Hipsters: Making Fat Cool

In a bit of news which can only originate in Williamsburg: beer bellies are now cool?

The push for popularizing pre-paunch protuberances is being led, of course, by those oh so chic hipsters. Read this article, by the New York Times no less, more proof that hipsters suck

“I sort of think the six-pack abs obsession got so prissy it stopped being masculine,” is how Aaron Hicklin, the editor of Out, explains the emergence of the Ralph Kramden. What once seemed young and hot, for gay and straight men alike, now seems passé. Like manscaping, spray-on tans and other metrosexual affectations, having a belly one can bounce quarters off suggests that you may have too much time on your hands.

At least this guy is right about spray-on tans.

The full article available here.

Or, maybe its the Times' fault. For irresponsibly printing an article rooted entirely in anecdotal evidence.