On Being a Hipster Is an Excellent and Wonderful Thing!
wow what teh fuck is goin on with these slash marks. help theawl
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On Being a Hipster Is an Excellent and Wonderful Thing!
Addendum: This is going to sound \"hipsterish\", but I think it\\\'s really true: Capitalism has stripped hipsterdom of it\\\'s substance and co-opted it\\\'s \\\"coolness\\\" or \\\"we\\\'re-on-the-cultural-inside\\\" factor. This starts a cycle of hipster soul-searching in a society that misunderstands and abuses them. It makes hipsters become reactionary and hate mainstream culture even more. Or it leads to a gross misuse of irony and smugness in everything a hipster says or does. Eventually at some point we all just want to know what a person really feels and thinks and we couldn\\\'t care less about wit or irony thats meant to divert us from actual emotions or thoughts.
The link between hipsters and elitism is bullshit but capitalism feeds on it because it sells. Want this pair of shoes, well look at this cool skinny jean wearing chick at a concert wearing those shoes. Now you must really want them?
Honestly advertising does more to fuck with our collective psyche than anything I can think of.
/hipsterrant
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On Being a Hipster Is an Excellent and Wonderful Thing!
"It's easy to tell the difference between a hipster and a poseur, because while the former are mainly enjoying, the latter are mainly judging."
But I thought the defining characteristic of a hipster is to judge?! De what?
But on a more serious note, the backbone of hipsterdom are good things (in my opinion) - intelligence, wit, political awareness, etc. I think its the lack of empathy the hipster has for the non-hipster that creates the antagonism. I always wonder what hipsters would think of a witty intelligent person who is into the dirty projectors and voted for George Bush. What a paradox, would the universe explode? I actually have a theory that there are quite a few closet hipster-conservatives.
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On Diary of an Unemployed Class of '10 Philosophy Major in New York City, Part 3
Enjoyed this immensely. You have a similar style to David Foster Wallace. Funny, sharp, and kind of sad.
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On An Excerpt From "The Late American Novel": The Best Books Will Be Written Long After You Are Dead