Hipsters suffer blame for many of the world's problems, so why would the government shutdown be any different?
The Twitter hashtag #HipsterCongress took off Tuesday as the shutdown entered its seventh day. Americans switched from throwing their hands in the air and moved to the keyboard to laugh through the exasperation.
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Take a break from depressing political news to laugh at the best of Hipster Congress.
#hipstercongress made its girlfriend a mixtape of the Nixon White House tapes— david tra (@dtra) October 8, 2013
#hipstercongress Thinks a 10% approval rating makes it "too mainstream," blames CSPAN2 as a medium for sellouts.— Dennis Deitch (@DennisDeitch) October 8, 2013
#HipsterCongress just needs to upcycle a vintage budget from 1967 to get us out of this current mess.— Sr. WH Official (@SrWHOfficial) October 8, 2013
#hipstercongress passed a bill once, you've probably never heard of it, it's pretty obscure.— Hillary Kwiatek (@hillarykwiatek) October 8, 2013
#hipstercongress only passes artisanal, hand crafted continuing resolutions— Shawn Fleek (@shawnfleek) October 8, 2013
#HipsterCongress reformed Social Security by replacing checks with a monthly case of PBR.— Jesse Berney (@jesseberney) October 8, 2013
#HipsterCongress liked Francis Scott Key before you did.— Doug Downing (@dwdowning619) October 8, 2013
#HipsterCongress wants a vegan, environmentally sustainable collapse of the American credit system, thank you very much.— Scott Lowder (@reelscott) October 8, 2013
#HipsterCongress wants a monetary policy that’s tighter than these pants— Steve in Bloomington (@SoundSystemSDC) October 8, 2013
#HipsterCongress Gentrifying Subsidies!— fenario (@fenario) October 8, 2013
#HipsterCongress uses detached irony to cover up the fact that they're dead inside.— dogUNDERWORLD (@dogunderwater) October 8, 2013
#HipsterCongress gerrymanders with an etch-a-sketch.— Brian Moelk (@brianmoelk) October 8, 2013
#HipsterCongress is full of posers. The Gov't shutdown of 1995–96 was WAY cooler than 2013— Jeff Reisdorfer (@AgMedia101) October 8, 2013
#HipsterCongress has one black friend but they haven't talked in a while.— Dead-iel Kibblesmith (@kibblesmith) October 8, 2013
#HipsterCongress appoints Lena Dunham Poet laurete— David Engelson (@David_Engelson) October 8, 2013
House floor currently being used for bike polo. #HipsterCongress— Jonathan Shipley (@shipleywriter) October 8, 2013
#HipsterCongress will raise the debt ceiling using reclaimed wood timbers sourced from a former leatherworking mill in Maine.— Ed Bajwa (@EdBajwa) October 8, 2013
Shutdown will keep going so long as John Boehner DOES NOT let the hacky sack touch the floor. #HipsterCongress— Enemy of the State (@RobotCommission) October 8, 2013
Hipsters fail at science because they only look at the independent variable. #HipsterCongress— Taylor Johnson (@TweetsByDrTay) October 8, 2013
#HipsterCongress just handed me their reply to this hashtag via a note on handmade, recycled paper— Jeff Reisdorfer (@AgMedia101) October 8, 2013
#HipsterCongress couldn't wait to ditch it's small town roots and head to the city.— hilldoc (@hilldoc) October 8, 2013
#hipstercongress replaces presidential limo with über— David Engelson (@David_Engelson) October 8, 2013