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- DonutCrash, on 11/04/2009, -0/+39Just shows that today's hipsters don't have any big issues to rally around, they're in it for fashion only.
- meandnips, on 11/04/2009, -0/+36Today's hipsters are way too self consciously "hip" to be really cool.
- Rudymoman, on 11/04/2009, -0/+34We lost the message, kept the drugs.
- Nerfdude, on 11/04/2009, -0/+22funny how with all that ammo they can't come up with anything to do but pick up shirts at Goodwill and drink Pabst Blue Ribbon.
- SpeedSteamBoat, on 11/04/2009, -2/+21If some douchebag hipster ever tries to use the phrase "totally deck" in my presence, he or she will be getting drop kicked in the face.
That said, hipsters take a variety of styles from all manor of movements and trends in the past and combine them out of context into a ***** of supposedly ironic but ultimately meaningless "styles." They stand for nothing but their own insecurities and denial about their deep seeded desire to fit in.
It's pathetic. The very culmination of the vapid waste that is MTV pop culture. - Saehild, on 11/04/2009, -2/+16The hipsters I know act like they are the most genuine, open minded, imaginative people in the world. The truth couldn't be more the opposite.
If I meet one more trendy dude that claims he's a "nerd" because he played Mario Bros 3 once one more time... - milwaukeesbeast, on 11/04/2009, -5/+19Wow nice jump from 60s to 2010... ***** retarded article skipped out on the Mod movement (which never fully died off, just evolved) followed by beginings of extacy influenced early techno of the 80s which continued into the mid 90s (and still never really die off to this day. See: glass candy for today, cut copy for earlier, and similar artists for the transition between).
- Tyrghast, on 11/04/2009, -2/+15At least hippies had a cause. Modern hipsters aren't counter-culture, they're just an excuse to buy overpriced clothing and act like a douche.
- lazyslacker, on 11/04/2009, -0/+11Ok, so issues exist, but ask one of those skinny jean wearers if they know what darfur is and you'll probably get a blank stare.
- Bologner, on 11/04/2009, -1/+12No big issues?!?
The 2 costliest wars in our history (fiscally and without inflation), a revolving door government, civil rights for LGBT, human rights abuses in China, Tibet, Myanmar, Sudan and Darfur (among the dozens of others we don't even hear about), creation vs. evolution, abortion, health care, economic and foreign policy, etc. - evergrim, on 11/04/2009, -1/+12Modern hipsters are just fashion parade stuck up douchebags.
- sashapave, on 11/04/2009, -1/+12"Hipsters" from the 40s had style, and some sweet moves: http://imgur.com/ZdBXi.jpg
- Thistlejack, on 11/04/2009, -0/+10I think its because there's no draft.
- Nerfdude, on 11/04/2009, -2/+10i think their single speed bicycles with no brakes are cute.
- noyurawk, on 11/04/2009, -2/+10To be a real counter culture, you need the conservatives to blame you for all the ills of society because you're not obsessed with money, power structures and conformism. Until then, no counter culture cred for you.
- Bologner, on 11/04/2009, -5/+12This article also comes full circle in it's *****.
- fragomatik, on 11/04/2009, -0/+6No. He's just observant.
- kidgentry, on 11/04/2009, -4/+10Plaid-laden counterculture wannabes, those hipsters are. A mutant by-product of a valueless generation.
- soomprimal, on 11/04/2009, -2/+8I would not consider hipsters today to be counter culture, they are very much mainstream and vogue.
- StigNordas, on 11/04/2009, -0/+6A good exercise in hipster-ness is walking around Williamsburg (Brooklyn), you're out of place if you're not wearing your sister's jeans.
- Zera, on 11/04/2009, -0/+6"Vapid" never felt so at home like it does in the definition of hipster.
- WiretapStudios, on 11/04/2009, -0/+5http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAO4EVMlpwM
- fragomatik, on 11/04/2009, -0/+5Today's Hipsters are *nothing* like the 60's Hippies. They're *way* too materialistic and self-obsessed for one thing...
- edgarduck, on 11/04/2009, -0/+4That blog is too funny.
- pacman122, on 11/04/2009, -4/+8Replace "hipster" with "douchebag"
- sfriedlander, on 11/04/2009, -1/+5I agree that there is not one type of hipster today but there are multiple kinds. for instance: The Sneakerhead, The Goodwill Shopper, The High Fashion, The Fixie Rider, The Indie Guy, and The Enviromentalist.
sometimes these hipsters can take on multiple hipster roles. - m0llusk, on 11/04/2009, -4/+7Counter culture critics always seem to have the advantage of numbers, yet final victory remains beyond their grasp.
- lazyslacker, on 11/04/2009, -1/+4See some examples, go to latfh.com
- Bologner, on 11/04/2009, -0/+2Very very true.
- MalarkeyPN, on 11/04/2009, -1/+3To me it just seems pointless to compare the modern day "hipster" to the hippies and the Beats and the original hipsters. To start, no one claims to be a hipster, at least not in my experience. Has anyone here ever met a self-described "hipster"? If people don't self-identify as "hipsters," why pretend they are a social or political movement, why call them a group, like the hippies and the Beats?
To me, the word hipster always sounds like an insult. I've never heard anyone use the word hipster without intending it to be derogatory. It's a word you use on someone who wears clothes you don't like, in a manner you don't like. I also think it's pointless and redundant to mock hipsters, because the word hipster is itself a term of mockery. It's like saying "you know what's wrong with *****? they're total dicks!"
So people should stop trying to get all intellectual about what they think is wrong with hipsters. You can't critique a subculture that doesn't exist. - stripesonfire, on 11/04/2009, -0/+2single speed bikes have breaks...fixed gear bikes don't.
- dystra, on 11/04/2009, -0/+1steel is real
- wassim2k, on 11/04/2009, -2/+3"In a Huffington Post article entitled, “Who’s a Hipster?” Julia Plevin argues that the “definition of ‘hipster’ remains opaque to anyone outside this self-proclaiming, highly-selective circle.” She claims that the “whole point of hipsters is that they avoid labels and being labeled. However, they all dress the same and act the same and conform in their non-conformity to an “iconic carefully created sloppy vintage look.”"
Best description ever. - ryanonfire, on 11/04/2009, -2/+3http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5mLuPJ0S8Q
- ryanonfire, on 11/04/2009, -0/+1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_moia-oVI
- Barackalypse, on 11/04/2009, -6/+7Better question, how can we eradicate them once and for all?
- stripesonfire, on 11/04/2009, -0/+1i mock hipsters because they've created absolutely nothing and stand for absolutely nothing. their contribution is reusing tired fashion trends in an attempt at irony, a word they don't understand.
and they may not refer to themselves as hipsters aloud, but they are all ***** thinking it. - AmazingSteve, on 11/04/2009, -1/+2Said the Hipster...
- depro9, on 11/05/2009, -0/+1***** all yupsters
- AmazingSteve, on 11/04/2009, -1/+2We heard you the first time. Still doesn't matter.
- WiretapStudios, on 11/04/2009, -0/+1hahaha
- VAXcat, on 11/04/2009, -0/+1 Don't forget insipid and jejune.
- Nerfdude, on 11/05/2009, -0/+1oh, thanks. now i know what to call those technicolor ***** piles.
p.s. "brakes" - philkphilth, on 11/05/2009, -2/+1Didn't they mean to say douchesters?
- NJSlacker, on 11/04/2009, -6/+4I always knew they were just hippies in disguise.
- MalarkeyPN, on 11/04/2009, -3/+1To me it just seems pointless to compare the modern day "hipster" to the hippies and the Beats and the original hipsters. To start, no one claims to be a hipster, at least not in my experience. Has anyone here ever met a self-described "hipster"? If people don't self-identify as "hipsters," why pretend they are a social or political movement, why call them a group, like the hippies and the Beats?
To me, the word hipster always sounds like an insult. I've never heard anyone use the word hipster without intending it to be derogatory. It's a word you use on someone who wears clothes you don't like, in a manner you don't like. I also think it's pointless and redundant to mock hipsters, because the word hipster is itself a term of mockery. It's like saying "you know what's wrong with *****? they're total dicks!"
So stop trying to get all intellectual about what you think is wrong with hipsters. You can't critique a subculture that doesn't exist. - DHjin, on 11/04/2009, -5/+2the First rule of deck-club is you don't talk about deck-club.
the Second rule of deck-club is you only talk about deck-club ironically.
the Third rule of deck-club is don't call it PoMo unless your sure you have to explain PoMo.
the Last rule of deck club is you don't call it deck-club, it's so yesterday.
like silver's the new gold.
like pirates are the new ninjas.
like bikes are the new cars.
like polariods are the new digital.
like retro is the new minimal.
Hipsters, the dead end of western culture, spent googling their own kind to fit into the mould while being "original". looking for music from pitchfork to ironically describe their individuality. - satanismypal, on 11/04/2009, -5/+2many hippies were just in it for the drugs too. just because there's a cause behind a subculture doesn't necessarily mean all or most of its members really give a ***** about it. are we to assume that 40s hipsters, beatniks, and hippies didn't have their fair share of douchebags and wannabes?
also, the modern "hipster" movement that this article refers to is still very young(***** to compare it to well established counter cultures of history) and although there may be no apparent cause to it, there's no reason to believe one can't emerge. - MalarkeyPN, on 11/04/2009, -4/+1If it doesn't matter, why reply? Nothing better to do with your time? Say something worthwhile or go away.
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