just had to point out that flappers were in the '20s, not the '40s...

Calling himself a Maverick didn't help McCain. Calling themselves hipsters won't get these ass-vacuums any tail.

All aboard the douche-nozzle express!

Hipsters do not exist!

New york is now full of people copying this ideal of what a hipster was in the late 90's early 2000's.

williamsburg is now inhabited by rich people who pretend to be poor, button ups, and normal people who like the neighborhood.

come on people,

I AM SO BORED OF THIS CONVERSATION!

Ahh, at least Gavin McInnes notes it's his "bread and butter." Finally, he admits it's all commercial just like all this shit. Hipsters DON'T shop at thrift stores anymore, they shop at "vintage clothing" stores where they pay $40 for a 15 year old "Just Say No" t-shirt. Hipster is what happens when punk gets successfully watered down and mass marketed.

I really want to punch Gavin McInnes. Vice Magazine is worse than Hitler.

The D-bag on the roof is right. It's exactly the same thing as flappers. Or hippies. Or Beatniks. Or Goths. The era, the costumes, the music, and the activities aren't the point. It's trying desperately to conform to someone else's idea of nonconformity, and trying to latch onto some popular scene instead of creating a scene of your own.

There's nothing wrong with riding a fixie or playing kickball, or wearing chunky glasses and a v-neck t-shirt. But when you and a thousand other folks are all doing it, you've stopped thinking for yourself, and that's a hipster. Couple that with the attitude that you're somehow original in your trendiness, and you've got your classic hipster douchebag.

addendum:

"No words need come out of a hipster mouth for me to classify them as such. It is all about appearances."

Oh no, I disagree! People can surprise you.

If you are doing something because you want to look a certain way or you want people to think about you a certain way, then you are LAME.

If you do what you want and wear what you want and honestly don't care, you cool.

http://thehipstermustdie.com

The Children of The Doomed Generation

We are fucked.

I think the term "Hipster" describes a fashion style more than anything else. Anyone can ride bikes and play kickball, but if they aren't wearing the clothes and the sunglasses then they are just kids riding bikes and playing kickball.

No words need come out of a hipster mouth for me to classify them as such. It is all about appearances.

whitecastlerock: while I agree you lived in a simpler time which had its advantages and disadvantages there was still the same mindset. Reading random interviews with people like Thurston Moore he talks about buy abunch of "old man" clothes and wearing small suits because it was cool trying to emulate your grandfather.

Ive also read some interesting articles from the 50's where abunch of artists from the 20's and 30's bitch about the "new people" moving in and making rents expensive in the village. It really never ends.

however now the internet complicates everything.

ben nugent's voice is the worst thing to happen to sound.

Hah!

Someone please let Ben know that one can breathe mid-sentence. I fear he may pass out if he ever attempts more than ten words in a row.

Trust fund babies is what they are!

I lived in this area in the 80s. It was cheap and close to Manhattan. The L train ran sporadically. At least you could hit the Lower East Side, have some cheap drinks and go back to the tranquility of the neighborhood. Now they have a "scene" in this area. Good for them. While I think what they do is very retro, they are trying to have some fun. The only problem I have is that with the age of the internet, it seems so forced, trite and repetitive. Everyone poses a lot more, a uniform approach to being quasi radical while having your parents pay some of your rent. This approach to a lifestyle is oxymoronic, you will shop in thrift stores, not shave, drink cheap beer, but live in an incredibly overpriced area. I don't think they are hip at all, rather they are attempting to recreate a scene or time that doesn't exist anymore. I am grateful I grew up when I did. It seemed much simpler.

What a waste of time this was! and yeah that nerd's voice pisses me off!

Can we stop arguing about what a hipster is so we can ride our fixies to the park for some kickball?

I subscribe to this very portable definition:

Hipster(n.): anyone around my own age who is not yet in the know about how awesome my friends and I are.

About 6 years ago I was working in a bar in DC and I called one of the guys I worked with a scenester he got all pissy and said "no, were called hipsters"

What a fuckn tool bag.

hipsters are a non-issue at this point. it was a culture built on excess, apathy, and the collective selfishness/bratty-ness of bored teenagers/young adults who were already well-off to begin with.

well, it's getting harder and harder to live in excess these days, and (i hope to god) harder for people to just not give a shit about anything. whatever was left of this youth movement will be out the door soon, and we can make way for something actually worth all of this attention.