Well said sir, well said!

Too bad all that luxury never taught you how to write well. And being American has nothing to do w/ being a hipster. Europeans crave attention, too.

Sometimes a guy at work wears a top hat. I thought it was funny the first time. Now when he wears it I just wanna kick him in the dick.

Those of you who think these people, whoever they might be, crave constant attention... maybe stop giving it to them by CONSTANTLY COMPLAINING AND TALKING ABOUT THEM. You've gotta love the irony of people who never shut up about people who they think deserve no attention.

Anyway, anon, I believe you when you say you're a bored and spoiled American with no real problems to worry about. If you weren't, you wouldn't have written this.

So you're volunteering in a Sudanese refugee camp, and just borrowed a BBC correspondent's satellite phone to post this, right? GOOD FOR YOU!

Oh christ..

I severely hope that this is a troll post because it is bullshit on so many different levels.

"Sure, there's a war going on, bombs being dropped, children being killed, but I can't be bothered by such things. I'm so bored."

Right back at you.

@9 "the culture of Portland, in which your insight is spot on"
Yeah, let's take that insight a little further, what with people's personal tastes and style being all tied together. What's the deal with all those people who listen to ODD music and all those people who read ODD books? They must be doing it just to be different and get attention, otherwise they'd read and listen to NORMAL, REGULAR stuff just like I do! I don't agree with what they like, so I think I'll go onto the internet and try to take them all down a peg. Score one for conformity!

Perfect.

@ARENIT WHERE ARE MY PICS OF YOU

Not very funny

geyser, are you the only person left who hasn't realized that all of Portland's Keepin-It-Weirdos are the conformists?

No, I don't think everyone fits into your neat pigeonholes and labels that way. I'm sure there are various bandwagons and "alternative fashions," but the real conformity here and the way these subjects always come up is the tiresome freak-haters heaping scorn on anyone who falls outside their definition of what's normal. That's what I hear about 100% of the time, never the freaks criticizing the personal style of people who dress more conservatively. "Odd attire"? WTF does that even mean? It's subjective, impossibly vague, judgmental, and essentially conformist. Maybe not everyone wants to dress like you or me. Let them pick out their own clothing. Just because it all fits into the same "weird" category for you doesn't make it about conforming.
And that is why rock and roll is here to stay. The End.