It’s a pretty meaningless description. It’s for people who are uncomfortable with their status of being a boring white person. Usually applied to other boring white people out of fear.

You have to be severely uncool if you think Warped Tour is where “hipsters” go. That stuff is for a different type of corny poser.

Dreads are not cultural appropriation.

I would like you to apply this sort of reasoning to any identity group and then let us know if you think it would be offensive.

I think you need to brush up on how culture is costume even to whomever you think is the proper audience for it.

Wait, this sounds different from the stuff you guys pretend is good?

Universities are filled with some pretty stupid people.

Classism is pretty cool around here. It’s another unresolved issue within the mainstream consciousness of the audience here. This is also an interesting trope reversal.

The US committing to a ground invasion of Syria and parts of Iraq isn’t a bad idea because “it’s what ISIS wants.” Islamic State has delusions of grandeur and prophecy, but the trouble starts with corruption and sectarian politics in Iraq that military intervention cannot address. Then how does the US address the…

I’m curious how many of these people came from wealth or a very strong upper middle class background.

Probably because it’s the one outlet they feel safe in giving support to their prejudices. Comedy is very conservative and appeals to the baseness of the audience.

That tends to be most “comedy.”

One of the worst things about computer notes is that you can’t doodle in the margins anywhere.

Who cares? Should it be surprising that this non-event brings out so much backwards stuff from this site’s readership?

I believe Jezebel’s reporting on this relationship was certainly the most embarrassing aspect.

This song is really bad.

I don’t really think comedians ever really destroy hecklers. They all seem to say the same thing: a variation of “I’m here on stage, I’m more important than you” and then make a predictable crass remark. The crowd goes wild because they love authority and they are all a bunch of idiots anyway. The whole deal is rather…

I don’t think these people get it.

Instead, people get to watch the female version of sexist bro make jokes that are just about as clever and insightful and then laugh a bunch about how deep down, they are truly awful humans (and don’t want to change anything about that).

Amy Schumer being a hack and not being funny is pretty well supported.