Friday, November 21, 2008

Hipster?

For those of you who have ever wondered what a hipster is and whether you or someone you know might be a hipster, Urban Dictionary provides the following definition:
People in their teens to 20s who generally listen to indie rock, hang out in coffee shops, shop at the thrift store and talk about things like books, music, films and art.

The Hipster Handbook offers this definition:

One who possesses tastes, social attitudes, and opinions deemed cool by the cool. (Note: it is no longer recommended that one use the term "cool"; a Hipster would instead say "deck.") The Hipster walks among the masses in daily life but is not a part of them and shuns or reduces to kitsch anything held dear by the mainstream. A Hipster ideally possesses no more than 2% body fat.

For further reading, see the wiki article on hipsters (is there anything not in wikipedia?) available here.
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6 comments:

  1. Peter FNFN1:39 AM

    BAHAHA! you are ridiculous. by the way, i HATE blogs... they're SO mainstream

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  2. politicchic68:13 AM

    You are aware that I declared you a hipster a long time ago. And frankly
    I am concerned by this trend.

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  3. slipperyjim8:52 AM

    you forgot to mention that hipsters generally have no real job (working at Starbucks does not count), most of the time they live with their parents, it takes them until about 30 to get a simple associates degree, and they are always writing a screenplay....

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  4. Unknown9:14 AM

    Of course, how could I forget! By the way, I'm working on a screenplay that makes an Ironic twist on film noir, transporting the genre into the colonial era?

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  5. politicchic63:51 PM

    Screenplay you say? Could I be a hipster, too?

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  6. smithfieldman5:23 PM

    I am not a hipster, and I'm ok with that. As long as my hipster friends keep supplying good playlists to listen to.

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