I'LL
TAKE
an
earnest
person
over
a
hip
person
every
time
,
because
hip
is
short
-
term
.
____________________
is
long
-
term
.
Earnestness
is
highly
underestimated
.
It
comes
from
the
core
,
while
hip
is
trying
to
impress
you
with
the
____________________
.
?
Hip
?
people
love
parodies
.
But
there's
no
such
thing
as
a
timeless
____________________
,
is
there
?
I
have
more
respect
for
the
earnest
guy
who
does
something
that
can
last
for
____________________
,
and
that
hip
people
feel
the
need
to
parody
.
When
I
think
of
someone
who
is
earnest
,
I
think
of
a
Boy
Scout
who
works
hard
and
becomes
an
Eagle
Scout
.
When
I
was
____________________
people
to
work
for
me
,
and
I
came
upon
a
____________________
who
had
been
an
Eagle
Scout
,
I'd
almost
always
try
to
hire
him
.
I
knew
there
had
to
be
an
earnestness
about
him
that
outweighed
any
____________________
urges
toward
hipness
.
Think
about
it
.
Becoming
an
Eagle
Scout
is
just
about
the
only
thing
you
can
put
on
your
resume
at
age
fifty
that
you
did
at
age
fourteen
?
and
it
still
____________________
.
(
Despite
my
efforts
at
earnestness
,
I
never
did
make
it
to
Eagle
Scout
.
)
My
____________________
hasn't
changed
.
Fashion
,
by
the
way
,
is
commerce
____________________
as
hip
.
I'm
not
at
all
interested
in
fashion
,
which
is
why
I
rarely
buy
new
clothes
.
The
fact
that
fashion
goes
out
of
fashion
and
then
comes
back
into
____________________
based
solely
on
what
a
few
people
somewhere
think
they
can
sell
,
well
to
me
,
____________________
____________________
.
.
.
?
