Least convincing / most lol-worthy aspect of The Weeknd's quick rise to Internet fame

pbr thing isn't really complicated:

1) hipsters need a cheap beer
2) mainstream/fratty brands, lite beers, and brands that cost a dollar or two more are out
3) pbr is is a little better than schlitz, old mil, etc.
4) as an added bonus it's a brand with a strong tradition that can be "reclaimed"

ime miller high life was equivalent in terms of test, value, and cache, esp after they redesigned the bottle. the brand that hipsters really missed on is regular coors, which costs about the same and tests much much better.

I'm no expert on this, but the stereotypical London hipster always used to do silly things like strap a pair of sandals to his face or wear a baby dummy or something equally ricockulous and attention-seeking but nevertheless displayed a degree of wanting to stand out from his peers. This maelstrom of fashion insanity seems to have settled down and settled into a uniform style.

xpost I used to be a big High Life stan but these days it gives me headaches like ice-brewed beers do. Don't know whats up with that, but I always preferred the 'champagne of beers' myself. That and Hamm's Golden Draft, which basically tastes like MGD but is like 3 or 4 dollars cheaper.

think cad has figured this one out. hipster tribalism & related hipster as pejorative explanations are rarely satisfying

i think most would agree its p unique for balance of not totally gross & very cheap

all metalheads & crust punks i know drink pbr exclusively

i think most would agree its p unique for balance of not totally gross & very cheap

weeknd?

I seriously thought PBR became a hipster beer because of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snhiofL2Rh4

it probably contributed!

ha I remember in college the actual hipster types would drink Miller High Life

Life would be so much nicer if everyone drank gin and tonics.

xp yeah most ppl i know would drink whichever one was on special at the store.

nowadays i support GANSETT as the beer of all new england hipsters.

lol I ended up with a 12-pack of that after the Superbowl, it was surprisingly tasty

red stripes not so expensive in the US!

(although nostalgia makes me pine for Meister Brau)

not here at least. it is kind of a hipster beer i guess! so is tecate.

gansett's not bad! i get it at shows and stuff. the seasonals they're doing now are actually quite good.

red stripe is probably more expensive than it's worth but it's necessary in hot weather. i actually had some modelo especial cans recently and they were surprisingly good--that would be a nice choice for hipsters.

i had some narragansett this weekend. you cant get it in nyc really but its all over ne it seems like.

yeah i think modelo is as a hipster beer now. red stripe you can get for like 6.99 a six-pack here which seems about right for the quality. i drink a lot of it. i think yeungling and rolling rock count as hipster beers too.

xxp: the guy who brought it was all "this is 2nd half beer" and proceeded to drink practically the entire Victory variety pack I had bought

I will admit that hot weather makes a lot of those super light beers make a hell of a lot more sense; going to Puerto Rico taught me to really, really appreciate Coors Light.

it does not explain why Miamians drink Heineken.

Heineken is all right but Amstel is much, much better.

what the hell is wrong with you internet people

xxp: the guy who brought it was all "this is 2nd half beer" and proceeded to drink practically the entire Victory variety pack I had bought

aww that's not classy!

i had some narragansett this weekend. you cant get it in nyc really but its all over ne it seems like.

skimmed this as "i had some narransraggett this weekend"

Life would be so much nicer if everyone drank gin and tonics.

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^ http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=77&threadid=505 xp

ah shit

i dunno fellas, i've had some music-venues gin and tonics that i wouldn't wish on you

gin-based drinks in general are the hallmark of civilization

especially the Last Word

music venue gin and tonics are generally http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathtub_gin quality imo

Is Colt 45 just an LA Hipster thing?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/96113350@N00/5216784077/

ack!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/96113350@N00/5216784077/

i mainly know Colt 45 from like Chuck D et al's argument about its high alcohol content and aggressive marketing to the black community, so when i saw so-called "enlightened" white NYC hipsters so quick to throw money at them, I was pretty smh

I drink Heineken in Miami because the fat can stays cold longer.

http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/countygrind/2011/03/colt_45_blast_snoop_dogg.php

oh... oh no

i mainly know colt 45 from being 13 years old

There was the Drake cosign,

is this drake the writer?

Colt 45 is big w/ my friends in Portland.

xpost I believe it was the type of dragon, known as "The Drake"

http://dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Drake

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

everybody's looking forward to the weeknd, weeknd

Don't really feel on-board with the "they all dress/drink the same!" aspect of the skewering of hipsters (of the williamsburg or shoreditch varieties) ITT. Fashion trends are like music styles: when you're not into it you become blind to nuances and apt to assume generalisations are 100% correct.

otm..."they think they're different but they're all the same" is like the 1+1 fucking equals TWO!!! of hipster discussion

and in fact i am often surprised by how many diff types of hipster there are...less than noticing total uniformity anyway. there are all sorts of older trends, mod, metaller, etc etc etc threaded through the whole hipster thing.

that plus the fact that people, even ones i've never met, tend to be different from each other due to having minds/beliefs etc.

and in fact i am often surprised by how many diff types of hipster there are!

Yes. Even in gay-hipster world - which for obv reasons should be even more intensely uniform - you get guys in wifebeaters + flannel shirts with fop-tops and five day growth hanging out with shiny-point-shoes bryl-creamed little princes hanging out with tanned tennis-ready preppy types and these are all clearly within the venn diagram "gay hipster" but on any other sensible reading ought to have nothing to do with one another.

Don't know why I added an exclamation mark to yr quote ronan.

ime miller high life was equivalent in terms of test, value, and cache, esp after they redesigned the bottle. the brand that hipsters really missed on is regular coors, which costs about the same and tests much much better.

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coors co. supports extreme right wing politics & i remember flyers the black student org put out on my campus about how u shouldnt buy coors, k*l*ans, blue moon, etc because the guy who runs the company throws millions of dollars at destroying affirmative action

lmao @ googleproofing of k*l*ans

craft beers in general are huge 'hipster beers' in chicago. you cant throw a rock right now w/out hitting some bearded dude in flannel who will make pronouncements abt what kinds of craft beers are worth your time & how he's making his own beer etc etc etc in this city. i think these dudes just wish they lived in portland

i mean PBR is still a thing but thats like, for 20 yr olds. by the time u have a job & have started working at groupon, which is singlehandedly employing chicago's hipsters and by extension keeping revolution, half acre and metropolitan brewing in business, they prefer to sip beers like a fine wine

im not immune although i cant really afford to be