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whether he was being ironic or not, that hipster's getting a cleveland steamer from yours truly, posthaste.

Posted by dzienkowski | December 21, 2006 2:41 PM
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That looks a whole lot like my friends Virginia and Brian. Brian's not really the type to sport bandanas though, I don't think. Verification pending.

Posted by Callie | December 21, 2006 2:41 PM
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Perhaps he was using it to blow his fucking nose?

Posted by Jeff | December 21, 2006 2:45 PM
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Regrettably, awful gay castro fashion has become ironic str8 hipster fashion of the pike/pine set. Hankies have been in vogue for at least 2 years now and are making all kinds of bad inferrences b/c they have been matching them w/their outfits. Peaches even has a song about Hanky confusion on her new album.

Posted by hank E. | December 21, 2006 2:46 PM
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I also see that like so many seattle boys, he has no ass.
A couple of sites that list a rather baroque set of hanky codes say that brown with white stripes signify a bottom for latino tops. Maybe that's what he's going for.

Posted by kinaidos | December 21, 2006 2:48 PM
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I'm sad that the hankie code has fallen out of use. I'd like going into RPlace and knowing who's boring and who's fun on the dance floor.

Posted by Gitai | December 21, 2006 2:50 PM
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yeah, i've heard of the hanky thing, but i have no idea what they mean. i guess a 25 year old gay guy has no need for it.

Posted by konstantConsumer | December 21, 2006 2:54 PM
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I'm a... little older than 25. And no one used the silly hanky code when I came out either—'cept guys in leather bars, and the only colors you ever saw were red, black, and grey. But you never saw them anywhere else...

Posted by Dan Savage | December 21, 2006 2:59 PM
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when i was a baby homosexual and moved here i use to wear a yellow cub scout hanky in my right back pocket just cause i thought it and i was cute - because i had ass. then i learned about the code, but i still wanted to sport the hanky so when people asked me what it denoted i told them that it meant that i wanted to be peed on by a ten year old. and we'd all giggle our foll fag heads off.
.. you could joke about that stuff back then..
sigh..
them days...
ps. jeff @3 i switched to a confederate flag a while later, but THAT was just to blow my fucking nose.

Posted by riz | December 21, 2006 3:00 PM
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Let's hope he is utilizing the hanky code 'cause a brown hoodie with a brown hanky is a little too matchy-matchy for a fashion choice, doncha think?

Posted by Shafty | December 21, 2006 3:14 PM
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The Confederate flag in the back pocket means you're looking for a slave.

Posted by Total Flag | December 21, 2006 3:14 PM
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does this mean that all the funny looks i've been getting all these years for the crisp, tri-cornered pocket square I keep in the breast pocket of my blue blazer are because people think i'm GAY?!

Posted by SEAN NELSON, EMERITUS | December 21, 2006 3:30 PM
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Totally too matchy-matchy. I was thinking the same thing.

Posted by sniggles | December 21, 2006 3:34 PM
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That is not Brian and me, I don't think.

Posted by Virginia | December 21, 2006 3:41 PM
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It's not ironic, it's young people fashion thing and it's finally worked it's way up from LA where the whole hesh skater thing has been de rigeur for quite a while. Next time you see that kid, he'll be wearing Vans slip-ons. I doubt anyone under the age of 30 is aware that flagging was ever a "thing". What I really like in this picture though is the girl's sweatshirt/jacket combo, as if to say, "hey, I got this nice vintage coat, and I'm a cute girl and all, but this IS Seattle so I'm gonna go ahead and have a sweatshirt stick out of it because that is entirely normal".

Also, he's got no ass because he's wearing woman's jeans (and in all likelyhood actually has no ass).

Posted by Dougsf | December 21, 2006 3:43 PM
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Wearing women's jeans is an easy way of getting the prized skinny-skinny leg, so lay off. Otherwise, it's hard to find a pair that you can barely get your foot through.

Posted by Mark Mitchell | December 21, 2006 3:52 PM
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maybe it was a traditional blue or black hankie that got accidentally bleached. I had the same thing happen to me and the hankie ended up about the same color as this guy's hankie...

Posted by michael strangeways | December 21, 2006 3:56 PM
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What is this, VICE? He's just walking down the street for pete's sake.

Posted by sheesh | December 21, 2006 3:57 PM
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Now, who remembers the 80's skinhead boot lace color codes? I mean, I'm sure some boneheads out there abided by it, but was it an urban legend?

Posted by Dougsf | December 21, 2006 4:05 PM
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Must be from out of town, I thought everyone knew the Great Gay Hanky Code is still enforced in certain circles around these parts? Of course, the Great Gay Earing Code has been defunct since '88, so staight fella's get a pass as far as that is concerned.

Posted by Phenics | December 21, 2006 4:13 PM
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@DOUGSF: Sadly, the skinhead/Nazi skinhead (yes, there is a difference...) laces thing is true. It is still a big thing in parts of Germany and eastern Europe that have seen a rise in Nazi Skinheads. Its a scary ass trend, which I for one dont understand. Also, just wearing red/blue/green laces does not automatically put you in one group or the other...

Posted by Monique | December 21, 2006 4:25 PM
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Have any of you considered that maybe he actually is into getting poo'ed on?

Posted by Tiffany | December 21, 2006 4:28 PM
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I think Tiffany just pwned this thread.

Posted by skipbreakfast | December 21, 2006 4:57 PM
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They just came out of the costume shop on Summit and Pike. He purchased a turd costume and politely declined the bag because he was so excited he had to wear it out of the store.

Posted by Dina Martina's Rumo Cancer Awareness Campaign | December 21, 2006 4:58 PM
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Babeland is around the corner. Tonight's discussion group:
"Three Vitamin C's: Cock, Clitoris, and Coprophilia."

Posted by him | December 21, 2006 5:25 PM
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I think it's cute. I wanna get one just like it. Hottie.

Posted by Johnny | December 21, 2006 6:23 PM
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Ya the hanky thing has been going on for awhile with total disregard to the Hanky color code. FINALY!

Gay guys should just give up on placing a sexual reference to almost everything they wear and do and just live more expanded lives instead of making a sexual cock and ass joke out of most normal conversation and attaching something sexual to things like hankies.
It was boring in the 70's and is completely stale and idiotic to keep hearing the same old crap about hankies.
And no one is going to go shit on him just because he is walking in an area someone has decided is "gay". Gay men do not automatically run after people and then shit on them because of the color of hankies.
Being gay sometimes can be a chore just because of the dumb ass codes and stereotypes.

Posted by Brian | December 21, 2006 10:27 PM
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heidy ho!

Posted by mr. hanky the christmas poo | December 21, 2006 10:28 PM
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Well, I guess I'll take note and add this to a list that includes:

An earing in your right ear means you're gay.

Rolling up one pant leg to represent either the Eastside or the Westside.

etc.

I shit on your "hankie code".

Posted by Damien | December 21, 2006 10:52 PM
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I don't know about the pooh rag thing but the whole fashion sense of these hipsters nowadays is bland and has no edge.

The fifties had its t-shirt, leather jacket, and slicked back hair.

The sixties had its free-style hippie look.

The seventies was all about bell bottoms, loud shirts and feathered hair.

The decadent eighties fashioned new wave and heavy metal.

The nineties had the flannel grunge look.

The first decade of the new millennium--you dress like old people. Boring.

Posted by Beamer | December 21, 2006 10:56 PM
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Hipster ARE old peopole, dip shit.

Posted by Joey Ramone | December 22, 2006 1:50 AM
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"the whole fashion sense of these hipsters nowadays is bland and has no edge."

Same with their rock bands.

Posted by Sean | December 22, 2006 8:28 AM
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Um, you all failed to realize that the girl in pink is actually the real Peter Pan on his way to pink up his custom powder blue Mercedes. See link for his face shot:

http://www.mudpiglet.com/archives/peterpan.htm

So, yes this confirms that the queen in brown is definately into the scat.

Cheers kiddies.

Posted by poodle | December 22, 2006 11:18 AM
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dunno the guy has a jeans and a hoodie kinda plain street clothing. Not exactly a good excuse for anti "Hipster" bashing. It is something many people ware. The hankie is old news, I have seen it for a number of years now being worn by guys and girls too. So I do not see what the big backlash is all about
some people are finally feeling out of style and old. Usually this is the main response of people deciding they were the hight of fashion years ago and now there is none. I think there is a good sense of fashion if you want to call it that or maybe individuality in people.
People just need to get over themselves it is just a hankie in a pocket. Really! it is! really! nothing else.

Posted by Brian | December 22, 2006 7:59 PM
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"Which in Great Gay Hanky Code means… um… that… you want someone to take a dump on you."

Is that pretty popular in the gay community Dan? To each his own but that sounds too weird even for you.

Posted by MarkS | December 22, 2006 10:33 PM
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GAY dosnt like beign shat on... dosnt know what hes doing though

Posted by Never Mind | December 31, 2006 9:13 AM

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