It is a matter of fact that the only decent non-Onion parody websites are Reductress, The Hard Times and Breitbart.com. While Reductress spoofs women’s magazines and Breitbart publishes bonkers fake headlines no one would actually believe like “Big Bang Actress Takes Heat for July 4th Photo of Dogs Sitting on American Flag,” the Hard Times is all about fake news that slam dances into the punk, hardcore, headbanging side of our heart. Headline highlights of late include: “Neftock, Master of Darkness, Agrees to Cover Shift at 7-11” and “Local Punk Would Like to Direct Your Attention to Even Bigger Tragedy.”
The site, which was founded by two West Coast writers and comedians, yesterday released one of its first videos and it’s a funny look at punk speed dating (and basically, dating in New York overall). It was filmed right here in Brooklyn at heavy metal dive Saint Vitus in Greenpoint, with external shots at Angry Wade’s in Carroll Gardens. You may want to make sure you’re vaccinated before watching.
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Even if you haven’t done “punk speed dating” yourself, you’ll surely recognize the familiar parade of losers, conspiracy theorists and mansplainers that make up the Brooklyn dating scene (or so I’m told). The highlight of the video is definitely when the one guy mansplains music to the gal in the vid to an absurdist degree, which I can 100 percent confirm is a real thing I see happen all the time. Knock that kind of shit off, dudes.
One young man, a 20-year-old student from NYU, who was a little embarrassed to admit it, said he came to meet a girl he has been talking to in an online dating chat room. She told him she would be at event, so he thought it was a good occasion to finally meet her. Best Black Dating Sites of 2021. Below are the best black dating sites and apps available, according to reviews by dating experts. Each features a large user base of black singles, and a high success rates for matches, hookups, and relationships. Last night a Smiths speed dating event went down in Greenpoint, and NY Mag tossed themselves into the mix of single Moz fans. Sadly, but appropriately, it was as awkward as one might expect. The site, which was founded by two West Coast writers and comedians, yesterday released one of its first videos and it’s a funny look at punk speed dating (and basically, dating in New York overall). It was filmed right here in Brooklyn at heavy metal dive Saint Vitus in Greenpoint, with external shots at Angry Wade’s in Carroll Gardens.
The video was made by NYC comedy team Hundred Years. Go read more Hard Times stuff here, it’s a truly great read for these hard times of life. And Reductress too: it’s absolutely savage and it’s wonderful.
Follow Tim, who was the IRL inspiration for this Hard Times story: @timdonnelly.
'Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now,' the Smiths-themed speed dating event, had its fourth monthly installment at Greenpoint's Black Rabbit bar last night. And with just about every table in the place filled with daters, it's safe to say that the ironic brainchild of comedian Dave Hill may have transcended gimmick status and become something of a minor phenomenon. (When we say ironic, it's not due to involvement of hipsters, but rather the event drawing its inspiration from Morrissey, at one time the most famous self-proclaimed asexual.)
The crowd of thirty-two speed daters (this time with an even male to female ratio) had just as many locals as it did those who made the trek from the likes of Rutherford, NJ, Queens Village and one woman just passing through town and staying at hostels. Each date lasted as long as the Morrissey-penned song Hill played on his iTunes. He told us that he'd tempt fate and just leave it on shuffle if it were only Smiths songs; the presence of Morrissey solo numbers mixed in forces him to keep a watchful eye on the playlist.
Hill says that he started the event as a joke, but is happy to keep running it as long as people keep showing up. He said, 'All I do is sit at the bar, drink beer and listen to The Smiths, which is what I like doing anyway.'
While the humor inherent in Smiths speed dating might be what's been drawing crowds out to Greenpoint each month, the dates themselves aren't that different than how these things go down no matter what the circumstances: big mouth strikes again on one date, another leaves you wondering how soon is now for this to be over and quite a few instances of 'that joke isn't funny anymore,' as in the one random guy who claimed to be stoned and started off a date with the line, 'Wow, your shirt is really red.'
One dater complained that her cheeks were sore from all of her manufactured smiles. The closest we came to what felt like a genuine Smiths moment was a conversation with a date about crying in public (it had been the highlight of one speed dater's day).
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Hill kept the mood light and provided a conversation catalyst with countless references to The Hipster Grifter, the breaking story that everyone seemed to be up on (and he was in the midst of creating a Fan Page for). The host said that the only people who seem to have had a negative reaction to his creation are folks on Morrissey's online message boards. Hill says that fans of This Charming Man claim, 'Morrissey would HATE this!!!!!!!'
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