When he recognized himself in a photo following an article about “all hipsters looking the same,” a hipster got furious. He sent an angry email to MIT Technology Review, but little did he know that he would only prove the theory of the article. When the MIT journal’s editors checked the image license, it turned out that the photo showed a totally different hipster.
On 28 February current year, MIT Technology Review recently published the article titled “The hipster effect: Why anti-conformists always end up looking the same.” It’s a rundown of a Brandeis University’s research paper and illustrated by a photo of a young man wearing a plaid shirt and a beanie.
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The man in the photo recognized himself and he got upset for being called a hipster. After all, no hipster likes to be called that way. Gideon Lichfield, the MIT journal’s editor-in-chief, told the story on Twitter about what happened after the article went live. And honestly, it cracked me up.
“We promptly got a furious email from a man who said he was the guy in the photo that ran with the story. He accused us of slandering him, presumably by implying he was a hipster, and of using the pic without his permission. (He wasn’t too complimentary about the story, either.)”
We promptly got a furious email from a man who said he was the guy in the photo that ran with the story. He accused us of slandering him, presumably by implying he was a hipster, and of using the pic without his permission. (He wasn't too complimentary about the story, either.)
— Gideon Lichfield (@glichfield) March 5, 2019
“Now, as far as I know, calling someone a hipster isn’t slander, no matter how much they may hate it” Lichfield added. He pointed out that the journal would never use a photo without the proper license or model release. Since the article was illustrated by a stock photo from Getty Images, it was easy to check the license, and so they did. This is where it gets funny.
“Getty checked the model release, and gave us the news: The guy who complained wasn’t even the guy in the picture. He’d misidentified himself,” Lichfield wrote in a tweet. The dude couldn’t recognize himself, for crying out loud! Sorry hipsters, but I’d say that all this proves the theory given in the article and in the paper: hipsters indeed look alike.
P.S. lead image was taken from Pexels, it was tagged “hipster,” don’t blame me if you recognize yourself : )
[via The Register]
Skipping through Facebook and assuming this is a satirical article from the Daily Mash or Newsthump…..
I thought so too when I first saw it :D
One would think so…but it’s legit
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/03/07/hipsters-all-look-same-man-inadvertently-confirms/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.bd6a4e53688b
I could not laugh more.
Oh snap
They all look alike to me.
The problem is not that they look the same. The problem is that the assigned QI is constant, and the number of participants went to high ?
The bearded biped douche…. looks like a man, sounds like a man… but is seldom found in the wilderness preferring to keep its vagina warm by drinking fancy latte drinks in overpriced coffee shops.
All comments that I could have done on this have been done… so I’ll just say I agree with them.
Oh no you could not make this up ????
Misidentifying yourself in a photo. Yeah, I’m calling bullshit on this fake article.
Didn’t read it, huh? Yeah, I’m sure this is what the MIT Technology Review is all about. :)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/03/07/hipsters-all-look-same-man-inadvertently-confirms/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.bd6a4e53688b
I think someone may be a Hipster.
Aaron McCormick You say you don’t believe the article?
I don’t believe you don’t believe the article.
Two can play at this game.
not cool. what would FONSY think
That is so fantastic.
The dominant (mass produced) aspect in the “unique and authentic” Austin,TX LoL.
Thats the guy! I see him everywhere..
Oh, the irony.
“Wearing the uniform of individuality.”
Just like tattoos and piercings, which used to be sure signs of nonconformity. Now both are the opposite…just different types of uniform.
How could you be so vain as to be able to identity your own likeness
Hilarious! I see a dozen guys a day here in Austin who could be his twin! LOL
This made my day.
Hipster now = NPC
Stop saying we all look alike dammit!
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/70dd1b1f555ffdcb918ba74494447af2107252b95b4d67bfb043ad15dd345f92.jpg
He doesn’t even look like a hipster…more like an alligator hunter.
This is from the Onion. Right?
Hipsters not only all look alike, they all share the same brain cell. I guess it wasn’t this guy’s turn to have it. ;-)