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what does hipster maen to you?

GuzzoGuzzo 8,611 Posts
edited May 2005 in Off Topic (NRR)
???seriously some of y'all talkabout it like its the synonym for leper
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  • DelayDelay 4,530 Posts
    --------- This right hurr.


    Seriously, the people I've heard say, "why do you call people that?" or "I hate that word" are usually hipsters themselves. Beware young Guzzo, you tread on deadly ground.
  • ReynaldoReynaldo 6,054 Posts


    Since the late 1990s, the word hipster has been further appropriated by whites and re-adopted into usage to describe performers and devotees of indie rock, emo and related styles of music, and those who follow the associated fashions and tastes. Accessories of the modern hipster include Vespa scooters; Buddy Holly-style glasses; and clothing, patches and buttons bearing ironic messages.



    Hipsters often live in formerly unfashionable, often blighted neighborhoods in large cities; after wealthier middle-aged people (many of whom are former hipsters themselves) move into these areas and begin to gentrify them, hipsters often move on. As of this writing (October 2004), noted hipster districts include Williamsburg and Greenwich Village in New York, Wicker Park in Chicago, Baxter Avenue in Louisville, and Park La Brea and Silver Lake in Los Angeles.



    In the UK, this includes Hoxton in the Old East End of London who became the legendary Shoreditch Twats, satirised by Chris Morris in Nathan Barley, as well as the adjacent Bethnal Green. New Cross, around the Goldsmiths College area (also in London) is popular with hipsters, especially the local art-punk scene.



    Noted hipster districts in Australia include Fitzroy/Fitzroy North and Brunswick in Melbourne, Newtown and Darlinghurst in Sydney and Fortitude Valley in Brisbane. In Australia, hipsters are often referred to as "coolsies".

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster



  • GuzzoGuzzo 8,611 Posts
    Beware young Guzzo, you tread on deadly ground.



    that may be but I'm watching the soulstrut trend on this word and it seems "Hipster" has replaced "faggot" as the new low in insults. I'm just curious as to what people on this site interpret this term to mean
  • Mr. CasualMr. Casual 953 Posts
    In Australia, hipsters are often referred to as "COOLSIES"




    THAT IS FUCKING BRILLIANT
  • the3rdstreamthe3rdstream 1,980 Posts
    locally this crap
  • Sun_FortuneSun_Fortune 1,374 Posts
    I tink its a lot like porn -- you know it when you see it.
  • KARLITOKARLITO 991 Posts
    Hipsters probably make up at 25% of the population of this board. (you included Mr. extra-medium, absolutely no offense intendeed either)
  • GuzzoGuzzo 8,611 Posts
    Hipsters probably make up at 25% of the population of this board. (you included Mr. extra-medium, absolutely no offense intendeed either)



    none taken, I'm into art, film television music, and creative shit. I'm a also a skinny semite with shaggy hair which I guess qualifies me to fit the catagory. I don't see it as a bad thing...





    ...and I think 25% is a little too low an estimate for this board...I'd raise that by say...hmmm....74%
  • DelayDelay 4,530 Posts
    Hipsters probably make up at 25% of the population of this board. (you included Mr. extra-medium, absolutely no offense intendeed either)

    none taken, I'm into art, film television music, and creative shit. I'm a also a skinny semite with shaggy hair which I guess qualifies me to fit the catagory. I don't see it as a bad thing...


    ...and I think 25% is a little too low an estimate for this board...I'd raise that by say...hmmm....74%

    Well, since you have made the clear distiction, why'd you ask in the first place?
  • SoulhawkSoulhawk 3,197 Posts
    Hipsters probably make up 100% of the population of this board.

    like DJ Shadow? hipster.

    hate DJ Shadow? hipster.

    ad infinitum. etc.
  • KARLITOKARLITO 991 Posts
    ...and I think 25% is a little too low an estimate for this board...I'd raise that by say...hmmm....74%
    You are probably right.
  • GuzzoGuzzo 8,611 Posts
    Hipsters probably make up at 25% of the population of this board. (you included Mr. extra-medium, absolutely no offense intendeed either)

    none taken, I'm into art, film television music, and creative shit. I'm a also a skinny semite with shaggy hair which I guess qualifies me to fit the catagory. I don't see it as a bad thing...


    ...and I think 25% is a little too low an estimate for this board...I'd raise that by say...hmmm....74%

    Well, since you have made the clear distiction, why'd you ask in the first place?

    I wanna know what it means to you
  • BrianBrian 7,618 Posts
    most of the people on here are too old or too out of touch with anything popular to ever be considered hipsters. the only time you really see the word hipster here is when someone posts pictures and someone has to point out the hipsters in it.
  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    replace "old" with "square" and "out of touch" with "corny" and you've got it right on the money
  • KARLITOKARLITO 991 Posts
    most of the people on here are too old or too out of touch with anything popular to ever be considered hipsters.
    I think you are wrong here, isn't the median age on this bitch early 20's? Prime hipster age. And many of ya'll fit the bill at least to some extent.
  • BrianBrian 7,618 Posts
    i dont know, i would consider a good portion of hipsters pretty fucking corny
  • ReynaldoReynaldo 6,054 Posts
    isn't the median age on this bitch early 20's?
    ~28

  • GuzzoGuzzo 8,611 Posts
    i dont know, i would consider a good portion of hipsters pretty fucking corny

    please to define what hipster means maens to you
  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    i dont know, i would consider a good portion of hipsters pretty fucking corny

    hahaha true!

    Well, there's corny and then there's corny...
  • KARLITOKARLITO 991 Posts
    ~28
    really? "When was the last how old are you post?"
  • DjArcadianDjArcadian 3,633 Posts
    most of the people on here are too old or too out of touch with anything popular to ever be considered hipsters. the only time you really see the word hipster here is when someone posts pictures and someone has to point out the hipsters in it.

    True but it has more to do with being skinny, wearing used clothes that are way too tight or getting ironic tattoos. The damnest thing though is hipster chicks just do it for me.
  • BrianBrian 7,618 Posts
    i dont know, i would consider a good portion of hipsters pretty fucking corny

    please to define what hipster means maens to you
    (mostly) suburban white kids with no sense of identity and the need to latch onto the next "underground" trend.
  • GuzzoGuzzo 8,611 Posts
    The damnest thing though is hipster chicks just do it for me.

    SAY WORD!
  • GuzzoGuzzo 8,611 Posts
    i dont know, i would consider a good portion of hipsters pretty fucking corny

    please to define what hipster means maens to you
    (mostly) suburban white kids with no sense of identity and the need to latch onto the next "underground" trend.

    ok in that case we got 2 very different definiitons for the word
  • DelayDelay 4,530 Posts
    Symptoms include... White belts, Star Tatoos, Bird Haircuts, Trucker Hats (Although they've died down).
  • ReynaldoReynaldo 6,054 Posts
    ~28
    really? "When was the last how old are you post?"
    03/16/05. That average was based on 133 respondents, so interpret that how you will.
  • KARLITOKARLITO 991 Posts
    03/16/05. That average was based on 133 respondents, so interpret that how you will.
    inconclusive data.
  • Mr. CasualMr. Casual 953 Posts
    hipster chicks just do it for me


    CO-SIGN
  • DjArcadianDjArcadian 3,633 Posts
    Symptoms include... White belts, Star Tatoos, Bird Haircuts, Trucker Hats (Although they've died down).

    I don't see the white belts as much anymore. What happened to all those people that used to have those tribal wrist band tattoos. I used to see it EVERYWHERE!!! I haven't seen that on anyone for days. Did these people have them removed, covered up, or are they ashamed that they jumped onto the bandwagon.

    My biggest beef is the star tattoos. Doesn't anyone understand what the Sneetches are about?
  • ReynaldoReynaldo 6,054 Posts
    03/16/05. That average was based on 133 respondents, so interpret that how you will.
    inconclusive data.
    I'm inclined to agree, though it is the only thing (semi) concrete that we have to work with, other than raw intuition (which some would argue is superior to empirical evidence in the first place).
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