Zaryi wrote:
Mns wrote:
Its the next development in the whole goth/emo/scene chain.
Not really
We're young, broke yuppies
See, this is where hipsters piss me off.
All of them say they are "broke" but most are not.
In fact, I personally know many hipsters who are anything but "broke" they are trust fund babies spending mommy and daddy's money on PBR while going to college to get their liberal arts degree. They wear extremely fashionable/expensive things (like Rayban sunglasses, Chuck Taylors, etc.) but then try to play it off like they are really poor. They have this sense of "irony" about them, like they are being so unique and "ironic" all the time because they wear expensive stuff, but still have this "i dress like shit because I'm pretending I'm poor."
Hipsters like to also think they are better than you in a variety of areas. Chief amongst these areas is music.
Have other people heard of the bands you like? Have the bands you like been on the radio? Sorry, they now suck and are sell outs.
Only bands that no one has ever heard of are awesome, according to hipsters. Hipsters also try to impress one another with the obscureness of the bands they listen to:
Hipster 1: "I love Modest Mouse"
Hipster 2: "Man, I liked Modest Mouse when they were cool...before they got too many fans and passed the sell-out threshold."
Hipster 1 *sips PBR*: "Okay, so what band do you like"
Hipster 2: "They are this really great band, no one has ever heard of them...they are called Dysfunctional Trunk Magnet. So awesome. I went to one of their concerts and only 5 people were there. It was amazing, for sure."
And so on. Here is a diagram of a Hipster:
Hipster central is generally considered to be Brooklyn, NY. However, there are huge pockets in all major cities...such as Chicago, LA, Seattle, San Francisco, and so on.
In review - what is a hipster?
1. Someone who thinks they are unique, but they are really just part of a trendy movement
2. Trust fund baby
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