"Unhappy Hipsters" Blog

[Doublegun]

..but it's the hipsters who are perpetually dour and hate everything.

Isn't it ironic?

That's pretty much what I was trying to say in my first post.

 

[gdc]

I like certain aspects of modernist design. The clean lines and marriage of old and new are interesting but what I like most (and least) is the lack of clutter. It is healthy to have things around us that remind us of loved ones and lives lived. Holding onto cherished things like that in a clean, uncluttered way is an adventure.

 

[Aerojoe]

Do they have any "hipster lounge" forum that we can infiltrate and learn more?

 

[ButteMT61]

Do they have any "hipster lounge" forum that we can infiltrate and learn more?

lol

 

[dhermann1]

What I hate about this style of arcitecture is the WORSHIP of antiseptic whiteness on everything. Minimalism run wild. I'll take my nice elegant quirky 1930s art deco apartment with a view of the Empire State Building every time.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

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I'm also not into the whole 'minimalist' thing that the hipsters seem to enjoy. It's so sterile and cold. It just doesn't seem comfortable. On the other hand, they can have it, keeps prices down on the homey stuff, if less people want it lol

 

[frussell]

I find "hipster" culture funny, as it really is nothing new. In the 80s, when I attended college in Austin, there were always guys around we called hipsters, as Austin was a strange mix in those days of good old boys, "hippies," and college students. A hipster for us was someone who only listened to the music of really hard to find bands (I'm sure you never heard of them, they're from Denmark), hung out in coffee shops (pre-Starbucks, of course), rode a vintage bicycle or a Vespa, smoked clove cigarettes, only shopped in thrift stores and ate things like tabouli and bean sprouts. I never had any animosity towards "hipsters" then, and don't now. They were just more strange characters in the weird tapestry of Austin. I remember watching an episode of Seinfeld back in the day and laughing when Kramer was labeled as a "hipster doofus." I think it's become a catch-all descripion for anyone who is trying too hard to be "cool," whatever that is now. I'm sure with a beard and a hat out in public, some people probably think I'm a "hipster doofus," it's just unfortunate that I'm too large for vintage clothes, and clove cigarettes give me a headache. I still listen to obscure bands, but I won't list them, because I'm sure you never heard of them anyway. Frank

 

[Patrick Hall]

Do they have any "hipster lounge" forum that we can infiltrate and learn more?

Start with a blog called Hipster Runoff run by an enigmatic character named Carles. Ostensibly the blog is about indie music, but really it's a super-self-reflexive meditation on the vapidity of culture in general. Ironic to the point of, to paraphrase Kierkegaard, eating its own stomach. One of the things I find ironic, is that "hipster" (quotation marks intended to designate the dubiousness of the label) activism aligns itself against many of the same things often denigrated on this forum- the way mass production and contemporary market practices have generated a "mainstream" entirely lacking in quality, substance, or unique creativity. One could ALMOST say that the Fedora Lounge and the vintage ethic it promotes is a kind of hipsterdom in and of itself...

 

[ButteMT61]

Start with a blog called Hipster Runoff run by an enigmatic character named Carles. Ostensibly the blog is about indie music, but really it's a super-self-reflexive meditation on the vapidity of culture in general. Ironic to the point of, to paraphrase Kierkegaard, eating its own stomach. One of the things I find ironic, is that "hipster" (quotation marks intended to designate the dubiousness of the label) activism aligns itself against many of the same things often denigrated on this forum- the way mass production and contemporary market practices have generated a "mainstream" entirely lacking in quality, substance, or unique creativity. One could ALMOST say that the Fedora Lounge and the vintage ethic it promotes is a kind of hipsterdom in and of itself...

To an extent, I think you're right. It's just the other piece - the "I'm too cool, and I don't really care" bit that separates the two ( I think). People here value old fashioned values and behavior. Hipsters are more anti-social from what I see and hear. Whatever the case, I can't wait to see what the next trend is...

 

[LizzieMaine]

One could ALMOST say that the Fedora Lounge and the vintage ethic it promotes is a kind of hipsterdom in and of itself...

The difference is that many of us here who pursue an atavistic way of life were doing it long before we ever heard of the "vintage subculture." We don't do it to impress our peers with how cool, or "how vintage" we are, we do it out of deep personal conviction -- and we certainly won't be moving on to the next hip rebellion if "vintage" should ever go mainstream. What we do and how we live proceeds from the inside out. "Hipsterdom," so far as I've been able to figure it, proceeds largely from the outside in.

Hipsters *need* mainstream culture in order to validate their own self-created image as rebels. Atavists couldn't care less about mainstream culture unless somebody insists on shoving it in their faces, and then all they want is for it to just go away.

 

[ButteMT61]

If it went away, hipsters would have nothing to whine about. What to do?

 

[Edward]

:deadhorse

Yes, it has all become rather tedious. Surely we can find another group on whom we can all look down while pronouncing ourselves so superior to the normals?

 

[Flicka]

What you guys say is true if you define hipsters as people who think they rebel against modern culture. However, that could be true of some people here as well and I know lots of people who look like 'hipsters' who probably never even reflected about 'rebellion' but thought a whole lot about things like 'sustainable lifestyle' and 'grassroot economy'. [huh]

People here value old fashioned values and behavior. Hipsters are more anti-social from what I see and hear.

I'm not sure what you mean by this, but let us remember that some of the most revolutionary ideas in history had their heyday in the first half of the 20th century, so old-fashioned values can encompass almost anything.

 

[ButteMT61]

Yes, it has all become rather tedious. Surely we can find another group on whom we can all look down while pronouncing ourselves so superior to the normals?

. I've never understood the Internet behavior of hating a thread yet continuing to post in it? You're all blessed with the ability to ignore. Or post. Simply ignore and move on.

 

[jlee562]

The difference is that many of us here who pursue an atavistic way of life were doing it long before we ever heard of the "vintage subculture." We don't do it to impress our peers with how cool, or "how vintage" we are, we do it out of deep personal conviction -- and we certainly won't be moving on to the next hip rebellion if "vintage" should ever go mainstream. What we do and how we live proceeds from the inside out. "Hipsterdom," so far as I've been able to figure it, proceeds largely from the outside in.

Hipsters *need* mainstream culture in order to validate their own self-created image as rebels. Atavists couldn't care less about mainstream culture unless somebody insists on shoving it in their faces, and then all they want is for it to just go away.

Sure...if it helps you sleep at night.

I see very little distinction between the supposed "whining" hipsters do, and the complaints about hipsters here.

You're validating your own identity in much the same way you claim hipster supposedly are.

 

[jamespowers]

. I've never understood the Internet behavior of hating a thread yet continuing to post in it? You're all blessed with the ability to ignore. Or post. Simply ignore and move on.

:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap
They want to complain about complaining. How ironic.

 

[ButteMT61]

Every hobby I have identified with or group I've been part of have had its detractors. Big deal. I didn't pay attention to those that don't like motorcycles or my choice of computers, but others are free to say what they want.
Many forums are for those of like mind and interests. Inevitably these topics appear and it feels like hypocrisy. Maybe it is. Maybe it's just human nature. I don't care which but when mother hens come chastising rather than ignoring I have to wonder why?
Don't participate. It's mostly just personal observations and ergo opinions. So why care so much? Post about hats or something.

 

[ButteMT61]

:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clapThey want to complain about complaining. How ironic.

See, now that's funny 'powers!

 

[Flicka]

Well, complaining over people complaining over people complaining... How's that for irony?

 

[ButteMT61]

Well, complaining over people complaining over people complaining... How's that for irony?

Who's complaining?