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If Oscar Wilde had lived in our time, he would be a /b/tard.

Actually, scratch that. He does, and goes by Jethro Q Walrustitty.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Nov 11th 2022 at 8:59:26 AM

Wicked223 from Death Star in the forest Since: Apr, 2009
#99226: Aug 30th 2011 at 2:54:20 PM

oh, here it is

Hipster" is a term co-opted for use as a meaningless pejorative in order to vaguely call someone else's authenticity into question and, by extension, claim authenticity for yourself.

It serves no conversational function and imparts no information, save for indicating the opinions and preferences of the speaker.

Meanwhile, a market myth has sprung up around the term, as well as a cultural bogeyman consisting of elusive white 20-somethings who wear certain clothes (but no one will agree on what), listen to certain music (no one can agree on this either), and act a certain way (you've probably sensed the pattern on your own).

You can't define what "that kind of behavior or fashion or lifestyle" actually is, nor will you ever be able to. That's because you don't use "hipster" to describe an actual group of people, but to describe a fictional stereotype that is an outlet for literally anything that annoys you.

The twist, of course, is that if it weren't for your own insecurities, nothing that a "hipster" could do or wear would ever affect you emotionally. But you are insecure about your own authenticity - "Do I wear what I wear because I want to? Do I listen to my music because I truly like it? I'm certainly not like those filthy hipsters!" - so you project those feelings.

Suffice it to say, no one self-identifies as a hipster; the term is always applied to an Other, to separate the authentic Us from the inauthentic, "ironic" Them.

You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!
lolacat Dead? You thought wrong from Vancouver Island Since: Mar, 2011
Dead? You thought wrong
#99227: Aug 30th 2011 at 3:00:40 PM

Has Michael Madsen ever played a good guy?

Seeing all these piss ant tropers trying to talk tough makes me laugh. If Matrix were here, he'd laugh too.
Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#99228: Aug 30th 2011 at 3:03:24 PM

I don't think I've heard honest yelling about hipsters much either, really

[1] This facsimile operated in part by synAC.
Wicked223 from Death Star in the forest Since: Apr, 2009
#99229: Aug 30th 2011 at 3:04:03 PM

Google "hipster traps".

You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!
Myrmidon The Ant King from In Antartica Since: Nov, 2009
The Ant King
#99230: Aug 30th 2011 at 3:06:33 PM

In Free Willy, he did.

Kill all math nerds
MilosStefanovic Decemberist from White City, Ruritania Since: Oct, 2010
Decemberist
#99231: Aug 30th 2011 at 3:07:56 PM

I know a guy that is so obviously a hipster that it makes eyes burn, yet he denies it.

The sin of silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.
Wicked223 from Death Star in the forest Since: Apr, 2009
#99232: Aug 30th 2011 at 3:08:42 PM

NO, DID YOU NOT READ THE COPYPASTA

You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!
MilosStefanovic Decemberist from White City, Ruritania Since: Oct, 2010
Decemberist
#99233: Aug 30th 2011 at 3:11:41 PM

Eeyup. Can't say that I agree, though.

The sin of silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.
Wicked223 from Death Star in the forest Since: Apr, 2009
#99234: Aug 30th 2011 at 3:12:30 PM

Okay then, can you pinpoint some set of qualities that make him a hipster? Do you actually know that he's just doing things or whatever?

You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!
MilosStefanovic Decemberist from White City, Ruritania Since: Oct, 2010
Decemberist
#99235: Aug 30th 2011 at 3:20:27 PM

Okay, first of all, I don't think that hipsterdom is a bad thing, though I like messing around with hipsters plainly For the Lulz. Second, hipsters do exist as a subculture, and there definitely are people who self-identify as hipsters.

The guy has everything that would make him a stereotypical hipster, though of a less pretentious variety - clothing style, appearance, opinions, attitude, interests. Thus, he is a hipster. The most probable reason that he, as well as many others, deny it is the general stigma against hipster culture.

edited 30th Aug '11 3:20:38 PM by MilosStefanovic

The sin of silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.
Wicked223 from Death Star in the forest Since: Apr, 2009
#99236: Aug 30th 2011 at 3:28:19 PM

and there definitely are people who self-identify as hipsters.

I'll believe it when I see it.

You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!
MilosStefanovic Decemberist from White City, Ruritania Since: Oct, 2010
Decemberist
#99237: Aug 30th 2011 at 3:30:14 PM

I know some. You'll have to take my word for it.

The sin of silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.
TheDeadMansLife Lover of masks. Since: Nov, 2009
Lover of masks.
#99238: Aug 30th 2011 at 3:36:42 PM

I define hipster as someone who does things because they think it makes em unique/better than others. It is also why it's a bitch to pin them down to things.

Please.
Tre could be worse from the front to the back, that's where I was at (Unlucky Thirteen) Relationship Status: Singularity
Wicked223 from Death Star in the forest Since: Apr, 2009
#99240: Aug 30th 2011 at 3:39:43 PM

I define hipster as someone who does things because they think it makes em unique/better than others.

This would include a far, far larger amount of people than what is traditionally associated with "hipsters".

You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!
Zennistrad from The Multiverse Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: I don't mind being locked in this eternal maze!
#99241: Aug 30th 2011 at 3:44:56 PM

To me, a hipster is someone who goes out of his/her way to be out of the "mainstream" crowd.

Justice4243 Writer of horse words from Portland, OR, USA Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: Brony
Writer of horse words
#99242: Aug 30th 2011 at 3:46:16 PM

The bad part about working from home is discovering you can do some tasks while holding a beer in one hand and working your mouse with the other.

The good part is that thing I just said.

edited 30th Aug '11 3:46:34 PM by Justice4243

Justice is a joy to the godly, but it terrifies evildoers.Proverbs21:15 FimFiction account.
Kraken Since: Jun, 2012
#99243: Aug 30th 2011 at 3:52:32 PM

I want to travel back in time to the age of hot jazz, pull a "hep-cat" from his native time, and throw him into twenty-first century New York just to see what happens.

In-other-words; must we really have this discussion?

Setanta Since: Jul, 2011
#99244: Aug 30th 2011 at 3:54:51 PM

The automatic message on my uncle's voicemail sounds exactly like Little Kuriboh's Seto Kaiba.

lolacat Dead? You thought wrong from Vancouver Island Since: Mar, 2011
Dead? You thought wrong
#99245: Aug 30th 2011 at 4:07:06 PM

Dear Master Of The House

Get out of my, head.

Sincerely, Carly.

Seeing all these piss ant tropers trying to talk tough makes me laugh. If Matrix were here, he'd laugh too.
Justice4243 Writer of horse words from Portland, OR, USA Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: Brony
Writer of horse words
#99246: Aug 30th 2011 at 4:09:23 PM

You clearly need Elaine Benes’s dad to yell at you.

Justice is a joy to the godly, but it terrifies evildoers.Proverbs21:15 FimFiction account.
lolacat Dead? You thought wrong from Vancouver Island Since: Mar, 2011
Dead? You thought wrong
#99247: Aug 30th 2011 at 4:14:13 PM

But he'll get it stuck in his head anyway and get mad at me.

Seeing all these piss ant tropers trying to talk tough makes me laugh. If Matrix were here, he'd laugh too.
RocketDude Since: May, 2009
#99248: Aug 30th 2011 at 4:34:08 PM

@Merlo: I read "Dodge City" and thought of a city filled with Dodge cars until I read the pothole.

TsundeRay HOORAY! from Santa Clara, California Since: May, 2009
HOORAY!
#99249: Aug 30th 2011 at 4:55:40 PM

Trying to cheer myself up with music and music games.

On sorta repeat: 'Connect' and 'secret base'.

http://twitter.com/raydere | http://raydere.tumblr.com
RocketDude Since: May, 2009
#99250: Aug 30th 2011 at 4:56:49 PM

Do you have Audiosurf?

Whoa:

edited 30th Aug '11 5:06:24 PM by RocketDude


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