Punch A Hipster Day?

Photo by Clayton Hauck

This seems more like a someecards holiday than a Hallmark holiday; June 1 marks the first annual Punch A Hipster Day. According to the day's "organizers":

The plague has spread, and it's name is hipster. Any time you see that guy standing on the side of the street or back of the crowd, smoking his joint and drinking his soy milk in his neon pink tights, you know what to do.

Now we're certainly not endorsing you take any action on behalf og this new holiday. Heck, a number of our staffers (this correspondent included) have been mistaken for hipsters in the past and we certainly don't want to be met by a fist to the face tomorrow morning. And that actually got us to thinking; does anyone actually self-identify as a hipster? We've known plenty of hipsters in our time but we can't think of a single one that would actually admit to it. Well, except for Liz Armstrong, but she'll do anything for attention.

No word yet on whether or not this person is behind the exhortations behind this new holiday.

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By Tankboy in Arts & Events on May 31, 2011 1:40 PM

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ljpljpljp

I am curious as to why there aren't any videos or even photographs of the altercations that people have reported.

hipsters4life

In case we need help discovering who is a hipster and who is simply trying to dress trendy: http://www.chicagonow.com/blog...

csc3

someone was clearly bored

exbaytriate

this day is more proof that, even though i disdain the idea of hipsters, they're still better than jocks.

< punch in the face >HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RULEZ! < /punch in the face >

Monica

I need to remember to wear a suit tomorrow and not eat anything organic because I will be mistaken for a hipster.

I've actually met someone that identifies as a hipster, but I feel like "hipster" is the new term for "person you automatically hate that isn't obviously a trixie or bro."

Daniel Kibblesmith

Universe will implode—only hipsters celebrate Internet driven fake holidays (talk like a pirate, Twitter trending celeb death anniversaries, zombie flash mobs, etc.).