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Dear Hipster: If I were to spend my quarantine trying to master an incredibly complicated game (you know, the kind of thing everybody always says it takes a lifetime to ...

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Dear Hipster: You may be too much of a young’un to remember the tribute album craze of the 1990s, which really extended well into the Aughts, but I sure do, ...

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Dear Hipster: The recent warmth and sunlight have rekindled the smoldering passion in my heart for my one true love: ice cream. I adore all the flavors, even the weird ...

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Dear Hipster: I’m a hugger, not a hand shaker or a cheek-kisser. But I worry — is hugging dead forever, because everyone will be scared to touch each other for ...

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Logic vs. Wu Tang Style

Dear Hipster: You wrote recently about how it’s very hipster to be suspicious of anything that too many people like, and therefore definitely “not into” such popular things. People who enjoy logic might express this ...

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Changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes

Dear Hipster: I transplanted here a couple of years ago from Portland, Oregon, and I noticed that on average, hipsters in Portland are way meaner than those in San Diego. What gives? — Progressive Guru ...

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April 15, 2020
I endorsed Joe Exotic for President

Dear Hipster: The more people tell me to watch Tiger King, the less I want to watch Tiger King. Am I being a total hipster because I refuse to watch Tiger King as my go-to ...

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April 8, 2020
Star Trek: The Next Next Generation: Tiger King

Dear Hipster: As we all know, the coronavirus pandemic is nothing more than a consolidated effort by home delivery grocery apps and Netflix to keep us permanently combined in our homes. It’s actually sort of ...

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April 1, 2020
The quasi-divine, vaguely porklike glory of the McRib

Dear Hipster: I think it is patently unfair for you to invoke the quasi-divine, vaguely porklike glory of the McRib during these trying times. Did you not think we had it bad enough being forced ...

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March 25, 2020
Get thee to thy Reddit conspiracy theorizing!

Dear Hipster: I hate to dwell on it, because it seems like it’s all anybody can talk about lately, but every answer I get on this whole “social distancing” thing raises ten more questions. Should ...

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March 11, 2020
Beardo coronavirus propaganda

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Thirsty for Orbitz

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Dear Hipster: Please help me with something that has been puzzling me of late. I think we can agree the whole “retro stuff is super hipster” thing is established beyond dispute. Nevertheless, I have noticed ...

February 19, 2020
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February 12, 2020
Protesting the injustice of no White Claw on tap

Dear Hipster: Here is a puzzler for you. I always hear about hipsters being super socially conscious of all the world’s ills, and letting this concern guide their decision-making towards (mostly commercial) activities like drinking ...

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February 5, 2020
Epic power metal covers of the “Toss a Coin” song from The Witcher

Dear Hipster: One minute all the cool kids are dopamine fasting, the next minute everybody’s like “OK, Boomer,” and before you know it they’re dreaming up epic power metal covers of the “Toss a Coin” ...

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