Thinking about retiring from blogging. Not sure if I ‘have it in me’ any more.
Feel like ‘the scene’ is just so negative. Always just been trying to be a chill positive bro. Seems like every1 is ‘out to get one another.’ I don’t even ‘have fun any more.’
Feel like I have lost in touch with ‘the common man’ who reads my blog. Think it ‘went corporate.’ Damn. Just trying to be ‘me.’ Trying to build a meaningful brand on the internet.
Worried. Think I possibly have ‘blogged about everything possible’ in my niche. Wonder if I have already written ‘the perfect blog post.’
Might just try to ’see the world’ and like ‘travel to the other side of the world.’ Might live in Paris like that 1 song.
Feel like my blog ‘possibly crossed the line.’ Remember I got hacked one time, and I thought ‘ i lost everything.’ but now it’s like I lost everything, except I did it 2 myself. Not sure if I am ‘relevant.’ Feel like I am ‘just another site on the internet.’ Maybe I should have never even started a blogspot.
feel like ’such a fucking fuck up.’ Shit.
Worried. Never thrown down ‘an emotional blog’ before.
Not even sure if I am still an mp3 blog. Don’t even know who I am.
Should I just ‘retire’?
help me. do I even ‘mean’ something 2 u?
‘do i have a reason 2 be alive?’
-hipster runoff
‘why am I here? who am I? what do I believe in?’
-hro
Wish a ‘less fortunate’ alt would say ‘Carles u mean the world 2 me’ so I would be ‘inspired.’
worried that googlewave will ‘change the internet’ 4ever.
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Yeah. Well I like you and I will miss you but you’ve put out your best album and its better to kill yourself now than to ruin your legacy with a bunch of derivative dribble and radio singles
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//////////Reply by HOMOSAPIEN_FUCK
//////////Posted June 18th, 2009 at 1:27 am
@mae, back fool. Quit while you are ahead. like Arrested development. Otherwise you will or are the scene, and we will all have to critique you. Would you rather go out a mystique or a hasbeen? I guess a hasbeen is kind ironic, could be cool.
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//////////Reply by anony
//////////Posted June 18th, 2009 at 3:28 am
@HOMOSAPIEN_FUCK, wasn’t arrested development canceled? as long as the internets keeps sponsoring you just let it run forever…like the simpsons.
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//////////Reply by We All Kant Be Alt
//////////Posted June 18th, 2009 at 2:17 am
@mae, Do The Eye Gouge!
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//////////Reply by We All Kant Be Alt
//////////Posted June 18th, 2009 at 2:18 am
@We All Kant Be Alt, gotta know when to fold em!
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//////////Reply by We All Kant Be Alt
//////////Posted June 18th, 2009 at 2:19 am
@We All Kant Be Alt, send you Dead Flowers Crls!
//////////Reply by headzoner
//////////Posted June 18th, 2009 at 2:49 am
What a painful, self-indulgent, self-absorbed, rambling pile of old bollocks that was. You are the definition of self-importance mate. You are the Oozlum bird re-incarnated – flying in ever decreasing circles until you disappear up your own anus.
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//////////Reply by anony
//////////Posted June 18th, 2009 at 3:29 am
@headzoner, you must be new here. What the fuck ISN’T self-indulgent?
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//////////Reply by meth
//////////Posted June 20th, 2009 at 2:39 am
@headzoner,
headzoner plz be the new carles!1
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//////////Reply by danny
//////////Posted June 20th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
@mae, Yeah, if you pull a Jeff Mangum and disappear, you can look forward to a life of having hipsters everywhere felate you.
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It’s k Carles, hook yourself up a fanny pak and you can be on top again. The world is your oyster.
Feel kinda awkward about being the first person to “refresh” and cmmnt tho.
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crls, don’t break.
time breaks down.
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Carles u mean the world 2 me
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As soon as you move to NYC, you will have a lot more to blog about, trust me, shit is crazy here.
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//////////Reply by HOMOSAPIEN_FUCK
//////////Posted June 18th, 2009 at 1:29 am
@Monk, you are a genius
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//////////Reply by Monk
//////////Posted June 18th, 2009 at 11:42 am
@HOMOSAPIEN_FUCK, I know I am, me and Carles should be best friends when he moves out here.
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Don’t retire, playa.
I have only just discovered this blog because of my aloofness.
this is the only blog I ever read. besides /film. but /film is getting stupid. hipsterrunoff is not.
so yes, DON’T RETIRe. because this anonymous internet man by the name of alex doesn’t want you to for his own selfish reasons.
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you pretty much suck
/wrists and call it a life
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//////////Reply by anony
//////////Posted June 18th, 2009 at 3:31 am
@thomas p levy, my copy of HRO came with a free razor blade. it’s emotastic.
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//////////Reply by good cop rad cop
//////////Posted June 21st, 2009 at 10:36 pm
@anony,
w/o carles we’d all be emostatic. so ‘cold’. feel ‘nothing’.
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//////////Reply by good cop rad cop
//////////Posted June 21st, 2009 at 10:40 pm
if u do go, could u plz leave us with suicide note in the form of an iTunes playlist?
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Who’ll be an example of cleverness for me if you retire?
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you will not fucking be missed… check the ‘erol’ forum: your a massive tool
and those photos from when you were “hacked” came from your photobucket account. so very unlikely that you ever were hacked in the first place
eat shit loser
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//////////Reply by douche
//////////Posted June 18th, 2009 at 10:30 am
@douche, HAHAHA DISREGARD THAT I SUCK COCKS
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sometimes i really wonder about the person that writes this site.
‘carles’, are you out there?
i am not ‘alt’ but i’m surrounded by hipsters. their world seems so superficial but somehow your blogs show that theres still some human meaning behind drunk broads flashing alt titties at cobrasnake and the latest remix of ___ by ___.
good luck
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please dont go
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You were there for me before I met my free-spirited gf, and you’re still there after she dumped me hard. Carles you give me reason to keep living. You give me hope of being a ‘teenager in love’ again, even though I am 20. You give me motivation to find ‘hot sluts’ to cum in//on//with.
don’t quit bro.
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//////////Reply by panda
//////////Posted June 17th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
@SELF-AWARE ALTBRO, u suck hard
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crls,
mybe u just need 2 go on a trip & get away from the blogosphere/the internets/twittr and when u come back u’ll be revitalized by your relaxation/meaningful experiences & u’ll realize tht u r alwayz relevant if u just keep creating
i need hro to provide meaning & direction in my life, ur blog is the pinnacle of art, srsly
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//////////Reply by anony
//////////Posted June 18th, 2009 at 3:35 am
@pH, whenever I go out of town it’s blissful. I come home and I feel so motivated and ready to make changes in my life. For about an hour. Then it’s depressing as hell again.
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Why not liveblog from retirement?
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//////////Reply by brobro
//////////Posted June 18th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
@Anthony F., great, GREAT idea.
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‘Plz dont leave me’ -The Pink
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Dude, I’m reading you from Mexico City. There’s people reading you from Africa. There’s Mexi-Alts and Blipsters and all sort of people reading you.
Isn’t that something? You’re doing great. Love every pic u post, love every new band you attemp to kill/destroy. Maybe you do it just for fun… well, all of us read you just for fun.
It’s up to you. But thanks for all the laughs/stuff like that.
PS you’re really hot.
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//////////Reply by anonymous
//////////Posted June 18th, 2009 at 9:58 am
@dude, zomg s0 hawt
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//////////Reply by thom
//////////Posted June 18th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
i’m reading hro from brazil. and i’m not the only one. hro means the world to me.
i like how carles daily churns out semi-retarded posts and then suddenly makes a genius post or comes up with some genuinely hilarious gimmick. it’s a consistent pattern. hro is trusty.
but maybe the routine’s gotten a little tired. maybe it’s time to bring back jeffbro or something. alt-titties. to save the blog. or maybe carles should retire but that would be too sad.
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if hr0 dies doesnt crls die with it? ur talking about suicide
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ITS OVER, ITS BEEN FUN
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Making fun of douchebags by pretending to be a douche bag urself is getting old. Plus now nyu girls emulate the way u write and it pisses the shit out of me. Your site is nothing more then a want to be 4chan for people who don’t understand the Internet. Call it a day while your ahead. Trolling on the chans is lots more fun.
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//////////Reply by aw, fukk
//////////Posted June 17th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
@Trollatix,
fggt
take the dick out of ur mouth b4 u cmmnt on HRO
kthxbai
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//////////Reply by anony
//////////Posted June 18th, 2009 at 3:37 am
@aw, fukk, 4chen. totally ghey.
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//////////Reply by aw, fukk
//////////Posted June 18th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
@anony,
i totes agree
they shud have called it ‘4skin’
cause they all luv to lick it
fags
//////////Reply by erc
//////////Posted June 18th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
@Trollatix, seems like you actually take this site seriously. wow.
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these trolls trolling you hard should be enough reason to stay. what will they troll about if you stop?
they’ll find something.
but don’t you want that something to be you?
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U FORGOT “LET’S GET VULNERABLE” TAG
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//////////Reply by desu
//////////Posted June 17th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
inb4 shitstorm of directionless bros begging crls to reconsider suicide
and by inb4 i mean inafter
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//////////Reply by May
//////////Posted June 17th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
@desu, inafter wrong reply button 2
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it’s been a pretty meaningfulxcore experience but I think there may be ‘more out there’ than ‘refreshing hro all day’ to ’see if crls posts anything new’ and ‘make fun of douches all day’
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lolololzzzz!!!1! phinaly!
bl0gg1ngz r 5o 2 yrz ago bro!!!!!!!!
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luv u bro. wish u would’ve accepted my twitter frnd req but that’s ok still luv u. HRO NVR DIE.
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crls, i just saw a relevant Smirnny Ice commercial where some chill altbros and haute indie grls almost ‘get naked’ and then make their own Slip N Slide. forgot all abt u while it was playing, then ‘felt bad’ when i saw this post. <3 u, don’t want 2 miss u
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//////////Reply by panda
//////////Posted June 17th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
@slink33pie, what u witnessed was a huge accomplishment. its k to slit ur wrists now
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This is quite a predicament, but if the ads I’ve seen are any indication, retirement might get boring because you have to deal with stuff like denture paste, protective underwear, and dentures. And your audience at the retirement home will be much smaller and probably not as trendsetting.
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feel like you may be expressing some legit emotions with this post
feel like that makes me kinda scared abt the future or something
feel like you might deserve some kinda vaycay from blogging but retiring would leave me completely fucked for a significant amount of time
feel like u were the first person to ever really inspire me to do anything
feel like anybody else that i have ever been inspired by has somehow done that thru hro
thanks
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ugh
fuck carles
sry
fuck, carles
there
u cant just do that 2 me
i need u
u complete me
i want 2 b there 4 u
i want to drink alcohol with you
and watch sum ‘lil drunk slut’ give u a handjob with her mouth
and mabes join in
and ‘bukkake that shit’
but u make it soo hard for me 2 support u when u r s000 negative
:-(
cant things just go back to the way things were 5 mins ago b4 i read this blog article?
i feel so depressed now
my chem romance just came on my itunes shuffle again
the stars are aligning
there is a razor on my desk
dont leave me carles
i will need u s0 much when college starts again
in the fall
and there are ‘papers due’
and ‘finals in a week’
and the girl i love doesnt txt me back
and i ‘just need a break’
u inspire me carles
i am a better person because of u
i luv u carles
and im sorry i havent been commenting as much
ive been busy working and stuff but that isnt an excuse
money isnt worth what u give 2 my life
u are my bro
and we will alway b there 4 eachother
i <3 u
<3<3aw, fukk<3<3
P.S. — http://bp3.blogger.com/_FDkLqX8_Y68/R-0ykpNmslI/AAAAAAAABOs/bnEVwwUd46g/s1600-h/funny-pictures-cats-in-love-walking.jpg
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Take a short break, have a friend do a post or two, come back recharged and do whatever the fuck you want with it. You already have a high reputation and readers. So, the advertisers will stay if you want them, and people will always keep coming back. That’s what I would do.
There will always be trolls if you put something out that gets attention. They crave having just a piece of the attention you get to satisfy big egos and low self esteem. No need for being a recluse, so stay on top. Shit, I throw small parties in a small town and still get hated on by hipsters for the smallest shit like the event title having the word Bitches in it! Laugh it off.
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carles, this post makes you seem attention starved… i’m sure as long as there are random lookbook photos, you’ll have something to blog about. I believe in you.
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Crls, “don’t stop believing” [via steve perry/azn steve perry]
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Remember bl0ghaus?
Remember when Hackerbr0 hit?
Remember when Carles died and then rose again?
I do.
Those were the most meaningful days of my (our) lives.
Don’t retire Carles, you’re the only way for me to know if I’m authentic or not…
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bb, i <3, what else do u need?
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I ‘think’ you should just ‘fuck off’ with your ‘over zealous’ use of ‘inverted commas’ , ‘cunt’
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//////////Reply by Trace-mace-2000
//////////Posted June 18th, 2009 at 10:35 am
@Trace-mace-2000, HAHAHA DISREGARD THAT I ‘SUCK COCKS’
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America needs you, I just ‘got’ you the other day, thus I ‘need’ you…if it weren’t for your blog I wouldn’t have known that people use ‘/wrists’ to mean slash wrists like somebody else just commented on this post, if that doesn’t change ur mind then I ‘give up’
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plz dont go. you fulfill several definitions of ‘meaningful’ including some i didnt even know existed. life after carles will mean reverting back 2 only one narrow end of the spectrum of meaning occupied by chris martin and bonos. that is a life not worth living.
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//////////Reply by anony
//////////Posted June 18th, 2009 at 3:41 am
@l.a.j., Once you’ve swallowed the red pill you can never go back.
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carles if u retire i’m gonna fuckin off myself via suicide thursday!
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//////////Reply by anon
//////////Posted June 18th, 2009 at 12:08 am
@pooralt, unless you respond to him on twitter like that time carles did that to steve a.
HAHA good times!
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Seriously, reading this blog brings me an ‘authentic’ and ‘meaningful’ type of laughter and thought that I rarely experience. But the people saying it’s up to you are obviously right.
Don’t be Brett Farvrvrvre pussyfooting around retirement and mediocrity and New York Jets for over 9000 years. Go big or go home, as you kids say.
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//////////Reply by anony
//////////Posted June 18th, 2009 at 3:44 am
@alex, Does it? I’m not sure. I kind think social networking makes you miserable. I mean it’s kind of like getting really drunk. It’s a lot of fun but then feels really horrible by the end of the night/in the morning. But we’ll still keep doing it over and over.
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//////////Reply by alex
//////////Posted June 18th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
@anony, I mean, I kind of put blogs like this in a different category from ’social networking.’ It’s like reading a twisted, editorial version of CNN or p4k or something.
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the persian east coast gurlz love u carles!
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carles, first time commenter, few-month occasional lurker.
U r inspiring. U make me laugh and make sense out of tryin’ to grow up as a culturally relevant youth among normals and ‘alts’. U r a bro in a blog. maybe just cause i’m also a nerd (but not an ugly one)
even if you do stop, i’ll miss you and always remember you. but only for a few months maybe. if you go on, maybe you can create a more relevant impact. maybe not.
P.S. i think the fact that you dropped acid at bonnaroo is fucking awesome, now we can relate as cidbros (except i’m a girl). so i hope you still find life as ‘fucking beautiful’ among ‘all the negativity’. you’re great because you’re able to ridicule everything in such a great way. and you just hella do it. U make me laugh abt life (:
(TL;DR: i want to make love to you carles even if you stop blogging)
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I love you
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DO A SEINFELD AND GO OUT ON TOP
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crls-
it is true that u r beginning to “sell out”
if the playboy ads r any indication
just another bro
hiding underneath an alt disguise
wish things were different
h8 u money
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WAAAAAAAAYYY!!! YOU ARE THE COMPASS SO I DONT GET LOST IN THE MAINSTREAM WORLD!!!!!!
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Carl,
You are a genius. Not that it matters, but I am totally in on the joke and “get it.” Those of us in on the joke, mazel tov. You’re witty enough to understand sarcasm [via blogs].
Seriously, dude, whoever you are, the shit is funny. Just because you fear losing your original voice doesn’t mean it will disappear. You need a new forum of communication. Evolve. Be with the times.
But most of all “be tru 2 yrself and you will n3ver fail.” – The Beastie Bros.
-Matt
In all seriousness, my name is Matt, and damn, you are witty/smart as fuck.
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//////////Reply by Zach
//////////Posted June 18th, 2009 at 2:54 am
@Matt, you are a smart fuck too.
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carles, i love you.
your blog has actually changed my life, im not sure if its for the better (in the long run) but you taught me to love america.
thanks bro, neva change. really.
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//////////Reply by anon
//////////Posted June 18th, 2009 at 12:03 am
@anon, this isnt satirical or sarcastic bullshit, i fuckin mean it.
thanks bro. youre the best
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don’t leave!! You can take a break if the ‘e’ world is beginning to take a toll on your mental health. But please, stay together for the kids!
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CARLES, YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED YOUR ABILITY TO HAVE SOCIAL INFLUENCE VIA A BLOG THAT WAS VERY ‘NICHE’ AT ITS START. YOU BRING A VERY INTELLIGENT VOICE TO A COMPLEX AND SPOOKY ONLINE WORLD. IF YOU DO DECIDE TO QUIT HRO, I HOPE YOU RUN FOR PRESIDENT.
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i actually lold when i saw that 500 days of summer ad.
so big!
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Can’t ‘fucking believe’ all the sincere cmmnts. Sad that HRO’s audience is ’skewing plaintive’.
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first
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//////////Reply by tronpop
//////////Posted June 18th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
@mike tyson,
Lol ?
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<3 <3 <3
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God you are such a puss. No one will miss you when you go and that will probably make you keep doing this. Go home and die.
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//////////Reply by DING DONG SCHLONG
//////////Posted June 18th, 2009 at 10:40 am
@DING DONG SCHLONG, HAHAHA DISREGARD THAT I SUCK COCKS
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Carles u mean the world 2 me.
srsly. don’t go. “quit playing games w/ my <3.” Like that 1 song.
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carls you give me so much enjoyment each day plz don’t stop blgging u are naturally talented n have a unique, alt, opinion we all value vry much
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I would worry/miss/hate you if you retired
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kill yrself already, yr boring as fuck
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U R RELEVANT.
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dont retire crls, u r my reason to be alive.
not really, but HRO makes my life so much better
<3 coming here when i’ve had a shit day
i want 2 b with u [via HRO]
pls
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so, I spend a lot of time on the internet, reading, adding things to it, you know, this and that.
You obviously do too, it shows and you’re good at it. You could probably keep going, but it seems to me that:
1) you don’t want to blog so much, perhaps because of the transparency, perhaps because of the upkeep
BUT
2) you don’t want to fade into ordinarity
AND
3) you have a lot of fans on the internet
AND
4) even non-fans are intrigued by your writing
AND
most of these people have read enough individual posts to constitute a substantial amount of text
SO
write a book or a ‘book’ at your own pace.
Basically, the internet loves your demos, now make a truly great album.
or not, you know, its up to you.
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Hey carles,
you mean a lot to me and i will miss you when you inevitably retire/die/grow up. there is only so much to say on hipster culture, maybe you could compile all your posts into a relevant book (i.e stuffwhitepeoplelike) and you could ride the success a little longer via worldwide book tour.
p.s I live in Sydney, if you want to “retire overseas” you can stay at my place for awhile, it’s not on an am appy bag but it’s a pretty chillaxed place.
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no carls!!! stay alive!! I can resisit without HRO !!
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<3 u soo much carles, do wat u elec~ feel
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//////////Reply by b4hc
//////////Posted June 18th, 2009 at 2:48 am
ps ur the reason i sign on aim
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Carle…seriously, have it all together, and you are among the best. totally real and relevant.
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Your blog is supposed to be ‘ironic and kewl.’ You poke fun at the ‘alt lifestyle’ by writing from the point of view of an alt bro who is so ‘Xtreme’ that he is ridiculous. I don’t think that your ’selling out’ is a problem because it adds another ‘layer of irony’ onto your blog. It is ‘ironic’ that you are an alt bro who establishs his own ‘personal brand’ by listening to cliche alt bands like am co and wearing cliche alt clothes like am appy. Why is it a problem that you ’sell out’?
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<3 u Carles
Just need to ‘make music’/'find meaning’.
Best of luck Carles.
Please don’t stop.
miss u/hate u/<3 u
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retire & ‘write’ a book about your ‘meaningful life’
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Srsly, this site has really gone downhill,
and as for the comments, I can only h8/miss.
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oi, the simpsons can still pound out episode after episode of slightly funny/ slightly relevant content.
YOU CAN TOO
i love you
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weak post carles
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Please continue, I’d really appreciate it.
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at least theres twitter yall
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If Hipster Runoff were to quit, I’d lose my only main source of news, mp3s, meaningfulcore and all other post electro bloghouse bands to listen to and fashion trends. Don’t ever quit!
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dont stop crls
hro makes me feel like im ‘part of the scene’
it makes me feel kewl and hip when ppl agree with my comments
b4 hro i listened 2 screamo and metal bands and wanted 2 be a hardcoreBro
now i want 2 listen to meaningful music with a kinda zany gf who’s rlly keut creative
i <3 hro/crls
i’ll miss u if you leave
but i cant h8 u
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ANCO post is your magnum opus, you may retire and feel good bout it!
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Watch the bbc show – “Beautiful People”. it might remind u what’s good about surburbia and remind u of who u are.
Anything good will become popular. Pfft don’t worry about it – just don’t turn into the cobrasnake or i’ll never forgive u.
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Need u Carlesbro. Don’t retire. :-(
Wait, they don’t <3 u like I <3 u – The Triple Yeahs
Plz keep updating.
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No, you can’t retire. This is just your ‘mid-blog crisis’. (via being _____ blog years old) It’s tough times for everyone, the econy is in the shit. But everyone needs to you to try and stay ‘relevant’ and ‘authentic’. What will we all have if you retire? If you pick yourself up and get through this, you’ve still got you’re best years ahead of you.
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‘Carles u mean the world 2 me’
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U R MY EVERYTHING CARLES
miss u / h8 u / <3 u
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YES
I CAN WRITE THE EULOGY
DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT
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you reaally shouldn’t quit, just started reading hro and i live in the UK and you would presume i wouldn’t get “it” but i do, anyway just keep on blogging and making me chuckle, people do appreciate you, see above (:
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it’s okay
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don’t retire! srsly, pls don’t abandon me like that. you make my shallow interests seem meaningful and genuinely relevant in today’s society. you’ve given me grounds for blaming my mainstream teen angst on my struggles with ‘trying 2 b authentic’ while ‘trapped in suburbia’. you make jokes about memes that i understand and my mainstream friends don’t, and that makes me feel good inside! if you quit now, what will i live for?
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I love you please don’t go :(
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carles w/o u i might feel like no1 really ‘gets me’.
might feel like i don’t have a ‘relevant’ destination on the web for tropes particular 2 my ‘personal brand.’
might not have ne1 to point 2 when everyone but me likes the dirtie projecties and i don’t ‘get’ them and ‘feel alone.’
might have noone to ‘look up to’ for ‘inspiration’ when i’m feeling ‘interested in memes’ or i want to make an ‘ironic case for metaculture’ hopefully to impress a hot alt.
might feel like ‘the internet’ had killed something pure n true.
might feel like this summer will never come again
miss u
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does this mean jeffbro is coming back?
miss u bro…
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dont go. you mean the world to me. i don’t want to read lame stuff at work everyday. it’s boring here. your blog makes me laugh. so for the sake of us ppl who appreciate you- stuck in cubicles- who need laughter. stay. thank you for your time.
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is the 500 days of summer ironic?
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Carles you’re a loathsome offensive bro, yet I can’t look away.
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JUST POST LESS OFTEN LIKE WHEN YOU FEEL “INSPIRED” … AND BELIEVE IN URSELF … LIKE WHEN 2/19 HAPPENED … I CANT BELIEVE YOU GOT THE SITE BACK SO QUICKKKKK … WHAT IF IT HADNT HAPPENED SO QUICKk??????????????
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how are yus gunna know what the latest new trends are only to catch on months too late here in little oll shreveport LA? huh?
“DONT GO” the yaz duo
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Carles always does this from time to time.
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carles is the internet’s father figure.
carles is important 2 me.
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i hope u do
ur blog sux now!
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Life is meaningless when you base your sense of self-fulfillment on inter-personal and social relationships. All relationships come to an end eventually bringing strife.
Carles is just a mouthpiece for millions of young lost-souls who lead ironically meaningless and excessively social lifestyles.
Carles is one of the most meaningless concepts ever created.
Its so poetry!
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get that paper, kid. make money, shit.
it’s not like any of us are gonna go see this dumbass 500 days of summer movie anyways. i’d rather watch batman on vhs and spend my money on booze and shows.
don’t stop beloggin
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This blog has given me a reason not to quit the internet. As with everything ever posted on it, I’m only 50.1% sure that there’s even a shred of seriousness behind the joke, but that’s the beauty. This thing transcends what it’s meant to be. It is art/philosophy/pop rolled into one. Meaningfulcore indeed. Do what you want Carles. It’ll all be considered genius. You win.
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carles did you do blow last night???? kinda seems like you got that seratonin deficiency thing going??
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Carles u mean the world 2 me!!!
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don’t leave!
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Dude if I did not have a boring job I would never visit your site, just saying is alls.
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dear carles,
if all you do is slam your head on the keyboard over and over and hit enter… i will read it.
i will even read it if you start blogging about non-relevant acts like andrew bird or ben folds.
because thats how much i love your work.
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hey, man. Take a break from the drugs, alt life style, blogging, and whatever may be getting you down and reflect on what bothers you. Look at what the hro is, and what it should be for us and you. Go on a vision quest, learn a language, go out in the world and fail. do all of these things for yourself, but mostly, stay away from the internet.
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yah da problum started when you thought a ‘blog’ could be ‘relevant’
stop it.
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i like like like you and yer blog. if it goes, i might have to go too. you know, out of dis world. don’t do it. don’t make me do it. i kinda love you.
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I just subscribed/found this blog a few days ago and LOVE it. I’d really like to see more, please don’t retire :)
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Finally, we can get jeffbro back!!
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i think you should include excerpts from books that ‘inspire’ you w/o any ‘commentary’. they should be about being ‘young’ in the ‘city’ or in the ‘past.’ should also be written in the 2nd pov with gerunds, and many noun/adjective combinations so that they are ‘personal’ and ‘immediate’.
i know that you don’t like ‘reading’ but still.
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yeah you’ve been stale as fuck for a while now.
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I love your blog. I think you should retire,it is a lot to keep up with. have a social life.
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post a lot less, still want your unique perspective
have you found a shoe filler?
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just want to add my voice to the chorus
this blog is one of my favorite parts of the internet, it is straight up genius (albeit a twisted sort of genius) and if it was dead forever i would be a very sad bro
your personal brand is infectious as fuck keep it up carles
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give it up. let go. start something new. I’m sure you can think of something more important than the relevance of ironic “culture.” something that will inevitably see it’s death soon.
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hey carles, i just wanted to say that your blog is awesome. I am probably among its youngest readers, at age 13. but you introduced me to the world of alt! so you can’t stop blogging, or else you, as a meme, will basically stop existing. and i will start listening to top 40 every day. is that what you want for the young generation? =/
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don’t go
you are amazing, original & have one sick sense of humor
you will be missed
think it through
feel your way
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Carles u mean the world 2 me
from a less fortunate alt
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comments sections on this blog are always like war. never feel safe here.
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Carles-
Please kill yourself, or least ‘rtr’ from pstng ne thing in what’s known as your style. It’s played out and empty.
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I have ‘discovered’ this site. that instantly makes it ‘non-hipster,’ because i am ‘not a hipster.’ That means there are ‘hundreds’ or ‘thousands’ of ‘others’ who have discovered the site, all of whom are ‘decidedly non-hipster.’
I think that means you are ‘no longer relevant.’ Sorry, but ‘your day has passed.’ Might as well ‘just stop.’
-non-hipster bro
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stepping away from the entire comedic aspect-
I really understand why you would want to stop blogging.
People have become fine with being disgustingly rude through the internet.
The Muumuu house writers, for example, get shit talked all the time. I can understand the shit-talkers opinions often, but the way they present them is pathetic. If people actually composed insults to tell Gorrell or Lin in real life, maybe everyone could get some real interaction. Learn a thing or two about how to communicate.
It makes me wish the blogosphere could be abandoned for a while.
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