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    Beau Nerd: Gavin McInnes is gonna videotape it if/when he pees in his cornflakes and eats it, right? Because that's the only thing that matters right now. more »
    lukeoneil47: Didn't Gavin and company basically invent everyone else in the competition either directly or indirectly through the omnivorous, rapey tentacles of Vi... more »
    Jamie Peck: Jesus Christ ppl, Dov Charney is not a hipster. He has taken a douchified version of indie culture and commodified it for mass consumption all over th... more »
    A Message To Rudy: Someone hacked into The Devil's Google account because he uses No. 12. more »
    RandomLunatic: I keep voting for the people I have never heard of because I find the ones I have heard about so damned loathsome, I don't even want them to receive a... more »
    jessica.ann: People PLEASE stop voting for Kari Ferrell. She pretended to work for someone on the list (Gavin McInnes)! That alone should automatically disqualif... more »
    throwdetta: You know what is a great (and not moth-eaten) musical that would make an excellent and gorgeous movie AND deals with the foreign language thing in a r... more »
    lobstr: Appeal against the Grifter, Part III: Vote with your hearts, not your hotdogs, nor hallways! Ladies and Gents of the Gawkersphere, please read the f... more »
    momof3wildkids: That collection of pictures would have made a fine holiday card for Gawker. more »
    AndPreciousLittleofThat: You mean to say you're having a hipster competition and you've put in someone with one name who runs something called "Hipster Runoff?" I smell a rin... more »
    FitnessMadeSimple: I think I'll vote for Gavin McInnes, just because I harbor a grudge against him for giving me low scores in the US Air Guitar Championships. more »
    Dustin Likens: Sarah Palin is my vote - her entire political career has been one long masterful stroke of ironic hipsterism...right? All my friends are wearing McCai... more »
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    intime: I like to spend New Year's Eve with a bottle of Ketel One and some good weed. You can enjoy any lame bar or party with that combination under your b... more »
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  • #yourprivacyisanillusion

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