GovernmentMan, you're creeping everybody out

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Yep, I was also on the verge of starting this thread myself, and would have written basically the same OP as jjimm. Personally, I think the creepiest part is the fact that he looks at a few pictures and/or videos of girls who are (ostensibly) strangers, and projects an entire life onto them:

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this girl looks like the typical hipster indie girl you’d see in Brooklyn, Portland, or LA hanging out at cafes, watching foreign and quirky indie films, going to record shops, probably is into arts and crafts, interior design, boutique hotels, photo booths, craft beer, banjos , sea otters and hedgehogs, probably a foodie and plans on living in a vintage airstream some day

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But you can just tell that this girl is the type that enjoys farmers markets, France, bikes, vintage typewriters, film festivals, art shows, vespa scooters, Mcsweeny’s, This American Life, etc

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She looks like the type that would have an apartment that looked like this : Imgur: The magic of the Internet

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She probably reads Dwell magazine http://www.dwell.com/

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girls who look like they’re full of whimsy and daydream about fanciful reveries , who go barefoot and pick flowers and wear cute dresses?

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She looks like the type of girl that would be into fantasy (not high fantasy, which I’m not into, but more into the Alice in Wonderland, Lud in the Mist, type of fantasy full of whimsy, faerie, castles in the sky, myths and folklore).

This looks like the opposite of a hipster to me. So charmingly serene and pastoral.

If girls like these are to be found in small towns, then I just might transfer to a college in one. Can’t find them in the cities.

And actually, it’s not even a *life *he’s imagining for these girls, or even a personality, really - just a set of interests. And then, he judges whether or not he likes them based on those interests. It would be like me saying, “Hey everyone, do you like outdoorsy-type guys like this? http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/AverageMan1.jpg” And then, when everyone rightly asks how in the hell I determined this guy is outdoorsy, I say, “Isn’t it obvious that he’s the type of guy who loves hiking in the forest and riding mountain bikes and fishing, and probably brews his own beer? Where can I find a guy like that?”

It’s just weird.

And it’s especially ridiculous in the case of the “small town girl”, since they are clearly staged photos. In fact - and I really hesitate to even say this, for fear of encouraging him - I searched for them on tineye and found them on the flickr page of the singer/guitarist for the very indie-looking band Eisley, which is apparently popular with… wait for it… hipsters.

Texas-based indie rock band Eisley performed a sold-out show at the Troubadour in West Hollywood on Sunday. The show was a part of Eisley’s current Turning Tides Tour, promoting their recent release, The Valley.

The historic little venue was brimming with plaid trendy L.A. hipsters jerking their side-swept bangs out of their faces and adjusting their snug cardigans.

I think Bob Ducca has it exactly right. He’s looking for some kind of quirky, charming fantasy girl who does not exist in nature, and clearly has very limited interaction with actual women. It’s no crime, and hopefully, he’s young and will grow out of it, but it’s defintely creepy.