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Oh, those hucking fipsters...

#61
I don't know what a hipster is, but I wouldn't think of it as the people I see in this link. In my world, those people look more like garden variety rich folk. Isn't a hipster like the stereotypical guy from the 50's who wears a beret has a pencil moustache and hangs out in coffee shops reading poetry? Or is that a beatnik? Or a bohemian? I don't know.
 
#62
Musically speaking they prefer indie bands or music such as Mumford and Sons (the hippie whiny sucky singing really drives me nuts, especially when they focus on the singer who looks at you whining); ii. Death Cab for Cutie (seriously where did you get your name?); and F.U.N. (its not fun to see a not so young guy singing "We are Young");

But to me, hipsters are trying to look cool by not looking cool.
 
#66
bassinplace said:
I don't know what a hipster is, but I wouldn't think of it as the people I see in this link. In my world, those people look more like garden variety rich folk. Isn't a hipster like the stereotypical guy from the 50's who wears a beret has a pencil moustache and hangs out in coffee shops reading poetry? Or is that a beatnik? Or a bohemian? I don't know.
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I agree with the thoughts of this contained within.
 
#67
Like anything, there are varying degrees of hipsterdom. I think the thing that sticks in people's collective craw is the pretentiousness that some hipsters can exhibit. But they are not all like that. I lived in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, for a few years, and I was friends with many very cool people who turned me on to interesting things--great comic books, movies, and music--not just "the newest thing that no one else has heard of", but classics that I had overlooked like Thin Lizzy and Small Faces. And none of it was done with the I-was-into-it-before-it-was-cool attitude that I think is the pervading stereotype of a typical hipster.

Full disclosure: I wear black-rimmed glasses. I have a beard. I sometimes rock a bowtie and a vest. I like ALL kinds of music. I like bad movies when they're funny-bad. I am a painter. I also watch baseball, drive a minivan, and mow my lawn. Am I a hipster? Maybe, maybe not, and that's fine with me.

The funniest part of this thread, I think, is that so many people are saying "I'm not sure exactly what a hipster is, but I'm pretty sure I hate them!"

All I'm saying is that hipsters should be allowed to marry, just like anybody else.:p
 
#68
Damn hipsters, single-handedly revitalizing local live music scenes after 15 years of steady decline.

We can blame them for all the pretentious galleries, indie theaters and other arts initiatives that have been popping up in recent years too.
 
#69
For the record folks, this thread was started, and was revived with playfully irreverent tongue-in-cheek-ness...not too be taken seriously.

As Dr. Evil once said: "There's nothing more pathetic than an aging Hipster"

...and I AM an aging hipster.
 
#70
My sister lives in Brooklyn, I should fly up there and plant some of these in Williamsburg and take them back for study.

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#73
bassinplace said:
I don't know what a hipster is, but I wouldn't think of it as the people I see in this link. In my world, those people look more like garden variety rich folk.
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Yep

Isn't a hipster like the stereotypical guy from the 50's who wears a beret has a pencil moustache and hangs out in coffee shops reading poetry?
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Pretty much. They've evolved a bit, but it's still basically the same concept. At least that's what they're like in NYC. Not that there is anything wrong with that whatsoever. On certain days I might look like one.
 
#74
dullsilver_mike said:
Damn hipsters, single-handedly revitalizing local live music scenes after 15 years of steady decline.

We can blame them for all the pretentious galleries, indie theaters and other arts initiatives that have been popping up in recent years too.
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I grew up in NYC in the 60's - 80's....That scene has always been there,.....it just needed a new infusion of impressionable and self-absorbed trendies to prop it up again.....I liked it better when it was fresh, obscure and out of the mainstream. Back then, places and events were discovered by word of mouth which made for interesting and dynamic gatherings of eclectic people,....now it's a post on Twitter/Facebook, which instantly attracts the masses of pretentious riff-raff who all seem to belong to the same club.
 
#75
john_martin_sai said:
I grew up in NYC in the 60's - 80's....That scene has always been there,.....it just needed a new infusion of impressionable and self-absorbed trendies to prop it up again.....I liked it better when it was fresh, obscure and out of the mainstream. Back then, places and events were discovered by word of mouth which made for interesting and dynamic gatherings of eclectic people,....now it's a post on Twitter/Facebook, which instantly attracts the masses of pretentious riff-raff who all seem to belong to the same club.
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So you thought it was cool until it went mainstream...
 
#78
Thick McRunfast said:
I like mainstream because hating mainstream is so mainstream.
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A couple of generations ago, those hating the mainstream were anti-establishment and revolutionaries...now,...you're just a hipster and very passe. What's their big cause?....not buying designer label clothing?...because if it's the Environment, the Anti-War movement, Natural Foods, Urban Gardens, Feminism, Multiculturalism, Independent Music/Film, etc...those roads were completely paved for them before they were born.
 

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