Hipster Grifter Meets Street Art

I heard this was based on a true story...

I agree with the others: Who gives a shit? this is such a non-story. This city is full of people who will lie to you and take advantage if you let them. This is not news.

"This is not news."

That's why it's filed under "Arts and Events."

hilarious

I said it before here at Gothamist, and I'll say it again - There Are No Free Blowjobs.

Listen - were the "handjobs with her mouth" good?

Did you enjoy throwing your "hotdog" down her "hallway"?

(although, based on the whining, I'd bet there are a lot of Vienna Sausages and Cocktail Franks here!)

So it was worth the cash she took!

Look, fellas, if your dad didn't tell you this, let me - Every Man Pays For It.

And real men don't whine about "she robbed me" - you man up, and move on to the next!

So many hurt feelings from these high-minded Gothamist readers. More tales of grisly murders in the outer boroughs or scintillating reports on local politics PLEASE!!! FOH!!! Let the Hipster Grifter live - this shit is hilarious...

Is this Stephen Cavanagh challenging Shepard Fairey ? I think he may be responsible for the box of Koreans the other day, looks like Damien Hirst's Shark Attack with a yellow twist ?

I love watching all the useless trolls try to undercut an immensely popular NYC blog. Squirm! Thanks J.C.

I also find the grifter saga mildly amusing, and the effort put into that poster makes it that much more satisfying.

I was hoping she would have found a nice Med Student by now.

You mean the cops still haven't caught her??

something tells me if she were white or black or spanish this wouldn't be covered this way... it's so easy for the awkward asian kid to be the foil

The "awkward asian kid" isn't a foil. Foil doesn't even make sense in this case. Who is the protagonist to whom she is being a foil?

The awkward asian kid has served time in Utah for check fraud; is wanted in Utah for passing bad checks, forgery and retail theft; has been accused of defrauding (though of a minor nature) many people in New York; and appears to be a mostly incompetent, and possibly mentally ill, serial liar and grifter.

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The page views are caused by Gothamist readers. We actually pay Gothamist by surfing to this site and seeing the ads that only have value because we Gothamist readers are here reading this stuff.

If this site didn't make money from ads, then you'd have a point. But it does. So this website is not "free." Do not spit on Gothamist readers.

No, you don't pay anything. Neither do I. The companies advetising pay for the advertisements.

That is, unless I've been missing something all along and a large bill is coming my way.

And who pays the ad agencies? And who pays for the products that pays the companies that pays the ad agencies? I recommend this book for you.

Again, if Gothamist were run out of pocket, then they'd have a point. But they aren't, so they don't. If they continue to condescend to the readers, eventually the readers will go away and then Gothamist would have nothing to sell to the advertisers. We, the readers, are Gothamist's money-making product. The companies buying ad space are not paying a single cent for the quality of the reading material, they are paying for the readers who come to the site. We readers come here to read quality stuff, and we have a right to air our grievances without being condescended to, or without facing the stupid argument that the site is some sort of free gift to us, because it is not.

Blah, blah, blah...yawn.

The hipster grifter stuff is awesome, I hope Gothamist is planning to cover the story until the bitter end. The Kari Ferrell reality TV show that will inevitably follow will be awesome. "Join us as the hipster grifter travels the country, causing hipsters everywhere to ask: 'uh, dude, where'd my trust fund go?'"

I'd be so disappointed being passed that "handjob with my mouth" note, and then looking down the bar and seeing it was from that asian boy at the end of the bar...

whoever made this is obviously an emo hipster themselves since they have no idea who kareem abdul-JABBAR is. even the hipster grifter knew

Apparently, then, she is not a hipster.

If feeling plagued by these articles is the worst thing that happens to you haters, consider yourselves blessed

Folks, relax! Just because there's been one or two posted articles about something doesn't mean it can't be referenced again. If you want to love something one day and trash it the next, go work for NME. I, for one, am enjoying both Ms. Carlson's post and her smooth sarcasm.

Korean Abdul JAMAR? I am very disappointed in the artist.

Just when you thought it was safe to dive back into the Gothamist..I was worried when there were no grifter post for one whole day?! Maybe she was captured and deported back to UT?! What happened to the ebay auction? Some follow ups would be nice too.

Ugh!

I like the Hipster Grifter cause the old stereotype of Korean grocery store clerks was getting old. Now, it's all "hey what's up hipster grifter!" to my friend kim. Oh man, you should have heard my slumdog millionaire jokes on my other friend Rahul.

Don't read it if you don't like it. I, for one, believe that this is Pulitzer Prize winning stuff.

Whats more amusing is the synopsis of the film 'Crank' that this poster is parodying.

I'm bored with the story itself HOWEVER I love that poster. Hilarious.

Jen,

Good luck with your career in journalism. You are going to need it.

Not impressed. Let it go. Gothamist, please, please get back to relative or fun, catchy, humorous, exciting, something that we at least care about news. I say drop this for now, stop giving her hype and a reason to exist. Bring her up when she is caught! Even the news channels let things go for a bit and come back to it when there is actually NEWS to bring up. I want my gothamist back, not GOSSIPmist.

Jen, please continue to give me every little newly-discovered piece of information that pertains to the 'hipster grifter'. I can not get enough.

Jen C, a sarcastic jab at your readers is not the best thing to do for business. Does the other Jen C. know?

Oh nos, what if she hurts the sensitive commenters' feelings with her sarcasm??? Please don't tell the other Jen C!

LOLs too many Jen C.s in this blog.

I have to admit, I LOVE this story. Pulpy as pulpy can be.

I smell jealousy.

Lets document Jen Carlson's life, then post it on a website and see how she likes the high school Gossip Girl style treatment. Grow up, Carlson! Let this God-forsaken story die.

One more time...I swear, just one more and I'm done with this website. NO ONE GIVES A ****!

Just as Fox News continues to exist without a large percentage of the population watching it, Gothamist will continue with or without your eyes. If you do not like the stories Gothamist reports, do not read Gothamist. If your definition of "news" does not match Gothamist's definition of "news," there are thousands of other news websites to browse. There are also newspapers, radio, and television stations. These are perhaps preferable, because you can still yell at them for reporting un-news, but nobody else will be bothered by you.

Promises, promises.

Seriously.

K-Fer. So over. .sigh..

I personally find this hipster grifter thing pretty entertaining.

hahahaha!! right on!!

This story was over before it started.

However I do enjoy this new twist of preemptively attacking your commenters in the post.

I'd like to practice my Dirty Sanchez technique on this grifter chick.

Oh my god. Jen would you PLEASE stop it with this "grifter" shit? NO ONE CARES.