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The struggle to become CEO of the World

Dear Hipster: When the big tech oligarchs who now clearly control everything turn on each other in a violent struggle to become CEO of the World, who do you see ...

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Jay and Silent Bob’s earth shattering revelation

Dear Hipster: I’m depressed. Please cheer me up. — Kaye I’m going to assume you’re probably more displeased over the trillion trivial insults you might receive from life on any ...

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The end of civil discourse

Hipissimo Maestro: You hipsters have a penchant — pronounced in the original French way — for preserving and often restoring dying arts. I’m hoping reviving the art of polite, civil, ...

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Full contract bridge

Dear Hipster: I always wondered what happened to contract bridge, and it always surprises me that I haven’t heard about a resurgence of bridge with hipsters. When I was growing ...

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Snap-Dragon as a Christmastime celebration

Dear Hipster: I grew up in the ’60s, when being hip was an ineffable, deliciously rare characteristic. Both my parents were Beats in their day, listening to Billie Holiday and yes, smoking the occasional joint. ...

December 30, 2020

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Like wearing Ugg boots and board shorts

Dear Hipster: My roommate and I worked our way through a half dozen cans of Steel Reserve the other night while we watched the majority of a new Netflix documentary series about obscure competitions called ...

December 23, 2020

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December 16, 2020

For your consideration: Boxing Day with Christmas Crackers

Dear Hipster: With the holidays upon us, I would like to know how a hipster would deck the halls. What type of gifts might be given? What food would be served? Do hipsters do holiday ...

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December 9, 2020

Good uses for a time machine

Dear Hipster: One thing this crappy year has got me thinking about is time travel. If time travel were indeed possible, we could go back in time and quarantine patient zero before the coronavirus pandemic, ...

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December 2, 2020

The four levels of retro Christmas

Dear Hipster: Since life is still canceled, I have been thinking about doing some kind of old-school Christmas festivities this year. Got any suggestions for how to make the most commercialized holiday season in the ...

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November 25, 2020

Venting frustration over Baby Yoda eating frog eggs

Dear Hipster: 2020 is almost over, and I think we can all agree it’s been a hell of a year. Rather than dwell on the weirdness of 2020, I want to take a look back ...

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November 18, 2020

In-n-Out or Five Guys?

Dear Hipster: I was reading your column from a few weeks ago where you talked about sitting around, drinking beers, and holding down heartfelt conversations about thirty-year-old alternative rock bands. To me, that sounds like ...

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November 11, 2020

K-pop correlation

Dear Hipster: I was talking to a coworker of mine the other day. You can safely assume he (or she) qualifies as a real hipster. I can’t remember exactly how we started talking about it, ...

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Sweater, hoodie, or jacket?

Dear Hipster: As the chill of autumn settles in around us, I think the most burning question on everybody’s mind is... sweater, hoodie, or jacket? Which method of fending off the cold reigns supreme? — ...

November 4, 2020

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McDonald’s sauce gun trivia

Dear Hipster: What will be the top recreational drugs for hipsters in 2021? I’m guessing booze and buds, but not necessarily in that order, and I could be wrong. Anything else that may be on ...

October 28, 2020

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October 21, 2020

Driving a Pinto like it’s a Porsche

Dear Hipster: I have been contemplating a new car for a while now. Try as I might, I can’t find one that suits me. For starters, it is getting hard to find a ride with ...

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October 14, 2020

Halloween: never say die

Dear Hipster: This was supposed to be the year for Halloween. Not only did the actual holiday fall on a Saturday, it was a full moon to boot! I mean, could you ask for a ...

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