Hipster
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Someone who listens to bands youve never heard of, wears ironic tee-shirts, and believes they are better than you.
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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 youre 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 youre dealing with a hipster.
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The term hipster is cross-applied from the 1930s Beatniks. The modern hipster is a composite of individuals with a certain bohemian life situation and lifestyle. He or she rejects mainstream culture and embraces and contributes to independent culture, and prides him/herself on this. The modern hipster image has been proliferated through the internet, publications such as Vice Magazine, and sightings in the music, fashion, and art world. The image of the hipster is constantly changing, but several aspects have stayed constant over time. Lives in a young, artsy neighborhood of a major city such as Wicker Park in Chicago, Greenwich Village in Manhattan, or Williamsburg in Brooklyn. Usually has some degree of monetary conformability, although sometimes only because of their parents, due to cost of living in these areas. Works (or wants to work) in music, art, or fashion. Has elitist music taste and listens to nu-rave (i.e. The Klaxons, Cut Copy, Hercules and Love Affair), minimalist techno, independent rap (i.e. Spank Rock, Talib Kweli, Aesop Rock), nerdcore (i.e. YT Cracker, MC Lars, MC Chris), Elephant 6 (i.e. of Montreal, Neutral Milk Hotel, Apples in Stereo), garage rock, and punk rock in addition to all manners of independent rock. Favorite band is very likely Bright Eyes, The Arcade Fire, The Arctic Monkeys, The Libertines, The Strokes, or something of that nature. Also watches independent and foreign films and reads independent books, magazines, and periodicals. Is a fan of modern art and may also be an amateur artist. Dresses in a progressive but retro fashion that is often changing. Popular items include leggings, mini-skirts, leg warmers, 60s dresses, headbands, chunky jewelry, and large shirts and sweaters for girls and skinny suits and ties, tight jeans and cords, t-shirts with ironic sayings and images, cardigans, plaid and buffalo check shirts, colorful hoodies, and tight windbreakers for guys. Both genders frequently wear dirty Vans and Converses, flamboyant Nikes, large plastic frame glasses, and neon wayfarer sunglasses and are sometimes pierced and tattooed. Shops at Urban Outfitters, American Apparel, and thrift stores. Likes to hang out at fashionable coffee shops, indie rock shows, and hipster dance clubs. Does food shopping at stores like Whole Foods and is often vegan or vegetarian. Eats chic ethnic food and prefers organic and Fair Trade fruits and vegetables. Favorite beer is Pabst Blue Ribbon. Takes up many causes and is often socially minded. Enjoys irony in all facets of life, from fashion (wears mismatching outfits and unpopular vintage clothing often emblazoned with ironic sayings) to sports (plays in dodgeball tournaments at McCarren Park Pool). May ride a fixed-gear bicycle or a hybrid car. Networks through Myspace, Facebook, and/or Twitter. Usually rejects the term hipster and argues if called one.
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Referring to young people of around 18-30 years of age, who drink cheap beer (most often Pabst Blue Ribbon, on occasion Budwiser), smoke Parliaments, Lucky Strikes or hard to obtain foreign cigarettes (such as Gauloises) and take recreational drugs, coke being the most popular. Use a great deal of sarcasm, claim to be ironic. Are usually less than 5% body fat, drink copious amounts of coffee and eat childrens cereal. Listen to Indie Rock, rely heavily on Pitchfork Media to tell them whats cool. Dont dance at concerts. Wear a mixture of thrifted clothing and items bought at American Apparel (commonly Tri-blend v-necks) and Urban Outfitters. Extremely tight jeans worn by both sexes, pairing these with either a band or b-movie t shirt and a plaid shirt/v-neck and a cardigan along with Nike hi-tops/Vans/Keds. Females often wear retro style dresses and racerback tank tops without bras. Eschew public transport and instead choose to ride fixed-break bikes. Often claim to know about literature and film - will have googled a good deal of Vonnegut and French New Wave cinema.
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An unwashed and ungroomed person who hates corporations and everything mainstream, yet still buys Apple products.
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Aged [indie] kids, Hipsters still maintain the air of [snobbery], still shop at [salvation army], and still have a completely astonishing array of knowledge when it comes to [obscure music], [pop-culture non-sequiturs], and [political sneers]. Absolutely a blast to be friends with, hell to be enemies of, hipsters are the most [bi-polar] of all the [stereotypes] when it comes to how they treat you. Can be recognized by books like The [Clockwork Orange], [Everything is Illuminated], or [obscure] [philosophy] books, by authors akin to [Dostoevsky].
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Huge believer in evolution, whose enemy is those unenlightened conformists who follow their evolutionary desires in choosing sexual partners.
Though early women evolved to prefer muscular, athletic, confident, secure men, hipsters are convinced that men who try to achieve these characteristics and their female admirers are doing so because they lack the intellectual capacity to realize that pale, sickly men with a smug attitude make the best partners. -
Aged [indie] kids, Hipsters still maintain the air of [snobbery], still shop at [salvation army], and still have a completely astonishing array of knowledge when it comes to [obscure music], [pop-culture non-sequiturs], and [political sneers]. Absolutely a blast to be friends with, hell to be enemies of, hipsters are the most [bi-polar] of all the [stereotypes] when it comes to how they treat you. Can be recognized by books like The [Clockwork Orange], [Everything is Illuminated], or [obscure] [philosophy] books, by authors akin to [Dostoevsky].
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Aged [indie] kids, Hipsters still maintain the air of [snobbery], still shop at [salvation army], and still have a completely astonishing array of knowledge when it comes to [obscure music], [pop-culture non-sequiturs], and [political sneers]. Absolutely a blast to be friends with, hell to be enemies of, hipsters are the most [bi-polar] of all the [stereotypes] when it comes to how they treat you. Can be recognized by books like The [Clockwork Orange], [Everything is Illuminated], or [obscure] [philosophy] books, by authors akin to [Dostoevsky].
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someone who is very influenced by the most recent ideas and fashions
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