I know some. They're generally good looking for one, like music on independent labels, wear vintage fashions and have fancy haircuts. They like celebrity gossip but only allow themselves to enjoy it on an "ironic" level, because really they're above the unwashed masses. Feigning poverty despite being upper-middle class is another key component. Pretending to be informed because you've seen through Bush's lies and like totally realized the war was a bad idea once it started happening and all your celebrity gossip news was shoved aside in favor of it is also somewhat prevalent. Reading actual current event books or political discussions is not part of being an informed hipster though, be warned. Vegetarianism and veganism will make other hipsters look up to you.
It's slightly changing, moving away from irony, but I have yet to see what's going to replace it. Basically the Arcade Fire or the Decemberists would embody the music and fashion of the modern hipster as I'm aware of them.
And there you go, my intensely brief dissection of the modern hipster.
Actually if I was to say anyone is truly the paragon of modern hipness, I'd say it's Kanye West.
Egotism mixed with esoterism mixed with a pop sensibility mixed with still a touch of forward-thinking artfulness. I couldn't name one other person as hip as him, minus maybe Andre 3000, who's all but eschewed music after he delivered his masterpiece, the Love Below, and was only really appreciated for a few of the singles off it.
Gnarls Barkley was faux hip because actually their music sucked.
One of my best friends is dating a hipster.
Said hipster is constantly tearing my friend down, because my friend actually likes things (movies, books, music, etc.) and actually liking something on its merits is apparently against the Hipster Code.
And if anybody ever calls him on it, he claims he was just being ironic.
I have zero tolerance for that shit.
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every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
One of my best friends is dating a hipster.
Said hipster is constantly tearing my friend down, because my friend actually likes things (movies, books, music, etc.) and actually liking something on its merits is apparently against the Hipster Code.
And if anybody ever calls him on it, he claims he was just being ironic.
I have zero tolerance for that shit.
I'm taking the train into the city for a job interview tomorrow, but don't have any $1's for the L. Hopefully this gets rectified without me having to sandwich 20 of them into my wallet because conductor's are like horrible, horrible strippers. :?
The last time I saw them Hipster Boyfriend had invited his friends over to watch a DVD of some old TV show from the 80s so they could all point and laugh at how silly it is and how naive people were in the 1980s and isn't it so great that we're so much smarter than that now.
It was the wankiest elitist wankfest I'd ever been present for.
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every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
I know some. They're generally good looking for one, like music on independent labels, wear vintage fashions and have fancy haircuts. They like celebrity gossip but only allow themselves to enjoy it on an "ironic" level, because really they're above the unwashed masses. Feigning poverty despite being upper-middle class is another key component. Pretending to be informed because you've seen through Bush's lies and like totally realized the war was a bad idea once it started happening and all your celebrity gossip news was shoved aside in favor of it is also somewhat prevalent. Reading actual current event books or political discussions is not part of being an informed hipster though, be warned. Vegetarianism and veganism will make other hipsters look up to you.
It's slightly changing, moving away from irony, but I have yet to see what's going to replace it. Basically the Arcade Fire or the Decemberists would embody the music and fashion of the modern hipster as I'm aware of them.
And there you go, my intensely brief dissection of the modern hipster.
A really inappropriate job to their political views is critical. Like my buddy who works for the Department of Energy, or Will who works for a defense contractor.
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Actually if I was to say anyone is truly the paragon of modern hipness, I'd say it's Kanye West.
Egotism mixed with esoterism mixed with a pop sensibility mixed with still a touch of forward-thinking artfulness. I couldn't name one other person as hip as him, minus maybe Andre 3000, who's all but eschewed music after he delivered his masterpiece, the Love Below, and was only really appreciated for a few of the singles off it.
Gnarls Barkley was faux hip because actually their music sucked.
The last time I saw them Hipster Boyfriend had invited his friends over to watch a DVD of some old TV show from the 80s so they could all point and laugh at how silly it is and how naive people were in the 1980s and isn't it so great that we're so much smarter than that now.
It was the wankiest elitist wankfest I'd ever been present for.
Actually if I was to say anyone is truly the paragon of modern hipness, I'd say it's Kanye West.
Egotism mixed with esoterism mixed with a pop sensibility mixed with still a touch of forward-thinking artfulness. I couldn't name one other person as hip as him, minus maybe Andre 3000, who's all but eschewed music after he delivered his masterpiece, the Love Below, and was only really appreciated for a few of the singles off it.
Gnarls Barkley was faux hip because actually their music sucked.
One of my best friends is dating a hipster.
Said hipster is constantly tearing my friend down, because my friend actually likes things (movies, books, music, etc.) and actually liking something on its merits is apparently against the Hipster Code.
And if anybody ever calls him on it, he claims he was just being ironic.
I have zero tolerance for that shit.
A really inappropriate job to their political views is critical. Like my buddy who works for the Department of Energy, or Will who works for a defense contractor.
Yeah, I'd say this is pretty accurate -- a political awareness without much follow through is pretty central to it all.
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One of my best friends is dating a hipster.
Said hipster is constantly tearing my friend down, because my friend actually likes things (movies, books, music, etc.) and actually liking something on its merits is apparently against the Hipster Code.
And if anybody ever calls him on it, he claims he was just being ironic.
I have zero tolerance for that shit.
Man, so guys, I met this girl. We chatted for two hours comfortably, making each other laugh, having a good time, so she's smart and funny and cute and all that jazz.
Then I found out she's a huge fan of Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach. I mean, lots of fuckers have seen Rushmore or The Royal Tenenbaums, but someone who's seen and loves Kicking and Screaming?
Also, she went to an arts magnet school, and for her orchestra class's big culminating project, students got to arrange a piece of music for the orchestra -- she arranged fucking Chicago off of Illinois by Sufjan Stevens for the whole orchestra.
Doesn't that just mean that hipsters are well-groomed, social dorks? O_o
Wait, they have good hygiene now? I thought it was somehow 'hip' to not wash your hair for 3 days in order to get the perfect level of grease and bed-head or something. They are also like rain on your wedding day or, perhaps, a black fly in some chardonnay IIRC.
Man, so guys, I met this girl. We chatted for two hours comfortably, making each other laugh, having a good time, so she's smart and funny and cute and all that jazz.
Then I found out she's a huge fan of Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach. I mean, lots of fuckers have seen Rushmore or The Royal Tenenbaums, but someone who's seen and loves Kicking and Screaming?
Also, she went to an arts magnet school, and for her orchestra class's big culminating project, students got to arrange a piece of music for the orchestra -- she arranged fucking Chicago off of Illinois by Sufjan Stevens for the whole orchestra.
I...I don't think I've ever been so turned on.
That, my friends, is a goddamn textbook hipster.
Congrats Aemillius -- you've got a crush on one of the beautiful people!
(And seriously, Baumbach is Anderson's screenwriter, I'd goddamn expect any film snobs to have heard of him).
One of my best friends is dating a hipster.
Said hipster is constantly tearing my friend down, because my friend actually likes things (movies, books, music, etc.) and actually liking something on its merits is apparently against the Hipster Code.
And if anybody ever calls him on it, he claims he was just being ironic.
I have zero tolerance for that shit.
I'd punch them in the throat, and then claim I was being ironic. But I'm a big fan of throat-punching.
Man, so guys, I met this girl. We chatted for two hours comfortably, making each other laugh, having a good time, so she's smart and funny and cute and all that jazz.
Then I found out she's a huge fan of Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach. I mean, lots of fuckers have seen Rushmore or The Royal Tenenbaums, but someone who's seen and loves Kicking and Screaming?
Also, she went to an arts magnet school, and for her orchestra class's big culminating project, students got to arrange a piece of music for the orchestra -- she arranged fucking Chicago off of Illinois by Sufjan Stevens for the whole orchestra.
I...I don't think I've ever been so turned on.
Sucks that she's engaged, huh?
You'd better not be listening to me again.
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Man, so guys, I met this girl. We chatted for two hours comfortably, making each other laugh, having a good time, so she's smart and funny and cute and all that jazz.
Then I found out she's a huge fan of Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach. I mean, lots of fuckers have seen Rushmore or The Royal Tenenbaums, but someone who's seen and loves Kicking and Screaming?
Also, she went to an arts magnet school, and for her orchestra class's big culminating project, students got to arrange a piece of music for the orchestra -- she arranged fucking Chicago off of Illinois by Sufjan Stevens for the whole orchestra.
I...I don't think I've ever been so turned on.
I love Kicking and Screaming too and I don't think I'd ever fuck you. Sounds like I've got a lot in common with her.
Doesn't that just mean that hipsters are well-groomed, social dorks? O_o
Wait, they have good hygiene now? I thought it was somehow 'hip' to not wash your hair for 3 days in order to get the perfect level of grease and bed-head or something. They are also like rain on your wedding day or, perhaps, a black fly in some chardonnay IIRC.
You shower, you just don't use shampoo on your hair.
Wait, they have good hygiene now? I thought it was somehow 'hip' to not wash your hair for 3 days in order to get the perfect level of grease and bed-head or something. They are also like rain on your wedding day or, perhaps, a black fly in some chardonnay IIRC.
Man, so guys, I met this girl. We chatted for two hours comfortably, making each other laugh, having a good time, so she's smart and funny and cute and all that jazz.
Then I found out she's a huge fan of Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach. I mean, lots of fuckers have seen Rushmore or The Royal Tenenbaums, but someone who's seen and loves Kicking and Screaming?
Also, she went to an arts magnet school, and for her orchestra class's big culminating project, students got to arrange a piece of music for the orchestra -- she arranged fucking Chicago off of Illinois by Sufjan Stevens for the whole orchestra.
I...I don't think I've ever been so turned on.
That, my friends, is a goddamn textbook hipster.
Congrats Aemillius -- you've got a crush on one of the beautiful people!
I felt it was relevant.
(And seriously, Baumbach is Anderson's screenwriter, I'd goddamn expect any film snobs to have heard of him).
Baumbach isn't Anderson's screenwriter. Anderson and Owen Wilson wrote Bottle Rocket and Rushmore, and then the Royal Tenenbaums was mostly Anderson with a little help from Wilson, and then The Life Aquatic was Anderson and Baumbach collaborating.
You sir, just got out-hipped. Portland is ashamed of you.
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I hate ignorant stupid people who cling to their ignorance.
It's slightly changing, moving away from irony, but I have yet to see what's going to replace it. Basically the Arcade Fire or the Decemberists would embody the music and fashion of the modern hipster as I'm aware of them.
And there you go, my intensely brief dissection of the modern hipster.
This is the impression I get:
mixed with
edit: and can't forget this:
I'm off to bed now. Goodnight [chat]!
Egotism mixed with esoterism mixed with a pop sensibility mixed with still a touch of forward-thinking artfulness. I couldn't name one other person as hip as him, minus maybe Andre 3000, who's all but eschewed music after he delivered his masterpiece, the Love Below, and was only really appreciated for a few of the singles off it.
Gnarls Barkley was faux hip because actually their music sucked.
Said hipster is constantly tearing my friend down, because my friend actually likes things (movies, books, music, etc.) and actually liking something on its merits is apparently against the Hipster Code.
And if anybody ever calls him on it, he claims he was just being ironic.
I have zero tolerance for that shit.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
It was the wankiest elitist wankfest I'd ever been present for.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
A really inappropriate job to their political views is critical. Like my buddy who works for the Department of Energy, or Will who works for a defense contractor.
Good goddamn.
Wow, considering that you seem to read lots of D&D threads, that's quite a strong statement.
Doesn't that just mean that hipsters are well-groomed, social dorks? O_o
Man no it didn't.
Turns out i was you! Just with a different av.
Yes. I've never seen that much self-congratulatory wanking in one place and I've been to a charity event where people masturbated for pledges.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Squares and rectangles. Duh.
Feral I like you.
Then I found out she's a huge fan of Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach. I mean, lots of fuckers have seen Rushmore or The Royal Tenenbaums, but someone who's seen and loves Kicking and Screaming?
Also, she went to an arts magnet school, and for her orchestra class's big culminating project, students got to arrange a piece of music for the orchestra -- she arranged fucking Chicago off of Illinois by Sufjan Stevens for the whole orchestra.
I...I don't think I've ever been so turned on.
Wait, they have good hygiene now? I thought it was somehow 'hip' to not wash your hair for 3 days in order to get the perfect level of grease and bed-head or something. They are also like rain on your wedding day or, perhaps, a black fly in some chardonnay IIRC.
I never learn, right?
Congrats Aemillius -- you've got a crush on one of the beautiful people!
(And seriously, Baumbach is Anderson's screenwriter, I'd goddamn expect any film snobs to have heard of him).
Do your work or you will be made to live in the American South.
And I'm not talkin' Peru.
Sucks that she's engaged, huh?
They've got pills for that. Pills that slowly kill you on the inside.
Hell, I don't know.
I hang out with bikers, not dandies.
I felt it was relevant.
Baumbach isn't Anderson's screenwriter. Anderson and Owen Wilson wrote Bottle Rocket and Rushmore, and then the Royal Tenenbaums was mostly Anderson with a little help from Wilson, and then The Life Aquatic was Anderson and Baumbach collaborating.
You sir, just got out-hipped. Portland is ashamed of you.