Look at this Fucking Hipster

  On 2/27/2011 at 1:22 AM, AJW said:

This kid is too young to consciously be a "hipster" with all its implications. Just some young kid going through a phase and doesn't know any better.

 

A hipster for me is anyone who feels ashamed to be seen alone publically. Anyone who is strong enough be able t to exist as immune/unaware of social rules and standards are not hipsters.

 

A hipster is a sleek slippery socialite type who might appear as not a hipster to fool you. he might seem meek, but notice his socially endorsed fake friendly body language when conversing publically.

 

A real hipster will not dress overly "hip" cause that would give his game away. It's not a dress thing, it's a social thing and it fucking disgusts me.

 

Hipsters/townies.

hipster paranoia! is larry david a hipster?

i'm going to come right out and say i might be a hipster by your definition. i've got more music than anybody in my city, care more about my music, and i hate going out in public. i constantly struggle to smile and come off as normal during daily errands, and every social encounter with strangers is host to a plethora of miniscule awkward moments which add up to a sum total of major depression!

and the icing on the cake: i wear the most normal but cool possibly clothes i can. aka: black tshirts, black pants, grey pants, black t shirts. and a grey coat.

orubasarot?

  On 2/15/2011 at 10:42 PM, chassis said:

  On 2/15/2011 at 9:03 PM, zazen said:

  On 2/3/2011 at 10:44 AM, wake said:

...Has it become ironic to like hipsters yet? Should I start? I fucking love hipsters... fuck it. They're not going anywhere and I happen to like a lot of the same shit. Fuck it I'm down. Let's go to an adult sock hop together.

 

there's something to this ... at least they're up for dressing different and into electronic music and 'get' the internet.

 

I'd rather be stuck at a party with a load of hipsters than a load of footy/lager 'blokes' (or 'jocks' in us-english).

 

vive la différence

 

I think you'll find that most people dont fit into any category if you talk to them long enough. Unless theyre trying hard to deceive you of theyre true personality.

So I wouldn't mind being stuck at a party with anyone, as long as theres alcohol a plenty.

i was gonna say...

even though there's a huge difference between obnoxious hipsters and like-able hipsters, hipster vs. non-hipster is FAR from black and white. every person falls on a gradient scale

enturbulate

  On 2/27/2011 at 1:22 AM, AJW said:

Just some young kid going through a phase and doesn't know any better.

always tragic

  On 2/27/2011 at 8:11 AM, vamos scorcho said:

  On 2/27/2011 at 1:22 AM, AJW said:

This kid is too young to consciously be a "hipster" with all its implications. Just some young kid going through a phase and doesn't know any better.

 

A hipster for me is anyone who feels ashamed to be seen alone publically. Anyone who is strong enough be able t to exist as immune/unaware of social rules and standards are not hipsters.

 

A hipster is a sleek slippery socialite type who might appear as not a hipster to fool you. he might seem meek, but notice his socially endorsed fake friendly body language when conversing publically.

 

A real hipster will not dress overly "hip" cause that would give his game away. It's not a dress thing, it's a social thing and it fucking disgusts me.

 

Hipsters/townies.

 

hipster paranoia! is larry david a hipster?

 

 

i'm going to come right out and say i might be a hipster by your definition. i've got more music than anybody in my city, care more about my music, and i hate going out in public. i constantly struggle to smile and come off as normal during daily errands, and every social encounter with strangers is host to a plethora of miniscule awkward moments which add up to a sum total of major depression!

 

and the icing on the cake: i wear the most normal but cool possibly clothes i can. aka: black tshirts, black pants, grey pants, black t shirts. and a grey coat.

I wouldn't say Larry David was a hipster, he socializes with hipsters and fucks them up by purposefully going against so many social standards cause he really doesn't give a fuck.

You are definetely not a hipster, just a victim of their game. The nature of being surrounded by psychotic well groomed socialite hipsters puts you in a tight spot and you feel you must act like them. Happens to us all unfortunately. When opposed with one of the above, try meeting their gaze with a non impressed non submissive yet non threatening semi intrigued stare, as if to say to the hipster "the ball is in your court". This will most lilely throw them off guard a bit and you'll feel more in control and relaxed.

The social wars rage on.

lol

I went to buy a new pair of shoes yesterday.

And if I see one more ironic moustache, dodgy 80s jumper, tattoo, pair of ankle-swingers, hitler-youth haircut, hunting jacket, fake glasses, rollie-smoking arrogant twat, i'm going to flip out. I'm so sick of these fucking hipsters.

And it's not what they wear that really pisses me off.. It's as soon as you meet person dressed in that little kind of outfit, 99% of them has this shitty attitude; I'm better than you, i'm s000 cool & authentic, i have better taste than everybody in everything, i'm superior in everyway. Holier than, greater than thou pricks.

Join 'em. Feel the power and then reconsider your views.

You're right, i'm just jealous.

Or you can just outsmart and insult them, adding insult to their already injured ideas of their own identities, with which they try to rip away the authenticity of generations past.

BTW they succeed at that last part, and the more I think about it, it's not such a bad thing. Subcultures and trends were never very authentic anyway, though they were paraded around as if they were. In the nineties it was easy to identify as a skater, or a punk, or goth, or whatever subculture you felt expressed your ideals - but you were not actually any of those things, and inevitable aging almost always proves that point. At least the hipster rip-off of other peoples' "authentic" scenes and subcultures is quickly diminishing any idea that you can just subscribe to something and claim yourself as a part of it. The only "authentic" road to an identity that will be left is actually working hard at something, and the so-called hipster will always be around to expose any easily confiscated identities.

For the record I'm just being an over-analytical nerd right now, most of that is probably not true in any way.

a hipster to me is someone who constantly complains about hipsters and gives too much attention to trying to separate his image from the rest

these threads are always hilarious. i hate hipsters but i love mashed potatoes!

  luke viia said:

Subcultures and trends were never very authentic anyway, though they were paraded around as if they were. In the nineties it was easy to identify as a skater, or a punk, or goth, or whatever subculture you felt expressed your ideals - but you were not actually any of those things, and inevitable aging almost always proves that point. At least the hipster rip-off of other peoples' "authentic" scenes and subcultures is quickly diminishing any idea that you can just subscribe to something and claim yourself as a part of it.

Those subcultures were genuine alright, they were havens for people who needed to find each other during a socially conservative era.. it's just that they were mostly over by the time hot topic opened its doors in as you said, the nineties. I always cringe when I meet someone who dresses up like a commodified goth or punk, and I have a conversation with them and it is clear they have absolutely no idea what it is they are appropriating, have no knowledge of the history of punk or industrial, let alone what it stood for.

i've not had extensive first-hand experience with hipsters yet, except for my sister and her semi-hipster leanings lol

do they pretend to be really rustic?

what was that one website that we once had a thread about here on watmm where it had a picture of someone's 'outfit' and their explanation of it? There was this one guy who wore tight wartime young boys clothes and had a big beard. I thought it was funny

  On 3/22/2011 at 1:30 PM, Dropp said:

And if I see one more ironic moustache, dodgy 80s jumper, tattoo, pair of ankle-swingers, hitler-youth haircut, hunting jacket, fake glasses, rollie-smoking arrogant twat, i'm going to flip out. I'm so sick of these fucking hipsters.

Jesus, lay off Andy a little, ok?

A kid sat next to me in one of my classes today and he was wearing about 30 bracelets and bright pink shoes. He asked if he could borrow a pen and I asked if I could borrow his shoes. He didn't look at me again for the rest of class. I didn't give him a pen.

I actually love the look. If one observes it from an outside perspective its funny and unthreatening. I guess some people's personalities don't live up to the deconstructed fashion they are donning.

  On 3/22/2011 at 7:33 PM, Salvatorin said:

I actually love the look. If one observes it from an outside perspective its funny and unthreatening. I guess some people's personalities don't live up to the deconstructed fashion they are donning.

I honestly brush it off with mild amusement as well. I've hung around much more irritating people than your average hipster. Anyway if you react so intensely to the way someone dresses, you're throwing fuel on the fire, making them feel like they're part of their special misunderstood counterculture and you're kinda making them feel like you're proving their point for them, judging based on appearances. Making you almost more hipster than hipster.

MORE HIPSTER THAN HIPSTER

MORE HIPSTER THAN HIPSTER

YEAH

YEAH

  On 3/22/2011 at 8:16 PM, baph said:

MORE HIPSTER THAN HIPSTER

MORE HIPSTER THAN HIPSTER

YEAH

 

YEAH

i am the Astro Creep

what about those who change their motif like every day? shit is weird. like, skater guy one day, hobo the next, wacky colored guy the next, etc. the reason these people are annoying is because how hard they try to be noticed, like they're the second coming of Christ.

  On 3/22/2011 at 8:46 PM, mafted said:

what about those who change their motif like every day? shit is weird. like, skater guy one day, hobo the next, wacky colored guy the next, etc. the reason these people are annoying is because how hard they try to be noticed, like they're the second coming of Christ.

it's better than those who look like they're doing it all simultaneously

  On 3/22/2011 at 7:28 PM, Haldermaniac said:

A kid sat next to me in one of my classes today and he was wearing about 30 bracelets and bright pink shoes. He asked if he could borrow a pen and I asked if I could borrow his shoes. He didn't look at me again for the rest of class. I didn't give him a pen.

lol