Hipster Foldables: The Gutter Punk
Our third Hipster Foldable, has arrived and now we have to fumigate. It's the Gutter Punk. As you've undoubtedly noticed, they've invaded the 'burg and now we can expect a surge in lyme disease from the ticks festering in their nasty-ass beards.
In case you missed the story in the Daily News, here it is:
Heroin-addict hobos from around the country are overrunning hipster haven Williamsburg - living in stalled luxury condo projects in the trendy Brooklyn neighborhood. The squatters, from middle-class families, hop freight trains to the city, where they can earn up to $150 a day panhandling in Manhattan. At night, like plenty of other borough commuters, they return to their homes: grubby hideaways inside boarded-up lots that pock the once-booming neighborhood.As we suggested before, don't give them money. Instead, use this much more sanitary, stench-free bank and save for your own future."I've got to sleep somewhere, and I might as well do it in Williamsburg," said Stuart, 22, a Florida college dropout.
The admitted alcoholic and heroin user makes $15 an hour panhandling in Union Square, holding a sign that reads "Traveling Broke and Sexy."
"The girls here like it that I'm dirty and I ride trains," he added.
The vagrants - who also call themselves "crusty punks" - swarmed into Williamsburg this spring, drawn by open-minded young people and vacant lots.
Packs of punks and their mangy dogs clog Bedford Ave. in the evenings. They sprawl drunkenly on the sidewalk and heckle hipsters for money and cigarettes.
"There's a big crowd of us here," said Sethry, 20, of Portland, Ore., lounging near North Ninth St. one recent night. "Every night it's a party with all our friends."
Instructions:
1. Download the Gutter Punk foldable here (.pdf)
2. Print
3. Cut along black solid lines
4. Fold along dotted lines and tape, as instructed
Thanks again to Bryan. And remember, send us photos for future foldables! We want to feature local celebrities—who doesn't want a Todd P foldable? Or perhaps the creepy pastor on Bedford, if we ever muster the courage to approach him.
DOWNLOAD THE GUTTER PUNK FOLDABLE PDF HERE
Previously:
The Hipster Grifter
Hip Kyp Malone
Comments
hey man can i get a dollar? I need to get enough change for some iced tea and i want to get into the citizen fish show cmon man help me out
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Posted by: alchemicalmedia | November 16, 2009 01:07 AM
Gutter punx piss me off too but what's worse are some over-privileged rich fucks that don't know shit about living in a city and think they're so high and mighty while they cause housing prices to rise and push people out of their homes.
I'd much rather live with a crusty because while s/he may be fucked up and trash the place or steal money, they don't steal the life and authenticity out of my neighborhood like a NYC hipster douche does.
Posted by: pist | September 21, 2009 01:35 AM
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Posted by: Anthony Carr | August 6, 2009 09:15 AM
poor william , you stupid fool.
Downright hateful should be the objective. Why accept the unacceptable, encourage the disgusting, and bank roll con artists. Tons of people are "addicts" that go to work , instead of begging on the corner from guilt riddled fools like you that "feel" for them and give them money.
Posted by: getajob | July 28, 2009 04:23 PM
might as well leak a dirty electro track called gutterpunk dedicated to them
http://soundcloud.com/violec/gutterpunk
maybe there's a pied piper who can lead them to the east village somehow..
Posted by: violec | July 27, 2009 02:27 PM
this nyc gutter punk craze was sensational and naive from the beginning. this article though, is making it downright hateful.
#unfollow #distasteful
Posted by: william | July 27, 2009 11:38 AM