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If your usual shopping trips to American Apparel have been filling you with an unusual amount of self-loathing, perhaps this is why.

People are sick of your fixies and Rollie Fingers mustaches, so much so that they'd like to slap you bow-tie wearing beatniks with a special tax for being so damn annoying.

A new poll released today from the Public Policy Polling shows that a declining number of Americans have a favorable view of hipsters (aka people who pay more than $80 for a haircut that promises they'll look as though they haven't showered in days.)

A growing 42 percent are sick of hipsters and 43 percent aren't quite sure how they feel about the denizens of the Mission Districts of America.

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A regular Tuesday night in California

A new scientifically pointless study was released yesterday showing that the Golden State has some sex-hungry horny dawgs. The good news is, we have no problem satiating our animal instincts.

According to Loveagain.com, a dating website for the 40 and older crowd, Californians tend to be among the most sexually liberated people in the nation. We have the second-highest sex drives, with 56 percent rating their sexual appetite as "high," compared to the national average of 49 percent.

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That's you in your studio apartment, with your last three dollars

Turns out, all that thrift shopping you've done has paid off -- quite literally.

A new study released today says that San Francisco ranks no. 4 among the nation's best budgeters. In layman's (aka poor man's) terms, it means we know how to live it up in under $20.

And why wouldn't we be financially savvy when we live in a city where any money we do make goes to rent, parking tickets, and (regular) burritos? The only entertainment we can afford is a Friday night BART ride.

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Get happy

A recent Gallup poll ranked states based on their overall level of happiness, and California landed in an unexpected spot -- in between the anti-evolution state of Kansas and North Dakota, that one state whose only real purpose is to buffer Canada from Americans.

In any event, the pollsters took into consideration many factors when determining how happy (or unhappy in our case) people are, including life expectancy, health, and unemployment rate (okay maybe that explains our depression).

We're all for being happy -- in fact, we figured with our legalized pot dispensaries, back-to-back beaches, and kick-ass California wines, we'd be a hell of a lot more pleased with life.

So where did California go wrong? That's what we want to know.

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A young entrepreneur

For those tired parents who are stashing money specifically because they know they'll be bailing their punk-ass kid out of juvenile jail again, just know, there's going to be a return on your hard-earned cash.

A new study conducted by UC Berkeley scholars shows that badly behaved children tend to grow up to be really incredibly rich and successful entrepreneurs. We're talking the Bill Gateses, who had to go to therapy as a child for his behavioral problems, and the Mark Zuckerbergs, who was disciplined in college after creating Facemash, of the world.

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A desperate man

Desperate times call for desperate measures, and in San Francisco, home of the gaming nerds, that translates into money.

A new study reveals that San Francisco single men are going to great lengths to get a date this Valentine's Day, saying they would shell out more than $130 for someone to love them on this Hallmark holiday.

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Okay, but not your typical person in authority

Maybe you don't actually need to worry about getting fired if you gently tell your boss that his or her ideas are fucking stupid.

A new study conducted by researchers at UC Berkeley says that people in positions of authority -- whether at home or in the workplace -- are quicker to recover from mild rejection. In fact, they seem to keep coming back for more.

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Maya Kuehn, a doctoral student in psychology at UC Berkeley, and her fellow researchers conducted five experiments examining power dynamics in the workplace and in intimate relationships. Specifically, they looked at how power influences a person's response to subtle acts of rejection.

Here's what they found:

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