Hipsters, A Dead End?
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skd at 09.7.08 - 9:42 pm
I was at my local newstand/coffee house today talking to girls and trying to look cool, when I spotted the cover of the latest issue (Sept/Oct) of
AdBusters . I saw an article about hipsters. I decided to read the story, since the girl that works at the newsstand lets my cheap ass read all the magazines for free. The article was interesting, but since I am no hipster, is it accurate? I also wondered if a hipster would pay $7.50 for a magazine?
Luckily I found the whole article online, so everyone can read it for free. Here it is:
Maybe a "real" hipster can give us their take on the article.
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things like this say more about the observer than the observed.
the_futurist09.7.08 - 11:26 pm
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Reposts: A Dead End?
PC09.8.08 - 3:03 am
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Late Pass. It's like saying "you got me at I read Vice" at the shortstop.
Noble Experiment09.8.08 - 10:20 am
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Hey skd, stop posting links to articles that disparage all the hipsters on here, they'll totally hate you.
sleepy09.8.08 - 10:21 am
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everyone needs to give this dumb subject a rest.
canadienne09.8.08 - 10:23 am
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man....I wish I could suck my own dick. (sigh)
NOISEPOCKET09.8.08 - 10:29 am
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The truth is an awful thing.
I myself wish I could fuck my own ass.
sleepy09.8.08 - 10:31 am
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the decade of self destruction and loathing.
hyper awareness and denial.
frustration and masturbation.
pppffffffrrrrrrttttttt!!!
NOISEPOCKET09.8.08 - 10:37 am
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canadienne... sure but you just HAD to check out this post
NOISEPOCKET09.8.08 - 10:39 am
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I posted that link in the other thread but yeah, the hipster movement is interesting. I personally hate a lot of it but you can't deny it's out there. It's about as fake as can be but it's there. Just be true to yourself and stop wearing American Apparel v-neck shirts.
DetroitRider09.8.08 - 11:50 am
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For the younger people here, including myself. How much is it going to suck when our generation is remembered by hipsters. Fuck, what if i have kids and they ask me about hipsters and if i was a hipster. What if hipsters become retro and cool and my kids study vintage cobra snake photos and try to be hipsters in 2035? ARRHHGGGGG damn hipsters.
larsenf09.8.08 - 11:53 am
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i nominate just larsen's sweater as hipster of the week.
theshues09.8.08 - 12:02 pm
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"vintage cobrasnake" is THE YELLOW PERIL aka steve aokis old column from heartattack, not taking pictures of vapid masses in dayglo at some club and then photoshopping polaroid borders around them.
steve used to be cool when he ran a venue out of his house in isla vista called "the pickle patch", but that was in 1999. hes no longer relevant to people with taste.
ruinedbyidiots09.8.08 - 12:11 pm
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psh at least i dont have FGGY ELECTRO music videos in my profile.
larsenf09.8.08 - 12:11 pm
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hahah thats just some crazy re-occuring dream i keep having..
you know ripping out the insides of the moon and throwing it at ppl thats life, that sweater.. matched the beer. hipster.
theshues09.8.08 - 12:17 pm
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i guess its almost impossible to avoid in the end. IF YOU RIDE A FIXED GEAR YOUR A HIPSTER.
larsenf09.8.08 - 12:21 pm
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i guess were both fucked. you goin on that wed ride? or do you wanna get hip and go to a club for free?
theshues09.8.08 - 12:28 pm
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Sorry everyone, this was suppose to be a tongue-in-cheek, humorous, satirical post. I was making fun of myself as well as those friends of mine out there who are "anti-hipsters"...though they look like hipsters.
I ride a fixed-gear, and wear jeans cuffed up to the calf, and occasionally wear V-neck American Apparel t-shirts (they were 3 for $10 at a discount store in Koreatown) but by no means am I a hipster. But I see those pathetic hipsters all the time and I just have to laugh, because they take themselves seriously. And I think once you do that, you are doomed.
Let's just ride!
skd09.8.08 - 2:27 pm
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cutoff pants are strictly a comfort thing, for me at least.
and for the fact that I've had three pairs of pants get caught in my drive train and totally ruined to the point where i had to make them cut offs.
ben dangel09.8.08 - 2:34 pm
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I'm going to be honest. Larsen even if you didn't ride a fixed gear, you'd still be a hipster. Your hipster blood radiates through your veins in the form of godawful christmas-like sweaters.
Jaz09.8.08 - 5:43 pm
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Guys guys guys....we seem to be forgetting the true enemy. Our focus has gone askew...We must forget the hipster thing, they may as well be family...at least most are cultured enough and researched their shit.
So fine they read Kafka and drink pabst but ........
THE GUIDO HE..........IS THE ENEMY!!!!!
NEVER FORGET!!!!!!!!!!!!GOD DAMN NEVER!!!!!!!!
NOISEPOCKET09.9.08 - 9:50 am
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"and my kids study vintage cobra snake photos"
HAHAHAHAHA. Oh, that's good.
imachynna09.9.08 - 4:13 pm
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who keeps kicking this dead dog?? quit givin it bones and leave it alone.
Jazzy Phat Nastee09.9.08 - 6:43 pm
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Better solution to looking like a hip-turd:
Wear shorts, roll/unroll pant-legs, or do like I do and tuck pant-cuffs into combat boots!!!
bentstrider09.10.08 - 10:29 am
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