Man. White people:
Hipsters pissed that Portland OR Airport is updating its carpet: http://t.co/BKK95aOtCJ http://t.co/wnimstJnTL
— Wodeshed (@Wodeshed) February 6, 2015
Look, I understand how a person might think that getting a tattoo of an airport carpet pattern* might say to the world that you are serious; but, speaking as a representative of the world, I regret to tell you that in fact the opposite is true.
Moe Lane
PS: Mind you, if the hipsters want the old carpet and the Portland airport can’t get rid of it otherwise, then by all means: give the hipsters the damned carpet. I mean, the hipsters want it, right? Better than just throwing it in a landfill.
…What? Hipsters can have nice things, too. For given values of ‘nice.’
*I AM NOT MAKING THAT UP.
I would think a true hipster would be pleased that the carpet is being updated.
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“Oh that?. It’s a tattoo of the old airport carpet before they changed it. You probably wouldn’t remember it”
Replacing 30 acres of carpeting is .. lots of jobs, anyway. And yes, Portland is weird.
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I kind of get it, though .. a *lot* of happy events happen at airports, and .. while PDX is quite traveler-friendly, there really isn’t any other *symbol* of the place that’s as ubiquitous as the carpet.
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Mew
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p.s. your conversation works really nicely grandmother-to-granddaughter.
Whoever owns the copyright to the design should have a carpet mill produce it again and sell it as area rugs, runners, etc.
If the local doofi are willing to scramble for a sample of institutional carpet, they’ll be willing to part with some coin for it also.
… “The Portland economy consists of hippies and hipsters selling food and drink to each other in 8 hour shifts.” — Junior Cat
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While you might make a buck at it, it’s .. not gonna be much .. well, maybe it would be by Portland standards.
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Mew