Chris Reinhard's Reverie Machine

Frat me a Bronson

• Neil: Tobi is having some major sales but nothing special at all I don't think.
• Neil: Bro.
• Chris: Yeah I saw that, and did anyone tell you that you aren't funny?
• Neil: Seriously though. Jacket selection is lame.
• Chris: I'm checking it out now.
• Neil: Someone's pissed.
• Chris: No, I just think calling someone bro is degrading under a certain inflection.
• Chris: And you always use it when you're trying to make a point.
• Neil: What are you talking about? I only used it with you...like twice including today.
• Chris: No way.
• Chris: Far more than anyone else has, that's for sure.
• Chris: I don't think you even notice yourself doing it.
• Neil: Oooo....sorry I must use the scenester rhetoric more around you. You know, lengthy descriptions that try to exhaust my knowledge of everything (artsy primarily) in order to make one simple point.
• Chris: You're joking, right?
• Chris: You say bro a lot.
• Chris: That's all I'm saying.
• Neil: Not to you
• Chris: Well, more than anyone else says it to me.
• Chris: Like, noticeably more.
• Chris: And I think of this.
• Chris: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bro
• Neil: Like all two times.
• Neil: HAHA! WOW! Proves my rhetoric theory right! HAHA!
• Chris: What theory are you talking about, exactly?
• Chris: I googled hipster rhetoric and the only thing that came up was my article about hipsters, which was a conversation that YOU and I had.
• Neil: Oh shit...maybe I need to do an Urban Dictionary entry!?!
• Chris: Maybe. They probably wouldn't approve it unless you got it right.
• Chris: Plus, you aren't coming up with anything new. A lot of people - hipsters or not - try to complicate arguments with rhetoric.
• Chris: And, if you weren't sure, that isn't anywhere near the opposite tactic of just saying "bro."
• Neil: But hipsters have their special formula.
• Chris: I don't even think you can define what a hipster is anymore.
• Chris: The definition on Urban Dictionary is funny and effective but it's too specific.
• Neil: Bro is a term of endearment. Now, 'son' on the other hand is not.
• Chris: Those are totally different, I agree. But bros have always represented douchebags to me. The only person who I don't mind calling me that is my actual brother.
• Neil: In reality, it's a part of Martin Luther King's dream. It's what the peaceniks of the '60's were about. It's what the soldiers fighting in far-away lands became if nothing else.
• Neil: Brothers.
• Neil: Sisters.
• Chris: Are you equating your usage of 'bro' to Martin Luther King's Dream speech?
• Neil: Yes, because I too had a dream. That we are all bro's [sic].