The Hipster-Literary-Bro Continuum

Posted by Literary Man on April, 5th 2011

It has become necessary to elaborate on the Hipster-Literary-Bro Continuum to clear up any confusion about the Literary Man’s relationship to Hipsters and Bros, both of whom share things in common with the Literary Man, but are ultimately different literary beasts.

The Hipster-Literary-Bro Continuum

The Literary Man is, as you can see in the image above, fifty percent Hipster and fifty percent Bro. Therefore, a continuum exists of men whose balance falls either too heavily into the realm of the hipster or the bro, and vice versa. This is a breakdown (incomplete) of the continuum and where different Literary Men rank.

100 percent Bro / 0 percent Hipster

92.5 percent bro: Portly Producer

87.5 percent: Ken Kesey

75 percent bro: Ernest Hemingway

65 percent bro: Brad Pitt

60 percent bro: the Epic Poet

50 percent Bro / 50 percent Hipster: The Literary Man

More than 50 percent Hipster

55 percent hipster: Jack Keruoac

70 percent hipster: Allen Ginsberg

80 percent hipster: the Aging Rockstar

85 percent hipster: Johnny Depp

95 percent hipster: Jonathan Safran Foer

Which begs the question: what about Kanye West?

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24 comments on “The Hipster-Literary-Bro Continuum”

1. anonymous coward on April 5, 2011 at 1:27 pm said:

   Anonymous Coward rates +1 on the George Clooney scale

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2. Seamus Veiny on April 6, 2011 at 1:48 pm said:

   Man this is some shit right here.

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6. llydia85@yahoo.com on December 18, 2011 at 2:28 am said:

   Yo Ivy League boys, it’s Ginsberg, not Ginsburg.

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8. Pete Armetta on February 8, 2012 at 3:16 pm said:

   Brilliant and HILARIOUS!!!

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10. earthslang on March 26, 2012 at 3:49 pm said:

    Haha, very clever!

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13. angloadventure on May 14, 2012 at 4:15 pm said:

    I found your blog because you liked my recent post on So You Want to Be a Writer. So glad I found you, your writing is hilarious.

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14. T. W. Dittmer on May 14, 2012 at 7:22 pm said:

    Are there no laws in New York City?

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15. Ellen Marie Garrity on May 29, 2012 at 1:16 pm said:

    Brilliant!

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16. madtoread on July 12, 2012 at 10:55 am said:

    what about Joyce? I’m thinking fairly hipster no?

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    • Literary Man on July 12, 2012 at 11:34 am said:

      Good call. Joyce was probably a few ticks to the left of the middle.

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20. bigAl on September 20, 2012 at 9:18 pm said:

    how bout Neil Peart? and Thurston Moore? I’m guessing epic poet and aging rockstar, respectively
    super fantastic post, gold stars all around

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