I guess it’s a NY Mag Tuesday: This guy is the ultimate hipster douche. He moved to Bushwick in search of a mock of 1970s Soho? Ugh. And then was shocked to learn that you need to be somewhat alert — take those ipod buds out — so that people don’t use surprise attacks to mug you? UGH. And then after being mugged moved back to allegedly crime-free San Francisco the next day?
Good riddance, tard. I notice you moved to New York TWENTY years ago, which means you’re probably at least pushing 40. 40-year-olds hold down jobs and have investments, they don’t live in shithole apartments in industrial districts.
Jimmy Legs January 8th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
the real FU punchline is that he had the means to pick himself up and skip to San Francisco in the blink of an eye, a place not exactly known for its affordibility.
i do like his description of Bushwick loft-culture as ‘scrappy.’ sounds like he moved in with the Little Rascals.
Jeremy January 8th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
In all fairness, he probably only owned a couple of suitcases of clothes and 3 boxes of books.
Ralph January 8th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Cut your hair hipster jerk. Oh wait ur bald!
Armstrong January 8th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
“you’re terrible Muriels!!”
c’mon y’all, give the wuss a break. I wouldn’t wish getting violently mugged on anyone.
I’m more pissed that the local editors have, as of late, decided to shit on our neighborhood with their fear-mongering.
so demoralizing!
Jeremy January 8th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Of course it’s horrible what happened, being a lamer doesn’t mean he deserves to get his jaw broken. Nobody would have said anything bad about him if he hadn’t written this embarrassing (for him) piece of trash for NY Rag.
diehipster January 8th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
I’ve run out of words to describe these poseurs, these douchebags, these wanna bes, these pseudo intellectual dirtbags.
http://www.diehipster.com
sean January 8th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
Yea, getting mugged aint fun. Happened to me in the Chelsea / Flatiron area last year. My fault for being drunk and having a nice shirt on, i guess. Got choked and punch in the face and knocked out. But I learned my lesson, to be aware in the Chelsea, meat packing, west village areas at night. I didnt even think i had to. Had my guard down. But i wouldnt move away b/c of that. That’s just being a pssy.
old NYC January 8th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Instead of lambasting the poor guy for getting violently attacked, be he a hipster d-bag or not, here’s a better suggestion: why not raise an outcry against the uneducated, unemployable morons with violent tendencies and a rudimentary grasp of the english language who assaulted him…for $28 I might add!? Their behavior is embarrassing to me as a native new yorker.
Also, why would anyone ever live in Bushwick? Horrible neighborhood. As if having to deal with the locals wasn’t bad enough, you have to deal with hipsters now.
yawn January 8th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
rudimentary grasp of the english language?
old nyc, you’re hateful, and very likely racist.
Hrag January 8th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
I don’t think he’s even a hipster, more like a dweeb. Jeremy’s instinct sounds right, sounds like this guy has other serious problems (why would anyone with a life try to relive their late teens or 20s while in their 30s or 40s?).
NY Mag is also guilty of piggybacking on some paranoia about race, class and New York geography…like people don’t get raped, assault and mugged in other ‘hoods…and why call it “old New York”…huh?
Armstrong January 8th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
And there goes our prospects for a civilized convo on the matter..
el January 10th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Some people are just mugger bait…
Armstrong January 10th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
“…NY Mag is also guilty of piggybacking on some paranoia about race, class and New York geography…like people don’t get raped, assault and mugged in other ‘hoods…”
I totally agree. I don’t even blame the poor chump for writing it. I blame the editors for fearmongering. It’s up to the editors what gets published and there tends to be an anti-bushwick thang happening.
“…I don’t think he’s even a hipster, more like a dweeb. Jeremy’s instinct sounds right, sounds like this guy has other serious problems (why would anyone with a life try to relive their late teens or 20s while in their 30s or 40s?)..”
Uhh, maybe because this is NYC, USA and people have a right to engage in lifestyle choices that reflect whatever “developmental stage” they choose to at whatever time works for them, so long as they’re not hurting others without being physically accosted and almost killed? maybe, haters?
Jeremy January 11th, 2008 at 11:47 am
Jeez, Armstrong, nobody’s disputing anyone has the right to live however they want without hurting others. But they don’t have the right to not be made fun of for it.
Armstrong January 11th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
I know Jeremy. that’s why I make fun of you so often. =0) PS, thanks for your interpretor help w/getting buzzers installed in my building. they’re scheduled to be done soon!
Dresden January 12th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Everyone should take Krav Maga for at least 3 months. Everyone.
Jeremy January 15th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
Oh you’re very welcome Armstrong. I heard your landlord has done so many improvements because of your efforts that he has raised a neighbor’s rent by $400/month! Now that’s what I call gentrification!
Armstrong January 15th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
well mr jeremy if said neighbor (not exactly sure which) is ignorant enough of their rights as a stabilized tenant to let the landlord get away with that, they then must share a large part of the blame I’m afraid.
I’m sure I don’t have to defend to you a landlord’s right to make as much money as they can however they can. he is ultimately a businessman. and you seem to be all for straight market dynamics.
I’m sure I also don’t have to inform you that if you let people fuck with you, unfortunately, inevitably they will. my landlord is a tough study: often willing and attentive when prodded, but also apparently capable of ruthlessness. this dilemma has costed me a touch of serenity at times as well.
you and I both know that Mr Armstrong here would be callin his legal team pronto if I even suspected such a transgression come lease renewal time!
my landlord respects me because I’ve made it clear I care about my apartment, the building, and the people in it. I’ve also made it clear I know the law and will advocate for myself when pushed to do so.
I’ve tried reaching out to people in my building and organizing. you were helpful and I thank you. let’s just say my building isn’t exactly a hotbed of empowerment and social activism, and that surprisingly includes my fellow whitefolk artist neighbors.
this is sad to me, but I’ve been pretty successful on my own effort and with some willingness from other neighbors.
if someone wants to go it alone, I wish them the best and good luck.
I apologize for hijacking the thread. I could have put this in an email to you but hey, it’s written, I’m tired, and it’s an age of exhibitionism we’re living in right?
Jeremy January 16th, 2008 at 1:05 am
Ah, I’m just teasin’ ya, Mr. Armstrong! That’s how it works, right?
Armstrong January 16th, 2008 at 9:09 am
no worries biyatch. lol
varetron January 20th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
re: “But they don’t have the right to not be made fun of for it.” doesn’t that hurt too? and worse, isn’t it intended to?
Jeremy January 27th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
And your point is?
varetron February 3rd, 2008 at 8:54 am
the point is, don’t be mean! making fun of him isn’t productive, and isn’t even very funny.
Dresden February 3rd, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Varetron – making fun of him is the ONLY productive thing here!
He DISSED our neighborhood!!! HARD!!!! FUCK HIM! HARDER!!!!!
If you can’t suck it up after getting mugged and learn a lesson, then get the fuck out… oh wait, he did. Thank the forces that be.
Jeremy February 5th, 2008 at 11:21 am
varetron, you need to lighten up.
Grown-Up Bohemian February 20th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
I passed by this ‘tard’ shortly after he ran smack into the brick wall of the ‘real’; the police and the paramedics were already there. It never occurred to me then that someone might be so biliously self-satisfied as to voice some of the judgments you render here, Jeremy. Lemme see if I’ve got his catalogue of sins right:
1. Moved to Bushwick ‘in search of a mock of 1970s Soho’, a.k.a., embraced a bohemian ideal of living he believed to be under attack in the rest of the gentrifying city.
2. Let his guard down.
3. Moved back to SF–his hometown–shortly after getting his skull bashed in.
4. Was living in a ‘shithole [apartment] in an industrial district’ while pushing 40.
Sorry, this is just ridiculous. I’m not sure what your vision of the good life is exactly, but it seems to have a lot to do with investments and some dubious conventions concerning life-stage appropriateness. Good thing you’re in real estate and not grief counseling.
Jeremy February 20th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
The “bohemian ideal” is under attack by reality. But this is neither here nor there.
I repeat — yet again, for the benefit of those with poor reading comprehension or who skim a bit too much — he did not deserve to be attacked, and it angers me that he was. The fact that he wrote a whiny little article about it makes him fair game, not the mugging itself.
Spout platitudes to the effect of “to each his own” with the intent of making me seem intolerant of other lifestyles and boringly bourgeois, but I’m not anywhere near alone in my assessment that 40 years old + Bushwick slumming + chasing “Rent”-inspired experiences in 2008 + running home to momma = LOSER.
And I am not in real estate. Who is running the rumor mill about my career? Someone else accused me of being a teacher last week!
Dresden February 21st, 2008 at 8:25 pm
He’s not in real estate or a teacher, but he sure can cook. Maybe he’s a chef!
Jeremy February 21st, 2008 at 10:45 pm
:-D
Old Brooklynite February 25th, 2008 at 1:10 am
Boy, give me Bushwick Buddies to talk about neighborhoods. We remember Bushwick when it was a great place to live up until the ’60s. You could walk the neighborhood then and not worry.
Grown-Up Bohemian March 2nd, 2008 at 4:05 am
Poor reading comprehension my ass: I saw your later posts expressing a teaspoon of sympathy. But your original post, with its troll-ish name-calling–’ultimate hipster douche’ and ‘tard’? what are we, in the third grade?–and question-begging snap judgments, hardly seemed like the appropriate response under the circumstances.
Oh, and just because you’re ‘not anywhere alone’ in your assessment of his lifestyle doesn’t exactly prove you’re right. If you wanna judge somebody by the apartment they can afford, then you *should* be in real estate.
Big D August 31st, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Geez y’all are a fickle bunch!
http://bushwickbk.com/2009/08/28/the-beating-at-my-front-door/