Today’s Alt Biz Lesson is about product packaging. What yall need 2 realize is that product packaging represents your product. Sometimes even more than ur actual product. Even though ‘Am Appy’ is ‘just a t-shirt’, the way that the colourful product sits in a meaningful clear bag with names of relevant cities printed on it does a better job of branding. In this picture, you can see proud entry level alts who are proud of their recent purchases at the popular international boutique “The American Appy.” The opportunity to walk around the city with a branded bag gives the entrylevelers a chance to show other consumers what ‘people who look interesting and culturally connected’ are purchasing.

I know yall don’t realize this, but when u walk with this bag, u r a ‘walking billboard’, kind of like a bus with an advertisement, or one of those portable billboard thingies.

I guess what I’m trying 2 say is that yall need 2 b aware of the world around u.
Understand that product packaging can inspire consumers to rally behind ur product’s brand.

Should I use my Abercrombie bag as my backpack when I go back to High School to get my G.E.D.?

Should I be proud of my Forever21 bag?

Is it still authentic to brand yourself with The Gap?

I <3ed my macbook packaging so much that I use it on a daily basis as a purse/laptop bag so that people nvr 4get that I'm a Mac user.

When I grow up, I will only live in a city that has been listed on an Am Appy bag.

What’s yalls favourite bag 2 walk around with?

Should I dress up as a Joustice song for Halloween 2k6/2k11?
If these 4 girls were going 2 a Girl Talk concert, what themed costume do u think they would wear?

(miss u)

I would like a meaningful, buzzed tugjob from
a) D
b) V
c) N
d) O
e) D.V.N.O.
f) choose.your.own.combo

Then I was reading a popular BrooklynHipsterNewsBlogAboutVegans, and I saw my meme come to life on a post-self-aware post-entrylevel meaningful alt having post-post-meta-ironic fun at a Girl Talk concert.

[Photo by Nilshot]

I feel rlly happy when one of my memes comes to life, kinda like a Progressive High School Teacher who feels gratified when students ‘extend concepts’ outside of the classroom.

<3 yall.
"Yall make my memes come true."
-to the tune of Hall and Oates' "You Make My Dreams Come True"

entry level alt
Wish I could go back in time
and make u muxtape

entry level alt
Wish I could go back in time
and buy u t-shirts

entry level alt
Want u 2 always b young
Remind me of me

Entry level alt
Why aren’t u impressed by me?
U prefer altbags.

Let’s go 2 Parsons
Design Stuff That Looks real kewl
Move into kuet loft

U wear ur mom jeans
But u will nvr grow up
Entry Lev = Yout

XX BONUS GIRL WHO JUST FOUND OUT SHE WAS ADOPTED XX

My parents got divorced, but I could nvr handle ‘finding out I was adopted.’ Just want ppl 2 like me + be honest with me. Would h8 finding out that my youth wasn’t as authentic/special as I interpreted it 2 b.

Is n e 1 who reads this bl0g adopted, and did it mold u in2 who u r 2day?

[Photos by The Cobrasnake]

Does being ’s0 rand0m’ mean that u have an ‘interesting personality’?
Does being ’s0 random’ mean that ppl think ur funny because u don’t abide by the ‘order’ which defines our universe/social universe?
Does being ’s0 rand0m’ mean that u have an original personal brand?
Does being ’s0 rand0m’ get u m0re tugs from guys/grls?
Does being ’s0 rand0m’ mean that you collect a lot of memes from pop culture, and find a way to incorporate them into your personal brand, enabling people with minimal personalities to identify with you/respect you because you are able to talk with them about the only things that have ever made their lives’ meaningful: references to old movies that u saw when u were a kid + other miscellaneous totesally rand0m references that u were under the impression ‘no 1 else saw it the way that I did’ when in reality, the majority of American kids all had the same childhood (+/- $10K, depending on ur parents’ occupations)?
Does being ’s0 rand0m’ mean that once every 2 months, you have a mini-identity crisis where you go out for ice cream with a group of overweight girls to ‘bitch about life’ and ‘express uncertainty about the direction of ur life’ and ‘the people in ur life’?
Is being ‘totesally rand0m’ a personal brand that worked better for Gen X alts, as opposed to the modern Gen Y and Gen Z alt?

Just want 2 figure out how ‘rand0m’ to make HRO. Might have to hire some toatally s0 fckng rand0m vloggrs who know how to use Windows Movie Maker + invest in a black curtain 2 put in their room.

[Reverse Meme Hijack via Rawkblog]

Should I be a creature from the electro jungle?

Should I be a sexie skeleton that bears mid-drift ?

Maybe a boyscout who has the body language of a ’snarky blogger.’

Should I be female sexie Gandhi Alt? Should I bring some Barry O-Bay-May/Communist Pamphlets?

Can I find a way 2 be an ‘AltBro Witch’? Do I have to buy a broom + a cauldron of P.B.R.?

Maybe I can start  only drinking Grey Goose and get the Steve Aoki body type.

Should I be a self-aware post-entry-level alt?

If yall don’t speak up, I’m just gonna be BLIPSTER JUSTICE.

[Photos by TheCobrasnake]

PLZ FCKNG HLP ME.  

Think I might hire a famous designer like Marcus “Germs Scott” Jacobs 2 design my costume. Does n e 1 have their email addy, or can I just use designerbro69@aol.com ? Or should I try projrunway@compuserve.org ?

They’re right. It’s time to finally get serious about blogging about MexiAlts. MexiAlts are responsible for the sustainability of the Party Industry in Southern California. It’s difficult to deny the presence of more MexiAlts than ever on popular party pix sites like thecobrasnake & redslurpeee.

MexiAlts are blessed with the ability to ‘have a wide-eyed, entry level mindset’ without ‘gettin too self-aware’.  They will never ‘become disenfranchised with the state of the scene.’  Instead, they will migrate to a new scene after it is established as a ‘mainstream alt’ norm. MexiAlts enjoy the consumer experience provided by their local mall, usually inundated with MainstreamAltish Trends.  Most MexiAlts are currently transitioning out of emo/PanicAtTheFallOutBoy/post-hardcore, and focusing on electro/bloghaus.

For example, these MexiAlts [via Mexico] have transitioned their PanicAtTheDiscEmo personal brands to a modernized ElectroAlt personal brand.

[photo by Deep City Dive]

The MexiAlt comes in many different formats.  I remember during HRO’s myspacer worth blogging about era, many of the selected myspacers were the post-sexual androgynous MexiAlt type.  For example, here is HECTOR ECSTASY.

And who will forget ISAAC MEXICAN? He checks his myspace bulletins [via sidekick] at least once every 10 minutes.

MexiAlts usually don’t make it on the guestlist. They are pure ‘consumers’ in the alternative economy, without many connections/aspirations to do more than stand on the sidelines of the alternative economy. When Southern Californian producers/promoters post myspace bulletins about having a show (equipped with an obnoxious flier), this is for the MexiAlt demographic. Myspace bulletins = usually the best way to reach them.

Female MexiAlts are proud of their American Apparel aesthetic in the way that an entryLevel Alt circa 2k6.3 would be proud of his/her personal brand’s merger with the AA aesthetic.

It’s always just important to remember that Alternative Minorities are more important to the ElectroCommunity than Alternative whites (tentatively called WHIPSTERS). MexiAlts, AltAzns, and Blipster are the people who are proud of the scene–proud enough to go see a DJ who is ‘going to lay down a HARD set.’ White people usually go to more ‘traditional concerts’ while AltMinorities aren’t afraid to ’show up early to get a spot in the front’ and then ‘get sweatie’/grind on one another.

[Photo credits to RedSlurpee(a place for MexiAlts]

After dedicating significant coverage to blipsters and AZNs, it’s time to honor one of the most important demographics in Altville–the MexiAlt.  

What are MexiAlts all about, yall?  Do yall people in the Northern USA/Canada/Australia/Europe even know what a MexiAlt is?
Do u like this era of post-tolerance on HRO?

QUESTIONS FROM READERS ANSWERED BY HRO BLOGGER “the CARLES”
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TrappedInSuburbia69 writes:

crls, all types of wayfarers, shuttershades, zany colored sunglasses, no-lens glasses are MNSTRM to extreme levels at my school… and i live in a rich people suburb.
there are people mixing hollister and colored wayfarers on a day to day basis.
i need your advice ryte now! i can’t go back to school looking like one of them. tell me how i can seperate myself.

[Photo by the cobrasnake]

Carles says:
It’s difficult to ’stand out’ once all of 2k7s trends reach suburbia in 2k8. Just ‘dare 2 be different.’ Wear something that u don’t even believe looks good/is cool. Make sure u keep listening to newer music than them. Don’t tell them ur altWebsite content sources. Most kids in your position would ’stop bathing’ so that their smell lets people know that u r way more committed to altdom than they are.

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DiabeteBros69 says:

I have type I diabetes from 2 much cereal. Type II is for fat mainstreamers.

Carles says:
Thanks for the info! I only know that Diabetes is something that the Jonas Brothers injected into their bodies.
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MuseumEmployee69 writes:

how many automatic alt pointz do i get for working at a gehry building? are they accepted as currency at most chili’s locations?

Carles says:
Working at a Frank Gehry building will get you a lot of free perks in altLife, including $10 Chili’s dollars per week, free admission to Six Flags theme parks, half off Southwest airlines flights to Europe & Japan, V.I.P. priviledges at major music festivals, the ability to browse altMusicSites without having to view the ads, and 1 free abortion for you or your significant other.

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RageAgainstTheLate90s writes:

Was Woodstock the first SXSW?

Carles says:
Yes. You may remember SXSWoodstock99 where Fred Durst & the Limp Korns set Austin on fire and they had to rebuild most of the University of Texas campus.

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LivingInFear69 writes:

I’m so scared about the electro wars. I heard that France and Australia have huge stockpiles of bangers… Stop BMD proliferation yall.
Furthermore intel suggests that Ableton technology has spread across the entire AZN subcontinent, with young kids as young as 14, indoctrinated by bearded ideologues, now able to mix bangers *in as little as 45 minutes*.

Carles says:
I’m scared, too. Will George W. McCain Obama Palin do something about this? are yall voting or does it ‘not matter’? No1 will ever give me a straight answer. They just tell me 2 vote or die. Things aren’t so black and white, yall! Also, make sure to buy ur duct tape, flashlights, spam, & bottled water.

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AmericanContrarian69 writes:

Am I the only one who thinks that wearing American Apparel from head to toe is the least ‘alt’ thing a person can do? I just don’t get it. Alt truly = mainstream when it comes to that. Do you know why I get so angry when i see someone wearing a purple vneck tshirt that was obvs bought that day from AA? Is there a way to just accept that AA is for hipster/scenesters and doesn’t = Alt? Is there a way to let the world know that the more AApurple you wear, the more mnstrm you are?

Carles says:
The American Appy aesthetic is functional for your day-to-day ’subtle’ alt life. American Appy continues to expand their product line to bring you a wider range of colours, prints, and Afrikan stuff. American Appy works 4 u. In a way, American Appy wants every1 to be ‘a little bit alt.’ Some see this as a good thing, and some see this as a bad thing. It really just depends on ur personal brand. True altdom is within–don’t just assume that puting on clothes that were branded as ‘being alt’ makes u an alt. That would be like wearing Nikes and assuming u were going 2 play in the NBA. Being a true alt takes months and blogyears of hard work, yall. BTW… Please support our sponsors, yall! Every item on my body right now is AmAppy–I am brand loyal. Am Appy: The New Nike?

Note: Not a real American Appy ad. Just some myspacer who I found on googleImageSearch who loves his aesthetic.
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ItGirl69 asks:

who’s cory kenney?? is she on like a (m)tv show??? i’m i 2old2know???

Carles says:
She was one of the original MTV VJs. She was also the inspiration for the character ‘Daria.’
Daria = Cory Kennedy = their gimmick is that they don’t smile

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WorriedAbtMyFriend22 asks:

carles,
i desperately need advice on how to deal with a friend of mine. this summer she is totally becoming an alt after a life of being a mainstreamer. i don;t know how to handle it!? at first it was subtle things, she got some kute bangs and started wearing some tighter jeans and even bought some chucks and wayfarers (i lol’d). she caught me off guard when she asked me what i thought of the new girl talk album, i was like…. “ughhhhh, what? no” and she was like “yeah, i totally think nite ripper was better”…. i was just shocked. now she listens to justice and mia and all that other entry shit and i heard her call herself a hipster (i cringed). i get tha
t she wants to be kute and trendy but seeing this change firsthand is confusing! PLS, what should i do? should i bring it up and talk to her about it or just stay quiet and observe? should i try to help her not look like such an obvious mainstreamer gone alt? try to get tugged by her new gang of vapid trend-whore friends?
PS
pls keep this annonymous, i have a suspicion she might have found ur blog after using my macbook

Carles says:
first of all–put a password on your MacBook. U NEVER want some1 to find out what sites u’ve been browsing. The truth is that your friend is still a mainstreamer, but her context has just changed. U need to embrace her inauthentic new personal brand, and certainly try to get tugged by her gaggle of friends. If you present yourself as an authentic source of trends, new music, and a general value system with which they live their life by+see the world, then u will have it good. Just be sure that you are prepared for your ego to take a hit when an altMale who is more respected in the scene is able to swoon your impressionable tugger away from your control.
MainstreamersGoneAlt are a blessing and a curse, yall. Don’t fall in love with them, ever!

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AspiringBlogger69 asks:

do u think i should get blog, blogspot, or xanga? u are the only person i trust to answer this question. i want every1 to read my blog all day everyday.

Carles says:
Xanga is for AZNs. Blogger is for generic people who post 3 times and then quit. Wordpress is for douchebaggy blogs about politics/parenting. Tumblr is for alts/high end design meme consumers. Livejournal is from people who are stuck in the year 2000. Twitter is ass holes. Typepad is for old people. Geocities are for authentic alts?

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2CatchAPredator69 writes:

dear crls,
i love your blog, but i have a problem. the on;y alt girls my age at my high school are off-limits yo. what is one supposed to do? should i date a younger entry-level alt and try to open her to the world of alt by taking her to see the justice and electro bands? or is she just highly tuggable? should i commute 4 love; san franny’s 45 minutes away though, and i do know/could meet/need to meet some pretty alt girls who go to liberal arts high schools and know how to screen print t-shrts/give good tugjobs/listen to ratatat on lp while “doin iy”?
Help yo.

Carles says:
In the altWorld, the Age of Consent = the age where some1 decides to implement alternative trends into their personal brand. Even if they are as young as 14, something as simple as wearing an interesting shirt, or wearing trendy mom jeans is basically them admitting that ‘they are available on the tug market.’ If it would make you feel more comfortable being with a younger woman, you can always purchase a pair of child predator glasses at ur local pharmacy.

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theOfficeFan69 writes:

Is NBC really coming out with a series called HIPSTERS which will merge the humor of ‘The Office’, ‘it’s always Sunny in Philadelphia’, ‘Arrested Development’, and ‘Human Giant’? Should I be excited or scared? Will it be authentic, and will Justin Long be in it?

[via BDavis Tumblr]

Carles says:
I have no idea, yall. But I hope so. I wish there were more people on my Television who I could relate to so I could watch them on hulu/youtube. I h8 not being able to identify with n e modern television characters. I don’t even work in a quirky office/ live on a lost island! sux.

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BrookeShields69 says:

i had depression before i found hro.

Carles replies:
In a way, aren’t we all ‘a lil depressed’ in the same way that we’re all ‘a lil bit bi’?

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GoingAway2College69 writes:

hey [CRLS], what’s the altiest major? obvi graphic/fashion design is a staple of alternative subcultures, but i feel that something liberal artsy (liberal alty?) is more in line with my personal lifestyle brand. political science or ’sociology’ (whatever that is) sound totes entry-lvl alt. what should the alt-collegiate crowd study 2 stay ahead of the curve?
u r0ck my world.

Carles lists:
1) Miscellaneous Associate’s Degree
2) Photoshop
3) Art History with a focus on the post-Photoshop era
4) Architecture
5) Teaching for America
6) Philosophy with a concentration on Graphic Design Ideology
7) Music Business with a minor in BlogCommunications
8) Alternative Economics
9) Graphic Design (at a school without computers)
10) Sociology + Psychology
11) Marketing
12) Communications
13) A major about music where you spend a year using the campus’ recording facilities to ‘make ur own album’
14) Film with a concentration in French No Wave cinema
15) Film Studies before 1900
16) Mashup Engineering (or whatever Girl Talk majored in)

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GirlLuvr69 says:

ladyhawke = blonde electro feist? the quirky videos, the slightly masculine face, the bad dancing… who would you choose a tug from?

Carles says:
Good question! I’d take a tug from either one, but girls are insecure, so they probably have more opinions about this 1.

Feist: a bad dancer?

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Guy69 writes:

xrlz: hi, ive been wanting to ask you: could u please explain further some of the terms, premises, and “basic banalities” of HRO? i think this would help clarify what youre doing/talking about, and make your socio-anthropological tugjobs more meaningful for everyone. . . .

for example, like:

what are the electrowars? when are they coming? and why?
can an electroholocaust be avoided, or is it now an inextricable part of ‘destiny’?
how do you think the warring factions will divide? Alts vs. Streamers? and Alt on Alt warcrime? and what about Double Agents?
who are likely to be killed off and who shall endure? how can i increase my chances of survival?

what exactly is the Alt/Stream ‘dialectique’ ?
when alts become streamers, are they still alts underneath? or have their souls/personal brands been forever subsumed into ‘the square paradigm’?

what does the future hold for:
1) chilis
2) the electrorainforest
3) the personal brand economy
4) altbosom
5) sunbears
6) jeans (of many varieties)
7) SXSWestern Civilization
8) Snitchfork
9) bangs/bangers

perhaps these questions are rather wide-ranging already, but i just thought it’d be good if you stepped back and explained things.. i mean, particularly seeing as though youll soon be entering the teenage years
of your 2nd blog century.
thank you !

Carles responds:
Not sure what ur tlkng abt, but it sounds like u live in a zany world that does not represent reality at all! U should probably focus on getting a master’s degree/moving up to middle-management within the next 2 years instead of reading internet website blog thingies.
‘I want some of what he’s on!’
-some quirky FGGT ‘jokester’

Thanks for reading, yall! email me yalls questions! Hopefully this helped yall!

QUESTIONS FROM READERS ANSWERED BY HRO BLOGGER “the CARLES”
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TrappedInSuburbia69 writes:

crls, all types of wayfarers, shuttershades, zany colored sunglasses, no-lens glasses are MNSTRM to extreme levels at my school… and i live in a rich people suburb.
there are people mixing hollister and colored wayfarers on a day to day basis.
i need your advice ryte now! i can’t go back to school looking like one of them. tell me how i can seperate myself.

[Photo by the cobrasnake]

Carles says:
It’s difficult to ’stand out’ once all of 2k7s trends reach suburbia in 2k8. Just ‘dare 2 be different.’ Wear something that u don’t even believe looks good/is cool. Make sure u keep listening to newer music than them. Don’t tell them ur altWebsite content sources. Most kids in your position would ’stop bathing’ so that their smell lets people know that u r way more committed to altdom than they are.

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DiabeteBros69 says:

I have type I diabetes from 2 much cereal. Type II is for fat mainstreamers.

Carles says:
Thanks for the info! I only know that Diabetes is something that the Jonas Brothers injected into their bodies.
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MuseumEmployee69 writes:

how many automatic alt pointz do i get for working at a gehry building? are they accepted as currency at most chili’s locations?

Carles says:
Working at a Frank Gehry building will get you a lot of free perks in altLife, including $10 Chili’s dollars per week, free admission to Six Flags theme parks, half off Southwest airlines flights to Europe & Japan, V.I.P. priviledges at major music festivals, the ability to browse altMusicSites without having to view the ads, and 1 free abortion for you or your significant other.

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RageAgainstTheLate90s writes:

Was Woodstock the first SXSW?

Carles says:
Yes. You may remember SXSWoodstock99 where Fred Durst & the Limp Korns set Austin on fire and they had to rebuild most of the University of Texas campus.

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LivingInFear69 writes:

I’m so scared about the electro wars. I heard that France and Australia have huge stockpiles of bangers… Stop BMD proliferation yall.
Furthermore intel suggests that Ableton technology has spread across the entire AZN subcontinent, with young kids as young as 14, indoctrinated by bearded ideologues, now able to mix bangers *in as little as 45 minutes*.

Carles says:
I’m scared, too. Will George W. McCain Obama Palin do something about this? are yall voting or does it ‘not matter’? No1 will ever give me a straight answer. They just tell me 2 vote or die. Things aren’t so black and white, yall! Also, make sure to buy ur duct tape, flashlights, spam, & bottled water.

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AmericanContrarian69 writes:

Am I the only one who thinks that wearing American Apparel from head to toe is the least ‘alt’ thing a person can do? I just don’t get it. Alt truly = mainstream when it comes to that. Do you know why I get so angry when i see someone wearing a purple vneck tshirt that was obvs bought that day from AA? Is there a way to just accept that AA is for hipster/scenesters and doesn’t = Alt? Is there a way to let the world know that the more AApurple you wear, the more mnstrm you are?

Carles says:
The American Appy aesthetic is functional for your day-to-day ’subtle’ alt life. American Appy continues to expand their product line to bring you a wider range of colours, prints, and Afrikan stuff. American Appy works 4 u. In a way, American Appy wants every1 to be ‘a little bit alt.’ Some see this as a good thing, and some see this as a bad thing. It really just depends on ur personal brand. True altdom is within–don’t just assume that puting on clothes that were branded as ‘being alt’ makes u an alt. That would be like wearing Nikes and assuming u were going 2 play in the NBA. Being a true alt takes months and blogyears of hard work, yall. BTW… Please support our sponsors, yall! Every item on my body right now is AmAppy–I am brand loyal. Am Appy: The New Nike?

Note: Not a real American Appy ad. Just some myspacer who I found on googleImageSearch who loves his aesthetic.
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ItGirl69 asks:

who’s cory kenney?? is she on like a (m)tv show??? i’m i 2old2know???

Carles says:
She was one of the original MTV VJs. She was also the inspiration for the character ‘Daria.’
Daria = Cory Kennedy = their gimmick is that they don’t smile

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WorriedAbtMyFriend22 asks:

carles,
i desperately need advice on how to deal with a friend of mine. this summer she is totally becoming an alt after a life of being a mainstreamer. i don;t know how to handle it!? at first it was subtle things, she got some kute bangs and started wearing some tighter jeans and even bought some chucks and wayfarers (i lol’d). she caught me off guard when she asked me what i thought of the new girl talk album, i was like…. “ughhhhh, what? no” and she was like “yeah, i totally think nite ripper was better”…. i was just shocked. now she listens to justice and mia and all that other entry shit and i heard her call herself a hipster (i cringed). i get tha
t she wants to be kute and trendy but seeing this change firsthand is confusing! PLS, what should i do? should i bring it up and talk to her about it or just stay quiet and observe? should i try to help her not look like such an obvious mainstreamer gone alt? try to get tugged by her new gang of vapid trend-whore friends?
PS
pls keep this annonymous, i have a suspicion she might have found ur blog after using my macbook

Carles says:
first of all–put a password on your MacBook. U NEVER want some1 to find out what sites u’ve been browsing. The truth is that your friend is still a mainstreamer, but her context has just changed. U need to embrace her inauthentic new personal brand, and certainly try to get tugged by her gaggle of friends. If you present yourself as an authentic source of trends, new music, and a general value system with which they live their life by+see the world, then u will have it good. Just be sure that you are prepared for your ego to take a hit when an altMale who is more respected in the scene is able to swoon your impressionable tugger away from your control.
MainstreamersGoneAlt are a blessing and a curse, yall. Don’t fall in love with them, ever!

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AspiringBlogger69 asks:

do u think i should get blog, blogspot, or xanga? u are the only person i trust to answer this question. i want every1 to read my blog all day everyday.

Carles says:
Xanga is for AZNs. Blogger is for generic people who post 3 times and then quit. Wordpress is for douchebaggy blogs about politics/parenting. Tumblr is for alts/high end design meme consumers. Livejournal is from people who are stuck in the year 2000. Twitter is ass holes. Typepad is for old people. Geocities are for authentic alts?

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2CatchAPredator69 writes:

dear crls,
i love your blog, but i have a problem. the on;y alt girls my age at my high school are off-limits yo. what is one supposed to do? should i date a younger entry-level alt and try to open her to the world of alt by taking her to see the justice and electro bands? or is she just highly tuggable? should i commute 4 love; san franny’s 45 minutes away though, and i do know/could meet/need to meet some pretty alt girls who go to liberal arts high schools and know how to screen print t-shrts/give good tugjobs/listen to ratatat on lp while “doin iy”?
Help yo.

Carles says:
In the altWorld, the Age of Consent = the age where some1 decides to implement alternative trends into their personal brand. Even if they are as young as 14, something as simple as wearing an interesting shirt, or wearing trendy mom jeans is basically them admitting that ‘they are available on the tug market.’ If it would make you feel more comfortable being with a younger woman, you can always purchase a pair of child predator glasses at ur local pharmacy.

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theOfficeFan69 writes:

Is NBC really coming out with a series called HIPSTERS which will merge the humor of ‘The Office’, ‘it’s always Sunny in Philadelphia’, ‘Arrested Development’, and ‘Human Giant’? Should I be excited or scared? Will it be authentic, and will Justin Long be in it?

[via BDavis Tumblr]

Carles says:
I have no idea, yall. But I hope so. I wish there were more people on my Television who I could relate to so I could watch them on hulu/youtube. I h8 not being able to identify with n e modern television characters. I don’t even work in a quirky office/ live on a lost island! sux.

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BrookeShields69 says:

i had depression before i found hro.

Carles replies:
In a way, aren’t we all ‘a lil depressed’ in the same way that we’re all ‘a lil bit bi’?

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GoingAway2College69 writes:

hey [CRLS], what’s the altiest major? obvi graphic/fashion design is a staple of alternative subcultures, but i feel that something liberal artsy (liberal alty?) is more in line with my personal lifestyle brand. political science or ’sociology’ (whatever that is) sound totes entry-lvl alt. what should the alt-collegiate crowd study 2 stay ahead of the curve?
u r0ck my world.

Carles lists:
1) Miscellaneous Associate’s Degree
2) Photoshop
3) Art History with a focus on the post-Photoshop era
4) Architecture
5) Teaching for America
6) Philosophy with a concentration on Graphic Design Ideology
7) Music Business with a minor in BlogCommunications
8) Alternative Economics
9) Graphic Design (at a school without computers)
10) Sociology + Psychology
11) Marketing
12) Communications
13) A major about music where you spend a year using the campus’ recording facilities to ‘make ur own album’
14) Film with a concentration in French No Wave cinema
15) Film Studies before 1900
16) Mashup Engineering (or whatever Girl Talk majored in)

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GirlLuvr69 says:

ladyhawke = blonde electro feist? the quirky videos, the slightly masculine face, the bad dancing… who would you choose a tug from?

Carles says:
Good question! I’d take a tug from either one, but girls are insecure, so they probably have more opinions about this 1.

Feist: a bad dancer?

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Guy69 writes:

xrlz: hi, ive been wanting to ask you: could u please explain further some of the terms, premises, and “basic banalities” of HRO? i think this would help clarify what youre doing/talking about, and make your socio-anthropological tugjobs more meaningful for everyone. . . .

for example, like:

what are the electrowars? when are they coming? and why?
can an electroholocaust be avoided, or is it now an inextricable part of ‘destiny’?
how do you think the warring factions will divide? Alts vs. Streamers? and Alt on Alt warcrime? and what about Double Agents?
who are likely to be killed off and who shall endure? how can i increase my chances of survival?

what exactly is the Alt/Stream ‘dialectique’ ?
when alts become streamers, are they still alts underneath? or have their souls/personal brands been forever subsumed into ‘the square paradigm’?

what does the future hold for:
1) chilis
2) the electrorainforest
3) the personal brand economy
4) altbosom
5) sunbears
6) jeans (of many varieties)
7) SXSWestern Civilization
8) Snitchfork
9) bangs/bangers

perhaps these questions are rather wide-ranging already, but i just thought it’d be good if you stepped back and explained things.. i mean, particularly seeing as though youll soon be entering the teenage years
of your 2nd blog century.
thank you !

Carles responds:
Not sure what ur tlkng abt, but it sounds like u live in a zany world that does not represent reality at all! U should probably focus on getting a master’s degree/moving up to middle-management within the next 2 years instead of reading internet website blog thingies.
‘I want some of what he’s on!’
-some quirky FGGT ‘jokester’

Thanks for reading, yall! email me yalls questions! Hopefully this helped yall!