Hipsters

So someone's jumping on the bandwagon of slagging hipsters because hipsters have committed the cardinal sin of jumping on a bandwagon.

Irony milkshake anyone?

Only if it's soya

aka captialism

People see shit in magazines, in films & telly adverts.

They see all their favorite popstars wearing these garmz.

Then the racks of Topman is full of it.

So these dudes go buy this stuff and put it on.

No need to judge or be alarmed its a pretty common phenomenon.

Let's go downtown and watch the modern kids
Let's go downtown and talk to the modern kids
They will eat right out of your hand
Using great big words that they don't understand

They seem wild but they are so tame
They seem wild but they are so tame
They're moving towards you with their colors all the same
They want to own you but they don't know what game they're playing

How do the hipster haters define a hipster anyhoo? For example, I've ridden a bike at least weekly from about the age of 6 and averaged prob 5X/wk for the last 20 yrs on all manner of velos. I'm not a messenger, I've never been a competitive cyclist nor ridden with a club until recently. I was attracted to fixed/ss riding primarily after an excursion to our fine capital a couple of yrs ago and noted as soon as I disembarked at kings X that every other cyclist was riding one, which made me think 'yeah I'm gonna get into that cos it looks like fun'. Am I a hipster in the rule book of 'what is a hipster'? Is there a certain criteria that hipsters must fulfill in order to be one? Pls enighten me. Thanks

you only got a fixie a few years ago? you can't be a hipster ;)

sriously though, is this you?

geek glasses + checked shirts + double denim + film camera + low cuts t-shirts + purple leggings + shaved sides of head + ironic 'tach + ihpone + hisptermatic + [strike]boat shoes/espadrilles[/strike] hiking boots + [strike]fixie[/strike]vintage road bike + seen hanging around postcards starting with E waving mummies cheque book at estate agents

Found myself in a strange town
Though I've only been here for three weeks now
I've got blisters on my feet
Trying find a friend in Oxford Street

I bought an A to Z guide book
Trying to find the clubs and YMCAs
But when you ask in a strange town
They say don't know, don't care
And I've got to go, mate

They worry themselves about feeling low
They worry themselves about the dreadful snow
They all ignore me 'cause they don't know
I'm really a spaceman from those UFOs

You've got to move in a straight line
You've got to walk and talk in four four time
You can't be weird in a strange town
You'll be betrayed by your accent and manners

You've got to wear the right clothes
Be careful not to pick or scratch your nose
You can't be nice in a strange town
'Cause we don't know, don't care
And we got to go, man

geek glasses + checked shirts + double denim + film camera + low cuts t-shirts + purple leggings + shaved sides of head + ironic 'tach + ihpone + hisptermatic + [strike]boat shoes/espadrilles[/strike] hiking boots + [strike]fixie[/strike]vintage road bike + seen hanging around postcards starting with E waving mummies cheque book at estate agents

You mean like this?

David Beckham is a total dude. I model myself on him; I am the black, female version of him.

I very nearly bought some Vans shoes yesterday, in the style of hiking boots. They are called the Vans 'Hiker'. They looked too much like hiking boots on my feet, so I didn't buy them.

Double denim FTW

Yeah, hipsters are awful, you are right, you are the only person in the entire world to be really unique and have a mind of your own...

What exactly is double denim? Denim shirt plus jeans or a pair of jeans made from err, two pieces of denim.....no mebbe not lol

nope, not skinny enough, sportswear fail, flip flop fail (that's yah fashion), beanie hat fail, empty frames + sunglasses fail.

he has got the tats though, forgot about that!

You mean like this?

normally demin jacket + jeans, ideally in different colours. but demin shirt plus jeans would count too. typical hipster attire = black skinny jeans + faded denim jacket, or vice versa

What exactly is double denim? Denim shirt plus jeans or a pair of jeans made from err, two pieces of denim.....no mebbe not lol

its pretty simple... for hipsters it is about 1 thing.

This is why you can never have a decent conversation with em about anything they are supposedly into, it just turns into a barrage of name dropping to see who can name the most obscure tenuous link to whatever subject you're talking about. Makes me wanna stick duct tape on their gay little tashes.

this is true, though not entirely the one thing is kittens.

is it? am I that behind the trend curve?!

who's off to say that hippies, mods and punks and rockers were all hipsters too?

nope, not skinny enough,

So potentially Jarvis Cocker would make a 'good' hipster (if there is such a thing). Yes?

Yeah you need a kitten in your top pocket to hand you your cafe cremes, looks like you're gonna be turned aware form dalston superstore this weekend.

who's off to say that hippies, mods and punks and rockers were all hipsters too?

They were... although not a whorish as the modern ones. They stuck by their music and fashion, these days its very fickle.

Not sure how i acquired such an understanding.

If you find yourself regularly explaining why you aren't a hipster, than you probably are one.

who cares?
Just move to South/West London if you're that sick of em.

If you find yourself regularly explaining why you aren't a hipster, than you probably are one.

I can't grow a moustache, i actually have lens in my glasses, i wear socks.

so wait a second -
by certain people's definitions of a hipster on here, anyone who is fashionable becomes a loathsome 'hipster'? that's a bit much, no?
in any case, i don't think there's anything wrong with being fashionable if you're a decent person - who the hell cares what someone wears? it's when people are assholes, or fashionable in the way that they start to judge others who place other values higher than their appearance when being a 'hipster' becomes a problem... in my opinion

who's off to say that hippies, mods and punks and rockers were all hipsters too?

+1

...Makes me wanna stick duct tape on their gay little Tashes.

I'm not anybody's property but mine matey