Many have tried and failed...

Posted by Presto (A) on February 27, 2015 at 10:43:35

In Reply to: Pretty hip summation... posted by musetap on February 24, 2015 at 22:46:52:

...to define hipsters. Hipsters themselves are quick to say that you can't define hipsters, that they're not hipsters and that you're doing something else very wrong, because Hipsters like to converse about how other people are lame and/or doing things wrong. It's just what cool kids do. They even lambast each other, like at a small indie concert for instance:

"Isn't this a great concert?"
"Meh, it's okay."
"What's wrong?"
"I was a *real* fan, like, before they were totally mainstream."

To admit to being part of a subculture, they are then just a subset of ALL THE OTHER YOUNG ADULTS trying to be a member of a social group with specific attributes, thus not making them in any way special. All the OTHER kids are flocking to groups, but these kids are most certainly NOT. Because that would not be cool. At all. To be in a group. So, the refuse to be labelled, although they follow all of the same social conventions, fashion sensibilities, and mannerisms that are specific to a group culture, despite them denying this affiliation vehemently. Perhaps they feel they are non-members of all groups, because to do so would be lame.

So, they're a group of people who refuse to be labelled as being in a group - they're above all that, you see. Sooooo sophisticated.

I'm sure they'll love the irony of that too! ;)

I do find the copy-cat groups of hipsters to be annoying though, and I'm not even remotely close to being a hipster. I'm a largely disgruntled divorced Gen X guy going to work in dockers pants and being a part-time single dad.

I'm invisible to anyone under 30.

Unless I'm waving my cane at them... to get them off my lawn. :P

Cheers,
Presto

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Topic - On the Gourmet Food Show on KFYI 550 Phoenix..... - Todd Krieger 15:30:51 02/21/15 (16)

It's just hipsterism - Presto 11:40:19 02/24/15 (2)

Pretty hip summation... - musetap 22:46:52 02/24/15 (1)

Many have tried and failed... - Presto 10:43:35 02/27/15 (0)

"It sounds better" - Sounds better than what? - Goober58 11:13:27 02/22/15 (3)

RE: "It sounds better" - Sounds better than what? - Todd Krieger 16:00:38 02/22/15 (2)

Because I don't agree with them - Goober58 15:29:14 02/23/15 (1)

RE: Because I don't agree with them - Todd Krieger 10:49:42 02/24/15 (0)

RE: On the Gourmet Food Show on KFYI 550 Phoenix..... - fantja 10:19:00 02/22/15 (0)

at the risk of getting hated on - bullethead 18:00:14 02/21/15 (7)

Listening to my digital transfer of Styx's Canadian A&M vinyl of The Grand Illusion and LMAO.... - Goober58 09:17:05 02/22/15 (1)

RE: Listening to my digital transfer of Styx's Canadian A&M vinyl of The Grand Illusion and LMAO.... - Todd Krieger 15:58:05 02/22/15 (0)

RE: at the risk of getting hated on - middleground 03:47:09 02/22/15 (0)

I'm with ya on that, BH!! - rlw 18:14:45 02/21/15 (3)

RE: I'm with ya on that, BH!! - Todd Krieger 02:21:32 02/22/15 (2)

nice, my take on the depersonalization of music nowadys - bullethead 04:20:46 02/22/15 (1)

Not here! - jusbe 12:55:43 02/22/15 (0)

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