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In Denmark the term doesn't have all the negative connotations. I know quite a few people who call themselves hipsters. Strange how American culture influences and morfs with Danish culture.
What is a hipster?
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Traitorfish
The Tighnahulish Kid
Maybe they're being ironic?/obvious joke
Disgustipated
Deity
This thread actually makes me want to become a hipster. 
Maybe just the clothing part. I hate most indie rock bands. I do like some indie movies, but not many. But I'd love to dress the way I want to dress without feeling weird about it. I'm not quite there yet, but maybe someday I can do that. No scarves for me though. Scarves are gay. Real men wear only shorts when it's cold out.
Maybe just the clothing part. I hate most indie rock bands. I do like some indie movies, but not many. But I'd love to dress the way I want to dress without feeling weird about it. I'm not quite there yet, but maybe someday I can do that. No scarves for me though. Scarves are gay. Real men wear only shorts when it's cold out.
Traitorfish
The Tighnahulish Kid
You've already got an absurdly retro signature, so that's a start.This thread actually makes me want to become a hipster.
Terxpahseyton
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Like Buttohn!
amadeus
Bishop of Bio-Dome
Hates major chains, shops at Whole Foods.
Eschews trends, follows them diligently.
Eats only organic food, chain-smokes.
Eschews trends, follows them diligently.
Eats only organic food, chain-smokes.
As an unabashed advocate, nay, superfan, of consumer-driven free-market capitalism, I can still say that you're absolutely right. To add to my list: hates capitalism, intensely materialistic.
Syterion
Voodoo Economist
Traitorfish
The Tighnahulish Kid
Bingo.
warpus
Sommerswerd asked me to change this
If you ask someone "Are you a hipster?" and they respond in a negative manner, they are a hipster.
mayor
Heart & Mind
So, hypothetical, if I were to respond in a positive manner, does that make me not a hipster?
Non-hipsters also take offense to being called hipsters. This doesn't work.
For proof, I asked a random stray cat if it was a hipster, and it bit me. In my defense, the cat did look pretty thin and scraggly, but I didn't see it in front of an alternative coffee-shop/bookstore wearing 4 different patterns smoking on free-trade tobacco while taking pictures of their friends posing with their copies of "Everything is Illuminated" on an old Polaroid, so I was unsure. I'm also pretty sure I need to get a rabies shot now.
Tahuti
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So hipster is just another word for BMW Bolshevik?
Mr. Dictator
A Chain-Smoking Fox
Well, most seem to be politically apathetic, unless it's a trendy social issue. It's disgusting, even when they're on my "side".
Traitorfish
The Tighnahulish Kid
Because last time that was posted the thread turned into an argument about which character was which poster. 
Because last time that was posted the thread turned into an argument about which character was which poster.
Yeah, you might be one of the last two
Angst
Rambling and inconsistent
I mostly translate to the guy with the banjo, even though I don't play one. It's not like it counts, of course.
ParkCungHee
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My definition is a hipster is someone who considers culture to be a finite commodity, and therefor, the more people who consume that commodity, the last valuable it is to them. Therefor, they are caught in an endless cycle to consume culture faster then anyone else, while it's still valuable.
warpus
Sommerswerd asked me to change this
That's true.
I was talking to a friend once and I mentioned hipsters. His response? "What's a hipster?" Now that is a hipster.
caketastydelish
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The book and blog "Stuff white people like" describe hipsters pretty well.
