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Early Addition: Area Man Opens Up About Becoming A Hipster Meme


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Published Sep 19, 2013

Modified Sep 19, 2013


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Ben Yakas
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Published Sep 19, 2013

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  • A 30-year-old man who was fatally shot in the head in Brooklyn may have been on the street all night before anyone noticed his body.
  • Here is the ridiculously pretentious dinner invitation to the “The Influencers Dinner,” a monthly gathering of self-described “influentials” in Manhattan.
  • A couple's dream wedding day was delayed after a man stormed into church having just hacked his testicles off.
  • It Happened To Me: I was a Hipster Meme.
  • The Pope said in an extensive interview that the Roman Catholic church had grown “obsessed” with preaching about abortion, gay marriage and contraception.
  • Check out the creepiest anti-Obamacare ad yet!
  • A morbidly obese two-year-old has become the world's youngest person to undergo weight loss surgery.
  • The man who sharpens pencils for money has begun to tire of his line of work.
  • Drake is apparently running a today-only pop up shop on Rivington Street.
  • The final two Breaking Bad episodes will each be an extended 75 minutes long.
  • And finally, this cat loves watching the Discovery Channel:

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Ben Yakas was born and raised in New York, and has worked for Gothamist for over a decade, and WNYC for four years, covering literally everything. He has hung out with Dan Smith (who will teach you guitar), but still has yet to have a guitar lesson with him.

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