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I think I’m a hipster but I’m not sure…
-I buy tons of stuff from charity shops (it’s cheap)
-I wear skinny jeans (they look nice on my legs)
-I have a pink Star Wars t-shirt (I love Star Wars)
-I have a retro mobile phone (actually, it’s just that old)
-I have a Tumblr
-I like Doctor Who
What the fuck am I
October 31, 2012 @ 10:10 pm
I think being a hipster is starting to become sort of mainstream? But yeah, I think I am turning into one, too, a bit. I have lots of plaid shirts, and I listen to a bunch of really mellow or twinkly or low-fi or indie music, and I legitimately don’t know what’s going on in regular TV/pop music/movies a lot of the time because I’m in my school bubble. And if old things count, yeah, my phone is a brick, although I haven’t had it that long, it’s just an old type rather than a smart phone, and my ipod is so old it won’t run new apps. WHAT IS HAPPENING TO US?
November 1, 2012 @ 12:15 am
All I know is that everyone hates hipsters for reasons I can’t fathom! :( Oh, here’s the worst one: I geniunely like Nickelback and have no strong feelings either way about Crocs.
November 1, 2012 @ 1:45 am
I think people find hipsters annoying for one of two reasons: either they think they have no taste because they like things that are considered tacky, or they find them somewhat personally offensive because hipsters often take an ironic interest in things other people like sincerely. I went to a very hipsterish liberal arts college and majored in creative writing, so I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with the whole thing. Lately leaning more towards fondness, as I miss my undergrad school in all its ridiculousness. :P
November 1, 2012 @ 2:46 pm
either they think they have no taste because they like things that are considered tacky, or they find them somewhat personally offensive because hipsters often take an ironic interest in things other people like sincerely. I didn’t think of that! But mostly I hear people complaning about the way hipsters dress, which annoys me, people should find better things to do… I’m beginning to wonder if hipster-ism is less of a thing here in England? It’s actually not a word I hear too often in the Real World…
November 1, 2012 @ 11:40 pm
People don’t talk about hipsters in the UK? Then what do you call teenaged/university-aged people who wear vintage or deliberately anti-fashion outfits, have a weird mixture of high-brow and low-brow tastes, and are slightly annoying because they tend to be pretentious about things, especially music, retro things, coffee, beer, or their hobbies? Or is that not a big subculture?
November 2, 2012 @ 12:39 pm
Generally they’re sort of part of the ‘student’ subculture, I think. Like, if you showed the average person on the street a picture of someone dressed like that, they’d probably say “Oh, that’s a student.” (Possibly in a dismissive tone…) But yeah, it doesn’t seem to be such a thing here. I hardly ever see the word ‘hipster’ in papers or magazines…(Unless I’m reading the wrong ones…)
October 31, 2012 @ 11:41 pm
When I visited my family with my boyfriend, one of my brothers posted on twitter that his big sister was visiting and she’d brought a “pony-tailed hipster” with her. So I asked him why he thinks my boyfriend is a hipster, and he said that it’s because he has his hair in a pony-tail, nothing else, just that. So there you go: genuine definition from a genuine youth: having a pony-tail is what makes you a hipster. Do you have a pony-tail?
November 1, 2012 @ 12:18 am
Sometimes. :O I…er…we may be at the stage where the term’s lost all meaning? :p