But a life without irony, is a life without well. Brillo.
M From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Arthur Cordell Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2012 6:56 AM To: [email protected]; 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION' Subject: [Ottawadissenters] How to Live Without Irony - NYTimes.com NY Times Nov 17, 2012 If irony is the ethos of our age - and it is - then the hipster is our archetype of ironic living. The hipster haunts every city street and university town. Manifesting a nostalgia for times he never lived himself, this contemporary urban harlequin appropriates outmoded fashions (the mustache, the tiny shorts), mechanisms (fixed-gear bicycles, portable record players) and hobbies (home brewing, playing trombone). He harvests awkwardness and self-consciousness. Before he makes any choice, he has proceeded through several stages of self-scrutiny. The hipster is a scholar of social forms, a student of cool. He studies relentlessly, foraging for what has yet to be found by the mainstream. He is a walking citation; his clothes refer to much more than themselves. He tries to negotiate the age-old problem of individuality, not with concepts, but with material things. More...... http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/17/how-to-live-without-irony/?n l=todaysheadlines <http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/17/how-to-live-without-irony/? nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20121118> &emc=edit_th_20121118 http://tinyurl.com/bezlm9e __._,_.___ <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ottawadissenters/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJya3I0bDY5BF 9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE1MjA5MDU5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA4MzUxMgRtc2dJZAMyMTI0Mg RzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNycGx5BHN0aW1lAzEzNTMyNTA1NTE-?act=reply&messageNum=21242> Reply via web post <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Re%3A%20How%20to%20Live%20Without%20Ir ony%20-%20NYTimes%2Ecom> Reply to sender <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Re%3A%20How%20to%20Live%20W ithout%20Irony%20-%20NYTimes%2Ecom> Reply to group <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ottawadissenters/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJmYnUzc2szBF 9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE1MjA5MDU5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA4MzUxMgRzZWMDZnRyBHNsaw NudHBjBHN0aW1lAzEzNTMyNTA1NTE-> Start a New Topic <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ottawadissenters/message/21242;_ylc=X3oDMTM3a 2I5azBxBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE1MjA5MDU5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA4MzUxMgRtc2dJZ AMyMTI0MgRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawN2dHBjBHN0aW1lAzEzNTMyNTA1NTEEdHBjSWQDMjEyNDI-> Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ottawadissenters;_ylc=X3oDMTJmMmZybWduBF9TAzk 3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE1MjA5MDU5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA4MzUxMgRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2h wBHN0aW1lAzEzNTMyNTA1NTE-> Visit Your Group <http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJldjN1Ym84BF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzE1M jA5MDU5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA4MzUxMgRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTM1MzI1MDU1M Q--> Yahoo! Groups Switch to: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Change%20Delive ry%20Format:%20Traditional> Text-Only, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Email%20Delivery:%20 Digest> Daily Digest . <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Unsubscribe> Unsubscribe . <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> Terms of Use . <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Feedback%20on%20the%20r edesigned%20individual%20mail%20v1> Send us Feedback . http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=15209059/grpspId=1705083512/msgId =21242/stime=1353250551/nc1=5028924/nc2=3858794/nc3=3848586 __,_._,___
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