MonkeyFilter How to Be a Hipster
First off, if you're not offended by being called a hipster, you're not a hipster.

I get paid to spend time with hipsters (I'm a rock writer), and this is written by someone who obviously can't keep his subcultures straight. First off, if you're not offended by being called a hipster, you're not a hipster. Second, fuckin' Moby? Malltronica is not with the hipster cred, comprende? Third, clear malt beverages are signifiers for metrosexuals, not hipsters. I know that sometimes it's confusing, what with the overlap between gay fashion and irony, but yer Schmeernoff ain't hip unless you're in a fuckin' ad. Which isn't hip. Unless it's in Vice. Who represent hipster assholes. ...more bunk crap, confusing consumer youth trends with, well, being hip. Sure, indier-than-thou is the boardgame of choice for hipsters. ...buying the Volkswagon doesn't protect your hipster cred. In fact, if you have a Volkswagon, you're no longer hip. You're a fucking well-dressed yuppie.
posted by js at 08:55PM UTC on September 30, 2004

I really liked this thread's earlier stuff, but now it's gone totally mainstream. hee.
posted by flashboy
Pfft. It was mainstream right off the bat. Mainstream where I come from hee, anyway.
posted by middleclasstool
Where I live, we're going through a big revival thing for the original threads that were doing this years ago, which is when I first got into them. Yeah, this one's pretty heavily influenced by that stuff. Y'know. heehee!
posted by flashboy

///oh and also flashboy earlier, he likes this joke, i don't mind: I know people who've done much better hipster parody sites than this. You probably wouldn't have heard of them, though, they're pretty underground and edgy.

Hunting the wild hipster. worth clicking-
posted by rocket88 at 09:41PM