MetaFilter posts tagged with poseur

Buzz is forever?

l33tpolicywonk — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:18:24 -0800

Lord of the Memes : Now that MeFi has taught me how to beat the hipsters, how do I beat the poseurs? David Brooks says "prestige has shifted from the producer of art to the aggregator and the appraiser;" the cultural elite are early adopters and, more importantly, early discarders, of culture. The article is worthwhile if only because Brooks provides an interesting narration on what being cool by being anti-cool has meant in the last 75 years or so. Has the exponential growth of culture blurred the lines between high and low culture? If we no longer define cultural literacy by a set of notable reference points, can we even speak of a one culture?

"Nasty, brutish and short" indeed

dersins — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 17:03:20 -0800

Urban Scout. Sincere crusader for sustainable living or poseur hipster douchebag? [last link is google video]

It's Tricky!

keli — Sat, 18 Oct 2003 16:00:10 -0800

David Blaine has a day or so left to complete his latest stunt. While most of us can do basic cigarette tricks, it takes a special kind of person to want to hypnotize another. Even more special is one who gives up studying the art of magic to study transcendental meditation and was convinced that he could levitate.

baylink — Sat, 12 Aug 2000 14:35:12 -0800

So you wanna be an indie-rock expert? [Courtesy of Peterme.]