so in trying to come up with a theme for this blog, blü and i had a long discussion about what makes a hipster not a hipster. mostly to make sure we're not hipsters ourselves, thus deeming this blog pretty hypocritical and lame. but partly to determine what it is about hipsters that makes them not hipsters, even though they think they're hipsters.
and the answer is: hipsters who think they're hipsters, are nonhipsters.
saying "i'm a hipster" or not cringing when someone else calls you a hipster, makes you a nonhipster.
hanging out with other people who say "i'm a hipster" makes you a nonhipster by proxy.
or, if someone were to ask you "are you a hipster?" and you answer, even in your mind and not out loud, "yes," then you're definitely not a hispter.
saying "hipsters like track bikes, like mine" implying that you are, indeed, a hipster yourself, makes you a nonhipster.
if you who dress like what you think hipsters dress like, but make an effort to do so, then you're a nonhipster.
the list is endless. and will therefore be added to as this blog gains momentum.
enjoy. and remember: you're not a hipster.
im already confused.
ReplyDeleteSo in essance there's no such think as a hipster. Interesting...
ReplyDeleteThis used to be the exact debate among goths and it was just as stupid then. You listen to hipster music and dress in all the hipster fashions- you are a hipster. It doesn't matter how aware you are of it or how much you deny it because we all know denying your hipsterdom is just you trying to be a hipper hipster, "no, this is natural. It's just me".
ReplyDeleteLooking back, as much as I denied the title of goth, I wore all black. I listened to the Cure and the Smiths, I sneered at other goths claiming they were trying too hard and obvious posers, I grew carnivorous plants. I was a goth and all those hipsters you're trying to convince are not actually hipsters? Are hipsters.
I'm actually doing a photography project on the trend right now so I've been exploring the "culture" lately and this is the opinion I've formed about it. Generally hipsters are less annoying then other subcultures other then the exceptions you'll have in every group of a certain size.
If you have a whole blog about hipsters, you're a star fucking hipster.
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