“Hipster”
Having been called a hipster derogatorily, I thought id spend my flight home analyzing the word “hipster” and the many definitions it has taken. Here are some:
- Somebody who likes the non-ordinary
- Those people in the city who judge and look down on youÂ
- Fixie riders who are not necessarily bike messengers
- Nerds who found a way to fit in
- Tight pants wearers
- Anybody who does not shop at Target or Walmart for clothes
- Anybody who shops at Urban Outfitters for anything
- People who have interesting facial hair
- Graphic designers
- Somebody who is desperately trying to fit in
- Anybody in San Francisco, Brooklyn, Montreal, or Portland
- Bert’s new menu bar clock thingy
- Foodies
- The bearded
- A modern bohemian
- Warby Parker customers
- Tumblr users
- Somebody who likes [name local roaster here] over Starbucks
- People who wear flannel
- Anybody who has considered building or buying a penny farthing
- People who choose Vinyl over CDs
- Somebody who has recently had a hip replacement surgery
- Somebody who liked Emo in high school
- The fashionable
- Etsy shoppers and sellers
- etc…
Why do people wonder why “a hipster would never call them self a hipster”. Who would want to be associated with all of these things in one name. Some of the people described above blindly follow trends and some take the time to carefully choose each new thing they bring in their life. I am sure I am somewhere in there.
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