Poll: Are you a Hipster?
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According to a few friends I am. But eh, who honestly cares? It's more a joke my friends have among each other than OH MY GOD YOU'RE A HIPSTER kind of thing anyway, so I get some hilarity out of it.
By that definition, I kinda am. But I don't try to be. Other people may label me - i don't really care
The only hip thing about me is that I smoke Black & Milds, and it turns out I do that wrong because I smoke one of them once when I want to instead of putting it out and lighting it again every time I go outside.
Hell no. My high school was full of hipsters and I was definitely not 'one of them'.
I do like some obscure/lesser known things/music, but I will not lecture you on the superiority of such things over the mainstream items, other than the general: 'pop music is mostly shite with the occasional decent-good song' (unless asked about my opinions on the subject). I wouldn't mind them so much if they weren't so mouthy about how they're so much more superior for liking things I've never heard of, mostly because I've never heard of them.
I do like some obscure/lesser known things/music, but I will not lecture you on the superiority of such things over the mainstream items, other than the general: 'pop music is mostly shite with the occasional decent-good song' (unless asked about my opinions on the subject). I wouldn't mind them so much if they weren't so mouthy about how they're so much more superior for liking things I've never heard of, mostly because I've never heard of them.
Probably, I don't really get the whole hipster hate because guess what people have always been elitist for stupid reasons example, I dress different then that guy and don't listen to the same music(this applies to hipsters and hipster haters and every time other fools adopt new fashion trends and the rest of the fools mock it), and as stupid as some of there fashion trends are it isn't the worst because at least they know how to pull up there pants.
I've never been called a hipster, and in terms of fashion I'm more of a redneck... but I share quite a few of the values listed in that urban dictionary article. I don't judge things for being mainstream, but only very rarely does a mainstream game/song/album/movie catch my attention and entertain me.
Mind you, I'm too old for the "hipster movement". This whole thing started when I was 28. My high school years were filled with grunge rockers and gangsta rappers... and I was on the metalhead fringe at the time.
Mind you, I'm too old for the "hipster movement". This whole thing started when I was 28. My high school years were filled with grunge rockers and gangsta rappers... and I was on the metalhead fringe at the time.
Hipsters don't call themselves hipsters because being a hipster would be being a part of something, which would make you a conformist and in term mainstream.
tl;dr this thread is TROLOLOLOLO
tl;dr this thread is TROLOLOLOLO
The hipster movement is nothing new, actually. It's often been cited to be no more than the rebirth of the decadent movement (ie dandies), where people would place a higher priority on their outer appearance (eg fashion).loc978 said:
For example -- http://philosophistry.com/archives/2009/02/the-hipster-and-the-dandy.html
I'm not a hipster, but I have my hipster moments, especially when talking about movies. I love movies and spend what is probably more than a healthy amount of time watching movies. I catch myself at times saying, "You've probably never heard of it, but have you seen..."
We're on the Escapist. You can't throw a rock without hitting a guy who says Psychonauts is the best ever, Shadow of the colossus was underrated, Call of Duty and Halo are shit, Mainstream is evil, etc. etc. We're all hipsters. Nobody wants to admit it due to the negative connotation of such but inevitably everyone here feels as if they know lots about games and are above the rank and file. (Or at least is "hip" enough to go out of the way to visit a game website).
I'm honestly not seeing a whole lot of parallels to hipsters as I understand them in that article. Dandies appeared to be much more on the order of affecting current high fashion to their own middle station, while hipsters affect the fashions and sensibilities of yesteryear to their own tastes while looking down on others for not being retro or underground enough. That's really quite dissimilar, not just in the content of its idiosyncrasies, but also the culture from which it springs.CodeOrange said:
My boyfriend calls me a hipster, and it drives me crazy. The most "indie" music I listen to is the free Indie single on iTunes each week. I also don't like things just because no one else knows about them and then drop them when they're popular. I guess the way I dress could be considered "hipster' but I don't dress just to look like one. I wear what I like, and it sucks that what I like is apparently what arrogant assholes wear, but oh well. I try not to hold myself higher than other people, and I respect other people, regardless of what they like or wear, so nooooope. Not a hipster.
After reading the article, it seems "hipster" is short for "self righteous twat who shops at the salvation army". So no, I'm sure as fuck not one.
Also, that article seems extremely biased and was likely written by one of these people, because it's in no way neutral, and paints the entire group in a positive light.
Also, that article seems extremely biased and was likely written by one of these people, because it's in no way neutral, and paints the entire group in a positive light.
Please, you're giving too much undue credit to hipsters. With your definition of hipsters, they're pretty much the (figuratively) retarded offspring of hippies, who rejected corporate something something and only shopped at thrift stores at hopes of saving the world or local businesses or something (lol). I forget.loc978 said:
Hipsters on the other hand are shallow pseudo-intellectuals who have failed to form an identity, so they gather like flies on anything that nobody does, just for the sake of appearing to be unique. Hey, I'm talking about the common populace here, not the individual. It's hard finding people that are worth spending time with.