Everyday, I'm flooded with a bevy of hairy faces. Forget about Aquarius: this is the dawning of the age of the hipster moustache.
It was cute at first. Actually it was more of a novelty. Aside from the stereotypical Fu Manchu depicted on seemingly Chinese archetypes, the hipster moustache was first sported by many a musician, from Lennon to Hendrix, before it became "hip." On musicians in recent years, the moustache has elicited "Ooohs" and "Aaaahs" from many a audience member. I remember going to a Weezer show a few years back when Rivers Cuomo started to grow out his 'stache. I could practically hear fans whispering "Woah. Did you see that moustache? I can't believe he..." Lately, the irony of a thick, bushy lane of hair across an unsuspecting upper lip has ebbed away into "trendy" territory. We expect American Apparel models to have these once eye-catching moustaches because of the "we don't give a fuck" image they are trying to project.
No longer is the moustache ironic but rather the next logical step for any Ray-Ban donning, skinny-jean sporting, flannel wearing guy to take who wishes to step away from the pack and state his apparent uniqueness. And frankly, I'm getting rather sick of them. Don't they know that left-over food crumbs stuck between the bristles won't get them as many chicks as learning to play guitar? I wish hipsters would put less time in trimming and growning these things out and more time into adding other dimensions to their personalities. I've lost too many friends to these 'staches, so I'm going to have to DOWNGRADE them.
Whatdoyouthink?
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DOWNGRADE....hipster moustaches are SO winter of 2008
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I remember a "mentor" of mine, saying that partial shaving of the face was indication of a homoerotic preoccupation...you've got to admit that moustaches are big in the " Gay communitiy"
..but, going by that,almost the entire adult male population of the middle- east and India must be in the closet!
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downgrade.......saw one that I know the guy spent hours grooming and all I could think was, "How much food you got stuck in there?"
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Never thought they were cool in the first place. Yuck.
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Moustache equals douchebag, but douchebag does not necessarily equal moustache. That's how Pete Wentz manages to be a douchebag despite his lack of facial hair.
Oddly enough, a full-on beard does not equate with douchebaggery.
I'm just sayin'...
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I agree. Yuck. They remind me of 70's porn stars. And if you think that's a good thing, it's not.
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i've reformed my ways and got out of the moustache biz before it came to this... rivers and his moustache makes me laugh.
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i was eating at a restaurant in super hip portland, and we saw a guy in like flannel and skinny pants and one of those hipster moustaches and we thought, yikes he is trying hard to look cool. But then his family came to sit down with him, and his dad had the same moustache. it was not ironic!
it was normal like a blue-collar thing. and his wife looked normal, and they were just an american family, definitely not underground hip people. that was funny, it's hard to tell when it's "appropriate." if you took a picture of him alone you'd think he was in a band, not a construction worker or mechanic.
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Playboy skinny underpants are the new upgrade.
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I am laughing so hard right now. and yes, I agree, downgrade!
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Moustaches aren't in season. Come Autumn, then we can talk.
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that Memo ad is TERRIFYING
I jumped back when I scrolled thru it.
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I was about to shave to the 'stache just for giggles, but this may have changed my mind
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Yeah I'm waiting until this fall to grow out my 'stache. I don't know what that strip of skin above my lip would do without it.
Isn't Memo ridiculous?
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this post is proof that cultural reappropriation on the whole needs an upgrade, cause clearly staches are the epitomy of ovah-playyyed. well said, girl!
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I say "Creepy-grade."
(signed) Guy Who Had a Goatee in College and Grew Out of It
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That's "meet memo" is way too much! haha!
It's the molesterstache! Sorry I don't feel that anyone who wears it is one...but it is an urban term ya know. I like facial hair...but this is definitely a downgrade
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=molesterstache