"Hipster" as pejorative.

People I know keep linking this, but it seems kind of patronizing and empty to me:

http://vimeo.com/15351309

what was the 'hipster'?

that's the article max & i were discussing.

Not bad: "It did not produce painters, but graphic designers. It did not yield a great literature, but it made good use of fonts. And hipsterism did not make an avant-garde; it made communities of early adopters."

haha everyone else quoted the same bit already.

Hey did youvguys see this article also unhappy hipster blog also this other thing hipster

hey did you know, someone did a blog with pictures of dogs with funny captions about hipsters?

I bet that guy's got it made and totally not miserable

bet he's a poster child for knowing how to live, and doesn't get irate about trivial bullshit a bunch of nobodies post on a message board.

Hey, and you know what, there's this totally hilarious game you can play ... called HIPSTER BINGO

in fact i bet that hipster puppies guy spends every day getting free refills at the pussy buffet!

hel hath no fury

Not bad: "It did not produce painters, but graphic designers. It did not yield a great literature, but it made good use of fonts. And hipsterism did not make an avant-garde; it made communities of early adopters."

― s.clover, Tuesday, 2 November 2010 00:04 (13 minutes ago) Bookmark

this is nonsense, as if popular culture and commerce had NOTHING to do with each other until recently or NOBODY liked trivial bullshit in the good old days.

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"this is nonsense, as if popular culture and commerce had NOTHING to do with each other until recently or NOBODY liked trivial bullshit in the good old days."

I'm not sure that there wasn't always a commercial interest in warfare, but I don't think that invalidates the warning against a military-industrial complex, and that things got worse in that respect since Eisenhower?'s warning. Also, doesn't this feel like the golden age of trivial bullshit? We were definitely in a trivial bullshit malaise for a while.

http://i54.tinypic.com/nqzmgp.jpg

The person who invented Nathan Barley was Charlie Brooker. xpost - and NB may even be based partially on a former ilxor.

― trollin' with the homies (suzy), Sunday, September 12, 2010 4:09 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark

who's suzy talking about? Momus?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/books/review/Greif-t.html

"able to use college-taught skills of classification, collection and appreciation to generate a superior body of cultural “cool.” "

vomit.

My whole notion of hipsterism is localized around 1993-1998, which seems to be disjoint from the period Greif is talking about, but his take seems reasonably accurate about mid-90s hipsters so I see no reason to think it is wrong about mid-00s hipsters. I mean, lots of good young novelists in the mid-90s were in fact hipsters, but I think their literary production was more or less orthogonal to their hipsterism (while, from the outside, it might have seemed that their monogrammed gas-station shirts (boys) and barrettes (girls) were actually in some way carriers of their "artsiness.")

To the extent that something going on in art at the time had to do with hipsterness, it was a generalized fretting about what was or was not "ironic." But I don't think much was made of this. David Foster Wallace thought about it a lot but eventually found the question a dead end. It adds something of value to "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" Beyond that, I dunno. Maybe things were different in visual art?

what's really interesting in all this is the things that hipsters are into that filter down into wider popular culture later on. but nobody gives a shit about that because it's all about cool hunting and what's been "trending" the last three minutes. hipster runoff is actually quite funny/good on this, ironically enough.

http://stuffhipstershate.tumblr.com/

they got a book deal for this?

which was the hipster tumblr w/ the non-hipster people making earnest non-ironic statements about their lives?

it was right good, honest

How to Date Hipster Women:

http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/girls/articles/2010-11/08/gq-girls-guide-to-hipster-girls/how-to-date-a-hipster-girl

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In recent years, the Hipster Girl, far from that mysterious creature spotted in Western society's white, middle-class cultural youth hubs - Hoxton Square in London

man the recent introduction of the euro seems to have gone smoothly

holy shit that article just keeps going

maybe i'm just getting older but i find that article pretty much thoroughly disgusting and offensive on every level

i imagine you;re right but opted to not read it

http://i55.tinypic.com/984zdv.jpg

dude's totally cribbed his trouser style

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v271/198/15/579645294/n579645294_1402450_7565.jpg

they are otm about hipster girls idolising Kim Seal (Pixies) if nothing else

I didn't realize Atlas Shrugged was a turn on for the hipster female. I'm way out of touch.

Kim Seal

IIIIIIIIIIIIIII HAVE BEEN KISSED BY A DEBASER

brooklyn ilxors, I know you are enjoying (ironically obv) yr Special-Edition Camel Hipster Cigs

According to Camel, Williamsburg belongs to a borough "brimming with light-hearted angst, and rebellion with break free spirit." Wow, really? "Some call it the most famous hipster neighborhood." I know I do! "But it's not about hip." Oh. Then, no I don't. "It's about breaking free." Oh yeah! "It's about last call," totally, "a sloppy kiss goodbye and a solo saunter to a rock show in an abandoned building." Oh my god it's like Camel followed me around last weekend! "It's where a tree grows." Oh man, nothing says cool like cold-droppin' a Betty Smith reference! "It's Camel in the Williamsburg corner of Brooklyn." That's factually accurate!

so the guy I'm working under now has a BSc in sports science & business

interesting

what is he.....like?

http://www.explosm.net/db/files/Comics/Matt/Too-hip-to-function.png

http://www.explosm.net/comics/2295/

fuck that

wonder how long it will take before ppl realize that their hipster caricatures basically just reveal the scope of their own worldview

like if dashboard confessional is the most obscure thing u can think of, u r not hip, probably do not kno any hip ppl, and have no business writing abt hipsters

also that dude is wearing a v neck

what is this 2007

awful

it's terrible that this is what i'm thinking about but why is he naming his free trade bike service after 'screaming infidelities'? is there going to be hair in the coffee?

lololol

like if dashboard confessional is the most obscure thing u can think of, u r not hip, probably do not kno any hip ppl, and have no business writing abt hipsters

― bernard snowy, Monday, January 17, 2011 11:00 PM (47 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Is the "Portland Craigslist" line just a reference to "Lol there are a lot of hipsters in Portland" ... it really doesn't make any sense otherwise, like if someone wanted to buy records without seeing them and pay shipping, they'd just look on ebay or discogs or something, right?

I think the person who wrote this maybe has seen "Garden State" before but pretty much nothing else.

Maybe they're watching that Portlandia show on IFC?

I like how, without the ability to draw arms, it looks like mr. moustache is wearing a Larry the Cable Guy sleeveless rag.