Comments on: New Valencia boutique transforms your baby into a “Punk Princess”

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 17:13:23 +0000

They’re still hipsters. The derogatory term “hipster” arguably applies even BETTER to them than it does the previous generation. *shrug*

By: m

Tue, 15 Oct 2013 05:31:46 +0000

There is a massive difference between coattail riding dorks with neon wayfarers who listen to the oh sees and people who actually have some aspect of “hip” to their personality. 90% of the people referred to as “hipsters” in the mission these days are nothing more than urban outfitters clones who will do whatever the mass media outlet they currently subscribe to tells them to do. It’s sad that this has become confused with “hip”.

I am in a mooooood.

By: dave

dave — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 22:46:18 +0000

The death of the Mission AND punk rock celebrated in one thread. Sweet.

By: Drew

Drew — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 17:32:27 +0000

Yep, I saw that as well! Funny.

By: ddd

ddd — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 18:52:16 +0000

the area has a large population of middle aged slackers feeling left behind. it’s pathetic, actually.

By: 94103er

94103er — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 18:31:21 +0000

Yeah seriously. Who the hell has time to shop with small kids, anyway?

Also, jesus people, let’s see what’s changed since 1999/2000. The vacant storefronts on Valencia are being put to use. (Oh noes.) Mission Playground doesn’t have that incredibly nasty annex on Valencia that everyone was afraid to enter. (Oh noes.)

There were cutesy boutiques on Valencia in the good ol’ days, too.

And Mission St? Exactly the same. Pretty baffled that we think the soul of the city hinges on a few blocks of that other commercial street in the Mission.

By: techbro

techbro — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 17:28:50 +0000

You seem pretty level-headed about all this, so.. try to think about it from the other side. There was a sweet culture here 10, 15, 20 years ago. Sounds like you helped build it, so it makes sense you’re bummed to see it go. But something tells me you weren’t thinking about the olds of the time when you were building it.

Now there’s a dwindling population of aimless 20-something punks, hipsters, party people whose additions to that culture have been marginal at best, and mostly want the heyday you created to last forever without putting in the work to come up with something new themselves. Doesn’t stop them from whining about tech gentrifiers ruining everything, of course.

Don’t get me wrong, I spent most of my youth being angsty, going to the same shitty hardcore shows, racing in alleycats before most hipsters even know what a fixed gear bike was. I had a great time with all that, but I was always working on the next thing too. Boring to me is being a grown-ass man still doing the exact same shit from when I was 19. Boring is convincing myself there’s no need to plan for a future because how could my Peter Pan Neverland ever come to an end?

To me, there’s nothing boring about having a good job that treats me with respect, where the things I make are used by millions of people around the world on a daily basis. Obviously there are plenty of people getting rich making dumb photo sharing apps for teenagers, but there’s real stuff happening too.

By: larry20000

larry20000 — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 16:37:52 +0000

Can the old generation do more than just complain?How about taking some of that money you’ve made on your real estate and opening a neighborhood business or venue?

By: It ain't the mish

It ain't the mish — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 05:45:57 +0000

Where’s the Poo Riddler when you need him?

By: flipburgerz

flipburgerz — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 04:34:23 +0000

i guess lack the imagination to reply as well.

one word: vacant

By: Missionish

Missionish — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 03:30:27 +0000

One word: absurd.

By: flipburgerz

flipburgerz — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 03:24:57 +0000

ignorance is bliss.

the people on valencia we are all poo-pooing have no idea why we do.

zzzzzzzzzzzz mission is now just a place for all these folks without the imagination to suffer…
to spend their practically limitless disposable income.

By: Ivy

Ivy — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 02:34:23 +0000

’99 was insanity boomtime. Like, angry bicyclists stuffing potatos into Range Rover tailpipes and pasting bologna onto Mercedes paint dotcom boom.

By: shemp9999

shemp9999 — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 23:10:59 +0000

Herr Doktor, I would say the majority has shifted. Normals are everywhere. And sure, Dave, it’s nice to know I’ll be able to cash out and leave someday, but I was hoping it would stay interesting a bit longer.

By: Ross

Ross — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 21:38:27 +0000

OMG EVERYTHING IS SO TERRIBLE NOW