H-GM wrote:I think Mr. Food was insulted not because he was complimented by someone who he thinks is a hipster, but because someone assumed he was putting unwarranted focus and meaning on his own appearance. His reaction was over the top and rude, but I understand the sentiment.

From the sound of it, the kid was treating him like he was something in a store. "Man, check out this thing I found--it's awesome."

It's pretty lame. I'd never treat anyone like that, even if I'd never react violently to such treatment.

It's not for me to say to someone I do not know at all, "Your look is soooooo awesome."

And it would not be for me to hear such a thing from someone I do not know. Get away from me! Don't tell me I have a "look!" The whole point of having a look is not to have a look, for fuck's sake!

Saying "you look great," this is a much different thing than "you have a great look."

Anti-"hipster" backlash is so fucking tired at his point in time, can we please call the vet and have it put to sleep? How many more "50 most overrated albums" blogs do we need? Anybody who sits down at their computer and thinks, "today I'm going to just trample those Pavement fans in my LES neighborhood with my trenchant wit," while thinking that anybody actually cares about what they think about Urban Outfitters, in 2008, is so far beneath your average Urban Outfitted person, you mind as well get "Jesus is my homeboy" tattooed on your left tit. It was boring when Chuck Klosterman did it 10 years ago; it's pathetic today.

What's the deal with Starbucks? Am I right?

Hey what about those hippies? I can't tell if it's a boy or a girl!

What's the deal with airline food?

Please use the correct graphic.

NerblyBear wrote:My sister is very cool and smart, but she is also crazy about talking up and noticing everyone's hairstyle/t-shirt/jeans/etc. Just because that shit holds absolutely no interest for me doesn't mean she's a shallow person. She's not.

Why don't you post a picture of your sister?

Colonel Panic wrote:

NerblyBear wrote:My sister is very cool and smart, but she is also crazy about talking up and noticing everyone's hairstyle/t-shirt/jeans/etc. Just because that shit holds absolutely no interest for me doesn't mean she's a shallow person. She's not.

Why don't you post a picture of your sister?

I saw her, she's ok. Nothing to commit a sin against nature for or anything but she looked ok.
Kind of a big ass.

This all seems overly complicated. Just say 'Thanks' and move on.

If we all thought this deeply about every action we took, we'd never do anything.

You were rude, so was he. Neither of you are evil or bad. No big deal.

tmidgett wrote:Saying "you look great," this is a much different thing than "you have a great look."

Exactly. And what guy at a DEVO show would approach another guy to tell him "you look great?"

It's obvious the offended was trying to garner a positive response by complimenting someone on their "uniform." Ick. If I were Mr. Food I would've responded in the gayest way possible. Freak him out real good.

Marsupialized wrote:

Colonel Panic wrote:

NerblyBear wrote:My sister is very cool and smart, but she is also crazy about talking up and noticing everyone's hairstyle/t-shirt/jeans/etc. Just because that shit holds absolutely no interest for me doesn't mean she's a shallow person. She's not.

Why don't you post a picture of your sister?

I saw her, she's ok. Nothing to commit a sin against nature for or anything but she looked ok.
Kind of a big ass.

I saw her also, and SUP is spot on, she was ok in that picture I mean nothing amazing, but not "Super Model HOT' as Nerbly said she was, as I said before you can't just throw around the words "Super Model HOT' esp about your sister...

Mr. Food,
This act is just needlessly shitty. Yeah you can do whatever you want, tell people to fuck off if you want, but you asked if it was rude and the answer is yes very much so. Being rude is not the worst thing in the world, and sometimes I find myself being needlessly rude to strangers. But it's always better to just nod and walk off. Even better is if you can take a compliment and say thanks.

Sometimes girls are really backhanded with this shit; a friend of mine's (ex)girlfriend said to me once, "It's so cool that you like don't wear makeup and like don't even care how you look"
She was partly right; I don't wear makeup. But I care how I look. We all do, even if we care so much less than almost everyone to make it basically like we don't care.

So I see what you're saying but let things go and everyone will be happier in general.

Considering where you were, your reaction was not out of line.
Personally, I would have hit the little fucker the second time he came up to me.