Another Hipster Getting Married!

ScottishSarah

@PrettyGirlLost

I think I've found another that is almost as bad.

http://gawker.com/5930215/the-worlds-most-hipster-wedding-announcement-may-justify-outlawing-love 

100yroldblinddog

I just tried to check it out at work but the site was blocked, so I think it might be the universe's way of saving me from feeling hostility.

monkeysip

....wow.  Just wow.

I love this from the guy's critique:

3. If you played in a band, please let me know if your band is playing the wedding. Because I will not be attending if that's the case.

5. Don't do that shit where you make me give to charity instead of buying you a gift. You want me to donate to water, Jess & Russ? I THINK NOT. I think you want to make yourself look good AND you're hoping I pick out a nice place setting at Bloomie's for you. YOU ARE FOOLING NO ONE.

^  #5 is what we ALWAYS TRY TO TELL PEOPLE.  You look PRETENTIOUS when you ask for charitable donations instead of gifts.  Just DON'T.

And yeah, that whole wedding website was ridiculous. 

bleve0821

"...we have to establish some basic ground rules for declaring your love for one another online. Because this... this is too much love. This is like stuffing a tunnel down your friend's throat and pouring in a gallon of Karo syrup. No one outside of your relationship could possibly care this much about the history of your relationship."

I know far too many people who I've had to unfollow on Facebook for exactly this reason.  On your (legit) anniversary (not the "Blah Blah Blah... This has been the greatest two months of my life!!1!1!" nonsense)?  Ok, fine. Twice a week? I don't know why we are friends.

Edited to clarify I mean the full blown declarations of love, with recaps of the entire relationship, not the "My SO is awesome, I love him/her words."

MCmeow

These are the sort of Greenpoint Brooklyn transplant d-bags I'm talking about. Ruining our city... With their mayo shops...

"That site makes me want to punch weddings"

amazing 

thisismynickname2

I feel rather conflicted. I totally agree with the snark and that the timeline story is WAY TMI.

However, the design of the site... I actually really like it. Too much scrolling (because it's so self-involved) but if it was like, 3 scrolls long instead of 100, it'd be really pretty. 

ScottishSarah

thisismynickname said:

I feel rather conflicted. I totally agree with the snark and that the timeline story is WAY TMI.

However, the design of the site... I actually really like it. Too much scrolling (because it's so self-involved) but if it was like, 3 scrolls long instead of 100, it'd be really pretty. 

You're right, the site architecture is actually very cleverly done, she is clearly a talented web designer.

ScottishSarah

oh and it's quite a funny message if you try and put a password in the RSVP field!

LadyCatherineDB

thisismynickname said:

I feel rather conflicted. I totally agree with the snark and that the timeline story is WAY TMI.

However, the design of the site... I actually really like it. Too much scrolling (because it's so self-involved) but if it was like, 3 scrolls long instead of 100, it'd be really pretty. 

Here's the wikipedia page about the bride. Both she and her husband are both pretty famous designers.

monkeysip

AtomicBlonde said:

I know far too many people who I've had to unfollow on Facebook for exactly this reason.  On your (legit) anniversary (not the "Blah Blah Blah... This has been the greatest two months of my life!!1!1!" nonsense)?  Ok, fine. Twice a week? I don't know why we are friends.

Edited to clarify I mean the full blown declarations of love, with recaps of the entire relationship, not the "My SO is awesome, I love him/her words."

I had a FB friend like that.  She wasn't a real life friend, so I didn't feel bad, but I had to unfollow her because she posted constantly about how amazing her husband is.  I'm GLAD your husband is a good guy, but dear God, why don't you just tell HIM that every day, and stop posting it on Facebook every day.  

I also secretly think that when people are constantly posting about how great their relationship is, it's NOT that great.  I was with a family member recently who was going on and on complaining about something her husband did.  Hours later... she posts on Facebook about how great her husband was for doing the EXACT thing she was complaining about earlier.  WTF.

InLoveInQueens

monkeysip said:

AtomicBlonde said:

I know far too many people who I've had to unfollow on Facebook for exactly this reason.  On your (legit) anniversary (not the "Blah Blah Blah... This has been the greatest two months of my life!!1!1!" nonsense)?  Ok, fine. Twice a week? I don't know why we are friends.

Edited to clarify I mean the full blown declarations of love, with recaps of the entire relationship, not the "My SO is awesome, I love him/her words."

I had a FB friend like that.  She wasn't a real life friend, so I didn't feel bad, but I had to unfollow her because she posted constantly about how amazing her husband is.  I'm GLAD your husband is a good guy, but dear God, why don't you just tell HIM that every day, and stop posting it on Facebook every day.  

I also secretly think that when people are constantly posting about how great their relationship is, it's NOT that great.  I was with a family member recently who was going on and on complaining about something her husband did.  Hours later... she posts on Facebook about how great her husband was for doing the EXACT thing she was complaining about earlier.  WTF.


SITB 

The lady doth protest and all that, overly mush and gushy posts about how perfect your relationship and life just makes me roll my eyes and think "Yeah, sure".

kvruns

I couldn't get past the first paragraph of the article, let alone look at the site: "a wedding website so remarkably twee"

wtf is twee? tween? tweaker? 

OurWildKingdom

Here you go, @kvruns:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=twee

sparklepants41

Did anyone else notice that on the couple's (absurdly long) website, the animated ring goes onto the extended middle finger? 

The couple might have wanted to make sure that, when making their friends and guests give up 46 days of their lives to read that nauseating story, they weren't flipping everyone off.

SaintPaulGal

kvruns said:

I couldn't get past the first paragraph of the article, let alone look at the site: "a wedding website so remarkably twee"

wtf is twee? tween? tweaker? 

Don't snark on the word "twee."  It's one of my favorite underused words!