4.28.2012

Artisanal Pencil Sharpening.

If you've been following along for a while, you know pretty well by now that we live in Brooklyn. And that we love it.

However, we'll openly admit to much of the ridiculous shit that goes on here, and absolutely welcome all that wish to make fun of it. But anyone that wishes to do so should probably give up, because you'll never succeed better than David Rees.

While sure, this video takes place in Beacon, NY, we all know it's a riff on the Brooklyn dream. The dream of taking up some oddly specific craft and bringing pretentious assholery to it. Whether its pickles brined in the tears of your lost childhood or a tattoo artist that only uses inks made from beet juice (neither of these things is real, but might as well be), David's brilliantly dry satire will call you out.

Sure, it's a little long. But for the funniest video I've seen come along in months, it's totally worth digging in. After all, "pencils are, in a lot of ways, the opposite of the internet."


8 comments:

  1. As a longtime mocker of Brooklyn (fondly...sort of), I loved this. Yes, a bit too long, but it just nails it. Thanks for posting (my reaction was "sopping", by the way).

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    1. Ha ha! Aren't all mockers doing it somewhat fondly? After all, for all the affectations, the core of the whole thing is good. And what an amazing reaction! Those choices were definitely not built for our food and culture videos!

      -Rye

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  2. Being German I'm not familiar with the Brooklyn phenomenon as such, but the video made pretty clear what it is about. Cracked me up too. Thumbs up. ;)

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    1. Ha ha! Yeah, this will let you in on some of it, for sure.

      -Rye

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  3. As an avid reader of Hipster Runoff I love the hipster aesthetic and lifestyle but not the attitude. Great video

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    1. Nice! We too are one foot in the world, but definitely put off by a lot of aspects surrounding it.

      -Rye

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