Fuck Yeah Hipster Layton

Because the NDP are so mainstream now.

Goodbye, Mr. Layton. And thank you.

I started this tumblr within an hour of the election results being announced. God, that seems so long ago now. I wanted to find some way, any way of dealing with the shock I felt at both Harper getting his majority and the amazing amazing news that the NDP were now the Official Opposition. 

And it worked. Layton has been, was a rallying point for so many people. He shone out as a career politician who exemplified those words - honest and burning with a brightness that shone all the brighter in light of his dedication to his party and country.

I’m eighteen years old. I never experienced Trudeaumania. But this past year, I think I felt something that must’ve been close. When I heard he’d died, it hurt. We’d spent so much time building him up as this mythic figure, as the essence of what it meant to be a Canadian, that when he died our dreams broke with him. 

His legacy is one of charisma, passion and determination. Jack Layton is the quintessential Canadian, but more than that - he is every Canadian.  And he will be missed. 

Thank you, Jack. Thank you for everything.  

[Picture: Background — an eight piece pie style colour split, alternating orange and light green. Foreground — a picture of Jack Layton, who has been photoshopped into wearing hipster-type glasses. Top text: “I voted for Hipster Layton” Bottom text: “before it was cool”]Submissions! Eek! You are a good person.

[Picture: Background — an eight piece pie style colour split, alternating orange and light green. Foreground — a picture of Jack Layton, who has been photoshopped into wearing hipster-type glasses. Top text: “I voted for Hipster Layton” Bottom text: “before it was cool”]

Submissions! Eek! You are a good person.

[Picture: Background — an eight piece pie style colour split, alternating orange and light green. Foreground — a picture of Jack Layton, who has been photoshopped into wearing hipster-type glasses. Top text: “Destroying the Senate” Bottom text: “was way cooler when it was my idea”]

[Picture: Background — an eight piece pie style colour split, alternating orange and light green. Foreground — a picture of Jack Layton, who has been photoshopped into wearing hipster-type glasses. Top text: “Destroying the Senate” Bottom text: “was way cooler when it was my idea”]

foreignministerbaird-deactivate asked: Shoutout to a fellow Canadian macro tumblr! We're new on the scene, inspired by all your hilarity, and specifically satirically focusing on new foreign policy under Baird. He's just so macro-able and quotable!

If you could give a shoutout to your followers, that'd be great! We'd love as many people to submit and participate as possible (:

Thanks!

Oh, this looks like it’s going to be fantastic.

Loyal sheep followers! Keep an eye on this one.

my-slightly-awkward asked: hey,
I noticed that you use all caps in your image descriptions and apparently that causes problems for screen readers (though I don't use one so I don't know for sure - but someone mentioned it over at fyeahpdp)

also this is my favourite meme ever :D

Oh, I totally wasn’t aware of that! I was trying to be inclusive, yeah? I’ll go through the backlog and edit them all (there’s not that many that it’s problematic to do so), probably tomorrow or so (it’s far late here, and I’m worried I’d make typos).

And thank you very much for the support! I try to keep fyeahhipsterlayton relatively politics-focused (only follow other similar memes, for instance), but obviously anti-oppression is such a fantastic and important thing. 

This is fairly rambly, since it’s late, but the gist is that you are also a cool person?   

[Picture: Background — an eight piece pie style colour split, alternating orange and light green. Foreground — a picture of Jack Layton, who has been photoshopped into wearing hipster-type glasses. Top text: “Electile” Bottom text: “Dysfunction”]

[Picture: Background — an eight piece pie style colour split, alternating orange and light green. Foreground — a picture of Jack Layton, who has been photoshopped into wearing hipster-type glasses. Top text: “Electile” Bottom text: “Dysfunction”]

[Picture: Background — an eight piece pie style colour split, alternating orange and light green. Foreground — a picture of Jack Layton, who has been photoshopped into wearing hipster-type glasses. Top text: “Parliament:” Bottom text: “Less uptime than tumblr”]

[Picture: Background — an eight piece pie style colour split, alternating orange and light green. Foreground — a picture of Jack Layton, who has been photoshopped into wearing hipster-type glasses. Top text: “Parliament:” Bottom text: “Less uptime than tumblr”]

[Picture: Background — an eight piece pie style colour split, alternating orange and light green. Foreground — a picture of Jack Layton, who has been photoshopped into wearing hipster-type glasses. Top text: “I put the ‘hip’” Bottom text: “In ‘hipster’”]

[Picture: Background — an eight piece pie style colour split, alternating orange and light green. Foreground — a picture of Jack Layton, who has been photoshopped into wearing hipster-type glasses. Top text: “I put the ‘hip’” Bottom text: “In ‘hipster’”]

  [Picture: Background — an eight piece pie style colour split, alternating orange and light green. Foreground — a picture of Jack Layton, who has been photoshopped into wearing hipster-type glasses. Top text: “Cycle to work” Bottom text: “At Parliament Hill”]

 

[Picture: Background — an eight piece pie style colour split, alternating orange and light green. Foreground — a picture of Jack Layton, who has been photoshopped into wearing hipster-type glasses. Top text: “Cycle to work” Bottom text: “At Parliament Hill”]

harpergov: fyeahhipsterlayton: [Picture: Background — an eight piece pie style colour split, alternating orange and light green. Foreground — a picture of Jack Layton, who has been photoshopped into wearing hipster-type glasses. Top text: “BEING PRIME MINISTER WAS” Bottom text: “TOO MAINSTREAM”] HIPSTER LAYTON! You have made me smile for the first time since the election results were called.  That’s the idea - it hurts to cry, so why not laugh instead? (and then break down sobbing at the end of the day because WHY, Canada, WHY)Also, I absolutely love what the two of you have been doing, and they definitely helped me out during the election period. So there’s that. 

harpergov:

fyeahhipsterlayton:

[Picture: Background — an eight piece pie style colour split, alternating orange and light green. Foreground — a picture of Jack Layton, who has been photoshopped into wearing hipster-type glasses. Top text: “BEING PRIME MINISTER WAS” Bottom text: “TOO MAINSTREAM”]

HIPSTER LAYTON!

You have made me smile for the first time since the election results were called. 

That’s the idea - it hurts to cry, so why not laugh instead? (and then break down sobbing at the end of the day because WHY, Canada, WHY)

Also, I absolutely love what the two of you have been doing, and they definitely helped me out during the election period. So there’s that.