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But this time, something was off.
Did they not fit?
I couldnt tell you.
Its more that my legs felt out of place.
Thats what watching the final season ofPortlandiahas felt like.
Same legs; different jeans.
Same show, with the same interests, tone, and priorities; different cultural moment.
To quote one of the shows most famous sketches: Its over!
Even though weve lived through the hipster era, its easy to forget how far back the word goes.
This was also the yearPortlandiapremiered.
ButGirlsandLoveare over, andYoure the Worstwill be soon, too.
Thats why the end ofPortlandia, the forms standard-bearer, is such an important marker of the terms death.
How did this happen?
Lets look at some graphs!
That was the day Trump announced he was running for president.
This whole thing has been about Trump all along!
Im kidding, this is just a coincidence.
Ultimately, I think theres something much more elemental going on.
Lets look at another graph:
The blue line you recognize from above, but the red line?
That represents searches for millennials.
A decrease in searches means a decrease of interactions, means a decrease in consumed hipster jokes.
Because, when it comes down to it, they are the same jokes.
At their core, hipster jokes were jokes about young people.
Comedy about millennials is exactly the same.
And your jeans were pretty tight.
Yep, were still talking about jeans.
Not even old people they are busy watching their sugar or sustaining the lives of helpless babies.
We are a youth-obsessed culture, and thats the real common-causal variable.
All of my friends are old.Portlandiais old.
But, dont worry, like the show, well all be dead soon.
