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MrBlu:

--- Quote from: Inlander on 18 Feb 2009, 03:34 ---
--- Quote from: David_Dovey on 18 Feb 2009, 00:36 ---I wear flannel, ironic t-shirts, tight jeans, expensive and impractical sneakers, black-rimmed glasses.

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Check -

No, no, no, no, no.

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I don't know what flannel is, but I wear plaid shorts. Tight pants... NO. Expensive sneakers? I'm black, it's in my genes to be a sneaker freaker. Gross, glasses.

MrBlu:
I lied. I'm a Lupe Fiasco wannabe. I want glasses.

Chesire Cat:

--- Quote from: Danny Clash on 19 Feb 2009, 09:01 ---Comic

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I loled, fucking funny stuff

est:

--- Quote from: Inlander on 18 Feb 2009, 14:30 ---Anyway, we've been over this. The term "hipster" is passe.

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Is this another case of people disliking something because it's gone mainstream?   :-D

As I said earlier with the SYTYCD reference, what was in the past the hipster thing is basically what popular people are doing now that indie type biz has gone mainstream too.  What I see as the defining characteristic of the 80s-to-now hipsterdom (ie: not the original 40s hipster) is the appropriation of past styles/cliches to build a unique style via pastiche without much/any knowledge of or respect for the original article (or a feigned/transitory respect, where necessary).

I say it's mainstream now because it used to be all the indie/alt cool kids were doing this, now it's more like all the cool kids fullstop.  Could be due to the indie/alt subculture moving more toward the mainstream or it could be just a case of it reaching enough of a critical mass that the mainstream cool kids saw it done enough that it sunk through their thick skulls as something that was trendy enough to emulate.  All I know is that a while ago I'd go out and see hipster-type kids at indie/underground clubs and the dolled-up kids at mainstream techno/dance nights.  Nowdays the lines are more blurred, wherever I go.  This may also be due to indie things having greater mainstream crossover appeal these days, leading to more cross-pollenation of ideas between groups.  Here in Sydney if you put a bunch of electro dudes next to a bunch of indie rock dudes they'll probably either be the same dudes cut & pasted because both groups like both styles or at the very least they'll look pretty similar.

Scandanavian War Machine:
the question we need to ask ourselves is this: does any of this really deserve this much thought?


honestly, i couldn't have even begun to tell you what a hipster was until about a year ago, and then only from this forum. maybe it's because i live in the woods, maybe it's because i actively ignore popular culture everything outside my zip code for the most part; i don't know, i'm not a doctor.

the point is don't be so caught up in what everyone else is doing or what people call you or what you're supposed to call other people. it's really not important. just do, wear, and listen to whatever you want and try to be as happy as possible.

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