When/Why Did It Become Cool To Be A Hipster?

@soulfulsoul said:

They wear ridiculous clothes just to look silly or unique, listen to music just because it is popular and new, and have horrific attitudes that are incredibly selfish

Real hipsters aren't selfish, it's quite the opposite as most of them are socialists and environmentalists. They are smart, politically aware people embracing the altermondialist movement. To me, this is more important than the artistic aspect of the trend, but that might be a local peculiarity (Montreal area, plenty hipsters around here). The goal is to be live in a more authentic manner, free more neo-liberal shit culture and conservative social norms. I'm a sociology major, therefore I'm supposed to know what I'm talking about (ha, not).

To answer your question, it became cool to be a hipster when ... I don't know, when the world realized intellectuals are much more interesting people than protein shake meatheads. That moment occurred when the hipster-dominated internet culture infiltrated pop culture I believe. That is a personal theory, but the result is the same nevertheless : people copy the general look and attitude, both sold in incredibly overpriced ''indie'' stores (Urban Outfitters, I'm looking at you). Problem is, you can't buy or imitate the deeper philosophy, which is wishing for a better world and not just despising the one we live in. There comes your bunch of idiotic sheepy posers.

Now if some of you were wondering, I have a lot of hipster friends, and while I think the dress code is ridiculous, I agree to their ideas. For the love of god, it's supposed to mock fashion, not to be fashionable.

I was into this topic before it was posted. *adjusts black frame glasses*

@soulfulsoul said:

When Nickelback released a follow up album

I used to be a hipster before it became mainstream, now that's it's popular I am no longer a hipster.

@ThatFrood said:

Is there a more bruised and beaten punching bag than hipsters? I'm getting tired of hearing that word trotted out everywhere.

Emo? Honestly just another music fashion trend that will be dead in a few years.

I genuinely believe stereotypes like that NEVER apply in real life, since people are too nuanced and complex to be boiled down like that. My life-long interests in film, photography, music, games and fashion are suddenly "hip" and now people have tried to label me as a fad-chasing hipster. They imply my love of bad films, vinyl and NES games are for ironic purposes which is plain insulting. I have genuine love for anything I'm into.

If you talk to enough "hipsters" you'll find that they are just normal people with normal lives who might wear horn-rimmed glasses.

At the end of the day, hipsters now are what grunge dudes were 20 years ago, a rejection of the mainstream. While I'm not closed-minded and stupid enough to avoid all mainstream media, it's true that a lot of it lacks merit or value to me. Whether that makes me a hipster or not seems irrelevant because I can only like what appeals to me.

I was only a hipster before it was cool.

Live and let live

It's funny how closed minded a lot of people sound when talking about hipsters just because people think they're snobs. It's like judging someone who's into punk for having spiked hair or a studded jacket. If someone is a pretentious snob, then don't hang around assholes like that, don't hate on people for liking certain things. To each their own.

I like that people sort of pretend that the word hipster is a recent invention and that it applies to one certain group of people. It's such an old (80 years old) generic term that's so over used that it's lost all meaning. A hipster is whatever you want it to be, but almost always used as a derogatory word for some group you don't like. Nobody can even agree on what one is.

@Socialone said:

@soulfulsoul said:

They wear ridiculous clothes just to look silly or unique, listen to music just because it is popular and new, and have horrific attitudes that are incredibly selfish

Real hipsters aren't selfish, it's quite the opposite as most of them are socialists and environmentalists. They are smart, politically aware people embracing the altermondialist movement. To me, this is more important than the artistic aspect of the trend, but that might be a local peculiarity (Montreal area, plenty hipsters around here). The goal is to be live in a more authentic manner, free more neo-liberal shit culture and conservative social norms. I'm a sociology major, therefore I'm supposed to know what I'm talking about (ha, not).

To answer your question, it became cool to be a hipster when ... I don't know, when the world realized intellectuals are much more interesting people than protein shake meatheads. That moment occurred when the hipster-dominated internet culture infiltrated pop culture I believe. That is a personal theory, but the result is the same nevertheless : people copy the general look and attitude, both sold in incredibly overpriced ''indie'' stores (Urban Outfitters, I'm looking at you). Problem is, you can't buy or imitate the deeper philosophy, which is wishing for a better world and not just despising the one we live in. There comes your bunch of idiotic sheepy posers.

Now if some of you were wondering, I have a lot of hipster friends, and while I think the dress code is ridiculous, I agree to their ideas. For the love of god, it's supposed to mock fashion, not to be fashionable.

Ughhh...God. All of these things you said irritate me. Not 'you'. I don't know if you irritate me or not. But all the 'socialist', 'environmentalists', 'politically aware', etc. Those are like nails on a chalk board to me.

@MikkaQ said:

They imply my love of bad films, vinyl and NES games are for ironic purposes which is plain insulting.

Isn't liking a bad film inherently ironic? Or are they insisting that you're ironically liking these things ironically?

In my group of friends, hipsters and any other people we don't like are grouped under one umbrella term that I unfortunately can no longer use on this website.

@JasonR86 said:

@Socialone said:

@soulfulsoul said:

They wear ridiculous clothes just to look silly or unique, listen to music just because it is popular and new, and have horrific attitudes that are incredibly selfish

Real hipsters aren't selfish, it's quite the opposite as most of them are socialists and environmentalists. They are smart, politically aware people embracing the altermondialist movement. To me, this is more important than the artistic aspect of the trend, but that might be a local peculiarity (Montreal area, plenty hipsters around here). The goal is to be live in a more authentic manner, free more neo-liberal shit culture and conservative social norms. I'm a sociology major, therefore I'm supposed to know what I'm talking about (ha, not).

To answer your question, it became cool to be a hipster when ... I don't know, when the world realized intellectuals are much more interesting people than protein shake meatheads. That moment occurred when the hipster-dominated internet culture infiltrated pop culture I believe. That is a personal theory, but the result is the same nevertheless : people copy the general look and attitude, both sold in incredibly overpriced ''indie'' stores (Urban Outfitters, I'm looking at you). Problem is, you can't buy or imitate the deeper philosophy, which is wishing for a better world and not just despising the one we live in. There comes your bunch of idiotic sheepy posers.

Now if some of you were wondering, I have a lot of hipster friends, and while I think the dress code is ridiculous, I agree to their ideas. For the love of god, it's supposed to mock fashion, not to be fashionable.

Ughhh...God. All of these things you said irritate me. Not 'you'. I don't know if you irritate me or not. But all the 'socialist', 'environmentalists', 'politically aware', etc. Those are like nails on a chalk board to me.

Mind if I ask you why? Is it solely because they possess such controversial views or because they can't talk about anything else and feel oh so superior about it? The latter is quite excusable, but the first hypothesis intrigues me.

I also realized my first post contained many grammatical error, my apologies.

The big problem is their ironic facial hair and stupid hats. Outside of that, they're normally pretty nice, interesting people.

you and i must have a different understanding of what is "cool".

After the all emo phase passed now we're in hipster territory. I hope steam punk is next.

wow i really like those broad strokes everyone is painting with in here.

This thread is too mainstream for me.

June 8th 2004

@Video_Game_King said:

@MikkaQ said:

They imply my love of bad films, vinyl and NES games are for ironic purposes which is plain insulting.

Isn't liking a bad film inherently ironic? Or are they insisting that you're ironically liking these things ironically?

Fuck, I don't know anymore, the term "irony" is so abused these days that it's lost most of it's meaning to me. But I find a certain charm and craftsmanship to otherwise bad low budget movies that I don't find in others, and I appreciate them in earnest.

I don't watch those movies so I can go to my friends and brag about my taste in unknown films, if anything it's a guilty pleasure that I don't bring up much.

The only thing that really bothers me about hipster culture is that they ruined square black frames for the rest of us. :P

Edit: And yeah, there are some perfectly likable hipsters out there. The stereotype isn't always accurate.

Do Hipsters really exist?

@MikkaQ:

So you genuinely like these films ironically?.....What the fuck am I even saying anymore?

I'm fine with "hipsters". Despite how self righteous some are, they do tend to have pretty interesting taste in entertainment.

@Video_Game_King said:

@MikkaQ:

So you genuinely like these films ironically?.....What the fuck am I even saying anymore?

I know right?!

Culture is a total clusterfuck right now and analyzing it is becoming increasingly futile.

@MikkaQ:

I'm still of my belief a few pages earlier that modern culture is entrenched in some bastardized cynicism. Or maybe it's just me perceiving things that aren't really there.

@Socialone said:

@JasonR86 said:

@Socialone said:

@soulfulsoul said:

They wear ridiculous clothes just to look silly or unique, listen to music just because it is popular and new, and have horrific attitudes that are incredibly selfish

Real hipsters aren't selfish, it's quite the opposite as most of them are socialists and environmentalists. They are smart, politically aware people embracing the altermondialist movement. To me, this is more important than the artistic aspect of the trend, but that might be a local peculiarity (Montreal area, plenty hipsters around here). The goal is to be live in a more authentic manner, free more neo-liberal shit culture and conservative social norms. I'm a sociology major, therefore I'm supposed to know what I'm talking about (ha, not).

To answer your question, it became cool to be a hipster when ... I don't know, when the world realized intellectuals are much more interesting people than protein shake meatheads. That moment occurred when the hipster-dominated internet culture infiltrated pop culture I believe. That is a personal theory, but the result is the same nevertheless : people copy the general look and attitude, both sold in incredibly overpriced ''indie'' stores (Urban Outfitters, I'm looking at you). Problem is, you can't buy or imitate the deeper philosophy, which is wishing for a better world and not just despising the one we live in. There comes your bunch of idiotic sheepy posers.

Now if some of you were wondering, I have a lot of hipster friends, and while I think the dress code is ridiculous, I agree to their ideas. For the love of god, it's supposed to mock fashion, not to be fashionable.

Ughhh...God. All of these things you said irritate me. Not 'you'. I don't know if you irritate me or not. But all the 'socialist', 'environmentalists', 'politically aware', etc. Those are like nails on a chalk board to me.

Mind if I ask you why? Is it solely because they possess such controversial views or because they can't talk about anything else and feel oh so superior about it? The latter is quite excusable, but the first hypothesis intrigues me.

I also realized my first post contained many grammatical error, my apologies.

I live in Washington state. We have a lot of people who define themselves as hipsters. I don't care if they do this. But the people here aren't content with just defining themselves and living their own lives (which I'm completely fine with). They feel it necessary to butt in on everyone else's life so that everyone is as "unique" as they are. And they all use the same verbiage you used in the post I initially responded to. So I guess I'm hypersensitive to that verbiage. I don't care if people live their lives how they want to. In fact, I'm happy for them. Just stay the fuck out of mine.

@Video_Game_King said:

@MikkaQ:

I'm still of my belief a few pages earlier that modern culture is entrenched in some bastardized cynicism. Or maybe it's just me perceiving things that aren't really there.

It is. And it's drenched in large helpings of ignorance. So many hipsters don't even know what it is that they're mocking.

isn't the joke about hipsters that they always say: "I was into _____ before it was cool" ? so doesn't that mean they are perpetually locked in a state of premature coolness?

Christ, guys, I just remembered: there were hipsters in the 1940s. You know what that means: there were people being hipsters before it was cool to be a hipster. Does that mean I've destroyed the hipster culture in an explosion of meta?

cuz as i have learned , nobody likes a dirty hippie

Bah, It's the "try hards" that are to be shunned and they exists in all social ideologies.

Hipsters and bronies(or any mlp fan) are in the top 5 of who I hate list.

Why did it become so cool to hate on Hipsters?

@LaserLambert said:

isn't the joke about hipsters that they always say: "I was into _____ before it was cool" ? so doesn't that mean they are perpetually locked in a state of premature coolness?

Premature coolness.

I like that.

ive known hippsters but its not like they are forming the clique it just happens.

they wana be different but in the end they all become the same kinda funny actually

@Giantstalker said:

I find it very hard to associate with hipsters, but they've never caused me problems of any kind.

To be honest I barely know what a hipster even is, for how often the word gets thrown around these days. I suppose I don't even really care.

i think its along the lines of someone likeing something new or off beat because they think its cool to do not because they actually enjoy said thing

When was being a hipster cool, did I miss a memo or something.

@Video_Game_King said:

Christ, guys, I just remembered: there were hipsters in the 1940s. You know what that means: there were people being hipsters before it was cool to be a hipster. Does that mean I've destroyed the hipster culture in an explosion of meta?

Hipsters from the 1940's and this new breed are fundamentally different. Why this new generation took on the name, who knows. Maybe they are unoriginal, or maybe they took the name for irony since the old Hipsters were ahead of their time.

Whenever I think about hipsterdom, I go back to this article. It makes me laugh a whole lot.

Story of my life, bro.

Seriously, though. I don't think being hostile towards any particular group will get us anywhere in this world. Different people have different tastes. They also have different concepts about what it means to be "cool." Many of the complaints I've read in this topic deal with hipsters being snobbish and condescending. Not all "hipsters" are this way, nor are these attributes exclusive to any one group. You're going to find dicks among all of society's "cliques." The nerdiest of nerds (you know, like all of us!) can posses these traits. Be careful when you generalize a group based on a few bad apples.

Here's the thing: there's no such hint as hipsters. What there is, is trends and people who follow them. Everyone lashing out at hipsters? Before that it was scene kids and before that it was emo kids, before that it was goth and before that it was grunge kids. It's just people trying to be cool and people hating people trying to be cool because by think it makes them cool. Same as always

@ReyGitano:

I like my idea of time-travelling ultra hipsters better.

@Video_Game_King: Meanwhile, in the future:

@Hipster_King said:

I lived on the moon before it was cool.

@BoG:

When exactly did it become cool to live on the Moon? I wasn't even aware that it was placed on that scale. Also, I imagine somebody's gonna go out and create that account for that explicit purpose.

@Video_Game_King said:

@BoG:

When exactly did it become cool to live on the Moon? I wasn't even aware that it was placed on that scale. Also, I imagine somebody's gonna go out and create that account for that explicit purpose.

It's from the future, when it will be cool to live on the moon.

@BoG:

Is this hipster talking to me? If so, he is nonsensical; if not, he is implying some sort of immigration to my Kingdom, and I doubt that will happen for quite some time. Star Ocean Law and such.

@Video_Game_King: It's the future.