— By Zach Perkins |
SOMA startup 'Hipster' (which as far as I can tell is a hyperlocal Quora meets Foursquare with a hyperlame name that keeps getting everyone's attention,) is now attempting to lure in potential employees with a cartoonish benefits package that's GUARANTEED to offend the sensibilities of our readers and decent folk alike. This afternoon they sent out an email blast to “Fellow Hipsters” which poses the following question:
What do $10,000, a year’s worth of Pabst Blue Ribbon, and skinny jeans have in common? Well, if you refer someone that we end up hiring, you'll be receiving all of that and more…
The website contains the following jpg gem illustrating the package, complete with a horrifically ugly 'fixed gear bicycle' and 'mustache grooming services'(???) I'm surprised they didn't also throw in a years worth of UBER car service to-and-from your totes alt Mission dive to their SOMA offices.
First they make Coachella a 2 weekend event, and now this? Fuck it, I'm moving to Bernal, shitting out some kids and joining that Dad racing league thing.
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“Hipster is building a fun way to uncover the vast amount of information about real-world locations that isn’t yet available online.”
Yeah, we have that, it’s called Yelp.
You know, I lived in Bernal for a year.
Now, I live in the Mission, and work in the Excelsior, so I spend a fair amount of time on the hill.
And you know, it doesn’t suck all that bad. I’d hella move back.
We laugh because it’s funny, and we laugh because it’s true.
It’s funny when hipsters get offended when people call them hipsters.
Wait a minute, who let my grandmother design this ad?
Also, I think they are seriously underestimating the amount of PBR that can be consumed in a year. A $50K bill for PBR may have them reconsider that beer for a year ploy.
Zach, don’t lie. We know you’re only posting this because you want in on the sweet referral package!
wait a minute - these guys have $10000 to spend on a referral fee ? actually, it looks like $10k AND all that other shit.
we are back to the great internet bubble where crappy companies looking to piggyback marginal opportunities can throw money into the fire. they should just put their name on a ballpark.
it may be savvy if they dont actually intend on hiring one of these referrals. then the joke is on the hipster dicks. but that doesnt really create goodwill .
as for the offense taken at such a site – what, exactly, did they miss in their gross/ accurate stereotyping of hipsters?
Sorry but Buddy Holly never wore those glasses.