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it's about the opposite of hipster. why is everyone so Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) when it comes to knowing what hipster means?
Quote from: steve dave on April 05, 2013, 08:56:45 AMit's about the opposite of hipster. why is everyone so Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) when it comes to knowing what hipster means?I don't limit myself to just being Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) about what hipster means.
I looked up the origin on wikipedia but what's behind the popularity? Hipster thing?
Olympics seemed to give it a boost.
It's from the Chive CFoD.
Quote from: Emo EMAW on April 05, 2013, 09:19:46 AMIt's from the Chive CFoD.no it's not, jfc
Quote from: steve dave on April 05, 2013, 11:05:30 AMQuote from: Emo EMAW on April 05, 2013, 09:19:46 AMIt's from the Chive CFoD.no it's not, jfcI think that's where it has found traction.
Rediscovery and commercializationIn 2000, a copy of the "Keep Calm and Carry On" poster was rediscovered in Barter Books, a second-hand bookshop in Alnwick, Northumberland, North East England. Since Crown Copyright expires on artistic works created by the British government after 50 years, the image is now in the public domain.[7] The store's owners, Stuart and Mary Manley, were thus able to reprint copies at customers' requests, as did others, inside and outside Britain. It has inspired ranges of clothing, mugs, doormats, baby clothes and other merchandise from various vendors,[8] as well as a book[9] of motivational quotations.The poster's popularity has been attributed to a "nostalgia for a certain British character, an outlook" according to the Bagehot column in The Economist, that "taps directly into the country's mythic image of itself: unshowily brave and just a little stiff, brewing tea as the bombs fall."[10] Its message has also been felt relevant to the late-2000s recession and has been adopted as an unofficial motto by British nurses, the poster appearing in staff rooms on hospital wards with increasing frequency throughout the 2000s.[8] Merchandise with the image has been ordered in bulk by American financial firms and advertising agencies, and it is also popular in Germany.[11]The poster has appeared on the walls of places as diverse as the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit at 10 Downing Street, the Lord Chamberlain's office at Buckingham Palace, and the United States embassy in Belgium. The Manleys sold some 41,000 facsimile posters between 2001 and 2009.[8]The poster and its parodies have appeared in almost every channel open to graphic design and graphical parody.[8][9]
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/keep-calm-and-carry-on
Quote from: slimz on April 05, 2013, 10:33:01 AMhttp://knowyourmeme.com/memes/keep-calm-and-carry-on
QuoteRediscovery and commercializationIn 2000, a copy of the "Keep Calm and Carry On" poster was rediscovered in Barter Books, a second-hand bookshop in Alnwick, Northumberland, North East England. Since Crown Copyright expires on artistic works created by the British government after 50 years, the image is now in the public domain.[7] The store's owners, Stuart and Mary Manley, were thus able to reprint copies at customers' requests, as did others, inside and outside Britain. It has inspired ranges of clothing, mugs, doormats, baby clothes and other merchandise from various vendors,[8] as well as a book[9] of motivational quotations.The poster's popularity has been attributed to a "nostalgia for a certain British character, an outlook" according to the Bagehot column in The Economist, that "taps directly into the country's mythic image of itself: unshowily brave and just a little stiff, brewing tea as the bombs fall."[10] Its message has also been felt relevant to the late-2000s recession and has been adopted as an unofficial motto by British nurses, the poster appearing in staff rooms on hospital wards with increasing frequency throughout the 2000s.[8] Merchandise with the image has been ordered in bulk by American financial firms and advertising agencies, and it is also popular in Germany.[11]The poster has appeared on the walls of places as diverse as the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit at 10 Downing Street, the Lord Chamberlain's office at Buckingham Palace, and the United States embassy in Belgium. The Manleys sold some 41,000 facsimile posters between 2001 and 2009.[8]The poster and its parodies have appeared in almost every channel open to graphic design and graphical parody.[8][9]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_Calm_and_Carry_On#Rediscovery_and_commercialization
