why is ISH so... hipster?

[PHX_Phan]

Family Guy isn't funny It's funny but the jokes are tired and overused and it survives primarily on gags.
Olive Garden is disgusting Not disgusting, but it has nothing on any decent Italian restaurant.
Eminem isn't even top 20 all time I don't get into rating these guys on a list but I do not think that he is even the best white rapper.
Any movie that made over $20 million at the box office is trash Not true but a movies budget is no indicator of the quality of the movie.
Justin Beiber should die because girls like him He should probably at least fade into obscurity on the basis that he is not a talented artist.
The Oscars/Grammys don't mean shit Nope.

[BankShot]

The defining trait of a hipster isn't that they hate everything that's popular. It's that they stop liking something they once liked.. because it became popular.

A hipster may in fact hate everything that's popular. But someone who hates everything that's popular may not necessarily be a hipster.

Important distinction imo. lol.

Now this is a very observant thought/post by Joe.... there is definitely a difference between people disliking popular things, and people that dislike things because they are popular.

[BankShot]

Family Guy isn't funny
Olive Garden is disgusting
Eminem isn't even top 20 all time
Any movie that made over $20 million at the box office is trash
Justin Beiber should die because girls like him
The Oscars/Grammys don't mean shit
___________ was much better in season 1
The British version of ________ is 10 times funnier than the American one

Pretty much the popular consensus around these parts

but wait if its popular consensus does that mean they have to disagree with it?

1.) Family Guy can be funny depending on your mood and the particular episode.

2.) Unless I'm going to a top-notch Italian restaurant, I might as well make it at home... any above-average home cook with the proper supplies and motivation can whip up something comparable to Olive Garden.

3.) I don't listen to Eminem (nor do I really listen to Hip-Hop or Rap in general) but its hard to argue his place in music history, and its hard to argue his overwhelming critical and popular success.

4.) F*ck that noise. I can't wait for Transformers III.

5.) Quite frankly, If you don't listen to that kind of music, you really have very little place in that conversation. His music is not marketed towards the average ISH OTC member.... therefore there really is no reason for you to like his music/style/persona. One simply cannot argue against the Cash-Cow that is Bieber Fever.

6.) These mainstream award shows are representative of, for the most part, popular opinion. Not the popular opinion of a small group of people/fans.... but of popular opinion as a whole.

7.) Depends on the series. Quite frankly it applies to very few of my favorite series... including:

Always Sunny
The League
The Office
Park and Rec
Lost
Curb your Enthusiasm
Dexter

On a scale of 1-10.... how "Hipster" am I??

[DeuceWallaces]

Olive Garden is disgusting. The MacDonalds of italian food.

[-playmaker-]

Pizza Hut is the McDonalds of Italian food...

I'll go to Olive Garden for lunches...it is edible...you guys are stuck up snobby asses...



IMO this site is the snobbiest about movies...it is like the Oscars have nothing on ISH...people will throw fits over movie opinions here...

[-playmaker-]

Any movie that made over $20 million at the box office is trash

^^^ yes that one...that one is the worst here I think

[BankShot]

Pizza Hut is the McDonalds of Italian food...

I'll go to Olive Garden for lunches...it is edible...you guys are stuck up snobby asses...



IMO this site is the snobbiest about movies...it is like the Oscars have nothing on ISH...people will throw fits over movie opinions here...

Olive Garden isn't AWFUL.... but seriously anyone with even an iota of motivation and know-how, can replicate Olive Garden food in their own home.... easily.

[BankShot]

^^^ yes that one...that one is the worst here I think

That one does actually bug me sometimes..... just take the movie for what it is. Not every film in Hollywood will be Oscar-worthy.... and shit they aren't meant to be.

[LilBTheBasedGod]

That one does actually bug me sometimes..... just take the movie for what it is. Not every film in Hollywood will be Oscar-worthy.... and shit they aren't meant to be.

[Court Vision]

Family Guy isn't funny
Olive Garden is disgusting
Eminem isn't even top 20 all time
Any movie that made over $20 million at the box office is trash
Justin Beiber should die because girls like him
The Oscars/Grammys don't mean shit
___________ was much better in season 1
The British version of ________ is 10 times funnier than the American one

Pretty much the popular consensus around these parts

but wait if its popular consensus does that mean they have to disagree with it?

Just came to chime in and say that Olive Garden, is in fact, awful.

Carry on.

[-playmaker-]

Olive Garden isn't AWFUL.... but seriously anyone with even an iota of motivation and know-how, can replicate Olive Garden food in their own home.... easily.

oh yeah?..Wednesday I had the Talipia there...it was good

and I couldn't make it at home...


I probably couldn't make their endless soups and bread sticks ethier...which are good and cheap...


it isn't Maggianos...I get it...but it isn't supposed to be...

[BankShot]

oh yeah?..Wednesday I had the Talipia there...it was good

and I couldn't make it at home...


I probably couldn't make their endless soups and bread sticks ethier...which are good and cheap...


it isn't Maggianos...I get it...but it isn't supposed to be...

Like I said... anyone with the proper motivation and know-how can knock that shit OUT in their own kitchen.

How much did your dinner (or, more appropriately, a dinner for two) cost??

I guarantee for the same price, if not less, someone could recreate the same dish at home, with fresher ingredients in a more flavorful application.

[-playmaker-]

some of you are probably typing "Olive Garden is garbage" with a f*ckin bag of Doritoes in your had and a Pepsi...

and you just got done eating a microwavable mini pizza...LOL

[-playmaker-]

Like I said... anyone with the proper motivation and know-how can knock that shit OUT in their own kitchen.

How much did your dinner (or, more appropriately, a dinner for two) cost??

I guarantee for the same price, if not less, someone could recreate the same dish at home, with fresher ingredients in a more flavorful application.

you could say that about anything...

give me a $50 steak...I'll cook it, it will be good...

just cause I can grill a fish at home with motivation and work doesn't mean I want to...


$12...done

[BankShot]

some of you are probably typing "Olive Garden is garbage" with a f*ckin bag of Doritoes in your had and a Pepsi...

and you just got done eating a microwavable mini pizza...LOL

For what it is..... its fine.... definitely not the worst option out there.

But in my situation, if you give me $40 for an Italian dinner for two, I guarantee I'd put together something that is more fresh, better seasoned, and quite frankly more original, than what's on the menu at Olive Garden.