Unspeakable hispsters

“Valero Sanmartí”, afaik the only satirist writing in Catalan, and not to be confused with Tom Selleck, tries his hand at barbarisms:

S’ha acabat, nois. La moda hispter ha abastat el seu zènit i enfila una davallada a marxes forçades. Fa un parell d’anys que la gent ja parla d’ells amb un menyspreu que poc a poc s’ha convertit en una hispsterfòbia desvergonyida. Antics crítics de Rockdelux publiquen llibres on presenten els hipsters com l’origen de tots els mals del segle XXI. Diaris i revistes generalistes publiquen articles encesos i desinformats on se’n foten d’aquests pobres imbècils per plaure la sed de sang dels plebeus. Paròdies inframentals i amables com @ModernetDeMerda destil·len estereotips toscos amb gran èxit de públic.

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