Random Predictions
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By that logic, hipsters have been around a lot longer than the last 10 years. If being different for the sake of being different is hipster then every member here is probably included as we are the 1% denim club
I don't think liking Ironheart is "different for the sake of different".
"Different for the sake of different" implies using/owning/buying a lesser product because it's uncommon
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Hipsters will be selected out by evolution. Tight low rise jeans will destroy their ability to create viable sperm.
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No, we are hipsters. The more you deny it the more of a hipster you become. Lesser known pursuits and interests are hip, counter culture has always been hip, we are hipsters.
Thats what the moat is for
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I think it implies being into something lesser known, and part of the reason being the cache that being into something lesser known gives you. People may deny thats how they feel or part of the reason why they do this, but I don't believe them
Honestly don't see a quality implication at all, if you take the hipster interest in something like coffee or beer (which we seem to love here) there is a definite penchant for higher quality rather than lower.
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No, we are hipsters. The more you deny it the more of a hipster you become. Lesser known pursuits and interests are hip, counter culture has always been hip, we are hipsters.
Thats what the moat is for
Beer Hipster ^
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That is the stereotypical wannabe hipster, I'm talking about hipsters as a concept.
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If anyone can be bothered, read this.
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Apparently I'm too old to be an hipster, they don't have a word for what I am…...asshole probably fits well.
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If anyone can be bothered, read this.
Wow, I'm really out of touch with pop culture…
Unless wearing random gun themed tshirts is "hipsterish"...
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I think we have different ideas of hipsters…
This is really the crux of the issue. Some people may look at me and think I'm a hipster because I wax my moustache, grow my beard out, and ride a single speed bike. Other's might call that indie, alt, or any other number of labels.
When I was having this discussion with my wife the other day, we came to the conclusion that 'hipster' is just too much of a nebulous concept. It is defined not by the attributes of the hipster, but rather in comparison to the level of difference from the 'mainstream.' What looks hipster in Ann Arbor looks mainstream in NYC, and what looks hipster in NYC would look like a crazy person in Ann Arbor.
This concept is the central idea on Wikipedia's article about hipsters as well.
My Random Prediction: Raw denim is on the upswing. We're gonna see a lot of it in the next few years, and then it's gonna fade out again.
Reasoning: American Eagle has raw denim now.
Another Random Prediction: Apple has hit its apex, and will begin to decline in the next decade.
