People who acknowledge themselves as hipsters when you call them hipster(s) - this goes doubly so if it occurs on the street and neither person(s) knew each other previously.

A bunch of pretentious douche backs that dress pretentiously stupid and listen to pretentious music.

Someone who is guided by the mainstream by doing the opposite of it. Concerned with how cool/worldly/unique they are over all over things. Vain, judgmental, and promiscuous.

A hipster is a person who possesses tastes, social attitudes, and opinions deemed cool by the cool. (Note: it is no longer recommended that one use the term "cool"; a Hipster would instead say "deck.") The Hipster walks among the masses in daily life but is not a part of them and shuns or reduces to kitsch anything held dear by the mainstream.

Ta-fucking-daaah.

same goes for guys who wear wigs


also; poopheads

A hipster is basically someone who deviates from the social norm to make a statement about society. For instance:

- Listening to fringe, underground bands instead of "pop drivel"
- Dressing in an outdated or unusual fashion to "stay away from trends"
- Living in dangerous parts of the city to avoid the stereotype of "the American Dream"

and so on and such forth.

At first glance, the idea of being a hipster doesn't seem so offensive, but then you get into the part you mentioned, which unfortunately is a big part of the hipster hate - pretentiousness.

By making their "social statements", hipsters think they are superior to you because you're "on the bandwagon", or because you're a "sheep". What's ironic about the situation is that the hipster community conforms to itself - people can have a certain amount of "hipster cred". Hipsters love - I mean LOVE - irony, so this bit of hypocrisy doesn't actually bother them, but instead fuels their lifestyle.

Someone who tells you "their previous album was better"

If I LOL when I look at the way they're dressed their a fucking hipster trash.

I laugh a lot when I'm out these days.

>>8741389

>deck

What? Dear god...

If they own an item of clothing that can be described as "skinny"

>>8741471
Essentially the outsider scene paradox.

The moment you aspire to join a social group that includes individuality as a tenet you technically fail at being part of that group. However in reality, most people in this groups overlook that an then exalt these failures hence the state of "punk" these days and the failure of hipsters. Ironically this means that in both hipster and punk circles those closest to the true meaning are on the fringe.

Of course everyone wants to belong, but that's the difference between social cancer in any group and people who are decent. Those who WANT TO BELONG and those who want to be themselves and end up with a bunch of people they belong with as a result of that. I've seen the same thing on /b/. Largely underaged posters posting advice dog memes.

Such is the circle of life for any "outsider" clique. If you really belong you'll be there before, during, and in the barren times after the invasion of those posers.

There can be no credible definition of a hipster, because the ironic nature of hipsterdom will destroy any attempt to define it. For example, if I say "hipsters don't listen to pop", then you have to consider the dude that listens to ke$ha because it's ironic that he would, despite spending most of his time listening to indy bands. Any defining restriction you attempt to put on them will be overturned.

Picture is most definitely related.

>>8741389
>Was looking through thread to see if friend of mine fits stereotypical hipster
>Is the only person I've ever heard say "deck"
>Great success

I wrote a paper on this, called "Fear and Loathing In Williamsburg". I wen to a bunch of indie concerts and tried to fit in. Basically, if you act like a hipster, you're a hipster.

>>8741601
Sounds like a pretty good paper, I live in Hampton.

>>8741534

Not necessarily, that can be used to describe other groups of people

>>8741639
Professor gave me a B+, which was awesome considering it was a paper for a music history class.

Its a phase, they'll snap out of it.

The most commercialized "subculture" in recent times, consisting mainly of people mostly in their 20's who can be seen in gentrified areas in cities across the country. Tight jeans, old school shoes, thick rimmed glasses, and other typical "thrift store styles" are easy ways to spot a hipster. Even though supposedly they value independent thinking and creativity yet all end up looking the same.

They are constantly ironic. It is an excellent tactic: by being constantly ironic they can say and do anything without having to commit to it and pat themselves on the back for being witty at the same time. They are so ironic that often their identities are defined by who they aren't more than who they are.

Irony often comes hand in hand with hypocrisy, as is the case with the hipster. Most present day hipsters purchase their clothes from stores such as "AmAppy" for exorbitant prices. All this to achieve the look of a homeless person as they pursue the image of the "anti-capitalist," "a-materialistic," and "counter-culture." Yet by purchasing clothes at these stores they may as well be shopping at Hollister.

Hipsters like anything obscure or highbrow when it comes to art and culture, no matter the quality. Much of the music, literature, and art liked by the hipster are just rehashed remnants of the 60's. Some is indeed very good though. Yet many times they like it for the wrong reasons (Catcher in the Rye is a good example). Some more intelligent hipsters may like things for the right reasons, but they are much more pretentious.

Pretentiousness is common among all hipsters. "You just don't get it" and "You've probably never heard of it" are some of their favorite phrases. As such, they can regularly be dicks/bitches. They often have little to no respect or "patience" for anyone who is not also obviously a hipster.

I would probably be defined as a hipster by most robots. I go to a lot of house shows, I listen to a lot of out there and underground stuff, have a lot of friends you'd probably label as hipster, and I like pbr.

However, I don't dress like a fucking retard and happen to hate most stereotypical hipsters myself. Suburban outcasts living off there parents wealth that try to look homeless are not cool with me.

Also I like to think of myself as a bit less pretentious than those fuckfaces who all look the same and read the same books listen to the same music etc. Am I allowed to stay robots?

>>8741829
No, you are one of them. You will be cleansed in the great fire.

>>8741301
Hipster Men (pfft, boys):
Unemployable hair and ironic mustaches
Body odor; a celebrated lack of hygiene in fact (according to them)
Stupid hats that otherwise would be awesome
An actual urge to simulate Eurotrash (in spirit at least)
Disgusting plaid shits, but somehow they suck the manliness right out of it
Thick framed "lesbian" style nerd glasses that were trendy 10 fucking years ago.
Lady pants or skinny jeans that look "painted on" coupled with absolutely no ass (goes right into the legs seamlessly)
They make "heroin chic" done by Kate Moss seem tame.
Political Science Majors who think Mao would deign to be their friend
They somehow found every T-shirt I wore in 2nd grade (fuck).
Shitty sneakers that are completely falling apart. Stolen from a homeless man and sold in a "vintage boutique".
Some oddball habit with tobacco, won't just fucking smoke regular cigarettes.
Douchebag "go green" view on life as in they are vegans (can't trust vegan men) but they have extremely bad health habits after that (smoking)
General homeless look, coupled with the most expensive electronics (Macbook Air, etc).
Claim bisexuality as a ploy to impress inferior Hipster Women.
Claim to be musicians or artists (i.e. selfishness as a career)
Halitosis.

Hipster women to follow.

i dress like a hipster (skinny jeans and plaid etc) but am very shy and awkward and generally see myself as worse than most people do to anxiety.
since im like, the opposite of a douche (more of a wall or doormat) am i still a hipster just because i dress nicly?

>>8741829

It's not your hipsterness...

It's just that you appear to have a social life.

You are not welcome in /r9k/

>>8741534
fatty detected.
>skinnymanlaughingatfatboyblocks.

>>8741601
post the papaer please, very intrested.

pfft, im not a hipster.
you prob. havnt even heard of what i am yet.

smelly little pompous dick heads

>>8741904
Hipster Women:
Vegans with a rape story to tell you.
No tits, but they have a beer gut due to their diet.
Grey skin.
Expensive, yet shitty cigarettes.
Wear grandma's old stained nighty/teddy as a t-shirt.
Greasy hair.
Patchouli smell.
Black leggings.
Bedhead hair.
No sense of independence, attached to douchebag eunuch hipster boyfriend.
Delusions of grandeur.
Talkative (judgmental)
Fingernails and toenails painted in hideous colors a 6 year old would choose. Edges worn from biting.
Emitting constant fart smell.
Claim to hate trends and pop culture (snort).
Ballet flats (gold colored preferred).
Tons of thin black rubber bracelets that gay men use for cock rings.
Ugly, incomprehensible, self-designed ironic tattoos that only they understand.
Hairy bush/arms/armpits.
Blank, slack jawed expression from hunger/lack of vitamin b12. (look for bruises on body too)
Flapper trash vintage accessories/costume jewelry that old women found fashionable 50 years ago. (they look like they robbed an old age home)
Halitosis.

I have a hard time defending myself when people call me a hipster.

1. I drive a Volvo
2. I have an azn girlfriend
3. I have a three keyboard cat moon shift
4. I love video games
5. I love post-rock and electronica

But

1. My family's owned Volvos for years and I bought one to learn how to repair cars
2. Was a matter of situation
3. I'm a huge dork
4. I'm a huge nerd
5. My friends gave me a bunch of music to get me into them and I've loved it ever since

I used to be a fat nerd who played EverQuest and other video games all day. I had horrible ADD as a child so I was always the class clown. This made me super social, so now that I started working out and am skinny/in great shape but kept my old social habits, I guess this makes me a hipster =\

To be honest, I've met very few hipsters I absolutely hate. And I go to a damn ART SCHOOL.

Looking back, I'll have them over the other shit subcultures any time.

>>8742044
hipster troll detected

>>8742142

NO THAT JUST MAKES YOU A CONFORMIST RETARD

SINCE HIPSTER IS THE DEFAULT FASHION CHOICE THESE DAYS YOU ARE NOTHING BUT AN IDIOT FOLLOWER

ENJOY YOUR SIDEWAYS VAGBINA

>>8742166
Being a non-conformist is just conforming to other non conformists man.

So avoiding the mainstream is a bad thing now?

What the hell man. Why exactly are we pissed off at them?

>>8742188
quick, someone cue tubgirl.jpeg!

>>8742146
which art school anon.

>>8742201
because they look like their having fun and were not.

>>8742166

Actually, being a hipster would make me a conformist.

I actually met real hipsters the other day at a party. I think the reason I'm not is because I'm actually really sociable and energetic in real life and most hipsters have about as much energy as a Chinese opium den. That, and I don't wear ironic hats. That shit's gay.

pic related it's my whip

A person who claims to enjoy cultural products for the wrong reasons; that is, not because the actually understand and appreciate them, but rather because they think it makes them look cool. Hence the worst thing you can say about a /mu/tant, /lit/erati, or whatever you call someone who hangs out on /tv/ in real life is that they are a hipster.

>DEFINE

Political alignment: New Left, Enviro-Green, Soc. Dem.

Deportment: Uncouth. Cold, indifferently hostile to strangers/outsiders as they define them (and must to have their identity as hipster)

Diversion: Social drinking and liberal use of marijuana, usually in conjunction with live music and/or bars and clubbing.

Generational: Nostalgic for idealized pop-culture boom of early 60's to late 80's. Informs wardrobe and music tastes.

Psychology: developmentally retain value judgments and adaptive strategies conditioned in HS; safety of the herd and in numbers makes the overall hipster thing a viral objectification of these tendencies

>>8742205
shut up you lonely hipster fuck. No one will relate to you. Heroin awaits.

>>8742225
i like the pedobear sticker. where to cop?

>>8742267
i prefer snorting cocaine, obviously.

>>8742117

>No sense of independence, attached to douchebag eunuch hipster boyfriend.

deliciously on the mark

>>8742225
A hipster car= mom's old car.

>>8742225
YOUR A HIPSTER SORRY BUT YOUR A FUCKING HIPSTER PIECE OF TRASH JESUS SHIT

IS THAT CAR FIXED GEAR, FAGGOT?

I drive my moms old car

I am white

i have republican parents who own a boat, and arnt rich but are close to it

i dress myself at urban outfitters, H&M, thrift stores, ebay, etc.

i wear plaid and skinny jeans often.

im tall and skinny, and have bead head hair

i listen to oldies, post rock, 90's undergroud, and random bands i find from youtube link journeys.

i go to an art school, although not for fine art but commercial.

this makes me a hipster.

however

i do not give off that 'im better than you vibe'

i hang out mostly with non-hipsters that most would describe as nerds and neckbeards

ive never been to a concert

i bathe often. usually twice a day.

i try to be kind and considerate, holding doors open, taking hats off inside (never wear a fedora/etc)

i dont smoke or use drugs


but, w/e, still a hipster.

>>8742273

http://houseofgrafix.net

This is the one I got. Shit owns.

My dad actually drives that car now. I bought a 240 turbo for an engine swap. "What does that bear mean on the back?" "Eh, don't worry about it..."

>>8742376
thanks for that site man. brb 4chaning my car.

>>8742142

EXPLAIN YOUR FASHION

>>8742514
/fa/SHlONS

>>8742225
This post actually makes one thing clear about being a hipster, you still a conformist.

Most people who become hipsters just to avoid conforming to mainstream culture actually conform to the hipster culture. All cultures and sub-cultures have various levels of conformity. People who become hipsters actually fail in their mission as they become no different than the conformists.

That is why the 4chan community considers hipsters pretentious.

>>8741340
This is wrong, hipster faggots hate it when you call them hipsters, because they don't want to be labeled with such a negative stigma. If know more bands then books, they're hipsters. If they couldn't recite a single bit of a Shakespeare book, but know Bukowski by heart, they're hipsters. If for some asinine reason they like something ironically, they're hipsters. They're known to drive mopeds, wear scarves and drink PBR because it "tastes good." They like reminiscence, but call it nostalgia, they think everything is ironic, especially when it is coincidence. They are the very opposite of what hip truly is, but consider nerd-chic to be the epitome of style, when it is, in fact, out of date trash. They have disgusting unkempt beards, little knowledge of politics, religion, or art, but consider themselves the highest authority. They are the very definition of pretense, they ooze it like a fourteen year old cheddarhead at the school dance's zits ooze puss.
Basically, they're the cancer that is killing /b, the internet, and society. They seek only attention without any regards to quality, direction or infamy.

In a nutshell, I am the Mengele of hipsters.

>>8741555
Metal IS for children, most of it anyways. At least, limiting yourself to solely metal is childlike. You're fooling yourself if you for one second think Cannibal Corpse and Killswitch Engage are not controlled just as much by their record labels as Lady Gaga is by hers.

Though I do not adhere to the idea of "breaking social norms" nor "going against the grain" or whatever, I certainly don't like to fool myself when it comes to marketed products. It is just as easy to say that all of those hipster bands are over produced garbage as well.

One should find what they like, and try as much as they can to keep an open mind, and expand upon their tastes. This relates to all facets of life. A diverse palette means at worst that you're capable of relating to more people.

Limiting oneself to a genre of music or brand of clothing can be likened to a child who refuses to eat his greens.

What's not pretentious about collaborating rustic over-shirts and high fashion accessories? Are you a gay lumberjack? No? Well don't dress like one!

>>8742740
>implying Hipsters arnt all gay lumber jacks

>>8742682

>because it tastes good

In PBR's defense, the quality-price ratio cannot be beaten by any other domestic. As a beer drinker I would sooner have PBR than any Sam Adams or Budweiser, period, on grounds of taste. Granted on the larger and beautifully diverse scale of international beers, it may as well be your grandmother's spent tampon, still: credit where credit's due.

>>8741301
A hipster is the modern-day equivalent of the "counterculture" movements. However, what they are too stupid to realize is that they, just like every single other segment of the population, are being marketed to by American Apparel/Converse/Tom's shoe company/wherever else they get their faux-retro "free trade" apparel (whatever that means). The most obvious marks of a hipster are:
1. a single-speed road bike (most often a fixed-gear bike with a handbrake despite there being no need for one)
2. an obvious lack of hygiene when it comes to personal grooming/clothing. This includes any of the following; Nudie Jeans, t-shirts that have been worn for weeks on end and/or are threadbare, greasy hair, unshaven (armpits/sometimes legs for women, face for men), dirty nails/hands, obviously unbrushed teeth, bad breath, awful haircuts/unnatural hair colors
3. Faux-retro and "free trade" apparel; high tops, Converse All Stars, Tom's shoes, leggings, pastel colors, tight-fitting jeans a la punk rock, oversized shirts and belts paired with leggings on women, very tight pants/shirt/hoodie ensemble on men, white calf-high crew socks with brightly colored stripes near the hem.
4. An appreciation for mash-ups, "independent" music (but not all independents, only the ones that everyone in their group knows about; the ones that they all know and can claim they "knew before they were big"; this is a throwback to punk/grunge rock fans, and usually a lie).

Hipsters are:
a square rimmed glasses, skinny jean, cardigan wearing, PBR drinking excuse for what passes as a subculture in our media saturated age.

>>8742766

the gay lumberjack market is massive

>>8742882
continued...

5. People who drink PBR/Mountain Creek/Fleischmann's not because they are poor or like the taste, but because "it's what everyone they know drinks, and they don't know how to live without it."
6. People who scorn "Viral marketing campaigns", claiming to see right through them, when really they pick and choose which viral marketing supports their general world view because they don't want to believe that they, as well, are being marketed to.
7. People who wear items of clothing/accessorize based on an item's "ironic factor"; fanny packs, male shoulder bags, cheap plastic sunglasses (that really weren't cheap because they were bought at American Apparel, thus making them "free trade" and expensive), bowties, ties that are too small/don't match their shirt/ bowties or ties when one isn't wearing a collared shirt (again, a throwback to earlier counterculture), "ironic" facial hair/haircuts/colors.

Overall, hipsters are what one would describe as counterculture, aside from the fact that there is nothing feuling their desire to be counterculture other than the very fact that they must be counterculture to be accepted. It's stupid circular logic, it's retarded, and the very antithesis of counterculture, but if any of them admit that they stand for nothing other than marketing exclusion and viral branding, they'll have to admit that their entire existence as a counterculture is a sham, and that's something that they just can't grasp.

I'm 20 years old

I live in a college dorm, going to college, whilst in the Marine Reserves.

I am not very financially sturdy, earning a bit above minimum wage on a half-time job, while pulling GI bill, monthly Drill wages, and three moderately good scholarships.

I dress well, I like nice clothing, but again, I have not the funds for suits everyday. I usually wear slacks and nice button up shirts. If I'm feeling a little warm, I'll wear cargo-shorts and Tees.

I'm White with a slight "farmers" tan, from working outside in short sleeves.

I'm 5'10" with a High and Tight haircut (jarhead)

I listen to nearly all genres of music... (I'm not fond of Rap, Country, or Techno, but I will listen to them if its all I have. i.e.: it's playing at the Mall or some shit)

Clean shaven and hygienic (most days).

Pretty decent vocabulary, although vulgarities are like commas in the corps, and I have adopted this form of speaking.

>>8742999
thank you for sharing

>>8742766
Hipster men can't swing an axe. Their thin brittle arms would break.

>>8743042
now do you know why he shared?

>>8742999
>in the Marine Reserves

You could have stopped here. We all knew at this point that you are not a hipster. Thanks for the background though.

>>8743063

hatchets are more compassionate, surely they can schwing those

Am I hipster, based on my music? Listening to currently:

Air
Alvin Band
Bullion
Beach Boys
Dan Deacon
Dr. Dog
Frank Zappa
Focus
Girl Talk
Grand Buffet
Ida Maria
Jogger
King Crimson
MGMT
Mike Oldfield
Momus
Nobody Beats the Drum
Of Montreal
Pogo
Ratatat
Who
Wu-Tang

I also wear a skinny jeans, although they aren't skin tight. Just not a straight fit.

OP here
Now I know

>>8743143
Ah fuck, forgot Bowie.

One who finds it in style to go in the opposite direction of the normal way of life. Rebelious.

>>8743148
and knowing's half the battle, OP dearest.

>>8743170

I love you /r9k/

loveblock

Someone who wears a beanie in summer, listens to underground punk music, or uses the word ironic to describe their tastes or style.

You'll know one when you see one, it's like how you can tell if someone is a faggot

>>8743184

Read and appreciated

>>8743184

Very good point. Thats all it really comes down to.

They are shallow. Just like the people who love everything mainstream and strive to reach that goal. When you get down to it they are the same dumb, insecure, shallow people.

>>8743143
see
>>8741904

Hipsters aren't their music. You are human garbage.

>>8743143

I just saw girl talk the other night. He sucks.

>>8743272
Ah, accusing others of shallownes, the age-old defense of ugly, unwashed and abrasive long-time virgins. Heartwarming.

>>8743318
Live? Maybe. But his other shit is on point.

THis guy is it.

>>8743345

Oh really? Someone's hipster feelings were hurt.

By the way, I'm also the one who wrote this post.>>8741829

>>8743351

His other stuff is ok if you're into mashups. Hes defnitely got a lot of creative ideas. But the live show is really one note and not dynamic at all. Might as well just pop in one of his records.

>>8743351
Nah, he's just hipster garbage, just as bad as fucking Kanye West and T-Pain and shit; "samples" (aka steals) other people's music/beats/melodies, remixes them, bangs them against each other like a retard with a kid's chemistry set, and then becomes the physical representation of the hipster generation; long, greasy, gross hair, skinny jeans, retro/ironic t-shirts, obviously as dirty as a hooker's cum-stained asshole, wears ironic sunglasses at his concerts (which are almost never during the day) and his music is completely unoriginal to boot.

>>8741829
No, your music doesn't define your hipster-ness. It's your dress; we've already established that it's not about what you like or dislike on its own merits; it's whether or not you fit in with their specific vision of what today's subculture should be. Just because you like a certain kind of music doesn't make you a hipster.

>>8743517
Who gives a fuck how they dress? Girl Talk isn't the godsend of Mash-ups, but hes decent. He doesn't just sample shitty hip hop, and he certainly isn't like Kanye (putting your shitty lyrics over Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger).

Hipsters are the generic cookie cutter counter culture of our age. We're tired of trying to make labels like goth and punk to stick. Everyone who's a little fucked up and weird is just a hipster.

You just realized that 4channers are the hipsters of the Internet.