Monday, March 14, 2011

The 'hipster trap' spotted in the East Village going viral, for some reason

By now you may have seen this photo of a cardboard trap by @WillHimself taken on Avenue A and Sixth Street during the weekend... "Just met this guy setting up 'hipster traps' in NYC, baited with PBR and American Spirits."


It was first posted on Reddit. Gawker linked to it. Time also linked to it. So far, the photos has been viewed more than 500,000 times.
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13 comments:

  1. esquared™March 14, 2011 at 2:01 PM

    williamsburg is a hipster trap (as times square is a tourist trap)

    could also be a survival kit for the nyc hipsters

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  2. AnonymousMarch 14, 2011 at 2:29 PM

    Well, possibly, yet do hipsters drink pabst? I do need edification. It may be that hipsters drink pabst. And yuppies drink mojitos?
    I don't know enough about their propensities, yet, I think a bit of gentle persuasion such as would you please go home, it's bedtime is good too.

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  3. AnonymousMarch 14, 2011 at 2:35 PM

    high school art project.

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  4. nygrumpMarch 14, 2011 at 4:04 PM

    "hipsters" drink PBR because it is the cheapest beer in town. That's the reason why they started drinking it. If "Squid Piss" brand beer was $1.75 a can and undersold PBR and actually made from squid piss nontheless the "hipsters" would drink "Squid Piss" brand.

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  5. C MerryMarch 14, 2011 at 4:08 PM

    Has it caught one yet? Leg in iron oblivious to it while drinking? I'd like to see that pic :)

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  6. RyanAvenueAMarch 14, 2011 at 5:15 PM

    If I wasn't going to the CB3 meeting tonight I'd be brewing up a vat of Squid Piss immediately. In lieu of a squid, I'll make do with our turtle. It will be his first contribution in recent memory.

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  7. AnonymousMarch 14, 2011 at 5:55 PM

    Crustys have better taste than this.

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  8. Marty WombacherMarch 14, 2011 at 7:25 PM

    I heard that this is going to be the opening act for Charlie Sheen's stage show.

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  9. LisaMarch 14, 2011 at 8:57 PM

    This blog has some of the funniest commenters out there. Just sayin'.

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  10. Jeremiah MossMarch 15, 2011 at 11:43 AM

    and this AM it's on the cover of Metro

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  11. AnonymousMarch 15, 2011 at 12:43 PM

    and posts like this are a perfect trap for people who's knowledge of counterculture peaked more than 5 years ago.

    If certainly got all y'all!

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  12. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 11:06 PM

    this cornball fucking hipster trap "joke" is going to attract the fratboy element to the neighborhood.

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  13. AnonymousMarch 19, 2011 at 11:44 AM

    What, no flip-flops?

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