As good as Andrew Sullivan is becoming at Amanda-isms, it's important to remember that Amanda Marcotte is still, well, Amanda Marcotte:
In addition, they kept up a stream of inane chatting between songs that they clearly thought of as witty banter, due to the white guy privilege of never having to prove you’re funny to get accepted as funny.
Although Amanda's on spring break with many other hipsters, it does not seem to have improved her disposition much. Probably because none of them where as witty as Mandy is. Not everybody can match the hilarity of sticking a bunch of racist illustrations in a book targeted at touchy grievance-mongering leftists, you know. Anyway, I hope she gave the band a good talking to about the whole thinking you're funny but not actually being funny white guy privilege thingy. Hell, everyone wants to be a better hipster, don't they?
I will say this, though; if the whole thinking you're funny but not actually being funny white guy privilege thingy actually does exist, it would explain the popularity of Charlie Sheen, Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller.
I find Charlie Sheen's personal life funny, but then, I do laugh at train wrecks.
Posted by: No One You Know | March 20, 2010 at 10:46 AM
Amanda on spring break. Sounds like the "Humanoids from the Deep" blooper reel...
Posted by: richard mcenroe | March 20, 2010 at 11:00 AM
I wince at vicious smugness.
Dennis, screw that man privilege thing. You're even funny as a white woman!
Sheen, sure, but how about Senator Comedian in the worst sit-com ever?
Posted by: Drew | March 20, 2010 at 11:06 AM
This is one white guy who sure wishes he had some white feminist privilege. Amanda Marcotte is partying it up in Austin, enjoying live music, while I'm stuck in an office, you know, working to pay for my health insurance premiums and other boring stuff.
Amanda? She can't be bothered to pay for health insurance -- too expensive, and besides, all that money goes to greedy corporations anyway.
Being responsible is totally Squares-ville, man -- especially for a spring-break hipster like Amanda Marcotte.
Posted by: tommy shanks | March 20, 2010 at 01:42 PM
Why are all the genuinely funny white (whatever your color) guys here suddenly being so shy? We need gallows humor at the very least, NOW! Please??
Posted by: wombat | March 20, 2010 at 05:05 PM
Sorry...I was busy feeding Amanda ruffies...you should hear her feminist theories when she's tied to the bed and has a d***o the size of Cleveland buzzing away ****** her; they are subtly different at that point.
Just kidding, I wouldn't touch her with Mark The Punk's willie, lol
Posted by: just passin by | March 20, 2010 at 07:05 PM
What does this have to do with Debbie Schlussel calling out Sean Hannity for being a con artist fundraiser?
Posted by: Guesst | March 20, 2010 at 08:58 PM
What does this have to do with Debbie Schlussel calling out Sean Hannity for being a con artist fundraiser?
With any luck, absolutely nothing.
Posted by: Dennis the Peasant | March 20, 2010 at 09:28 PM
Considering that Schlussel has already been shown to be a liar about the entire episode, I would say exactly zero.
Back on topic, I find the entire concept of "white privilege" to originate from precisely the same wellspring of specious bullshit that is the source of so much else that is wrong with America.
Posted by: Randy Rager | March 20, 2010 at 10:59 PM
Charlie Sheen is hilarious when not trying to be (i.e. THE ARRIVAL)
Never watched his sitcom, so it may suck. But the dude certainly can be entertaining.
Posted by: LYT | March 21, 2010 at 01:57 AM
From the latest entry of Mandy's 'Diary of a Hipster' -
Margaret Cho. That ended up working out great. We were only forced to sit through one song by a POS radio-friendly “alternative” band, and then Margaret Cho came on! She did a half hour of stand-up with two acoustic guitar songs that were delightfully filthy. Plus, we got to see her dead-on impression of Cyndi Lauper. That was a great way to fill half an hour, and then we went back to the previous bar.
Surprisingly she doesn't comment on Cho's ugly, Asian, lesbian womyn privilege of never having to prove you’re funny to get accepted as funny.
Posted by: Simon | March 21, 2010 at 06:04 AM
Sheesh! I've spent my whole life just waiting to see a dead on impression of Cyndi Lauper--a once upon a time almost star. Now forgotten in the mists of time.
What have I missed! And of course as an added bonus--the meadow muffin on top of the manure sundae--I missed two delightfully filthy acoustic guitar songs.
Ms. Marcotte needs to back to making mud pies out of dog droppings in her back yard.
Posted by: Mike Myers | March 21, 2010 at 01:32 PM
I live in Austin. Friday night my wife and I decided to go eat Mexican at Nueva Leon, the "cold beer" Mexican restaurant on 7th St a couple blocks East of I35 and one block north of 6th Street. This was a mistake. We got stuck in SWSX foot traffic with all the "hip" people trying to get into the bars to see whatever passes for popular music these days. It took an hour to get out of it.
But I think I did see Amanda and the hipsters you write about. They looked silly. Evidently these is a uniform you must wear to show your individually, black on black and tattoos and piercing are not optional. Dying your hair pink is not mandatory but you must at least highlight it.
I am so glad that we didn't look this stupid when we went to see Led Zeppelin or the Allman Brothers back in 1969. Tie-dyes and hip huger bell bottoms have that lasting classic look that never looks out of date.
Posted by: dndrko | March 21, 2010 at 02:06 PM
One good thing though Amanda got tired of Texas. And moved to the Bronx they own her now. I am sure that fits right in with the hipster and her FemBot boot lickers.
That won't bring 2000 Fat Angry Lesbians to my email will it? As for Amanda, I could never get drunk enough to "hit that". LOL
Posted by: khan | March 21, 2010 at 05:06 PM
Hellthy days are here again!
The skies to be carbon-taxed as sin
Let's pop a pill of rationed aspirin
Hellthy days and bathtub gin!
Altogether, queue for it now!!
Posted by: hold the Mayo Clinic | March 21, 2010 at 07:53 PM
Hipster, priceless. In the neo-progressive movement, if you're not part of the current batch of gender studies warriors you're nothing. That has to rankle, Amanda is already passe amongst her own.
Posted by: Allen | March 21, 2010 at 08:43 PM
If I bought a pair of Doc Martens, put on an "Of Montreal" tee-shirt and took my tuba with me to Austin, would I be a hipster?
Would taking the accordian as a back-up help?
Posted by: Dennis the Peasant | March 21, 2010 at 10:07 PM
Aren't Doc Martens included in the doc fix?
Who cares about Austin cool? Just wear shit-kicker boots made from soy and recycled plastic embossed with celtic squiggles.
Posted by: hold the Mayo Clinic | March 22, 2010 at 12:04 AM