Isn't This A Contradiction?

[Katie Schmitz]

Hot Topic has unveiled a shirt with the words "Die Scenester Die" on it. Check it out here (http://www.hottopic.com/store/product.asp?LS=0&ITEM=299835).

Submitted by josegoesMEOWW

[Mercy Medical]

Hahaha, holy shit and they're practically sold out on the website.

[crit]

yes. yes it is.

[Katie Schmitz]

:rolleyes:

[straylighthaste]

yeah, i was gonna say that's pretty hypocritical of them haha.

[GoodTimes]

hard to believe a quality piece of merchandise like that is on clearance

[crit]

hard to believe a quality piece of merchandise like that is on clearance
haha

[hospital]

hahaha, it's german for:
"the scenester the"

[tensecondstogo]

talk about the pot calling the kettle black.

whatev'.

smartmove to take advantage of every kid out there wanting to be "different" or have a sense of "self identity".

Money ! Money ! Money ! Money ! Money !
Anything to make a buck off stupid ass kids.

[Co and Ca]

this is more ironic than having 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife.

[she cant swim!]

hahaha, it's german for:
"the scenester the"
thats what i thought when i saw the title

[melvicious]

"This black T-shirt has a front screen that says, "Die Scenester Die." Ouch! ....."

hahaha. ouch.

[love_american_style]

hmmmmm.....

[melvicious]

wonder if they only made it in bigger sizes?....

haha

[elvis]

is ironic the word im looking for

[crit]

this is more ironic than having 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife.

it's more ironic than getting a free ride, when you've already paid...

[Big_Guy]

smartmove to take advantage of every kid out there wanting to be "different" or have a sense of "self identity".
haha. that's Hot Topic for ya

[*crying stars*]

cut to a scene kid wearing the shirt, explaining that they just hate how they are grouped into this category, when they really just wish they were seen as individuals and the followers should die.

hot topic... :headwall:

[SwallowMyWords]

are they trying to lose their own customers on purpose?

[Katie Schmitz]

is ironic the word im looking for
I was actually going to name the title "Ironic?" but contradiction was more fitting.

[Katie Schmitz]

it's more ironic than getting a free ride, when you've already paid...
And rain on your wedding day.

/Alanis Morisette :)

[we are cured]

no it isn't, because hating scenesters is the new 'thing' to do.

[Dan CiTi]

Funniest shit ever.

[love_american_style]

And rain on your wedding day.

/Alanis Morislutt :)

thats not very nice....

[ForeverInADay]

i didnt find this funny. ironic, sure. funny, no.

[flexifing]

that shirt sucks

[yanks2np]

I wonder what their definition of scene is. It's funny the scene that makes them so much money, they make says hate it. Funny thing is, people are actually buying it. Haha

[byebyebeautiful]

"goth: originality through conformity."

i wish i knew where i saw that shirt.

[Manbotisdead]

isnt a scenester usually someone who enjoys a lot of "indie" bands and is in to obscure art? Similar to a hipster, thats what I always thought the definition was. I refer to what you guys call scenesters as attention whores.

[BadNewsBear]

If they put it on a white shirt it wouldnt deliver the message, now would it?

thats also a good way to kill all of your customers and close the doors for good. :)

[overoverme]

isnt a scenester usually someone who enjoys a lot of "indie" bands and is in to obscure art? Similar to a hipster, thats what I always thought the definition was. I refer to what you guys call scenesters as attention whores.

Naw.
I think the connotations of what a 'scene kid' is have changed quite a bit recently.

I would like a 'Die Hipster Die' tshirt.
In my eyes a Hipster is someone who takes music too seriously, thinks their music taste is impeccable and you should listen to the bands they are listening to, and they use words like 'glorious', and watch sunsets and think they can paint and think they take good pictures of shit.

Labeling is fun sometimes, though I hate to do it.

[romantic rights]

and its already on clearance?

[CHRISRIPPEDOUT]

hahahahaha.....wow

[Nathan Lint]

lmfao the 2XL sold out first haha

[untilnextwinter]

.....hahahahahhahaha.

[zizou1790]

i hate that store so much

[SevenOhThree]

Urban Outfiters has a shirt just like it. It just says "Die Hipster Die" instead.

[kkisforlovers]

urban has a die scenster die too. at least they did when i worked there a couple months ago.

[kkisforlovers]

and actually.. now that i think about it... i think they say "die hipster scum" and "die scenster scum." yea i laughed pretty hard while folding hundreds of them and deciding that job was worthless.

[YourMusicSucks]

Naw.
I think the connotations of what a 'scene kid' is have changed quite a bit recently.

I would like a 'Die Hipster Die' tshirt.
In my eyes a Hipster is someone who takes music too seriously, thinks their music taste is impeccable and you should listen to the bands they are listening to, and they use words like 'glorious', and watch sunsets and think they can paint and think they take good pictures of shit.

Labeling is fun sometimes, though I hate to do it.

I just wanted to thank you for making me piss myself laughing. I know a kid who is 100% what you described a hipster. And he says fucking glorious 100x a minute.

[mybreakingpoint]

hahaha i work at Hot Topic

i really hope we don't get that shirt.

[Ender217]

hmmm ... isn't just the scenesters that shop at hot topic .....

[TheRunAround]

i dont think its a contradiction
scenesters dont shop at hot topic!!

[Aneurisms07]

I hate shit like this...It's getting old.

[transylvanian]

Hating the scene is the new scene.

[atticusfinch]

I want a coke.

[Chris Fallon]

wonder if they only made it in bigger sizes?....

haha

hahaha

[bigmig22]

do scenesters shop at hot topic? i thought wannabe scenesters shopped there.

on a side note, i cant stand those baggy pants with metal buckles all over them.

[saveyourshows]

Its pretty funny how most of the people bashing on hot topic at the moment,for doing what they do, have most likely supported its business in one way or another.


Its also funny how this is even considered news. The shirt must have been out for several months now.

[AchtungBaby]

The irony is overwhelming.

[kissbangkill]

Urban Outfiters has a shirt just like it. It just says "Die Hipster Die" instead.

urban outfitters = the indie kids hot topic.

[saveyourshows]

i thought that was american apparel????

[Venona]

This makes me want to listen to MC lars


"Hot Topic uses contrived identification with youth sub-cultures
to manufacture an antiauthoritarian identity and
make millions. That $8 you paid for the Mudvayne poster
would be better spent used for seeing your brother's
friend's band. DIY ethics are punk rock! Starting your
own label is punk rock! GG Allin was punk rock! But when
a crass corporate vulture feeds on mass consumer
culture, then spending Mommy's money is not punk rock!"

[thisisrightnow]

I don't think I've ever seen anything more contradictory.

[kissbangkill]

i thought that was american apparel????

hmm.. also true.

[dartanian=gods]

how scene is that??

[hippieocracy]

this is more ironic than having 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife.

hahahha

[ambiotic]

scene kids should die, however anyone that buys a tshirt saying so from hot topic should be killed in a more horrible fashion.

[0101]

lmao yah, this shirts been out for a while now.

[Ambulance X]

Ohhhhhhh the irony

[yourafaker]

and actually.. now that i think about it... i think they say "die hipster scum" and "die scenster scum." yea i laughed pretty hard while folding hundreds of them and deciding that job was worthless.

it's funny that you were actually employed there, meaning you actually thought the job was worth it in the first place and now you make fun of it. hypocrit.

[yourafaker]

i dont think its a contradiction
scenesters dont shop at hot topic!!

Well, the funny thing is, half of the people on this board like the shit bands that are carried there. From First to Last, Matchbook Romance, Brand New, Taking Back Sunday, Panic at The Disco. Isn't THAT ironic?

[yourafaker]

This makes me want to listen to MC lars


"Hot Topic uses contrived identification with youth sub-cultures
to manufacture an antiauthoritarian identity and
make millions. That $8 you paid for the Mudvayne poster
would be better spent used for seeing your brother's
friend's band. DIY ethics are punk rock! Starting your
own label is punk rock! GG Allin was punk rock! But when
a crass corporate vulture feeds on mass consumer
culture, then spending Mommy's money is not punk rock!"


You know what's even better than that? MC LARS sold his album to HOT TOPIC. Talk about a sell-out. Douche BAG!

[yourafaker]

[quote=*crying stars*]cut to a scene kid wearing the shirt, explaining that they just hate how they are grouped into this category, when they really just wish they were seen as individuals and the followers should die.

I'd just like to point out...while you are one of the many on this board posting about this- i viewed your profile and every single one of these bands that are in your profile they carry at hot topic. how can you criticize a company when every single band you like supports it and can be found there. LAME

NOW THATS IRONIC!



A New Found Glory, Acceptance, The All-American Rejects, Amber Pacific, Anberlin, Armor For Sleep, The Ataris, Bayside, The Beautiful Mistake, Bloc Party, Brand New, Brandtson, Cartel, The Clash, Coheed & Cambria, Copeland, Cute Is What We Aim For, Daphne Loves Derby, Dashboard Confessional, Death Cab for Cutie, The Early November, Emery, Fall Out Boy, Franz Ferdinand, Gatsby's American Dream, The Get Up Kids, Halifax, hellogoodbye, Hidden In Plain View, Hit The Lights, Jack's Mannequin, Jimmy Eat World, The Juliana Theory, The Killers, Mae, Matchbook Romance, Midtown, Motion City Soundtrack, Over It, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T's, The Postal Service, Relient K, Saosin, Saves the Day, Snow Patrol, Something Corporate, The Starting Line, Story of the Year, Straylight Run, The Strokes, Sugarcult, Switchfoot, Taking Back Sunday, Terminal, Underoath, Valencia, Weezer [Pinkerton], Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Yellowcard [One for the Kids]

[falloutdrea19]

haha oh shit..

[Azrael]

I'd just like to point out...while you are one of the many on this board posting about this- i viewed your profile and every single one of these bands that are in your profile they carry at hot topic. how can you criticize a company when every single band you like supports it and can be found there. LAME

NOW THATS IRONIC!
There's nothing wrong with a band's merch being carried at Hot Topic. They have Bob Marley and John Lennon shirts there.
Is Bob Marley "scene"?

Don't be a douchebag.

[badstarsfall]

As every scenester rushes out to buy one with the hopes of concealing their own ugly truths.

How is this news, by the bye?

[moonlights]

it's funny that you were actually employed there, meaning you actually thought the job was worth it in the first place and now you make fun of it. hypocrit.
because i'm sure mommy supports you and pays for your rent, clothes, everything until you can find a job that you think is 'worth it'. sorry, not everyone is that lucky, sometimes you have to take jobs at places you don't like. it's better than being homeless, don't you think?

[Shatter_Glass]

Every things and anti now. I wish we were in the 70's

[.KillMoneen.]

gay

[Rock]

as much as everyone loves any opportunity to use the word ironic, this is potentially much more contradictory than ironic, depending on how you view hot topic. there's really not much i wouldn't expect from hot topic, and i don't know if i'd classify their clientbase as mostly scenesters either. that's why i don't think it's ironic.

[A picasso blue]

..who are you people??!

[Susan Sarandon]

It hasn't just been unveiled if it's had enough time to go on clearance...

[PassedOut]

how classy