Defining the term "hipster"

Paedantic Basterd · 05-18-2014, 10:28 AM

It's no different from when people tossed about "emo" in the late 00s.

I too drink a lot of coffee, only shop in the thrift store (I AM SO POOR OK), listen to independent music, and love irony or own ironic possessions. I love modern art and screenwriting, and chuck taylors are the only shoes that will fit my weirdly-sized feet. I've never been called a hipster though, because none of that information is visible to others. It's just a new development in stereotyping/categorizing others. Eventually when it becomes too hard to label people, because the label has been spread thin over everything, something new will come along.

This post was 100% hot air, but I'm going to follow through because I spent 7 minutes thinking about it. I don't have anything substantial to add because the question wasn't specific enough.

05-18-2014, 10:28 AM	#6 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	It's no different from when people tossed about "emo" in the late 00s. I too drink a lot of coffee, only shop in the thrift store (I AM SO POOR OK), listen to independent music, and love irony or own ironic possessions. I love modern art and screenwriting, and chuck taylors are the only shoes that will fit my weirdly-sized feet. I've never been called a hipster though, because none of that information is visible to others. It's just a new development in stereotyping/categorizing others. Eventually when it becomes too hard to label people, because the label has been spread thin over everything, something new will come along. This post was 100% hot air, but I'm going to follow through because I spent 7 minutes thinking about it. I don't have anything substantial to add because the question wasn't specific enough.