pop quiz: spot the clue the guy is hipster bell end

huffingtonpost photo It's the guy holding the red "thanks tea-tards" sign. It is unclear what he is thanking them for, government shutdown, I suppose.

Fashion has the serious purpose of advertising self saying, "Hey, this is how I handle this climate situation with a plum." A plum scarf. Here's the thing: t-shirts worn as single outer shirt announce the weather is too hot for a collared shirt. Other cultures have taken other approaches to warm weather light cotton shirts, but in the US, due to the convergence of jeans and t-shirts, and tie-dye hippies and cowboys, and bikers without causes, and so many quintessentially American types, the t-shirt prevailed, now printed graphically as daringly large tattoos. Contrasting sharply in purpose to that, long wrapping scarfs that wrap the neck multiple times are warm weather accessories. It is not a summer thing. Perhaps sandstorm-related, or camel-related.

It is wearing a Michelin tire puffy parka and short pants with slippers.

It says, "I'm hipster. And my neck is hot."

I could strike up a pleasant conversation with this guy in an instant. I do every day.