{"id":405,"date":"2010-04-22T15:34:34","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T20:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dollfactory.org\/?p=405"},"modified":"2010-04-22T15:49:34","modified_gmt":"2010-04-22T20:49:34","slug":"did-the-doll-factory-totally-scoop-the-hipster-runoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dollfactory.org\/?p=405","title":{"rendered":"Did the Doll Factory totally &#8216;scoop&#8217; the &#8216;Hipster runoffs&#8217;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dollfactory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/runoff.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"342\" height=\"281\" align=\"right\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dollfactory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/runoff.jpg 342w, https:\/\/dollfactory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/runoff-300x246.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/>Authentic indie meme \/ altbro blog &#8216;The Hipster Runoffs&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/altreport.hipsterrunoff.com\/\"><strong>started an alt meme today comparing the personal brands of alt celebrities and P4k album covers<\/strong><\/a>, as an alternative &#8216;take&#8217; on the mainstream &#8216;Totally Looks Like&#8217; blog (run by the <a href=\"http:\/\/gawker.com\/5488509\/inside-the-low+paying-cheezburger-empire\"><strong>rich mainstream bro who owns &#8216;May I please have a cheeseburger?&#8217; LOLcats and &#8216;This is an illustrative example of a failure!&#8217; blogs<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/gawker.com\/5486025\/is-the-lolcat-empire-built-on-exploited-humans\"><strong>pays employees minimum wage<\/strong><\/a>, like an &#8216;Internet meme sweatshop&#8217;). <\/p>\n<p>Kinda feel like &#8216;The Doll Factory&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/dollfactory.org\/?p=377\"><strong>did this authentic indie meme &#8216;Kinda Looks Like&#8217; parody like three wks ago<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Are the &#8216;Doll Factory&#8217; altbros &#8216;more authentic&#8217; than &#8216;The Hipster Runoffs&#8217;?<\/p>\n<p>Did the Doll Factories &#8216;scoop&#8217; The Hipster Run Offs or is it &#8216;a total coincidence&#8217; \/ &#8216;synchronicity&#8217; like The Karl Jungs psychology-major college bro?<\/p>\n<p>Is it more important to try to be &#8216;silly&#8217; \/ &#8216;irreverent&#8217; or should indie bands \/ music blogs be &#8216;serious&#8217; like &#8216;the xx&#8217; and work on cultivating their personal brand?<\/p>\n<p>Should &#8216;The Doll Factories&#8217; call a relevant &#8216;band meeting&#8217;? Is it more authentic \/ meaningful to have a band meeting at an &#8216;authentic Irish-bro pub&#8217; or a &#8216;local microbrewery&#8217;?<\/p>\n<p>Is sipping expensive beer on tap at a &#8216;brewpub&#8217; in Ballard &#8216;authentic&#8217; or do we have to &#8216;slam&#8217; &#8216;PBR&#8217; and &#8216;Sparks&#8217; at &#8216;The Unicorns&#8217; in &#8216;Capitol Hill&#8217;?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authentic indie meme \/ altbro blog &#8216;The Hipster Runoffs&#8217; started an alt meme today comparing the personal brands of alt celebrities and P4k album covers, as an alternative &#8216;take&#8217; on the mainstream &#8216;Totally Looks Like&#8217; blog (run by the rich mainstream bro who owns &#8216;May I please have a cheeseburger?&#8217; LOLcats and &#8216;This is an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dollfactory.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dollfactory.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dollfactory.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dollfactory.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dollfactory.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=405"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dollfactory.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":408,"href":"https:\/\/dollfactory.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405\/revisions\/408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dollfactory.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dollfactory.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dollfactory.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}