Would You Drink Out Of A Coconut, Far From Tropical Climes?
There are exactly two entries in Jaunted's Hipsters category, one about gelato and the other with the word "irritating." Neither are particularly complimentary. This article from the New York Times, which describes how Williamsburg hipsters have taken to ostentatiously sipping juice out of coconuts as they saunter down the street, is an excellent illustration as to why.
Hipsters, it turns out, are prone to eyeroll-inducing trends of "look at me not caring that you're looking at me for being ridiculous" obnoxiousness:
In the last few months, retailers in hipster hot spots like Williamsburg and the Lower East Side say they have sold unprecedented amounts of the fruit for streetside consumption. 'I think it’s stylish, it’s pretty,' said Zarifeh Saleh... 'You feel like you’re on the beach, but you’re not on the beach.' Some say the public ritual is part of the drink’s allure. 'I don’t ever go and buy a bunch of coconuts and stock them and drink them at home,' said Jennifer Verdon.
Hold on. You're saying that hipsters are doing something in public—and only in public—for the purpose of being seen by others? And it's a kind of silly and pointless little fad, but they justify it by giggling about how it's like something it's exactly nothing like? The hell you say.
The story also has woman who describes drinking out of coconuts as a "necessity" in New York because she had a friend at Coachella—a festival that happens in the summer in California—who once became overheated. We would have pasted it into this post but we ran out of space after the seventeenth "well maybe if she wouldn't have been wearing leggings in the desert" joke and had to delete the whole thing.
How do you feel about sipping from coconuts on the streets of New York, far from a tropical beach? Is it ridiculous or kinda cool? Let us know in the comments!
[Photo: Kerosene Photography / Flickr]
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