Is it normal that i had to google what a hipster is?

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I wasn't exactly sure what a "hipster" was even after all the facebook pics and posts lately so I googled it and read articles and even wikipedia entries on "hipsters". Problem is, I found out I've been a hipster all along and never even knew it!! But wait, it isn't possible to be a hipster and be unaware, so I must be the most awesome hipster EVER!!

IIN?

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  • flutterhigh
    11 years ago

    Having lived in Manhattan, I'm well-acquainted with them.

    I suppose I'm a hipster with regards to music, film, and other entertainment, but that's mostly because everybody has terrible fucking taste.

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    • NoraBaker
      11 years ago

      Well, having been to Minnetonka I'm also well-acquainted with them.

      I've been called arty-fartsy because of my taste in film and music.

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    • iEatZombies_
      11 years ago

      Ab-so-lutely.

      I'm not sure what the taste requirements are for a hipster, but if it's better than some of the crap people fill their minds with these good ol days, I'll give em credit.

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  • Faceless
    11 years ago

    Hipsters too nice of a word. We should call them meta queerburgers from now on.

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  • NerdyChickFTW
    11 years ago

    Yeah, it's normal to be unaware of what a word means. And nowadays, a hipster would never call themselves a hipster, because as it stands, the word "hipster" is too mainstream for a hipster to use. Catching my drift? So, technically, calling yourself a hipster totally deflates your hipster status. As of now, you are no longer a hipster.

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  • dappled
    11 years ago

    lol, funny. I learned what a hipster was by asking someone on this very site. I still don't really understand why it's seen as a derogatory thing. I mean, I vaguely understand, but I just wonder why people care so much.

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    • gspauldi1999
      11 years ago

      Yeah. I really do not see what is so bad about hipsters?

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      • disthing
        11 years ago

        I think it's mostly the pretentiousness - the trying to be alternative but in an acceptable (ironically mainstream) way that seems disingenuous. You could call this bandwagoning. Nothing cool about trying hard to be cool.

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        • dappled
          11 years ago

          I have to admit, someone pretending to like something just because it's seen as cool is worthy of our disrespect. But how do we differentiate them from people who do genuinely like stuff that isn't mainstream? I love French cinema and I've had crap thrown at me because of it. I'm pretentious, divisive, and choose to like things just because others don't (apparently). But I really really do like it. It appeals to me. I wish I could explain the appeal to others but any attempt to do so is an attempt to somehow prove myself "better". It isn't, though. I just found something I really like and want to share it with the people I care about so we can discuss it. It hurts that people dismiss it and dismiss me for liking it.

          To get back to the original point, if I was pretending to like it just to get all haughty, then I deserve my kicking. But what if I actually like it? As I kind of do. In fact, I absolutely love it.

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          • disthing
            11 years ago

            Hey I like cinema from all over the world - Spain, Germany, Italy, France, S. Korea, Japan, Iran, Australia etc.. I like movies from 80 years ago. Some films I love are definitely up on a hipster's '100 films to see before you die or like... totally get bored of living' list.

            It's not clear cut. There will be people who are unfairly labeled a hipster, then there are people that should be labeled a hipster who fly under the radar. But generally those that are trying hard to encapsulate alternative cool with every inch of their behaviour are noticeable. It won't just be their taste in movies, it'll be everything; the way they dress, talk, act, what they eat and drink, what they listen to... They live in a subcultural bubble of superficiality and pretension.

            You might be able to tell hipsters are a personal gripe of mine, but that's mainly because I'm surrounded by them all the time due to studying at an Arts university. The repetition and blandness of it wares on me.

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            • dappled
              11 years ago

              Yeah, I have to admit it doesn't wind me up as much as make me roll my eyes at them. Actually, part of me pities them. If they're hanging onto the coat-tails of anything which is seen as cool, how are they even understanding or enjoying all of it? That's such a sad way to live your life.

              I like some truly embarrassingly bad things and I like some things that are so avant-garde that I'd be equally insulted for mentioning them. The only things they got in common is that I like them and they mean something to me. You sound pretty much the same.

              Actually, when you describe hipsterism as a bubble within which all things are chosen for a certain value, it does begin to sound quite annoying.

              P.S. I lied. I've just realised there are two English-language horror films I quite like. Wolf Creek was pretty good too. But yeah, Funny Games is just brilliant. Especially Michael Pitt. I'm trying not to introduce spoilers but the sheer throwaway casualness of the final murder still haunts me.

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          • iEatZombies_
            11 years ago

            You know, it's like that with me and foreign horror movies. I feel scrutiny enough because I love horror movies as much as I do, but when I throw in 'foreign', people think I'm trying too hard. I didn't realize sitting on my ass, cuddling my cats, eating a pbj, scratching my butt, and farting, all while watching these films in the privacy of my own home, meant I was trying to look cool. I like a lot of things that aren't mainstream, but that's an example.
            I guess I'll go watch another Johnny Depp movie, even though I genuinely don't care to, so people won't think I'm trying to prove my coolness by being 'unique'. I swear it's a sin not to find that guy attractive.
            I'm gonna go get sn exorcism performed on me til he's hot.

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            • dappled
              11 years ago

              At the risk of sounding hipsterish, I generally don't like horror movies. The only ones I do like are foreign ones. Asian zombie and vampire films (especially the ones with a sense of humour) enthrall me. They're not technically horror because they're so funny.

              The only English-language horror film I can think of that both scares me and enlightens me is a film called Funny Games. It's intelligent, uncomfortable, disturbing, plays with the medium, breaks down the fourth wall, and also has a message. It's also, I later found out, a frame by frame reshoot of a foreign horror movie. :)

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    • disthing
      11 years ago

      It's all about pretension and perceived pretension.

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  • Who_Fan4Life
    11 years ago

    "Hipsters only smoke organic cigarettes.''

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  • superaspie
    11 years ago

    I don't use the word hipster. I refuse to talk about subcultures I am not a part of. If someone wants to act like that, let em'.

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  • m.a.s97
    11 years ago

    A real hipster would of never used google...way too mainstream.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      11 years ago

      In fairness, I didn't know I was a hipster when I did it!!

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  • disthing
    11 years ago

    You could have skipped all that research and just gone on Tumblr for 10 minutes :P

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      11 years ago

      I don't even know what Tumblr is!!

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  • chicken471bologna
    11 years ago

    Its normal dude. LOL because of this post I looked up the word 'hipster' too because I didn't know what it meant either. ;)

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  • DudeUrFuglyXox
    11 years ago

    i got called a hipster but i didnt know what it meant and had to google it, im still not exactly sure what it means or if its an insult? :/

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  • oliveyou
    11 years ago

    I had to look it up too. ^_^

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  • alv1592
    11 years ago

    I think I would be called a hipster, because I value independent thinking and I don't obsess over mainstream stuff. But I don't call myself that because I don't like to label myself or other people, cause we're all different in our own way, ya know.

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  • Oasis808
    11 years ago

    Well, hipster is just a label that anyone can actually fall into given certain circumstances. In reality, everyone is a hipster.XD

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    • Oasis808
      11 years ago

      not to mention the definition varies depending on who you ask. Labels are pointless, most of the time. Especially labels such as hipster. They hold no actual meaning or significance.

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  • Avant-Garde
    11 years ago

    I still don't really know what they are. I first heard of the term on tumblr where they and their blogs are met with much disgust.

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  • Justsomejerk
    11 years ago

    Damn hipsters, now I'm ashamed to ride fixed gear.

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  • water223
    11 years ago

    I had to google it to cause someone called me a hipster.

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  • Shackleford96
    11 years ago

    It's the male version of Velma from Scooby Doo!

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  • thecoldhardtruth
    11 years ago

    It's totally normal! Hipsters are a relatively new clique if you aren't in highschool

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  • Captain_Kegstand
    11 years ago

    There are so many faucets of "hipsterdom" that, in my eyes hipster can either be used as an insult or a title. This depends on the situation. But as a whole, it's normal to fall behind on slang like that.

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  • iEatZombies_
    11 years ago

    Someone called me a hipster the other day and I was like WTF is a hipster? Hah.
    From what I just looked at, those kinds of people do not like 'me' kinds of people.

    So now I'm more confused....

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