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The photo, with hipsters picnicking on a sidewalk, makes me want to throw things. Honestly, could anything be less appealing?
yeah that is a vomit-inducing picture. if I came across those people in real life, I would probably just walk all over their food.
Yeah, I feel like the AT bloggers are in on the joke! Those crazy picnicking hipsters!
Geez, how come none of the links shows you where to pick up a nifty cardboard boot box for carting about your tidbits? Or where to find the best street art to lay down your blanket (or to draw your own in chalk for that matter)?
I hope they let their mayo sit out in the sun too long...
Also, that camera would get snatched in a jiffy. What's the cross street? No reason...
Glad I wasn't the only one who instantly thought eww hipsters.
Please cut the mean comments.
My first thought was 'won't her bum be covered in pink chalk now?'.
Mean? These comments are mild, compared to the usual round.
Did the hipsters get a prevention shot of penicillin before hunkering down in the alley for their picnic?
The last person I saw having a picnic out of cardboard in the middle of an alleyway was an mentally ill homeless man wearing 8 coats on a sunny July afternoon. He didn't look as pleased as these two. I also didn't see a tangerine.