Why Is This Man Running For President Of The Internet?
If you didn’t know any better, you might think that Alexis Ohanian — the insistently goofy, imposingly tall, never-off 29-year-old cofounder of Reddit — is running for office. And in fact, he kind of is — but for a position that doesn’t yet exist. Alexis Ohanian wants to be the President of the Internet. And he’s pretty sure he knows what he needs to do to get there.
Our hobo coverage continues with a longread about the continuing hobo lifestyle, the National Hobo Convention and its lengthy history.
It’s an eclectic evening: Campfire songs, poems, recitations, a version of “Call Me Maybe” being played on the recorder, a comedy/banjo act (“What kind of ears do trains have? Engineers!!”). And everyone is there: The older, retired hoboes; the young tramps staying in the boxcar; a dude named Glen, a semi-hobo, who gets booted the next night for drinking too much and causing trouble; local Britt retirees; families with babies; the Hobo Convention staff in their bright orange T-shirts; Mayor Jim and his wife.
Minneapolis Jewel performs the official hobo-name ceremony, bestowing honors on two nuns who traveled to Britt seemingly just for the evening (one gets the name Cross Ties, which Jewel notes is “especially appropriate for a nun.”) An 18-year-old from Oklahoma who already has the hobo name Marshmallow Kid changes his handle to the simpler, more mysterious M.K.
Source: BuzzFeed
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