawbro.
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Bro becuz he’s doin the guido thing with his face but sans kissy mouth. also 2nd the >150lbs comment.
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BRO. his facial features are too angular and he looks like he ‘works out’ or ‘plays sports’ instead of tugging himself while listening 2 No Age.
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I want
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that
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that gift card
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he’s an altbro because he’s wearing “ghey” colours and acid wash jeans but he has his chin up like high school football playas in their roster foto
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to buy fish fillet samitches
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Hey’s a wannabe Altbag that actually a BroBag.
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i think everyone will agree bro
srsly the muscles and him shoving his goddamn chin out is so douchebro
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he is an altbro because he is wearing ghey clothes that no bro would be caught in, but his hair is flipped out like a bro, and his chin is tilted up like he is way full of himself, unlike an alt would ever do.
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My friend and I came up with two different conclusions.
SS- I think he is a br0 bec@use it looks like he has highlights and manicured eyebrowz. @lso who is ALT and wears a tRucker hat @ND aciD wash denz.
SWO- I think he is ALT because I have the t-shirt that he is wearing.
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//////////Reply by sondeezy
//////////Posted April 13th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
@iprefernot@ymail.com, here’s hoping he could afford better eyebrow manicurez.
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he looks like a dbagbro, kidnapped by ghey altbros, and forced 2 change in2 auth amappy altbro clothes –a la danielpearlbro and terrorbros
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He is a bro because he has a dps neck. Nuff said.
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total bro.
1. evident fake bakin
2. evident weight lifting
3. evident roid abuse
3b. hold the phone. is doing roids alt??? it IS hardcore drugs… or is it hardxcore??? so lost, crls. please guide.
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bro trying to be alt in order to get altgirls
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BRO about to go 80’s dancing or something
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I
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he is fail. not alt bro.
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Context: pic is via lastnightsparty taken at Beauty Bar Las Vegas
Obvious: Lotsa ammy app
Unknown: Ammy app just opened up its third store in vegas
Therefore: he’s a bro
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am i 137th?
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altbro to the future
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alt b/c he looks like rod stewart who is kinda like bob dylan
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BRO – went out with a friend to a party that is an alt and the alt dressed him, you can tell in his posture
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bro+wristbands
4ever
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Total bro, it’s the jaw line what can I say. Even an altbro would mask that with a wiry blonde facial hair. UGH I JUST WANT MY 20 BUX AT MCDONALDS
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Bro because he fails at matching zany colors
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this dude is a bro cuz hes wearing those ++flashy++ colors and we all know altbros wore those 2 years ago during nu rave sesh
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Can you think about this bro/altbro’s identity crisis? If he is a for real alt then he would likely read this blog. If his photo was from cobrasnake he clearly uses a blackberry and is appalled by the gay fish vid. damn…
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altbag.
he loks like he just left a frat to go watch girl talk.
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//////////Reply by moira orfei
//////////Posted April 14th, 2009 at 12:35 am
@samantha, haha seriously plus he looks aussie 2 me
but still slighty bro thou cause he cant wear clothes well, and thats a prerogative
not being able of wearing alt/pseudo alt clothes=mainstream
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BRO FASHO.
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Totally a bro. And most likely a ho.
What are the giveaways? First – check out the tan, muscled, sculpted physique. Second, the hair looks layered and highlighted. Finally – is that earring a hoop??? Maybe I am imagining an earring… but if its a hoop…it ain’t alt.
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I JUST WANNA WIN THE VOUCHER.
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DEAR CARLES THANX FOR POSTING THIS PIC SO THAT I CAN BUST SOME SNARK AND FEEL MUCH BETTER ABOUT MYSELF
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51st ! boom chk-a bow-wow
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alt circa 2k10
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altbag for sure
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altguido actually
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//////////Reply by ▲
//////////Posted April 22nd, 2009 at 11:36 am
@Lemming, he’s missing the curly mushroom hair.
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FutureAlt circa 2020
He’s Alt post-nuclear war, when all the 90 pound hpstrs die off. HE IS THE FUTURE, EMBRACE HIM
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definately jockbro in disguise, trying to discover althood without his other bros finding out.
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//////////Reply by Steven Jobs
//////////Posted April 14th, 2009 at 9:57 am
@AA, i agree with this. If he decides to stay alt he’ll go off the roids’. Those muscles will whither, and ‘coach’ will pull him from the team. His bro days are numbered.
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I think he’s a meme in scare quotes with vaguely humanoid characteristics.
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bro being an alt for halloween
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100% B/R/O
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i would def go with the bro, but he is trying to be alt.
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he is a bro who wants to be alt…. the outfit screams ” i went to american apparel because its the hip thing to do”
but the cocked head gives his broness away instantaneously hahahaha so sad
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bro, because he has arm hairz.
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he’s a BROski
outfit is tooo symmetrical to be ALT.
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card
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@……, TOTES ^ (bro being alt 4 halloween). That is not evn an AmAppy Deep V.
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He is a dbag wrapped in AmAppy. More an BagAlt than an AltBag.
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His chin/expression kicked my little bro’s face in 7th grade. His name is Joel. Not just a bro, he’s a brew-diggy
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hes looks like an entry level altbro (ex jockbro) trying ‘2 b all authentic’ if u look closely, u will c that his shirt is a slightly different color than his hat, causing what some would call ‘clashing.’ no real bro would make that mistake.
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total bro. he looks like he’s going to his frat’s 80s party
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he totally l00ks like [relevant reference to a 70s cult television series character]
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need
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to
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get
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2
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Gotta go with BRO. His hair looks like it should be flowing out the back of a football helmet.
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137th
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comment
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cos
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i
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wants
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all
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teh
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big
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macs
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for
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me
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Dude, he’s a bro w/”album face” reddy for alt glory on HRO… we got played!
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BRO
He is way too buff.
looks like he has money to eat, and that makes him a bro
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Alt. image is all that’s needed. def alt.
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Wonder what y’all would ‘think’ of me??
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he is a bro because his chin is above his nose
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well the alt celebrates the body as it is naturally therefore weight and bone structure cannot assume bro status. maybe he has a reason to work out so much, such as handling his pet crocodile(alt). i think hes ALT.
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bro based on hair too long
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alt cause he’s got back leaning
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bro who became altbro when he heard epic recording success Bounce by the Mastercrafts
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Bro he looks like he should be in Red Hot Chili Peppers…R u sure hes not in Red Hot Chili Peppers?
Hes rocking the douchebro V-neck though
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That’s what’s called a bromosexual, which is the technical term for ‘fggt’.
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alt… I am only jealous of alts
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‘bro’ bc
1)too ‘tough’ looking, not ‘pretentious’ enough
2) lacking some ‘alt’ glasses or flannel
3) jeans are way too baggy
4) zany hats, once an ‘alt’ tradition, are ‘bro’ now from what ihear
5) hot pink in more than 1 place – tell tale sign of ‘bro’
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I want to see this bro kick Carles ass.
I’m Barack Obama and I approve this snark.
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Yeah he’s a total douch bro
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i bet ‘kids’ is this bro’s fave song
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he is an fratbro dressed as 80s revival alt via 80s frat party/mixer. alts cant have that square of jaw.
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What’s that smell bro?
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120th?
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obv. a fratbro.
1) hot pink trucker hat
2) tennis sweat bands
3) am appy shiny turquoise jacket tied around his waist
d) has the word ‘douche’ written all over his face
it’s a formula for an entry-level fratbro @ a shitty 80’s party
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120th FUCK YEAH!
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i agree Carles, too much muscles to be an alt, want my gift card with an autograph on it
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total bro disguised as altbag carles.
luv u carles 4eva n alwayz!!
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Pretentious alt that’s actually just a ‘bro’.
His muscles, ttly, and his jaw line ttly and his ‘kute lil’ flippie hair’
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looks like a bro with an alt girlfriend is takin him to a ratatat concert
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crls it is taking a lil 2 long to reach 137 cmnts
think u might be ‘losing ur touch/relevance’
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so hungry for burgers y’all
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reluctant-grungebro. lives w/his mom in seattle but spends wknds w/ his rich dad in portland. proud of his kurt cobain hair. shiny jacket tied around waist via flannel. and currently rocking chris cornell f/timbaland on his zune
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Nu-Skool Jersey Bro. Thinks he’s “different” from the other Gottis he knows in his town. Inflated ego from too much attention on myspace. Has a ‘cool’ older sister who does hair.
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hey
thats me!
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this site makes too much moneyz
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altbro
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a
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l
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his fav subject is algeBRAH
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//////////Reply by mickey dees
//////////Posted April 14th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
@hamburglar, his fav actor is kenneth BRAHnagh
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137 get
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hey
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did i win?
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such a bro–too much am appy to be legitimate alt
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yet?
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feed meh
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do i get a something for finding the original pic?
http://www.lastnightsparty.com/noahsarc/slides/IMG_5980.html
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//////////Reply by mark
//////////Posted April 14th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
@mickey dees, that’s not saying much
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SO BRO SO BRO
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BRO
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BRO!
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BRO! !
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BRO ! ! !
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S00 BR0
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BR0 BR0 BR0
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he’s a bro who dressed up as an alt for halloween
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fuck i missed it
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do white chicks even eat @ mick donnles? it’s totally non-organic/non-vegan/non-eco friendly
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Definitely altbro, but still exempt from the ‘you only live once’ crowd. But he does like beer and stuff (via cups on ground)
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BRO
proof: HIGHLIGHTS
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he looks like a twat.
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totes a bro. all Am Apps, shows lack of imagination.
plus a pink hat? he’d wear a “Real Men Wear Pink” shirt. prolly a fackin high school football player.
totes brunt/cuno. BRO CUNT.
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fggt brah.
he listens to JT and TPAIN.
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definetley a CREATINE-BRO
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i m from australia, and here we call dudes who wear stuff like that ‘lads’. they jus follow trends and claim to like bands to seem cool to actual alts.
they also wear rugby league shorts to the beach 2 try to seem ‘tuff’
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bro is a bro for being shook on hygene
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the desperate tan, the douche expression – definitely a bro playing dress-up.
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