Want To Be A Hipster Slave?

How would you like to be a hipster slave?

Some Hollywood hipsters are graciously offering to allow you to work for them full-time with no other compensation than housing. But you get to be in their edgy presence!

The place is Podshare Hollywood, which, according to its website, “is not a hostel. It’s a platform. An incubator. A globalization simulation.”

But actually, it’s a hostel … with an edgy design (you sleep the “pods” pictured above) and with a blog profiling some of its guests.

The “podestrians,” as they call themselves, posted a Craigslist job opening Wednesday for a “social butterfly” who will be in charge of the hostel’s front desk/concierge duties, contribute to social networks, provide light housekeeping, give tours, pitch marketing ideas, interview guests and write blog profiles.

Only problem is – like an indentured hipster – you’re not paid and your only compensation will be in the form of housing.

The ad reads, “We are offering HOUSING ONLY as compensation. You get a bed in a staff apartment, with a housekeeper once a week, all utilities included + WIFI, laundry, some food and other fringe perks.”

What does some food mean? Food scraps? You get to dumpster-dive through leftover quinoa? We emailed the folks behind the posting to ask and have not yet received a response.

We thought the posting looked blatantly illegal, so we double-checked with John Logan, Director of Labor Studies at San Francisco State University. He agreed, given that there was no mention of this being an internship.

“If it does not meet the Wage and Hour Division’s criteria for an unpaid internship, it would be an improper exclusion from the wage requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act,” Logan explained.

Yet as it stands now, it appears that the “social travel accommodations” innovator (hostel) would like to compensate you with is the experience. After all, as the site reads, “We are all interconnected. To be a part of the experience, you must have experienced.”

Earlier on HuffPost:

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• Jorts

  You dad wore jorts before you did and he’s got the short frayed denim to prove it. Living the three Rs, he Reused his life-wrecked jeans by Reducing their leg length and Recycling them back into his wardrobe as stylish Danny Dukes. Now every pair of faded favorites could have a second life as his favorite pair of shorts.

  strongSO HIPSTERS,/strong next time you’re riding a fixie in attire you claim is strictly functional because you can carry your keys and U-lock without having your leg movement constricted, remember this…

  Your dad wore them because he was helping to save the environment before saving the environment was cool.

• Mustaches

  Your dad had a mustache before you did and he’s got a warm upper lip to prove it. His homegrown facial bow tie was the envy-inducing expression of masculinity that confirmed his omega status within the manly community. Looking like two lost caterpillars on his face, that lower nose Picasso got him discounts at hardware stores, heavy machinery rental companies, and lumberyards.

  strongSO HIPSTERS, /strongwhen November rolls around and you’re splashing Rogaine on your pathetic ‘stache or dyeing it black with Just For Men to make it appear fuller, remember this…

  Your dad has more testosterone than you will ever have and the proof is sitting on his face.

• Unkempt Hair

  Your dad had unkempt hair before you did and he has the snarled strands to prove it. Long before looking like you just rolled out of bed became fashion-able, your dad’s locks were just as out of control as he was. He didn’t spend hours meticulously disheveling his hair with $40 product, he earned his look. His lengths were styled with motorcycle joyrides, fistfights, and a touch of “I don’t give a fuck.”

  strongSO HIPSTERS,/strong next time you’re running your fingers through your nappy strands in front of a dirty mirror in your studio apartment, remember…

  Your dad’s hair made him look so gnar that people assumed he’d killed a man and gotten away with it.

• Tank Tops

  Your dad wore tank tops before you did and he’s got the sunburnt shoulders to prove it. As the noncommittal middle ground of wearing or not wearing a chest covering, these shirts screamed summer harder than the bead of sweat dripping down the sunbathing backside of a Daisy Dukes-clad undergrad. He was a true follower of Bauhaus and lived a “less is more” life style every time he slipped his slender frame into one of these lady magnets.

  SO HIPSTERS, next time you’re calling yourself Rave Heart while dancing the night away in your sweaty party tank, remember this…

  Your dad was a tank in tops.

  P.S. Your dad ironically ate luxury food when he was poor before you did too.

• Ugly Sweaters

  Your dad wore ugly sweaters before you did and he’s got the embarrassing weavings to prove it. Since before Cosby was a prefix for it and parties were themed around it, your dad was rocking these glorious machine-knit pieces. His collection of knit Pollocks and wearable Warhols were the mullets of clothing, formal enough for work, yet wild enough to party in.

  strongSO HIPSTERS,/strong next time you’re digging through the racks at the local thrift store looking for the perfect Cosby sweater for your annually unoriginal ugly Christmas sweater party, remember this…

  Your dad’s awesomeness poured into that sweater first and you’re tainting the fibers that once touched greatness.

  P.S. Sweaters + dance party = holy shit I can smell that hipster before I can see him.

• Skinny Jeans

  Your dad squeezed into skinny jeans before you did and he’s lost the leg circulation to prove it. His physics-defying denim clung to his skin closer than ladies did to his side. Doctors could check his pulse by watching the rhythmic beat of cotton across his femoral artery and his pockets couldn’t hold anything more than spare change.

  strongSO HIPSTERS,/strong next time you’re struggling to get into a pair of 511s, remember this…

  Your dad’s jeans were so tight they make yours look baggy.

• Colored Knockoff Ray-Bans

  Your dad wore neon sunglasses before you did and he’s got the $10 knockoff Ray-Bans to prove it. Like a highlighter hugging his eye sockets, his shades were the awesome accent that made him stick out in a crowd. He was a life salmon that swam downstream when everyone else was trying to go up.

  strongSO HIPSTERS, /strongnext time you’re hating on the sun with lime green, purple, bright orange, or pink ray blockers that you bought at a gas station, remember this…

  Your dad stood out, but you just stand in with the crowd.

• Deep Vs

  Your dad wore deep Vs before you did and he’s got the plunging collars to prove it. He used his chest hair like a Venus flytrap for lady gazes and made them hotter than a Louisiana summer.

  SO HIPSTERS, next time you’re pulling on a neon American Apparel V-cut shirt, remember this…

  Your dad was the only man who could ever tell a lady, “My eyes are up here.”

• Fedoras

  Your dad topped it with fedoras before you did and he knows where a killer haberdashery is to prove it. Unlike the 75 IQ baseball hat scarlet letters of the bro class, he insisted his headwear look as intelligent as he was. He could speak with his hat–a quick tip saluted fine honey dips and slight readjustments shunned half-wits.

  strongSO HIPSTERS,/strong next time you’re trying to dress up your skull with some thing other than a beanie, remember this…

  Your head’s way too big to fit into your dad’s kind of style.

• American Apparel

  Your dad was into American Apparel before you and he’s got the plain shirts to prove it. He was a monochromatic madman who didn’t rep any brand other than his own. He knew all the Pantone numbers and looking into his dresser drawers was like looking into a kaleidoscope of fashion sense.

  strongSO HIPSTERS,/strong next time you’re listening to Sleigh Bells in the dressing room while trying to look indifferent in the mirror, remember this…

  Your dad inspired the store that millions of you find your basics at.

  P.S. If millions of people shop at the same store, doesn’t that make the store mainstream?

• Peacoats

  Your dad kept warm in a peacoat before you did and he has the anchor buttons to prove it. Long before you ever strolled into a surplus store to buy your own navy-issued bit of sex appeal, he was making blue wool look hot.

  strongSO HIPSTERS,/strong next time you’re flipping up the collar on your stolen-style outerwear while smoking an American Spirit and looking indifferent to the climate, remember this…

  Your dad is the reason cold looks hot.

  P.S. Fat hipsters with beards who wear peacoats look like Paddington Bear.

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