The deffinitions of hipster seem to get broader and broader every fucking day, it's ridiculous. When people talk or accuse people of being hipsters oten the only tinkg they're reffering to is their appearence. Wearing hoodies makes you a hipster... thick rimmed glasses makes you a hipster... Converse shoes make you a hipster. Right, so by that logic my fucking dad is a hipster? And since when did it become so terrible to like indie or less well known music than chart music? I'm sorry I'd rather listen to Four Tet than rush off to buy Kesha's album.
When people talk about smug, affluent, upper middle class, ironic, judgemental hipster stereotypes, mow many of you have actually encountered any of those types of people? I haven't seen a social clique recieve this much hate and vitriol since emos.
Fact is, and I bet people will hate me for this, people hate hipsters because it's cool. Of course it fucking is. All publications hate hipsters periodically. Is there any basis for a level of hatred and distaste on this level? No. The afformentioned extreme stereotype probably doesn't even exist.
These days it just seems to be an irrational hatred of anyone young, fashionably concious, and remotely politically minded. I wont even mention indie music because anyone who has any taste in music listens to lesser known or indie artists.
