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I remember seeing the analogy made that "stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni" could be translated into a modern context as "wrote a G on his belt
by kemayo 5y ago
I remember seeing the analogy made that "stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni" could be translated into a modern context as "wrote a G on his belt and called it Gucci".
- khazhoux 5y agoOh, interesting! I'd seen the "macaroni" articles before, but until your comment I had not realized the song is making fun of the character's low-effort mimicry.
- SamBam 5y agoIt was not just the unsophisticated mimicry part, but the fact that he was trying to mimic something that was already being widely ridiculed. I'm not sure what the modern analogy would be, because I'm not sure what fashion is widely ridiculed. "Drew a fake tattoo with a ballpoint pen and called himself 90's emo goth kid."
- jwarden 5y agoHipsters. Drew a moustache on his lip and called himself hip.
- hackeraccount 5y agoThis is spot on.
- mywittyname 5y agoSome dumb American came around driving an abomination. Clipped a tie onto his shirt and called it sophistication.
- dundercoder 5y agoI like it.
- mbg721 5y agoBrooklyn hipster came to town In an '83 Mercedes, Slapped a moustache on his lip And belted out "Mmmm'ladies."
- barbecue_sauce 5y agoThis seems to conflate hipsters and neckbeards.
- dylan604 5y agoBrooklyn->Mmmm'ladies makes me think Beasties
- barbecue_sauce 5y agoWas not expecting that to be controversial.
- khazhoux 5y agoIn the latest taxonomy revision (spec 2020.3 §4-12) you'll find that hipsters and neckbeards were re-classified to make the genus relationship clearer.
- koolba 5y agoSV techie came to town Escaping covid lockdowns Bought up all the real estate And thinks it’s Churchill Downs
- klyrs 5y agoOld Bill Gates his deal went down buying all the comp'nys the internet knocked down his door he said "no that's for phonies"
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- bknybkny 5y agoBrooklyn has 2.6 million residents, a couple of them aren't hipsters. You're probably thinking of Williamsburg, which the hipsters were priced out of long ago, into Bushwick. Those hipsters are now being priced out to Ridgewood (Queens). Go into Brownsville and let me know how many hipsters you see.