It appears to be someone who wears branded clothing... for... attention?

ok, i know what it is but this article did a good job of pointing it out. like, there’s literally a reference to the fact that they care about hype over form/function/aesthetics.

I assumed it was a new social media marketing company or streaming service.

Glad I’m not the only one. I got halfway through before I was like, why the fuck am I still reading this?

I clicked on the article thinking “ooh, maybe I’ll finally learn what a hypebeast is,” but nope, still unsure.

You couldn’t pay me enough to hang out with most of these douchebags.

I dunno. Every time I hang out with my friends there is at least one minority present, so maybe it’s a reflection of reality?

your posting history, if not begs, implies to differ.

You’re crafty. This is the kind of thing I come to Jezebel to learn.

Fun story!

Oh yeah, I had heard about the wave pool thing. And the River Country stuff, though I believe the idea that the amoeba contributed to it’s closure is a bit of an urban legend. Sad about the assault stuff. Figures though.

That’s exactly my point, it is not a “Japanese social rule” but something that pretty much is common sense.

Feels weird naming names - outing people as what exactly?

Tons of Americans go to Normandy every year to see the old battlefields. You can go online and buy tour packages for them.

But, on the bright side, we’ve managed to make #metoo about putting women on the spot and make them uncomfortable in fun new ways. It was the natural endgame.

Oh, Rich.

RuPaul is just trying to protect his brand. He’s taken a very queer, diverse art style that spans many genders, sexes, and gender identities and created a processed, mass-produced, particular style of “McDrag” for his target audience of cishet women who just want to see men act as flamboyantly faggy as possible.…

I really don’t get E’s decision to keep Seacrest on the carpet this year. E’s regular viewers are likely nearly all female, and the only reason anyone watches the red carpet is for the fashion, which is Giuliana’s thing anyway. It would have been such an easy fix to just have Giuliana take his place.

“I don’t know about Mel,” Oldman continued. “He got drunk and said a few things, but we’ve all said those things. We’re all fucking hypocrites. That’s what I think about it. The policeman who arrested him has never used the word ‘nigger’ or ‘that fucking Jew’? I’m being brutally honest here. It’s the hypocrisy of it…

This is the entertainment version of a payday loan contract.