nope. we all see it.

Way to live in extremes. Nobody but yourself decides if you end up shitfaced drunk every night. The problem is you have no self control and you blame Portland 20/30-somethings for your own shortcomings. Change your own behavior but if you think its a good idea to have some kids and get married just because you're tired of having hangovers then it would appear your problem solving skills require much fine-tuning.

Also, having kids means you're a grown-up? Honestly, most parents my age are just big kids themselves, and having children of their own was a feeble attempt at proving to friends, parents, society that they are somehow all grown up and mature now. If you want that cookie cutter married/kids life, do it because your prospects are so dim that you have no other real option, not because you're a lush. And just because you're 28 and in a "perpetual state of immaturity" doesn't mean your entire generation is as well. Quit blaming others.

Arenit: I think your reading comprehension skills need some fine-tuning. Your anti-kid rant was way out in left field and you made a ton of assumptions. You should write an IA yourself, and talk about how you hate kids, and parents are this, that and the other. Oh, and be sure to excuse YOUR parents for being BREEDERS and popping out a little brat like yourself. You dig?

I thought it was well written and he is right. Portland is overrun with selfish, inconsiderate hipsters. That and the extreme liberal sensibilities keep families away. So Portland continues to decline and you have all these morose dickholes roaming around not really doing anything of value for society. At least I,A copped to it.

We all see it, but when you keep to a group of people that are just like you, none of them will say anything since it will be like examining themselves. Which can never happen in public, if you actually want others to call you out, go somewhere you don't feel safe. It'll happen then, unless your too much of a pussy.

Sounds like IA should go back to Utah and reconnect with the church of Mormon. I'm sure they'll be glad to take him back.

StJohnsRule: Why does everything boil down to your hate of liberals? Your party touts this whole "personal responsibility" thing, and all you do is blame someone else all for everything. Where's your party's responsibility in the state of this economy? 2 wars off budget causing a massive deficit was who's fault? Uh... your party's fault. Record number of filibusters and complete obstruction grinding this economy to a halt is being done by who? That's right, your party. And don't give me that "independent" line, you're a Republicant and you know it. I have a headache now, the dishes need to be done and laundry washed... THANK YOU REPUBLICAN PARTY! <-- See? blaming someone else.

for fuck's sake, chicostix:

you'RE so consistent in youR misuse and mixing-up of 'you're' and 'your' that you should win a shame prize.....

(assuming them to be simple typos went out the window after the 1,817th instance.....)

you're = YOU ARE mistaken.
your = YOUR mistakes.

Captain Amerigo: just because you're clearly insecure about your decision to have kids doesn't mean you have to take it out on the rest of us. I'm sure your life is very complete now lofl

Look at my profile pic, Capt Mexico. I'm not going to let some sawed-off little douche like you tell me what I am. The reason I'm critical of liberals is because they don't take any responsibility for their failures. Instead, they attack like rabid, out-of-control dogs. I'm fiscally conservative and it has served me well over the years. As far as my liberal views go, I'm pro-choice. I'm all for green technology, once again, if it is done responsibly regarding public money. I'm for civil unions, but not gay marriage. I'm not religious. I'm certainly free-minded in how I look at things. I'm not ever going to fully support Democrats or Republicans like a party line sheep. I will vote for whomever I think can best handle the job. Obama is a horrible failure. Not because conservatives filibuster him every chance they get, but because he has no leadership skills. Remember, he had the house, the senate and white house for half of his first term. The Republicans won back the house because America couldn't stand Pelosi or where our country was heading. These people only help themselves while they lie to you and act as if they are the good guys. Sam Adams lied to get elected and no one held him accountable. I can do without people like that running things. Because they run things into the ground. Blame Bush all you want. That's a fucking lazy argument three years in, dude. Lazy as hell.

Jesus Christ. The only person you have to blame, anon, is yourself. You choose to live as a "fake hipster asshole". Is it really that hard to just be yourself and do what you want to do? Or are you just THAT terrified of being rejected?

This is one of the most ridiculous things I have read. This is YOUR life. I'm sorry that you feel the need to not be yourself just to have friends.

@8 Your a stalker.

StJohnsRule: I've heard this hypocritical line of yours too many times to really read all of what you've just spat out.
My only response to you is this: Yawn.

Arenit: Your parents are BREEDERS. They had cheap, unprotected and likely drunken sex. This sex act created you. Totally preventable if only your dad wore a condom, but no, he didn't. Your parents are BREEDERS, how does that make you feel? You were a little crying shit, I'm certain of it, how does THAT make you feel? Feel good about taxing our resources? Feel good about being a part of overpopulating the world? One last time: YOUR parents are BREEDERS. Like you, I hate BREEDERS too.

How am I a hypocrite? You're a liar, CA. You're trying to make me something I'm not. Why should I have to defend myself against your false accusations? Oh. That's right. Because you're a liberal. That shit doesn't fly anymore, dude. I'm glad I have the opportunity to confront people like you who do nothing of value for society. My advice is go out and volunteer in your community. Try to do something good besides lying about people in an online forum. I certainly will not back down from people like you. EVER.

How DARE you Chicostixxx!!!

I don't know what's more grave, calling someone out for stalking, or (the action of) doing the stalking.

I should shut up now and be on my merry way. Anon, you're a serious pain in the ass. I didn't know you Philosophied. Give us money.

Well said, Kay_B. No, really.

Captain Amerigo: Yes, and I completely channeled, via telepathy, the message from the egg I was deep inside of my mother to her and my father to become breeders. Clearly their decisions are my own fault, and I should be blamed for their decision to have me. A+

A person can't be fiscally conservative. That only applies to the state. An individual can be financially conservative, but that's different.

A lot of conservatives don't understand that a household budget and a national economy aren't the same thing. They talk about how "we're broke," but an entire economy doesn't become broke, nor does a nation which can issue currency.

Think again.

Also, it's nice to read a submission from a hipster getting the fuck over it.

Dear diary, Tonight I went to the bar and had too many PBRs with beer backs. As much as I say I feel ashamed of my lifestyle, this is untrue. In reality I just have a hang over and regret the 5th one.

lol god I have to start reading before I hit post.

It sounds like you are waking up, Anon. That's cool, but it's one thing to realize it & a whole other to actually take steps to change things. "Things" being your LIFE. But i commend you for taking a hard, deep look at the vacuousness that lies beneath the surface of the collective "social" delusion. You're on the right path. Now, keep going. Good luck.

StJohnsRule: *Snore*

I hear a lot of whining from the comments. Hit too close to home? Because this IA is spot on with the late 20s early 30s crowd. I completely agree.
We're a city of alcoholics. There is no culture but bar culture unless you really want to but the Sober Sally vegan hardcore kids are just as drunk on their own supposed moral superiority.
It's socially acceptable to say, oops I blacked out. I can't count the number of times I've seen people staggering only to get in their cars and drive off.

Thanks for being honest IA, because I'm a shitty hipster coming to terms with the Portland Human Condition too. And I've lived here since I was ten.

To the little gay heart above. Project much? Why is it gays always want to convert people? No, you may not put your mouth on my loins. And if you ever had the privilege of bearing witness to my magnificent manhood, the only response from you would be awe. I have plenty of friends. This forum is not my life. You don't know me. You're just another in a long line of boring sheep chumps trying to ride my coattails to relevance. Well, step up and shine on, crazy diamond.

iamdox: My views are fiscally conservative. Don't be an annoying little fuck who polices comments just to be an asshole. That is far too common here. Try to separate yourself from the other sheep and I'll pay attention to you. If you can't do that simple task, then fuck off back to your corner.

@SugarSpill:

"We're a city of alcoholics. There is no culture but bar culture unless you really want to but the Sober Sally vegan hardcore kids are just as drunk on their own supposed moral superiority."

So, every single person living in Portland is either A or B in this scenario? I think not.

If you surround yourself with idiots/assholes/hipsters, then it's your own damn fault. No one makes you go anywhere or associate with anyone, we all have free will. Do the majority of the people you interact with fit into a stereotype? Find some new friends.

Kay_B: Oh hush.
This is IA, the place of sweeping generalizations. If there is a place to do it, it's fucking here.

And I have a lot of rad friends. But unfortunately I also have some that have alcohol problems. I am personally a pothead. That's really neither here nor there but if we're gonna get into my life details...because obvs you know what is best for me, a stranger on the internet.

Now stop telling me how to live my life, because I find that to be rude as shit. Normally I enjoy reading your posts but I'm not the IA here. I believe that is who you should be addressing. Have a lovely evening.

@SugarSpill:

The main part I was addressing to you was the fact that not everyone in Portland fits into A) Alcoholics or B) Self righteous vegans. It was not an attack on you, I'm sorry if it seemed that way. The rest of my post was for the main IA poster. I was on a roll.

Obviously I do not know what is best for a stranger, but as a fairly misanthropic person, I learned years ago that people are much happier if they cut out any person or persons out of their life that seem to annoy/frustrate/upset them. Life is too short to be angry and negative towards the people you surround yourself with, so surround yourself with people that make you happy.

@Whit: I'm against gay marriage for a very simple reason. I'm for civil unions but I think the reason why gay people want marriage is to attack religious people for demonizing them over the centuries. I see absolutely no reason to change a long standing tradition in our country because a jealous, selfish group wants to attack the other side with a politically correct and certainly contemptible hijacking of not only marriage, but civil rights as well. It's the same reason I would never support Westboro Baptist Church. Extremism is extremism and I will never support it.

IA. Yes, you are probably an alcoholic. Yes, you live in a city that celebrates the abuse of drugs and alcohol. (Most breweries! Woo hoo! Highest per-capita drug use! Yippee!)
Try getting (staying) off your barstool. You might find that there is a whole other city out there that is not self-absorbed, self-destructive, and judgemental. If all you see is drunken ass hole hipsters maybe try BEING something else.
Be the change you want to see.
Good luck.

There it is. In print.

Stjohns has said that "gays are a jealous, selfish group".

You sir are an asshole.

There it is in print. I'd rather be an honest asshole than a deceptive sheep any day of the week. Good luck with your campaign of lies and greed. I will never support it.

Is this from a template? Cuz sure seems so. Same response every time. Robotic. So much for free will. Or free thinking or whatever bullshit you like to call it these days.

So SJR, I wrote what I wrote because you seem like an ignorant person and I wanted to give you a heads-up. Frankly, yours is not a response I'd expect from someone who camps I,A spouting off about gay marriage and liberals in random posts. Like a psycho. And you already responded to me, so so much for your machismo.

Once again, you're engaging me in a conversation, iamdox, not the other way around. I don't need your attention. I get plenty of attention without you. You know damn well I'm not ignorant. You can lie to people all you want but just know this: You are terribly common. So for all your liberal grandstanding and bloviating you're better off taping a tampon to your forehead to help you soak in more education since the common way seems to be totally ineffective. So go ahead and jump on the hater wagon like a good little establishment attack mutt and I'll have fun watching you struggle to become relevant.

I WILL win this argument:

YOU HAVE A VAGINA AND NO PENIS

wow, that was easy! All this time trying to be logical, I was just making things difficult for myself!

You were trying to be logical? Wow. Way to underachieve. And here I thought you were just a common little liberal lap dog looking for a bone to share with your mangy pack. It's actually worse than I thought. Now, when you childishly insult someone, TRY to be clever. And be original. I get bored easily and you really aren't very intellectually stimulating at this point. No one else is reading this thread so take your time. I'll check back to see how exciting your next post should be.

"I'm 28 and my generation is in this perpetual state of immaturity." Speak for yourself, looser.

How about this: meet new people.

Also: Don't get drunk.

FYI, SJR is a dickless whinny looser. His only purpose of coming to this site is to bitch about liberals, in a weakass attempt to stir the pot. I'm not liberal, I don't give a shit about liberals, people who complain about liberals/conservatives are useless idiots. I'm going to bet a lot of his life is based around sexual frustration, maybe he's gay, maybe he never gets ass. Either way, I just don't care anymore. Someday he'll disappear.

Not gay. I don't get any balloon knot but plenty of oral, doggy, missionary (Oh, Mary) etc... My preference because, really, anal stinks. That's why my girl isn't "looser" back there. I'm no post Nazi but it is my belief that if you're going to act intellectually superior, at least get your shit together. Spell-check doesn't ketch everything. And projecting homosexuality onto others is your cross to bear, Holmes Me? I'm content watching "responsible" people lecture people in an online forum as if Dr. Phil and Oprah are hovering above us all, approvingly looking down upon them as if to say "We did well. We really did".