Last Sunday night, I was browsing the internet, and all of a sudden, everything came to a halt. It was as if one moment ‘made the world stop.’ This single moment demanded the instantaneous attention of the every human being in the Westernized world. After experiencing this moment, every human ‘came up with an opinion’ on the event, and felt obliged to share this opinion with the world [via life stream/social network/ real life interaction]. It was truly one of the greatest live moments in the history of the world because 2009 has given us the proper tools to instantaneously reflect on a moment in a group setting. It was as if ’social media’ finally had a reason for existing (besides helping 2 elect the black President).
Apparently the famous African American rapper ‘Kanye West’ interrupted some little white girl (Taylor Swift) when she won a prize at a fake awards show which celebrates mainstream music videos (hosted by the Music Television Channel ). From what I understand, the concept/goal of an Awards Show hosted by a television networks is to ‘create content’, where ’something that gets the whole world talking’ can happen since you are bringing together some of the world’s most famous/volatile people. Viewers tune in, expecting to ’see the unexpected’ and sometime the network manages to ‘create’ bloggable/reflectable moments. Ultimately, the brand of the tv network becomes ‘more relevant’ based upon how much content they can produce.
From what I have read, Kanye West walked on stage to interrupt her acceptance speech, making it clear that Beyonce Knowles had one of the best music videos in the history of art + video + media. It seemed like she reacted as most white women react when a black man approaches them, since she metaphorically ‘clenched on to her purse tighter than ever before’ [via black man passing u on the streets].
I disagree with Kanye West’s message (but wholeheartedly approve of his actions)–Beyonce’s video is nothing special. It seems like it is just African American women showing off their figures and ‘getting they dance on’ for the world. I am bad at ‘valuing dance’ as a legitimate artform because I feel like if I wanted to ’see dance’, I would go to a ‘titty bar’ to see some ‘live, nude breasts shaking’ and bodies contorting in a sexual fashion, directly simulating the act of sex. The video seems like it was just a marketing gimmick, attempting to create a ‘dance craze’ and also possibly some sort of feminist propaganda anthem, which accidentally reinforced the concept of ‘marriage’ as a gateway to a perfect life.
Since Kanye West is a ‘cool black person’, Taylor Swift probably thought he was going to do something to make her ’seem cooler’, but then he ‘took a shit’ on her perceived sense of self within the entertainment industry.
It seems like ‘American citizens’ are ‘deeply disturbed’ by Kanye West’s actions, and can take one of the following viewpoints on his behavior:
- He was right, but u have 2 pretend it is real cuz she’s a white lil girl who is taking showbiz seriously. U have no right to ruin this 4 her.
- Kanye West is a bully.
- Kanye West is ‘a fucking retard’/'jack ass.’
- Kanye West is African American/slur word for African-American which would inherently explain his actions.
- ‘Aww… Poor thing.’
- ‘Team Taylor! Let’s boycott buying the records of black ppl.’
- ‘I think I will vlog about this to get youtube hits.’
- Taylor Swift ‘deserved her moment.’ She did not need 2 have her reality harassed by this “negroid.”
- I am ‘above’ reacting to this event.
- I ‘understand’ what Kanye West has gone through in life, but I am a human, so I will still ‘hold him accountable’ 4 being a ‘meanie head.’
- Taylor Swift represents everything that is wrong with show business and the arts. We must respect Kanye West and his neverending quest to express his true self to the real world. He is genuinely trying to transcend fame, pop culture, and the arts. No one will ever understand him. He is truly the most artistic person in the world, and when he goes on tour with Lady Gaga, we will finally experience art that is on the same level as the greats like Andy Warhol, Michael Jackson, and Michael Jordan.
I do not believe that Taylor Swift ‘deserved to have her moment.’ It doesn’t matter how young she is, and we do not need to enable her sick perspective on the world. While she has a sweet exterior, possibly ‘more talent’ than the traditional Disney-mafia star, and an ability to ‘handle’ everything ‘with grace’, we have to understand that we are harming these manufactured pop stars by continuing to let them exist. Many of them will have identity crises where they turn to substance abuse + sexual experimentation when their whole world comes crashing down around them.
When I look into their eyes, I srsly feel like there is ‘evil’ inside of these people.
It seems like it is beneficial for these Disney stars to ‘believe in the Lord’, because believing that a higher power ‘gifted them’ with this ‘opportunity’ to touch the lives’ of millions of tweens [via the power of music] would be the only way for some one to take their absurd job so seriously. It seems important to remember that these tween stars are possibly ‘mentally ill’ in ways that make them highly functional within the entertainment world. I feel like I will finally ‘like’ the Jonas Brothers when they have a reality show when they are in their mid-30s, similar to Corey Feldman and Corey Haim’s show “The Two Coreys”, a show about two child stars who still have a very stupid perspective on the world (and are recovering addicts).
I was alarmed when Beyonce bypassed her own acceptance speech and ‘called Taylor back on stage’ so that she could ‘complete her speech’, and Taylor Swift failed to realize that it ‘was still a fake award’ + failed to realize that ’she was just involved in a meme that could have been taken to the next level by indirectly calling Kanye West the n-word.’ Instead, she ‘carried on’ with her generic speech/theme [via thank yall], as if ‘everything was made right’ and ‘honor’ was restored to the Awards show/the Entertainment hierarchy. It honestly seems like there is ’something mentally wrong with her’ to ‘fail to recognize the magnitude of the moment she is in.’ I do not like this moment, because people in the ‘Entertainment World’ actually think they are ‘real people’ with ‘real feelings’ in this clip.
My fave part of this video is at 1:29 when Perez Hilton ‘puts his hand over his heart, as if he is watching ‘a truly meaningful moment.’
While many people believe that Kanye didn’t deserve to ‘ruin her moment’, they are neglecting to remember how much they ‘h88888 pop culture’ and how it’s ’suuuch a guilty please to consume gossip blogs and the E! network.’ Do u remember when it was trendy/insightful to have a cutting edge opinion on ‘what a terrible person Paris Hilton is’ and link it to ‘the deterioration of the moral fabric of our society’? It seems like this Kanyegate 3.0 moment will always be remembered as when tweens learned that it was ‘okay’ to treat celebrity entertainment like it was ‘real news’ instead of gradually learning sports+entertainment are more fun to consume than ‘important news’ over the course of their lives’.
It seems like if ppl really wanted to ’stop caring about the practice of turning the actions of rich+famous people into coverable news’, they would have embraced Kanye ‘taking a shit on this white girl.’
If I had black skin, I would be insanely ashamed of Beyonce Knowles for ‘giving Taylor Swift’ her spotlight. The truth is, if you want to sell albums in the modern world, you must appeal to the white tween. All apologies issued in thie ‘controversy’ are meant to appease the white tween. You cannot cross the white tweens (note: minority tweens enjoy pretending to be white, as well). If you ‘piss them off’, they will not buy your mp3 on iTunes, or use their Best Buy gift certificate to purchase your album. They will not go to your concert. They will tweet about you, but it will not be positive. It seems like some1 should create an acronym with the same dark connotations that “W.A.S.P” has, except for White.Tweens.
As a society, we must come together and root for Kanye West to continue to create content & headlines. While he is genuinely pursuing greatness, his narcissistic qualities will surely lead to his premature death. This is more than about needing ‘good guys’ and ‘bad guys’ to create conflict and news. We need a stream of content that we can continually reflect upon. This is why we miss Michael Jackson so much, we had the opportunity to have fun watching him fall apart together. It was legitimately a bullying process that rallied all humans together. It didn’t matter how smart or how dumb u were, there was something inherently funny about making fun of Michael Jackson’s racial, sexual, and social identity. A type of humor that transcended educational levels and class divisions.
If you analyze Taylor Swift’s ‘award winning video,’ you will realize that it is a ‘fucking sham.’ I think the gimmick/theme of the song, is supposed to be some sort of plea to a boy to like her because she has a beautiful+interesting+creative soul instead of the generic ‘hot ass cheerleader type.’
It seems like this video is supposed to appeal to ‘tweens who feel left out’/like they don’t ‘fit in.’ It is a song about sexual desire and obsession over one perfect boy, declaring that he ‘belongs to you.’ You are entitled to him. Feel good about who you are, because if he really got 2 know u, he would love u 4 all of the right reasons. Concepts like these lead to teenage obesity since kids are told that some1 will like them for ‘what’s inside.’ They neglect to take care of their health, and eventually become mopey college students who sit around in a ‘dreamworld’ waiting on their modern Prince Charmbro.
I prefer Beyonce’s artsy booty video to Taylor Swift’s high school puff piece.
Do u sometimes like 2 get drunk just 2 ’see what happens’? [via alcoholism]
We must applaud Kanye for silencing the sweet, yet poisonous essence of Taylor Swift.
Kanye West is a simple, raw human being. When it comes to ‘love and relationships’, he is not interested in creating some sort of meaningful quirky bullshit. He is a man who wants ass and titties. He is an honest man.
We must accept Kanye West as the true heir to the King of Pop–not because of his talent or his artistic interpretation of the world, but because of his ability to create content. He can rapidly produce albums as well as public incidents that are indicative of a deeply troubled human being. He transcends ‘right and wrong’ because he truly ‘acts from the heart/soul’ in a world where most people are too smart/deliberate/PR-managed to act upon their emotions. We must encourage him, embrace him, watch him accomplish great things, but most importantly, watch him truly start to ‘panic’ when he reaches his middle ages and the fear of mortality will drive him to seek more attention than ever.
Realistically, Kanye West seems to be the next ‘big celebrity’ who might die ‘prematurely’ in some sort of tragic/misunderstood event. As a society, we must rise up to create+seize the opportunity to experience the deaths of numerous famous people. We are ‘regular people’ but when some1 ‘famous dies’, regular people finally get a chance to publicly reflect about the gift of life.
We have learned in 2009, that there is no greater news story to react to than the death of some1. Many of these death victims are not even very ‘relevant’ to Generation Y. But the process of digital mourning is too ‘fun’ to let some1 die without talking about them. When some1 ‘famous’ dies, u get to share the meme with your friends, and ponder the person’s realistic effect/impact on your life. It seems to be fun when you ‘don’t give a shit’ that some1 famous died, but it is also ‘equally enthralling’ to experience the death of some1 who ‘was a big part of celebrity culture’ (thereby directly impacting ur life).
A lot of people say that twitter is a ‘useless and boring display of humanity.’ These people don’t understand the true value of twitter–twitter is an instant window into the lives’ of people. A chance to track the distractions that are filling up people’s lives’, momentarily taking over their brains. An impact significant enough to process a lil thought/meme about it. Whether it is a human, a product, a political scandal, a television show, a movie, or a celeb death, the twitter’s portal into a generalized human psyche is priceless.
We must embrace the power of this tool. We must embrace all tools that allow us to reflect/share/digitally mourn.
We are growing up, learning how to use social networks to experience life together. We are learning how to mourn, celebrate, and crucify miscellaneous celebrities. We are learning that death memes are the memes that unite us. The internet/internet meme is a coping mechanism/opportunity. While events happen in ‘reality’ our opportunity to reflect upon them in a ’sillie lil online world’ helps us to cope with how deeply rattled we are by the underlying themes of highly bloggable events.
When you say ‘I don’t give a shit’ about this KanyeVs.TaylorSwift meme, it’s like you’re turning your back on humanity. You fail to realize that these are the only moments that we can all share together. These are the moments where you feel comfortable with the ‘whole world’ reacting. Even though it is a ’sillie lil award show’, maybe everything in life is ’silly.’ Maybe it’s ’silly’ that we elect a President of the USA every 4 years. Maybe it’s sillie that we use ‘money’ 2 make our economy work. Maybe it’s ’sillie’ that we live life.
But u need 2 embrace this silliness with all of the ppl around u. We have been given the ability to analyze and interpret the world around us, and many social barriers are created by the content which you can analyze+interpret. When megamoments happen, you let your guard down, and find a lil bit of solace in knowing that ‘every1 knows about this.’ Sometimes you’ll get mad if some1 has a dumb opinion, or if some1 uneducated tries to ‘act like the have an authoritative perspective on real life.’ You need to stop being so angry/exclusive with your thoughts, and surrender them to the collective consciousness which exists on the internet. Your thought/opinion is more valuable as part of a whole which can be analyzed as ‘raw data.’
Sometimes, I wish the internet/twitter/meme distribution systems were more developed when Justin Timberlake ripped off Janet Jackson’s breast-cover.
Sorta wish I had seen OJ Simpson as a trending topic during his car chase/trial.
We just want to share life with the people around us.
We just want to laugh at humor that every1 ‘gets.’
We just want the whole world to unite, kinda like how Michael Jackson used to help us unite around content, before the internet enabled every1 to go into their little niche. It seems like the internet has finally ‘helped us 2 connect’ with every1.
We just want to send a funnie picture 2 a friend.
We need to know that the leader of our country has the same values as us.
We need to use memes to ‘cope.’ We need the internet. We need to share ourselves and the world that we see.
We must design more memes.
Make them laugh. Make them remember their youth.
Make them laugh. Tie in a meme with another meme.
Appeal to all humor levels, letting the meme move upmarket and downmarket.
We must always take the opportunity to objectify women.
Strive for the most absurd meme possible.
The vast collection of Kanye Interruption Memes will live forever. They are modern cave paintings, capturing the way we communicate and tell stories.
Should Kanye ‘be sorry’? Did he dishonor himself, his brand, and the perceived ‘love’ that he had for his mother? Did he take his brand to another level? Is Kanye West depressed? Will Kanye West ‘kill himself’ after his 5th South Park appearance? Will Taylor Swift become a lesbian/star of a celeb reality show? R u worried about tweens/the world, or are you starting to embrace the world as it is?
Kanye West has nothing to be sorry for. He did the right thing for himself. He did the right thing for the betterment of America. He did the unintentionally did the right thing for the advancement of ‘the arts.’
Kanye West made me realize why life is worth living. My life is ‘better’ when I have better content 2 share with u.
How long am I going 2 have 2 wait for another socially transcendent moment?
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178 Comments
altbag
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//////////Reply by Y
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
@levo,
y kanye west got da
mayan calendar onnn his
hed
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//////////Reply by fullscale008
//////////Posted September 18th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
@Y, It’s a Panananopticon, He giving shouts to MJ and Foucault that he gonna join them real soon. Things about to get real zaney up there.
No longer bored with heaven. Shits poppin since Dash brought a bundle up.
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//////////Reply by HOMOSAPIEN_FUCK
//////////Posted September 19th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
@fullscale008, Do you think they “all listen to music because it keeps them alive.” Ever since Dash went to Heaven?
//////////Reply by mitch
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
@levo, BEST HRO POST EVER!!
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//////////Reply by kafkaBro
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
@mitch, Carles, this is a fucking internet masterpiece!
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//////////Reply by I
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
@kafkaBro, SOOO TRUE. Best commentary on the situation and ideal of a social fopa I have EVER seen. This will/should be thoroughly publicized. Renewed my faith in HRO.
//////////Reply by kafkaBro
//////////Posted September 18th, 2009 at 8:51 am
@kafkaBro, yea such an epic blog post, an internet gilgamesh
//////////Reply by fggt #113
//////////Posted September 18th, 2009 at 10:51 am
@kafkaBro,
imma let you finish, but the anco post was the best post of the year
//////////Reply by Ian
//////////Posted September 20th, 2009 at 6:34 am
@mitch, 100% agree. this post is amazing. Zeitgeist!
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//////////Reply by James
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Kanye, IMHO
http://NOBRANDLIKEHOME.COM/?p=1944
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//////////Reply by J
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
This is a racist post. You should be ashamed of yourself for posting this hateful mess.
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//////////Reply by --------------------
//////////Posted September 19th, 2009 at 3:29 am
@J, Weak cmmnt brah
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//////////Reply by walterdavis
//////////Posted September 18th, 2009 at 1:12 am
this blog might make me want to ‘kill my/self’ or something equally attention-grabbing. just want to be recognized sum day 4 things that i didn’t really care about or put any thought into, really. this is a day in the life of a teenager trapped in suburbia. but, ‘not really.’
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//////////Reply by stephanie
//////////Posted September 18th, 2009 at 1:45 am
when you jack photos from the best blog ever, the arab parrot’s, please give him credit!
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//////////Reply by Grant
//////////Posted September 18th, 2009 at 3:01 am
@levo, http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/6782/kanyepavement.jpg Because everybody is doing it. Also. Perfect article. It’s exactly what I thought but couldn’t say why.
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//////////Reply by Llort
//////////Posted September 18th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
Loving the term “little white girl” that is getting thrown around now about swift
the antithesis to “nigger”
“little white boy” works too, equally demeaning
blacks are the new cool, whites are either racists, nerds, or yuppies
this is what the civil rights movement has brought us today, more racism
and Lil’ Wayne.
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//////////Reply by Mike
//////////Posted September 19th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
What I love about Hipster is the writing here is SO concise. And they’re subtle.
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//////////Reply by perks
//////////Posted September 21st, 2009 at 6:14 pm
@ levo,
nothing 2 say about ur post rly, just posting here so ppl c my opinion up top cuz its important
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Haha, hilarity. Gay fish.
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//////////Reply by Y
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
@Grace,
im goin home
LAWWWWLz
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this is the longest post ever
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//////////Reply by remixes are better
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
@smkbnz88, SERIOUSLY…i gave up.
My favorite meme:
Patrick Swayze, I’m happy for you and imma let you finish, but Michael Jackson had one of the best deaths of all time.
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//////////Reply by THE REAL ANDREW W.K.
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
@remixes are better,
nawnawnawnawnawnawnawnawnawnawnawnawnawnawnawn
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//////////Reply by fggt #113
//////////Posted September 18th, 2009 at 10:52 am
@remixes are better, +1
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crles
this post makes me want to juggle ur smooth balls in my mouf
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//////////Reply by EFF G.Gillies
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
@chong, me 2
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SO DEEP
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//////////Reply by BlipsterCambridge
//////////Posted September 18th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
@AFPAK,
BAWLS DEEP.
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damn. best post ever?
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//////////Reply by hey anony anony
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
@Jims, OF ALL TIME
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//////////Reply by chizua
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
@hey anony anony, OF ALL TIME!
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//////////Reply by Dave Stewart
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
@Jims, this will go down as one of Carles finest works of art/blog content in his wiki entry.
best posta…eva!
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‘jesus’
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//////////Reply by aw, fukk
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
yo @skybeard, im rly happy 4 u, and imma let u finish, but buddha was the most authentic creator of a religion of all time [via mass produced buddha statues]. OF ALL TIME.
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AMAZING
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best post ever???
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i think carles really spoke his mind this time, instead of just giving us another witty satire
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Good post and all, but the best part was the short clip at the end with Obama. I actually LOL’d IRL
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you nailed it. kanyegate 3 has been a defining moment in our lives, glad you could recognize it for all it’s brilliance/relevance.
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best post ever
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i feel like @ its core, this is the hro manifesto. most insightful post of 2k9?
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best hro post ever.
i feel like i could share this, but none of my homies would read ’such long text’
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Yo Carles, I’m happy for you and all and imma let you finish, but Perez Hilton had one of the best posts of all time, OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!
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//////////Reply by Jay Leno
//////////Posted September 18th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
@Kanye West,
What would your mother have to say about this?
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//////////Reply by SilveroTellerson
//////////Posted September 19th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
@Jay Leno, LOL LOL LOL
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I feel lik i could share this, but none of my homies would understand it.
I should get new homies.
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//////////Reply by @--,-'-----
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
we are your homies
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//////////Reply by Focus Planning
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
@@–,-’—–, Anyone of you around Vancouver?
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//////////Reply by perry
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
@Focus Planning, YES
//////////Reply by Focus Planning
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
@perry lets have a beer tonight :-)
write me: mailschorsch@gmx.de
//////////Reply by fggt #113
//////////Posted September 18th, 2009 at 10:54 am
@@–,-’—–, (via anal sex)
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//////////Reply by grandma death
//////////Posted September 21st, 2009 at 12:55 pm
@Focus Planning, We are your friends. You’ll never be alone again.
Well, come on.
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Carles as epic as this post was it has a lil contradiction in it. You said we need Kanye around so we can all watch him self-destruct together, but before that, u said, “Taylor Swift needs to be protected from herself by being ignored so she doesn’t self-destruct” [paraphrased]. So which is it???? WHy is it ok 2 destroy a BLACK MAN but not a WHITE GIRL?????????
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//////////Reply by bryon
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
@(p)ossum,
All celebs must go some way/how.
Only question: is it better to burn out or fade away?
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//////////Reply by ne pas
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 8:51 am
@bryon, only one question: to roll or to bowl?
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//////////Reply by al x
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
@ne pas, heroes get remembered, Legends never die!
-Bby Rth
//////////Reply by †®åπP
//////////Posted September 20th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
@ne pas, thats my cue//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\\//\\//\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\\//\\//\\
All I gotta say is : Damn.
Whatapost!
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nle;r2x
gj, you have climax’d. tear down this blog
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//////////Reply by denny
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
@o hi, lol
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Epic.
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11.0 out of 10.0 runoffs?
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//////////Reply by goodgirl/carrots
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
@jon lennox,
this is kinda white album of blogging so
10.0 out of 10.0 runoffs
‘…’ (via the meaning of memelife)(via death)(via life+http)
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i don’t “get ” hipsterrunoff, hipsterrunoff “gets” me.
srsly tho this is probably the most important/relevant thing that has ever been and ever will be posted on the interwebs.
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//////////Reply by bob dobbs
//////////Posted September 22nd, 2009 at 11:32 am
@livz, Kahlil Gibran says god is not in your heart, but you are in the heart of god.
perfect comment for perfect post.
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some girl + guy with a videocamera on campus with a videocamera asked me “what do you think about what happened at the VMAs?” i said, what, i don’t have cable, and they said okay, we can’t interview you. i thought they were kind of retarded. now that i know what they were talking about, i still think they were kind of retarded.
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//////////Reply by @--,-'-----
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
in the future (now), only lame people watch tv, then they alert the rest of us when something cool happens and we watch a 30 second clip of it on youtube.
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//////////Reply by bygone
//////////Posted September 18th, 2009 at 12:58 am
@@–,-’—–, yea bro….love ^ it
and this post.
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i had my hand over my heart the entire time i was reading this post.
‘best post ever’.
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//////////Reply by aloysius
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
@stvspl, lol
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HELLO!!!
what about the time where he interrupted SoMe at the European music awards!!!! ???? disappointed you didnt include this carl….
http://www.spike.com/video/kanye-wests-mtv/2784958
<3 my sweet little frenchie.
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This beats out the AnCo post.
congrats carles- u are officially reaching king of teh blogosphere.
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“will you be there?” y’all! [via free willy] [via MJ]
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CRLS – i just want 2 thank you 4 this post, and for taking the time 2 reflect on the meaning of kaynegate3 and write a post about it.
most every1 gave such an immediate reaction and i know yer commentors were like – where’s CRLS reaction? what does he think… because it wasn’t “instantly available”.
But we weren’t ready for your thoughts then – we needed time to sort things out in our head – so we could absorb your genius. That is why i love you… you are a genius, but beyond that – you are smart enough to give us time so we are ready to read what you have to write.
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The stuff about tween stars is something I legitimately think about. I kind of honestly feel bad for them – not because they are millionaires who could stop working if they wanted – but because life will always be about how they fit into various traditions/social cages, instead of any kind of search an honest perception of reality.
I’m poor, also.
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I am ‘above’ reacting to this event.
I am ‘above’ reacting to this event.
I am ‘above’ reacting to this event.
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I am ‘above’ reacting to this event.
I am ‘above’ reacting to this event.
I am ‘above’ reacting to this event.
I am ‘above’ reacting to this event.
FUCK POP ‘CULTURE’
NEVER STOP THE SEARCH FOR ‘ALT’
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//////////Reply by I am the Psn Mouth
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 7:03 pm
@kevbro, I am also ‘above’ reacting to this event. I was not even aware of it until this post. I don’t watch awardshows. I’ve better things to do. Even if it’s basically nothing at all.
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this is nuts
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what. a. great .post. I especially loved the all the new ‘Kanye interuptin’ scenarios. I guess.
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wild post. post of the year.
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Martha Stewart wishes she had written this post!
I was one of those who “didn’t give a damn about this” but carRRles, u pulled me in and now I could share this global moment!
*sigh
In psychology they call this a flashbulb moment. What OS were you using when you witnessed carles totally “get” kanye and got elevated yourself?
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LULZ
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I love you Kanye & Carles, thanks for being here for me when its rainy out…
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can we please agree jay leno is a piece of shit
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Fucking awesome post.
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ya nailed it
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mos def the post ever.
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mos def the best post ever.
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sincerity – thanx man.
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WOW WHY IS THIS SO LONG???? HIPSTERRUNOFF GOING DOWNHILL FAST.
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//////////Reply by bill?
//////////Posted September 20th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
@Moses, fuck you, read it and get inspired. quit bitching.
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damn. finally a solid meme this year huh carles?
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agree to the social medias.
agree to the human stuff.
do not agree to everything else.
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I nominate this post as ‘best HRO post ever’.
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Dude- Kanye West is just as full of it as everybody else. There was nothing more remarkable about Beyonce’s video than Taylor’s- and certainly nothing that qualified it as ‘the best video of all time,’ or whatever he called it. It was entirely unoriginal and largely uncreative– three women dancing and swinging their sexy hips… Like I haven’t seen that a thousand times. At least the little white girl put together a story. And no matter how generic the song was, or how generic her image is.. Kanye and Beyonce hardly reach the level of profound. They too are product placement- and you are reading way too much into this ‘moment.’ i think ’self aggrandizing’ sums it up on all levels.
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//////////Reply by Fredrick James
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
@Jennifer, u have to figure that’s the satirical portion of the post.
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//////////Reply by Double Negative
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
@Fredrick James,
Yea. I agree with you. She totally missed “it”.
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//////////Reply by chrysler5thavenue
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
@Double Negative,
I don’t think any of you 3 got it.
//////////Reply by blib_dipper
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
@Jennifer,
Isn’t your name a lil mainstreambaggy? No WONDER you didn’t “getit.”
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via longest hro post ever
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//////////Reply by aloysius
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
@jd, that was the anco post you ill-informed douchebag
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//////////Reply by skybeard
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
@aloysius,
the anco post is probably the reason you are here, amirite
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“He is a man who wants ass and titties. He is an honest man.”
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lol i only skimmed over this post but it seems good will read rest of it later (maybe)
let me once again say carles is seemingly back on track, lord willing he’ll soon be ‘on fire’ again as in the glory days trillions of blogyearz ago (blogyears lol)
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Srsly though Beyonce totally deserved that award. Glad some body said it.
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“He transcends ‘right and wrong’ because he truly ‘acts from the heart/soul’ in a world where most people are too smart/deliberate/PR-managed to act upon their emotions.”
this seems pretty spot on but seriously, not being deliberate in your actions –> being a ‘jackass’
kanye comes off like an over-earnest high-school drama/emo kid, prone to throw a totally embarassing hissy fit whenever he feels it’s ‘justified’ (hint: it never is, hissy fits just suck)
*seriosposting for teh win
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//////////Reply by aloysius
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
@aloysius, i finally read the whole post. undecided between 10.0 or like, 9.7.
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Outstanding post; I would like to inform you that the Beyonce video synchs up well to “weary way blues” as sung by Ida Cox.
be well.
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This post and the AnCo post define HR2009.
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The wrong part about this post is that they are both everything that sucks about the music biz. They are both industry tools. Kanye is shit and so is swift. He just gets some talented person to make a beat, then he raps about how great he is over it. Wow, incredible. Fuck him and her. Fuck music sucks so much right now.
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//////////Reply by brian
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
@Hank,
kanye makes his own beats most of the time
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//////////Reply by 555
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
@Hank,
yeah fuck, he’s makes his own cuts, raps, and is producer. you need to shut up and bring all that shit to the table. he’ll take you out one by one via the triathlon [via Edan]
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//////////Reply by ayn
//////////Posted September 18th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
@Hank, that is ‘the point’
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genius. complete and utter genius.
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dear crls:
when u die, i will make a meme 4 u.
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i fcking <33 u carles
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transcendentCarles
fucking best post ever
absolutely amazing.
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//////////Reply by b4hc
//////////Posted September 18th, 2009 at 1:40 am
@kime, agrees… just <3 carles……
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NOT THE BEST POST EVER HALF OF IT IS RIPPED OFF- carles you took all of those kanyeruption memes from 4chan you jew. while you can write some good stuff, leave the image macros to the pros, or at least give credit to the basement dwellers whoa actually made those memes. youre just as bad as collegehumor.
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//////////Reply by traudi
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
@DAT ASS, those pics suck, credits aren’t needed when pics suck (4chan sucks) (u suck) (kidding i love you)
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//////////Reply by stvspl
//////////Posted September 18th, 2009 at 9:16 am
@DAT ASS, ‘ that’s ‘the ‘point’ ‘ ‘
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carles.. i think you belong with me.
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//////////Reply by grizzlycunt
//////////Posted September 18th, 2009 at 1:12 am
@Christine, aw hell nah. carles is mine.
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//////////Reply by Perez Hilton
//////////Posted September 19th, 2009 at 12:03 am
@Christine,
Who is the only girl who got an honorable mention is his blog?
There’s gonna be some ’swordfighting’ tonight ladies.
Me N CRLS.
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I enjoy the intelligent people on the site that take the time to post about how long it is and how that’s annoying.
This is one of the greatest things I’ve read though
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I wasn’t too sure about you at first.
This has changed. Kudos, my good man.
Don’t fuck it up. The blogosphere needs you.
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//////////Reply by traudi
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
@Double Negative, carles’ posting is like the tide with peaks of awesome and lows of consecutive shit posts, ‘maybe it’s a metaphor for life’ as some people like to say
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i heard the national anthem playing in my head while i read this. I salute you carles. genius.
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//////////Reply by carles is ghandi 2k9
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
@snags, haha, damn. yr right. carles represents the american dream. *puts hand over heart*
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//////////Reply by yhds
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
@carles is ghandi 2k9,
tru alt bro knows he meant the radioheads
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//////////Reply by carles is ghandi 2k9
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
@yhds, whatever i’m over the in rainBRO’s
http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kq5976B4Yv1qz9a1uo1_500.jpg
no joke, this is your best post. how does it feel to know you are progressing? not digressing (via weezer). Thank you Carls.
“Concepts like these lead to teenage obesity since kids are told that some1 will like them for ‘what’s inside.’ They neglect to take care of their health, and eventually become mopey college students ”
love u
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Best HRO post ever. You’ve reached HRO automation, you can churn out HRO posts with your eyes closed. It’s like when Miles Davis and John Coltrane would just blow into an instrument and magic came out. That is where you are at. You win… you win.
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//////////Reply by b4hc
//////////Posted September 18th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
@IndieView TV, yeap carles is the ‘trane of the blogosphere
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//////////Reply by bob dobbs
//////////Posted September 22nd, 2009 at 11:39 am
@IndieView TV, lets not get carried away now….
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truly ur masterpeez, krls.
altho, y u h8 on warhall? he is ur father. leaf him out of this.
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“R u worried about tweens/the world, or are you starting to embrace the world as it is?”
This quote really sums up the post for me. Although I may think these ‘moments’ are ‘totally ghey’, they are what connects me to most of the world. Not much ‘being alt’ can do to change that.
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agree best post ever
i’ve stopped readint HRO because they are boring me but iread this one and the comments….
ur back Carles, getting vulnerable and deep….love it
i actually think Carles is serious this time???
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epic.
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best post in a long time, i heart u carles
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missed you
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While this entire site is a brilliant reflection on the current state of man, this piece in particular features observations I found to be quite moving.
Thank you
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best blog in a while.
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Finally a good post CRLS
its been a while
The Kanye Interruption Memes made me LOL
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This has got to be the longest effing post in the historiez of the toobz
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//////////Reply by Rufus
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
This may be an amazingly long post. But also one of Carle’s best. 2nd only to the ‘Tweenbucks’ post from a couple weeks ago as far as I’m concerned.
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what’s that thing at 00:37 in beyonce’s acceptance video?
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//////////Reply by anonyt
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
@nondairy, peen? [via gaga]
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feel like i ‘didnt get’ the big deal about kanye + swifty. and i really feel like i ‘dont get’ this post.
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EPIC.
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You apparently don’t know the first thing about Taylor Swift. She is about as far away from a “manufactured pop star” as you can get.
She started writing her own songs since she was 11, and virtually demanded to be signed ever since. She was signed on with a recording studio at age 14, and worked her way up to be seen by the world. She’s now 19. I wouldn’t call 5 years of dedication for a teenager a small feat.
It’s certainly a lot more than what you can accomplish.
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//////////Reply by animanialt
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
@Delphine, damndamndamndamndamndamn
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//////////Reply by -_-_-_
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
@Delphine,
i never thought of it that way
remember when Britney was ‘not manufactured’ because she was only 16 and she’d been paying her parents’ bills since she was like 9? [via being the mousketeers]
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http://kanyelicio.us/http://www.hipsterrunoff.com
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crles, i was walking down teh street tonight listening 2 ur old podcast. i heard a woman voice from an apt and sum other muffled shouting and i thought it might b an assault/rape/domestic abuse situation but didn’t care bcause i decided not to care at that moment, carles.
i walked down the street that was dark and saw 2 people walking 2wards me. the street was m t and they beat me up, crls. i’m glad they didn’t take my iPod Touch, crles. i thought, “this is brooklyn, it’s not supposed to be like this for people like me n e more.”
crls, then i walked thru a park that should have been closed bcause it was so late but it wasn’t.
i heard 2 minorities “freestyle rapping” and thought “this is so 1996″, crls.
y don’t minorities know this isn’t 1996 n e more, crles?
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Best post EVER!
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Felt like this post was ’shockingly well thought out’ and truly transformed my perception of this ‘event’. Thank you Carles. I needed this.
Maybe u should ‘dip-out’ on this high note , perhaps take a “staycatation” and just revel in your success/sense of accomplisment.
G’nite blog.
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yay for funny and poignant cultural criticism!
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Carles im real happy for you n imma let you finish but farkus had the best blog post of all time.
srsly, tl;dr
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thanks kayne, carles needed that
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been reading don delillo?
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wait, wasn’t the vmas like 6 blog months ago?
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Carles, bro. Right again.
IMHO, http://NOBRANDLIKEHOME.COM/?p=1944
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think kanye and his brotha gave each other hair cuts before the vma
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Sorry, I can only read 140 characters at a time. Please keep blog posts shorter in the future.
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//////////Reply by brobro
//////////Posted September 17th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
@brobro, PS: AnCo post, I’m happy for you, and I’ma let you finish, but the Kanyegate 3.0 post was the best blog post of all time! The best blog post of ALL TIME!!
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crls i respect you covering this pop culture event so well because alts need to know what’s going on in the world besides ‘anco and tao lin’ but what is with all of these ‘best post ever’ s? wrong.
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im gonna testify crls made me touch the sky
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I feel happy
I feel connected
I feel this made me laugh in a witty and meaningful way
Kanye was smoking on a fat bleeze
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long time reader, relatively first time commenter
AMAZING
so funny
i love you carles, seriously, you brought happiness and light into my life tonight. thanks.
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not sure if this blog post alerted us to the importance of kanyegate 3.0 or if kanyegate 3.0 alerted us to the importance of this blog post.
something to think about.
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great post mang. maybe Kanye will blog about your blog post and fulfill your destiny.
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Half of the post made sense; the other half was crap. The hate’s on you, from you, by YOU, loser.
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One of my favorite memes in the last ___ blog years
Feel bad for Taylor though
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This is a prophecy.
Carls is a prophet.
‘The force is kinda strong with this bro’ [via Vadabro]
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suxs
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Blown save for missing an OJ meme
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carles 2k9
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As I read this, it slowly dawned on me that this is indeed a snark masterpiece. Thank you.
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feel like maybe i should ‘off myself’ [via lyfe being s00000 silly]
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r u rlly crls? writing style is different, too normal, didn’t think kanyegate 3.0 was ‘meaningful’ enough to write like 10 pages about
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“Tweet about this moment”
THAT’S GOLD JERRY! GOLD!
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//////////Reply by mr. jeffers
//////////Posted September 18th, 2009 at 10:22 am
@Kenny Bania, Why do they call it Ovaltine? The mug is round. The jar is
round. They should call it round tine
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I recently ran out of things to talk about when meeting a group of my friend’s friends…I knew I could play the Kanyegate 3 card and get things moving again
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genius, just take one incident n branched out so many interrelated social commentaries.
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You’re easily the wittiest blogger I’ve read, this is one of your best posts for sure. When reading this my reactions go from pure hysteria to cosmic profundity, I love how you post a list of questions ranging from ridiculous to WOAH and don’t answer them directly. Please keep up the great work Carles.
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amen
:’)
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rlly dislike “the blacks” hijacking popular culture/dumbing it down/boring/nigger-ish… kanye is a sycophant uncle tom doing his nigg-jiggs for a white audience laughing @ him. feel sorry for kanye and the blacks.
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//////////Reply by sports
//////////Posted September 18th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
@nightheat, FUCK YOU!
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YO CARLES, I’M REALLY HAPPY FOR YOU AND IMA LET YOU FINISH, BUT BEYONCE HAS THE BEST BLOG OF ALL TIME!
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//////////Reply by Obama
//////////Posted September 18th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
@KAYNE, wut a jack ass
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//////////Reply by lauren conbad
//////////Posted September 18th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
@Obama, he even spelt his own name wrong lulz who dus that srsly?
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//////////Reply by lauren conbad
//////////Posted September 18th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
p.s.
i heart taylor swift
//////////Reply by P!NK
//////////Posted September 18th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
@KAYNE, ur the biggest piece of shit on earth. quote me
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//////////Reply by P. DIDDY
//////////Posted September 18th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
@P!NK @KAYNE @Obama i’m gunna say this, we shud always have respect 4 each other! end of discussion.”
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//////////Reply by katy perry
//////////Posted September 18th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
fuk u @P. DIDDY, fuk u @KANYE it’s like u stepped on a kitten
//////////Reply by HAYLEY WILLIAMZBURGH
//////////Posted September 18th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
taylor swift y’all
//////////Reply by DANE COOK
//////////Posted September 18th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
stfu all ov u. kayne did sumthin incredz that nite. he made me like country music.
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//////////Reply by ricky mARTin
//////////Posted September 18th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
@DANE COOK, totes agree wit u man
kanye, wut a fckin dude
//////////Reply by taylor
//////////Posted September 18th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
@DANE COOK, it’s a <3 story dane
that was funny that someone called you a jew for using shitty graphics. i am not sure what being a jew has to do with this post or shitty graphics.
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Seriously? You are messed up.
And if she would have dropped the mic or just given it over to him, then you would have said she was like a typical white girl running away from any black man she saw hoping he would just take her purse.
No one deserves to be treated that way. Not even you.
And I hated Kanye the moment he got into it with 50 Cent. I am not surprised that a disturbed man on a drinking binge would make a complete fool out of himself.
Your post needs to be shorter. I got bored.
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//////////Reply by taylor
//////////Posted September 18th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
@Jennifer, is dis jen aniston?
hope so.
need 2 add her/ you 2 my supporters list
luv ya
taylor
x
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//////////Reply by testicular dancer
//////////Posted September 18th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
@Jennifer, I suspect you have a hard time detecting irony, sarcasm, and parody.
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//////////Reply by @--,-'-----
//////////Posted September 18th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
you’re not a very fun person, are you jennifer?
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//////////Reply by taylor
//////////Posted September 18th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
@@–,-’—–, def sounds like jen aniston
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carles i’m real happy for you, great post
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holy catfish, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone abuse the single quote like you have. amazing and astonishing. props to you!
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//////////Reply by aw, fukk
//////////Posted September 20th, 2009 at 12:19 am
@Josh, ugh dont ‘get it’
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R U ALL HAPPY NOW??? R U HAPPY??? FINALLY CRLS COMES AND TELLS US THE ‘TRUTH ABT EVERYTHING’ AND NOW WHAT? NOW WE WAIT FOR AND EXPECT ‘MORE GOOD SHIT’ BUT WHAT CAN WE POSSIBLY EXPECT TO LEARN?? WE JUST GRADUATED LIFE YALL
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//////////Reply by anonymous
//////////Posted September 19th, 2009 at 1:35 am
@internet god champio, srsly don’t know what to do now…thinkin of drinkin’ liquid promethazine/codeine/dimetapp/purplecoolaid out of a turkey baster…nothin’ else left for me.
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I honestly can’t believe that people are saying this is the “best post of all time”… this is a meme on the same level as “I’m on a boat”… anyone who thinks this is a “great” post is entrylvl/a bro.
miss u HRO ‘07
so yeah there are a lot of bros who read HRO
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//////////Reply by broseph
//////////Posted September 19th, 2009 at 4:38 am
@XavierDeRosnay, stop being ghey all ur life
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//////////Reply by broseph
//////////Posted September 19th, 2009 at 4:40 am
@XavierDeRosnay, stop being ghey ur whole life. best post evr.
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//////////Reply by bob dobbs
//////////Posted September 22nd, 2009 at 11:46 am
@XavierDeRosnay, so anyone who disagrees with you has no credibility? hahaha, weak.
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hi. im just a blog readin bro who found this post very meaningful and relevant… im first commenting. hopin to make some efriends who value meaningful erelationships. will u be my bro? hope to talk gay w u soon
email me at fcnproenva@gmail.com
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//////////Reply by bob dobbs
//////////Posted September 22nd, 2009 at 11:47 am
@fcnproenva, M4M (via craigslist) youre welcome
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perfect post carles
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weak post carles
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4 real doe, Beyonce did have a better video of the year even if it is sillie/pointless
keep yo head up kanye and obama’s a sellout
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It is unclear to me whether this is meant to be serious or satirical, but it’s much clearer that it simply does not matter – the sincerity of the article has no actual effect on the message nor in the way we should receive it. This is, accordingly, some sort of pure hipster artifact, so I guess kudos and stuff.
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//////////Reply by taylor swifte
//////////Posted September 18th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
@AK, no
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Lmao, Kanye crashed that piece of shit
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soo true, great stuff carles…
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The Awards, Swift
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The awards, *not* Swift
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200 get!
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I’m way worse than Kanye every weekend…double fisting…”i had a drink the other day, opinions were like kittens I was giving em away”…and shit.
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ima ’swift taylor’
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black people should drink more and more often
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//////////Reply by anonymous
//////////Posted September 19th, 2009 at 1:37 am
@Jews4Jesus, missu pimp c…
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honestly i can’t tell if this is satirical or not.
i liked the “it’s like you’re turning your back on humanity…” part because it was the first time u said something that i fully agreed with.
Kanye is still a dumbshit though and so are u….
also they are ‘real people’ with ‘real feelings’.
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//////////Reply by snags
//////////Posted September 19th, 2009 at 2:23 am
@honestlyIh8u, kayne is mtv’s clown. the episode was staged.
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So relevant, I stopped to think so many times. Carles pretty much just reworked my entire view of the Internet.
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Holy fuck, ‘tl;dr’
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carles is a total genius let’s not lie
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post another blog so i can have another revolutionary moment
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lol at the irony/hypocrisy
an ad for Kyp Malone
and didnt you write a snarky post about TV on the Radio?
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pretty sure i love you carles.
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it was transcendent at a fake awards show where he dissed a 19 yr old white girl ,but it would have been just as funny if he had gotten punched in the face by a big fat white mohawk and ed hardy wearing bodyguard/boyfriend or if taylor swift had not reacted as a white woman but instead stepped on his brand new black timberlands therefore retaliating in justified manner
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//////////Reply by mn
//////////Posted September 19th, 2009 at 2:41 am
@mn, my bad.u already implied he might die prematurely.
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Um… WTF? I mean shit, MTV and relevance in the same sentence. No one really watches that shit for the muzics, just to see what staged event is going to happen. That one year when R.(etard)Kelly got on the stage and acted In the closet out by himself. Seriously spooked the masses and got people talking about MTV. MTV is like that attention grabbing whore in the class, when all else fails stage a big attention grabbing attraction. I don’t see why any of the lesser human beings would even grace MTV with a quick glance. I thought Hipsters didn’t like MTV, let alone TV because they’re 2 hip and TV aint hips?
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Weak Post Crls.
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Im pretty sure i shed a tear after reading all of this.
hefty post
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dat’s rite, crls, u let this shit ride 4 a cuple of days. u erned it.
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//////////Reply by dnk
//////////Posted September 19th, 2009 at 11:36 am
@d00dz, hah
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THE BEST POST SINCE, GOD KNOWS WHEN.
WELL DONE CRLS.
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is carles a /b/tard?
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ok ready for the next meme
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Carles is letting this one simmer for a few days. Good work baby.
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BEST POST OF THE YEAR Y’ALL!
I really hope CRLS’ next post is something ridiculous. Just because trying to follow up this EPIC post with a “meaningful” meme just wouldn’t work.
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most meaningful peace of the yr, thnks crles glad you didnt kll yrself after allz
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Guys, is he ever going to post again?
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THIS
IS
IT
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//////////Reply by brobro
//////////Posted September 20th, 2009 at 1:11 am
@JeFF, Tell the Strokes.
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‘oh my god’
‘best hro post ever’
‘carles did it again’
‘best post since AnCo post’
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Carles has died and gone to heaven
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//////////Reply by paco
//////////Posted September 20th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
@pete, lol
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carles,
thank you 4 this post. after “not really watching” the VMAs this yr, i was s00 confused when evry1 was tlking abt this kanye west thing non-stop. so glad u could xplain this in terms i, just a “hipster fggt”, could undrstnd. <3
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Carles Great Post!
since everyone is catching on to the Kanye meme
thing here’s a vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd7PMP33QwI
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2/19 NEVER FORGET 2/119
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//////////Reply by plopper
//////////Posted September 20th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
@plopper,
I MEAN 2/19 AGAIN NOT 2/119 THATS NOT A VALID DATE
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this is like the OK Computer of blog posts
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//////////Reply by jo
//////////Posted September 21st, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Yo jorge, im really happy for you, and imma let you finish,
but dark side of the moon is one of the best albums of ALL TIME.
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it’s “u belong w/ me” not “u belong 2 me”
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ditto to everything
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I usually come to Hipster Runoff for comedy relief and rarely buy into the “meaningful” posts, but this truly was one of the most honest commentaries on our contemporary culture I’ve ever read. I’m glad that in our fucked up world there’s still an audience of people that can see through the bullshit and embrace the truth. What you are doing, Carles, is meaningful because we need to have our alternative/real views reaffirmed so we don’t feel like the only people that can think for themselves in this gigantic puppet show we call life. Thank you.
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have a look at this.
http://bit.ly/1a0MS9
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i think we need 2 transcend our disdain 4 “manufactured pop crap” in order 2 b welcoming 2 future entry-lev’s. by dismissing taylor swift’s emotion as inauthentic we r missing out on a powerful marketing/recruitment opportunity. this is a song by some1 who is “trapped in suburbia” and needs us 2 swoop in & rescue her brand image DUHHH we have 2 admit that u can have authentic emotion even when ur personal brand is inauthentic on an aggregate level u can still create authentic product. taylor has a promising future as a ruralt but not if we limit our marketing/recruitment opportunities to a niche of reliable but aging consumers.
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Wow, way to overthink things. There really is no difference between Kanye, or Taylor, or Beyonce, or Michael Jackson (except he’s dead), or the Burger King Whopper, or Glad plastic bags or that Geico frickin’ lizard….. It’s all just products, and fancy commercials. Seriously, who gives a shit?
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even better reading it again.
carles u emphasize this blog by following it with the chip-blog……. how long are u going 2 have 2 wait for another socially transcendent moment.
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carles is a blogger
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This
is
what
the
“art”
blogging
is.
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If not before, I now totally respect you and your ideas. I don’t agree with all of your points, but FUCK I like your thinking, your writing and YOUR BALLS. Not enough people have those these days.
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and i wonder, what it means, to find yo dream…
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and i wonder, what it means, to find yo dreams… would I ever kno, w/out joining tweeter?
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still living in the shadows of this post, Carles
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//////////Reply by a_nonnie_muss
//////////Posted September 23rd, 2009 at 7:13 pm
@pete, u seem so ‘deep’, like ‘u’ ‘get’ ‘life’. I ‘agree’.
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By the tender mound of a negress, I love this post! And I’m a black man!
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carles,
don’t front. i know you read huxley.
you’re social criticisms are fucking brilliant.
don’t mean to create a masturbation sequence.
peas.
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HAH.
*your.
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Yo Carles, I’m really happy for you, Imma let you finish, but Perez Hilton is one of the best amoral (asshole) bloggers enjoying the pain of others of all time. Of all time!
…unless this is just one big troll. In which case, this is HILARIOUS.
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Sure, he’s entitled to his opinion, but why does he have to interrupt her? That’s just rude. He can go tweet his opinion after the awards ceremony is over.
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