Are you a Hipster?

[Deberg_1990]

First of all, what is a hipster? I keep seeing this term thrown around, but what is it exactly? Would you describe yourself or a friend as one?

What defines a hipster in your opinion?

[SNR]

Hipsters reject bald guys with goatees.

They are none of your concern.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by Pushead2

I have hipster-ish clothes and hang out at hipster bars in Williamsburg but I don't consider myself a hipster. I enjoy a good shave, haircut and smelling acceptable to society.

Of course you don't consider yourself a hipster, that would defeat being a hipster in the first place.

[okoye35chiefs]

A hipster is someone who is smart enough to talk about philosophy, music, politics, art, etc. with you all day long, but not smart enough to see how big of a tool s/he is.

The only sure fire way to tell if someone you're talking to is, in fact, a hipster is to ask them "are you a hipster?". If they respond no, and turn their casette player back on, you can be sure you're dealing with a hipster.

Person 1: I met this really smart girl with a goofy haircut, but I think she has asperger's.

Person 2: She's probably just a hipster.

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by MIAdragon

You carry a switchblade too?

A switchblade comb for my buzz cut.

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by loochy

Throw on some big black boots

When we get snow on the ground I will.

[kaplin42]

Originally Posted by Canofbier

You beat me to it, but for the benefit of everyone here, I'll post the entire insufferable entry. This is how hipsters see themselves, and why they are hated by almost everyone who isn't one.

Spoiler tags on the giant wall of text please.

[KCUnited]

PBR Tallboys - $6

[blaise]

I think saying you're a hipster means you're no longer hipster. A Hipster would have you believe he developed his look and style in vacuum.

[kaplin42]

As much as I dislike hipsters, I must admit, their queen is pretty nice

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by SNR

Hipsters reject bald guys with goatees.

They are none of your concern.

I think that is just women below 35.

[DaKCMan AP]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

First of all, what is a hipster? I keep seeing this term thrown around, but what is it exactly? Would you describe yourself or a friend as one?

What defines a hipster in your opinion?

Ask Zach.

[siberian khatru]

Originally Posted by okoye35chiefs

A hipster is someone who is smart enough to talk about philosophy, music, politics, art, etc. with you all day long, but not smart enough to see how big of a tool s/he is.

The only sure fire way to tell if someone you're talking to is, in fact, a hipster is to ask them "are you a hipster?". If they respond no, and turn their casette player back on, you can be sure you're dealing with a hipster.

Person 1: I met this really smart girl with a goofy haircut, but I think she has asperger's.

Person 2: She's probably just a hipster.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by DaKCMan AP

Ask Zach.

Zing

[ZepSinger]

"For example, the surge of jeans made to look old and worn (i.e. "distressed"), that have become prevalent at stores such as The Gap, American Eagle, Abercrombie and Fitch, and Hollister, were originally paraded by hipsters who shopped in thrift stores years before such clothing items were mass produced and sold to the mainstream consumer."

Oh yeah, hipsters are sooo original.

[wilas101]

Likewise, culturally-vapid sorority-type girls with fake blond hair, overly tanned skin, and "Britney Spears tube-tops" are not seen as attractive by cultured hipster males who instead see them as symbols of female insecurity, low self-esteem, and lack of cultural intelligence and independent thinking.

Guess I'm no hipster. I like blond, tanned, mostly naked dumb women with self-esteem issues.