So, what?
Maybe it’s blatantly obvious to end with that traditional “last section” of a story or essay, here, but what does it matter? What does Carles mean for us ‘as a society’?
This author is excited by the fact that hipsters, the reappropriated generation, the intertextual-without-meaning subculture, can make fun of themselves and reappropriate their own image again for a new use. They’re coming to some use! Carles is, whether his character or the “actual author” realizes it, changing the dialogue in the country. Though his writing lacks originality and in its use of running jokes and “style” limits language even more, he’s helping jaded hipsters realize there is something more to aspire to in appreciation. There is non-ironic appreciation. There is an attempt at authenticity. The world can be open instead of closed.
And hell, Justice can design a Coke bottle. If alt culture goes mainstream, it is alt anymore? Does it matter? Taste cultures are breaking down, Nobrow style, if sincerity takes over once again. Hipsterism can be a positive thing, after all!
As to whether the blog isworking, I’ll take the risk of being a bit flip here and tip my hand:
Carles says Hipster Runoff is a “blog worth blogging about”. I just blogged about it. You’re welcome, Carles. (Also, thank you).
