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Edmundo BravermanAs long as there is SBUX, hipsters will always have employment.

Maybe in flyover country, the Billyburg crowd wouldn't even be seen pissing out their single-source Japanese gravity-brewed espresso shot cup on a Starbucks.

There have been many great comebacks throughout history. Jesus was dead but then came back as an all-powerful God-Zombie.
 

Hipsters know how to hustle mayne'!

"I respect your courage for coming this far alone! However, you are still going to die!"
 
LubuHipsters know how to hustle mayne'!
unfortunately I think this is true, and it makes me hate them that much more.
 
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LubuHipsters know how to hustle mayne'!
unfortunately I think this is true, and it makes me hate them that much more.

You should get a hipster gf, because the sex will be magical.

The downside is you will always have to pay for her broke-ass.

"I respect your courage for coming this far alone! However, you are still going to die!"
 

Hipsters will be fine through their 20s, when it is still possible to live relatively large on the cheap (roommates to save on rent, party friends, cheap booze). But the party is over as you approach your 30s, and people start marrying off and slowing down.

Being a hipster with lots of smarts but no job is like taking out a loan on your future. Enjoy it now, because you will pay for it later. But hey to each their own and I can't criticize anyone for not wanting to be a banker, but in this environment being unemployed could potentially limit your options for your entire future.

 

http://www.salon.com/life/pinched/2010/03/15/hipsters_food_stamps_pinch…

"I'm sort of a foodie, and I'm not going to do the 'living off ramen' thing," he said, fondly remembering a recent meal he'd prepared of roasted rabbit with butter, tarragon and sweet potatoes. "I used to think that you could only get processed food and government cheese on food stamps, but it's great that you can get anything."
Still, Ankerberg said, "There's a sort of uneasiness about it. A few friends that are artists in Williamsburg are like, 'Don't say we're on food stamps too loudly. Just keep it between you and me.'"
"At first, I thought, 'Why should I be on food stamps?'" said Magida, digging into her dinner. "Here I am, this educated person who went to art school, and there are a lot of people who need them more. But then I realized, I need them, too."
 
whatwhatwhathttp://www.salon.com/life/pinched/2010/03/15/hipsters_food_stamps_pinch…
"I'm sort of a foodie, and I'm not going to do the 'living off ramen' thing," he said, fondly remembering a recent meal he'd prepared of roasted rabbit with butter, tarragon and sweet potatoes. "I used to think that you could only get processed food and government cheese on food stamps, but it's great that you can get anything."
Still, Ankerberg said, "There's a sort of uneasiness about it. A few friends that are artists in Williamsburg are like, 'Don't say we're on food stamps too loudly. Just keep it between you and me.'"
"At first, I thought, 'Why should I be on food stamps?'" said Magida, digging into her dinner. "Here I am, this educated person who went to art school, and there are a lot of people who need them more. But then I realized, I need them, too."
"An educated person who went to art school" HAHAHAH

Yeah finger painting makes you soo educated.

 
blastoisehey if you have long hair will you get auto dinged like ashton kutcher kinda hair ?

Not true. The Goldman "partner" that heads all the M&A for my dad's company has hair down to his shoulder blade lol my dad said it threw him off quite a bit but he also said if you're smart enough they don't give a rat what you look like

 
whatwhatwhatblastoise r u hipster

no i just look better in medium length hair then jelled hair, my hair is very smooth and I take a shower every morning so it looks very polished/clean.

No homo...but if you felt my hair vs your girlfriends hair you would ask her why isn't her hair as smooth as mine causing you to rage quit the relationship on the spot

 

@ whatwhatwhat - I actually got angry reading that. Wow. Safety nets are just that: backup plans when things don't work out, but I was under the impression that if someone chose not to ever get a job and to become a starving artist that they........starved.......yes???

Get busy living
 
HarvardOrBust
blastoise

but shorter and light brown and not oily @ all

justin bieber?

kinda

i'm being so serious right now why is this so funny don't make me start throwing monkey shit

 

Hipsters work at hip companies that are supported by rich hipster kids.

Vicious circle.

"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." - George Bernard Shaw
 
I_BanksterI LOLed at my desk from scrolling down and seeing that picture.

Another analyst walked behind me and said: "what the fuck are you looking at queer"

can you please answer my question i will give u a sb

 
blastoise
I_BanksterI LOLed at my desk from scrolling down and seeing that picture.

Another analyst walked behind me and said: "what the fuck are you looking at queer"

can you please answer my question i will give u a sb

^ I'm in a starbucks laughing like a maniac, showing this to hipsters
Get busy living
 

LMAO! Can't stop laughing here, and I was in a REAL bad mood before I started scrolling down lol.

SB for you blast.

People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis, you can't trust people Jeremy
 
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I have long hair, often dont shave more then once a week, and probably would be called a "hipster" by most of you tools if you saw me on the st. It most certainly helps me in the world of hedge funds because it keeps with the "eccentric genius" theme. Not saying this would work if you are trying to get a job as a banking analyst out of college, but I never wanted that job or anything like it. If you showed up to an interview with me, I would absolutely hold it against you that you look like a cookie-cutter "finance guy". I am looking for people who generate unique ideas and those come from people who think in different ways not people who just try to conform and not stick out. So you guys shouldnt disparage people just based on how they look...you could be asking them for a job at some point.

 
BondarbI have long hair, often dont shave more then once a week, and probably would be called a "hipster" by most of you tools if you saw me on the st. It most certainly helps me in the world of hedge funds because it keeps with the "eccentric genius" theme. Not saying this would work if you are trying to get a job as a banking analyst out of college, but I never wanted that job or anything like it. If you showed up to an interview with me, I would absolutely hold it against you that you look like a cookie-cutter "finance guy". I am looking for people who generate unique ideas and those come from people who think in different ways not people who just try to conform and not stick out. So you guys shouldnt disparage people just based on how they look...you could be asking them for a job at some point.

A couple of things to add to this:

I work at a BB where the biggest money maker is a prop trader who has probably shaved his beard/hair cut less than a handful of times this year. He brings home more money than the ceo and definitely by default more than anyone on this board. However, I am not sure if this is a reasonable plan of attack for an intern or new analyst. Depends on desk but some definitely take issue if one does not dress like a brooks brothers christmas catalog and appear to be a total WASP. These are generally people I try to avoid but to each their own i guess.

Im not really sure what hipster means to people on this site, but considering this industry is loaded with chummy ivy league lax bros, i don't think I would be offended if one of you called me a hipster. Most of you guys are the ultimate example of group thinkers who will do anything to fall in line with a crowd to avoid making short term mistakes, or even worse, you are a bunch of know-nothings. Make fun of my tattoos all you want (no asian symbols that shit is for tools) but at the end of the day it is no surprise that everyone on the street thinks the same, looks the same, and probably fucks the same chicks. Dare to be different, it might just pay off.

 
BondarbI have long hair, often dont shave more then once a week, and probably would be called a "hipster" by most of you tools if you saw me on the st. It most certainly helps me in the world of hedge funds because it keeps with the "eccentric genius" theme. Not saying this would work if you are trying to get a job as a banking analyst out of college, but I never wanted that job or anything like it. If you showed up to an interview with me, I would absolutely hold it against you that you look like a cookie-cutter "finance guy". I am looking for people who generate unique ideas and those come from people who think in different ways not people who just try to conform and not stick out. So you guys shouldnt disparage people just based on how they look...you could be asking them for a job at some point.

I am looking for unique ideas, and those come from people with unique hair.

But in all seriousness, if you're a big shot prop trader or something dress however you damn well please. People who bring something to the table get to be a bit eccentric. If you're looking for a first year analyst job, you really don't bring shit to the table. At all.

 
BondarbI have long hair, often dont shave more then once a week, and probably would be called a "hipster" by most of you tools if you saw me on the st. It most certainly helps me in the world of hedge funds because it keeps with the "eccentric genius" theme. Not saying this would work if you are trying to get a job as a banking analyst out of college, but I never wanted that job or anything like it. If you showed up to an interview with me, I would absolutely hold it against you that you look like a cookie-cutter "finance guy". I am looking for people who generate unique ideas and those come from people who think in different ways not people who just try to conform and not stick out. So you guys shouldnt disparage people just based on how they look...you could be asking them for a job at some point.
True. The attitude of most people on this site is pretty cookie cutter and it wouldn't surprise me if that reflects all of IB. I mean, think of the usual path into BB IB: Private high school then HYPS then campus recruiting/summer analyst at BB then full time analyst at BB. Few deviations from that path really. I think most people really WANT a cookie cutter path to wealth and that's exactly what investment banking is. I mean, analysts at BBs are paid to fill out spreadsheets, not to generate ideas, and that makes it the perfect gig for your cookie cutter Ivy graduate who has literally never faced adversity ever and possibly never will. Most people on this website are just looking for a cookie cutter path that they can follow instead of figuring shit out on their own. I mean look at this thread: //www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/interview-for-jefferies It's a joke really.
 
BondarbI have long hair, often dont shave more then once a week, and probably would be called a "hipster" by most of you tools if you saw me on the st. It most certainly helps me in the world of hedge funds because it keeps with the "eccentric genius" theme. Not saying this would work if you are trying to get a job as a banking analyst out of college, but I never wanted that job or anything like it. If you showed up to an interview with me, I would absolutely hold it against you that you look like a cookie-cutter "finance guy". I am looking for people who generate unique ideas and those come from people who think in different ways not people who just try to conform and not stick out. So you guys shouldnt disparage people just based on how they look...you could be asking them for a job at some point.

So, you are still judging people based on what they look like, right? Which is inherently the issue you have with the cookie cutters, right? Do you think this is hypocritical?

Bueller....? Bueller....?
 
chris8sirhc
BondarbI have long hair, often dont shave more then once a week, and probably would be called a "hipster" by most of you tools if you saw me on the st. It most certainly helps me in the world of hedge funds because it keeps with the "eccentric genius" theme. Not saying this would work if you are trying to get a job as a banking analyst out of college, but I never wanted that job or anything like it. If you showed up to an interview with me, I would absolutely hold it against you that you look like a cookie-cutter "finance guy". I am looking for people who generate unique ideas and those come from people who think in different ways not people who just try to conform and not stick out. So you guys shouldnt disparage people just based on how they look...you could be asking them for a job at some point.

So, you are still judging people based on what they look like, right? Which is inherently the issue you have with the cookie cutters, right? Do you think this is hypocritical?

I suppose you are right. When i see someone who looks like a boring cookie-cutter-type person I judge the as such. I guess this does make me somewhat hypocritical. So be it.

 
Jesse.LivermoreI wish my first few posts were a little more upbeat but whatever. Ill try and keep the bitching to a minimum and hopefully I can help someone on here from time to time. However I must say discussing lax bros brings out the worst in me so that is probably the source of my rage for these posts.
Bitch all you want, that's all I do. Well, that and dick jokes.
If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses - Henry Ford
 
Edmundo BravermanWelcome aboard, Jesse. This one's for you:

Eddie, thanks for that. It's funny to me that at the end of the video, something came up about gingers in the related videos tab. To me that means the rest of the world sees, lax bro attitude = social status of gingers.

I must say though, given the choice between dealing with lax bros and the post-grad Keynesian-Statist pricks from all the graduate econ programs I applied to, I will still take lax bros.

 
BondarbI actually like lax bros better then most finance people.

Well when the competition is barely-English speaking quants, money obsessed Stern grads born and raised in the tri-state area, a twice divorced director that is alive but only in the physical sense, lax bros, and the field, lax bros tend to do quite well.

The video is a winner though.

 

Hipsters realize by junior year in college that getting a job w/ a degree in [insert non-bus. major] is going to be really hard. So they use family connections to get a job in IB. ---- Seen it happen multiple times

 

Just because you didn't play lacrosse and don't dress like a Vineyard Vines catalog model doesn't make you a hipster.

THESE are hipsters:

There have been many great comebacks throughout history. Jesus was dead but then came back as an all-powerful God-Zombie.
 

Saw a guy I regularly spar with in muay thai walk in to the gym in hipster/borderline gay clothes; skinny jeans, fedora, etc. I was completely taken aback. Couldn't believe someone who can actually fight would willingly make himself look so effeminate in public. HIs fighting style is aggressive yet his dressing style is "i am receptive in my butt area."

 

You god damn hipsters get off my lawn, All trolling aside, skinny jeans is whats good now a days. Dont kid yourself but hardcore hipsters like the one in the dickhead video need to get punched in the face.

 
Mr. Hansen
Robert_FischerYou god damn hipsters get off my lawn, All trolling aside, skinny jeans is whats good now a days. Dont kid yourself but hardcore hipsters like the one in the dickhead video need to get punched in the face.
My balls disagree.
same here What ya'll have against hipsters
 

@ the guy with the hair comments blassie or w.e

You mention "no homo" ... that my friend is homo....

- Only time will tell....
 

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"For I am a sinner in the hands of an angry God. Bloody Mary full of vodka, blessed are you among cocktails. Pray for me now and at the hour of my death, which I hope is soon. Amen."
 

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"I respect your courage for coming this far alone! However, you are still going to die!"
 

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