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Hipsters are a subculture of men and women typically in their 20's and 30's that value independent thinking, counter-culture, progressive politics, an appreciation of art and indie-rock, creativity, intelligence, and witty banter. The greatest concentrations of hipsters can be found living in the Williamsburg, Wicker Park, and Mission District neighborhoods of major cosmopolitan centers such as New York, Chicago, and San Francisco respectively. Although "hipsterism" is really a state of mind,it is also often intertwined with distinct fashion sensibilities. Hipsters reject the culturally-ignorant attitudes of mainstream consumers, and are often be seen wearing vintage and thrift store inspired fashions, tight-fitting jeans, old-school sneakers, and sometimes thick rimmed glasses. Both hipster men and women sport similar androgynous hair styles that include combinations of messy shag cuts and asymmetric side-swept bangs. Such styles are often associated with the work of creative stylists at urban salons, and are usually too "edgy" for the culturally-sheltered mainstream consumer. The "effortless cool" urban bohemian look of a hipster is exemplified in Urban Outfitters and American Apparel ads which cater towards the hipster demographic. Despite misconceptions based on their aesthetic tastes, hipsters tend to be well educated and often have liberal arts degrees, or degrees in maths and sciences, which also require certain creative analytical thinking abilities. Consequently many hipsters tend to have jobs in the music, art, and fashion industries. It is a myth that most hipsters are unemployed and live off of their parent's trust funds.
Hipsters shun mainstream societal conventions that apply to dating preferences and traditional "rules" of physical attraction. It is part of the hipster central dogma not to be influenced by mainsream advertising and media, which tends to only promote ethnocentric ideals of beauty. The concepts of androgyny and feminism have influenced hipster culture, where hipster men are often as thin as the women they date. The muscular and athletic all-American male ideal is not seen as attractive by confident and culturally-empowered hipster women who instead view them as symbols of male oppression, sexism, and misogyny. Likewise, culturally-vapid sorority-type girls with fake blond hair, overly tanned skin, and "Britney Spears tube-tops" are not seen as attractive by cultured hipster males who instead see them as symbols of female insecurity, low self-esteem, and lack of cultural intelligence and independent thinking. Hipsters are also very racially open-minded, and the greatest number of interracial couples in any urban environment are typically found within the hipster subculture.
Although hipsters are technically conformists within their own subculture, in comparison to the much larger mainstream mass, they are pioneers and leaders of the latest cultural trends and ideals. For example, the surge of jeans made to look old and worn (i.e. "distressed"), that have become prevalent at stores such as The Gap, American Eagle, Abercrombie and Fitch, and Hollister, were originally paraded by hipsters who shopped in thrift stores years before such clothing items were mass produced and sold to the mainstream consumer. The true irony here is that many of the detractors of hipster culture are in fact unknowingly following a path that hipsters have carved out years before them. This phenomena also applies to music as well, as many bands have become successful and known to mainstream audiences only because hipsters first found and listened to them as early-adopters of new culture. Once certain concepts of fashion and music have reached mainstream audiences, hipsters move on to something new and improved.
Because of the rise of various online photo-blog and social networking sites, insights into urban hipster culture is reaching sheltered suburban audiences at an exponential rate. Cultural "norms" have been deconstructed by hipster culture as a whole. Hipsterism is often dismissed as just an image thing by some, but the culture as a whole is effecting changes in society, leading to feelings of insecurity and resentment in people who are no longer a part of the cultural ruling class. For example, a lot of anti-hipster sentiment evidently comes from culturally-clueless suburban frat boy types who feel that the more sensitive, intelligent, and culturally aware hipster ideal threatens their insecure sense of masculinity. Anti-hipster sentiment often comes from people who simply can't keep up with social change and are envious of those who can.
Or, as I like to call them. Pretentious Douchebags.
Hipsters are a subculture of men and women typically in their 20's and 30's that value independent thinking, counter-culture, progressive politics, an appreciation of art and indie-rock, creativity, intelligence, and witty banter. The greatest concentrations of hipsters can be found living in the Williamsburg, Wicker Park, and Mission District neighborhoods of major cosmopolitan centers such as New York, Chicago, and San Francisco respectively. Although "hipsterism" is really a state of mind,it is also often intertwined with distinct fashion sensibilities. Hipsters reject the culturally-ignorant attitudes of mainstream consumers, and are often be seen wearing vintage and thrift store inspired fashions, tight-fitting jeans, old-school sneakers, and sometimes thick rimmed glasses. Both hipster men and women sport similar androgynous hair styles that include combinations of messy shag cuts and asymmetric side-swept bangs. Such styles are often associated with the work of creative stylists at urban salons, and are usually too "edgy" for the culturally-sheltered mainstream consumer. The "effortless cool" urban bohemian look of a hipster is exemplified in Urban Outfitters and American Apparel ads which cater towards the hipster demographic. Despite misconceptions based on their aesthetic tastes, hipsters tend to be well educated and often have liberal arts degrees, or degrees in maths and sciences, which also require certain creative analytical thinking abilities. Consequently many hipsters tend to have jobs in the music, art, and fashion industries. It is a myth that most hipsters are unemployed and live off of their parent's trust funds.
Hipsters shun mainstream societal conventions that apply to dating preferences and traditional "rules" of physical attraction. It is part of the hipster central dogma not to be influenced by mainsream advertising and media, which tends to only promote ethnocentric ideals of beauty. The concepts of androgyny and feminism have influenced hipster culture, where hipster men are often as thin as the women they date. The muscular and athletic all-American male ideal is not seen as attractive by confident and culturally-empowered hipster women who instead view them as symbols of male oppression, sexism, and misogyny. Likewise, culturally-vapid sorority-type girls with fake blond hair, overly tanned skin, and "Britney Spears tube-tops" are not seen as attractive by cultured hipster males who instead see them as symbols of female insecurity, low self-esteem, and lack of cultural intelligence and independent thinking. Hipsters are also very racially open-minded, and the greatest number of interracial couples in any urban environment are typically found within the hipster subculture.
Although hipsters are technically conformists within their own subculture, in comparison to the much larger mainstream mass, they are pioneers and leaders of the latest cultural trends and ideals. For example, the surge of jeans made to look old and worn (i.e. "distressed"), that have become prevalent at stores such as The Gap, American Eagle, Abercrombie and Fitch, and Hollister, were originally paraded by hipsters who shopped in thrift stores years before such clothing items were mass produced and sold to the mainstream consumer. The true irony here is that many of the detractors of hipster culture are in fact unknowingly following a path that hipsters have carved out years before them. This phenomena also applies to music as well, as many bands have become successful and known to mainstream audiences only because hipsters first found and listened to them as early-adopters of new culture. Once certain concepts of fashion and music have reached mainstream audiences, hipsters move on to something new and improved.
Because of the rise of various online photo-blog and social networking sites, insights into urban hipster culture is reaching sheltered suburban audiences at an exponential rate. Cultural "norms" have been deconstructed by hipster culture as a whole. Hipsterism is often dismissed as just an image thing by some, but the culture as a whole is effecting changes in society, leading to feelings of insecurity and resentment in people who are no longer a part of the cultural ruling class. For example, a lot of anti-hipster sentiment evidently comes from culturally-clueless suburban frat boy types who feel that the more sensitive, intelligent, and culturally aware hipster ideal threatens their insecure sense of masculinity. Anti-hipster sentiment often comes from people who simply can't keep up with social change and are envious of those who can.
Or, as I like to call them. Pretentious Douchebags.
Hipsters are a subculture of men and women typically in their 20's and 30's that value independent thinking, counter-culture, progressive politics, an appreciation of art and indie-rock, creativity, intelligence, and witty banter. The greatest concentrations of hipsters can be found living in the Williamsburg, Wicker Park, and Mission District neighborhoods of major cosmopolitan centers such as New York, Chicago, and San Francisco respectively. Although "hipsterism" is really a state of mind,it is also often intertwined with distinct fashion sensibilities. Hipsters reject the culturally-ignorant attitudes of mainstream consumers, and are often be seen wearing vintage and thrift store inspired fashions, tight-fitting jeans, old-school sneakers, and sometimes thick rimmed glasses. Both hipster men and women sport similar androgynous hair styles that include combinations of messy shag cuts and asymmetric side-swept bangs. Such styles are often associated with the work of creative stylists at urban salons, and are usually too "edgy" for the culturally-sheltered mainstream consumer. The "effortless cool" urban bohemian look of a hipster is exemplified in Urban Outfitters and American Apparel ads which cater towards the hipster demographic. Despite misconceptions based on their aesthetic tastes, hipsters tend to be well educated and often have liberal arts degrees, or degrees in maths and sciences, which also require certain creative analytical thinking abilities.
Straight up copypasta. Google Image search for hipster son.
Straight up copypasta. Google Image search for hipster son.
A hipster is someone who is trying desperately to be outside of the normal social scruples and be a part of a "scene." Common signs are only liking indie bands, wearing thick glasses (whether needed or not), a hat at almost all times (added points for rastafari hats), wearing shirts with obscure references, unnecessary accessories, and male low rider jeans.
Here is an example of a hipster.
Here is an example of a hipster.
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Those aren't hipsters, they're just normal people.Johnnyallstar said:A hipster is someone who is trying desperately to be outside of the normal social scruples and be a part of a "scene." Common signs are only liking indie bands, wearing thick glasses (whether needed or not), a hat at almost all times (added points for rastafari hats), wearing shirts with obscure references, unnecessary accessories, and male low rider jeans.
Here is an example of a hipster.
These are hipsters.
God I can't stand them.
A group of girls at my school who ignore me because I don't listen to bands they seemingly made up.
"If more than 4 people have heard of 'em, they sold out. They're lame and so last year." <----standard Hipster sentiments towards bands.
"If more than 4 people have heard of 'em, they sold out. They're lame and so last year." <----standard Hipster sentiments towards bands.
Essentially.
I dislike them intensely.
Edit: I'm gonna expand on this because I'm bored.
I hate the idea that they like all sorts of modern music, but only the shit stuff that nobody else listens to and has names like "The Jamboree Tankards" and "Hyperlovabilitumour" (yeah, I made those up but they're probably real). They're the kind of dickheads who wear ludicrously bright colours and act like they're a character out of skins... actually yeah, skins.
I dislike them intensely.
Edit: I'm gonna expand on this because I'm bored.
I hate the idea that they like all sorts of modern music, but only the shit stuff that nobody else listens to and has names like "The Jamboree Tankards" and "Hyperlovabilitumour" (yeah, I made those up but they're probably real). They're the kind of dickheads who wear ludicrously bright colours and act like they're a character out of skins... actually yeah, skins.
Skins is the most shite, annoying, ludicrous show out there. It is like the 24 of shit teen drama series. Everyone gets laid 24/7 and terrible shit happens to them all the fucking time and all they have to say about it is "this is really fucked up" or something retardly simple with no depth whatsoever. People are high the entire time and nobody sees this as a problem. Every single character is loathsome for one reason or another except one who has a severe eating disorder and it's hard to hate somebody who clearly hates themselves so much, although apparently unsatisfied with having a likable character the writers turn her into a mental ***** after one season. I suppose I should clarify that I'm talking about the original cast seasons 1 and 2 and these are the only ones I've watched which are apparently the best by far which is why I didn't subject myself to any more.
Basically, you know what an 'indie' person is, right? Personally I consider myself one, I have friends who are 'indie', and I tend to like the whole 'indie' sort of style. Famous indie gods include Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon Levitt, and Ellen Page.
Now, imagine one of those people, but then assume they don't like any music that has gained any sort of recognition beyond themselves and people they know, even if that band was their favourite ever five minutes ago. Assume they refuse to wear clothes that are attached to any brand, and will openly shun anyone who is seen following any aspect at all of 'mainstream' culture. They shun anyone and anything that has any sort of following whatsoever. And they assume anything popular is evil.
That is a hipster. Key differences between indie people (like myself) and hipsters (like the people you see in record stores loudly denouncing the likes of Metric and The Smiths for 'selling out') include a tendency for hipsters to be arrogant, pretentious, ignorant assholes, while indie people will generally do what they want and like what they want to like regardless of it's popularity, thus resulting in a lovely unique and individual mix of styles and tastes per person.
In short, hipsters are a subset of indie people who are arrogant egotistical pricks who ironically follow their own scene while apparently trying to shun any actual type of 'scene', and refuse to realise the irony of such an approach.
Now, imagine one of those people, but then assume they don't like any music that has gained any sort of recognition beyond themselves and people they know, even if that band was their favourite ever five minutes ago. Assume they refuse to wear clothes that are attached to any brand, and will openly shun anyone who is seen following any aspect at all of 'mainstream' culture. They shun anyone and anything that has any sort of following whatsoever. And they assume anything popular is evil.
That is a hipster. Key differences between indie people (like myself) and hipsters (like the people you see in record stores loudly denouncing the likes of Metric and The Smiths for 'selling out') include a tendency for hipsters to be arrogant, pretentious, ignorant assholes, while indie people will generally do what they want and like what they want to like regardless of it's popularity, thus resulting in a lovely unique and individual mix of styles and tastes per person.
In short, hipsters are a subset of indie people who are arrogant egotistical pricks who ironically follow their own scene while apparently trying to shun any actual type of 'scene', and refuse to realise the irony of such an approach.
Uh, I dunno really. I know say I fall in with the hipster crowd because I listen to a lot of indie, folk, and 80s punk and have an Apple computer. I'm also a fan of Pitchfork and (now defunct - at least in print) Paste Magazine as sources to find new music. So there's that.
But I don't think I'm better than anyone because of my interests, and I don't turn on bands when they make it big (going major was a big deal in the 80s and beginning of the 90s, but not so much since '1992 or so really). So I'm not a hipster in attitude. And I dress just like some regular dude.
I don't really know. I'm not gonna pull a definition off of a site. Hipsters are trend-chasers in one way or another. So they look different depending on what year it is.
But I don't think I'm better than anyone because of my interests, and I don't turn on bands when they make it big (going major was a big deal in the 80s and beginning of the 90s, but not so much since '1992 or so really). So I'm not a hipster in attitude. And I dress just like some regular dude.
I don't really know. I'm not gonna pull a definition off of a site. Hipsters are trend-chasers in one way or another. So they look different depending on what year it is.
