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post #151 of 158
4/2/08 at 2:02am
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Originally Posted by Vader View Post
Don't try to bring back grunge.
I shaved my goatee, have no hair, and my footwear alternates between suede slip-ons and black wingtips.

It ain't grunge, it's its own thang.
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post #152 of 158
4/2/08 at 3:22pm
I like hipsters. Whenever I watch movie trailers and wonder if a movie will be successful I ask myself, "Will hipsters like it?"

http://defamer.com/hollywood/instruc...tch-299302.php

And no, I don't seriously ask myself that.
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post #153 of 158
4/4/08 at 12:09am
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Originally Posted by DaveB View Post
This reminds me of the nerd/fanboy dichotomy in that most (probably not all) of those who seem to throw around the word "hipster" as an insult seem to be doing it defensively. Hipster A/nerd A calls hipster B/nerd B a "hipster/fanboy" so that hipster A/nerd A can feel more secure in his non-hipster-ness/non-fanboyishness.

The analogy doesn't quite flow in terminology, but that's only because no one's come up with the "acceptable" low-level version of "hipster" to match geek/nerd/whatever-functions-as-the-socially-acceptable-version-of-fanboy. If this were to happen, the distinction would still not be clear to people who aren't, in some way, hipsters, just as the distinction between geeks and fanboys probably wouldn't be clear to anyone who doesn't care about Star Wars or Star Trek, has never read a comic book, and thinks Buffy the Vampire Slayer sounds like the dumbest thing ever.

The Onion AV Club covered this ground last year, incidentally. It's a pretty decent opinion piece.
I miss the old battles, like Nerds VS Jocks, or Slobs VS Snobs. Those were easier times. These subcultures are too confusing.
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post #154 of 158
4/4/08 at 12:20am
I came across this....just had to put it here.

http://www.superdeluxe.com/sd/conten...1D9B08C9E9F4CC
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post #155 of 158
4/4/08 at 12:23am
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Originally Posted by Vader View Post
I came across this....just had to put it here.

http://www.superdeluxe.com/sd/conten...1D9B08C9E9F4CC
No offense, but that's about the 5th time this has been posted. It's cropped up several times in the youtube folder to name a few.
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post #156 of 158
4/4/08 at 12:38am
AH, sorry. I don't lurk in the YouTube thread unfortunately.
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post #157 of 158
4/6/08 at 5:38pm
I don't think I've ever lived anywhere that hipsters acutally exist. The internet has taught me the correct stereotype, but in small-town North Carolina Modest Mouse remained popular in even the most elite circles through late 2004.

And much of Belfast remains ignorant of the concept or even the word. I tried teaching it to Irish kids but they remain suspicious of my motives and suspect that I'm referring to some obscure American evolution of emo that is entirely confined to Omaha.

Does the fact that I often find myself associating with people who wear ridiculous outdated haircuts and sport appalling facial hair while drinkng awful white-trash beers give me hipster cred? Or do they have to be doing it ironically?
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post #158 of 158
4/6/08 at 5:55pm
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Originally Posted by Chris Miller View Post
It's funny how many of the things on the bingo card can just be accessories for an old man.
The asian boy one seems oddly apt.
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