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[AfroMW]

The girl got pretty upset. She said that hipster is like saying nigger to a black person.

 

[Shaanyboi]

That's idiotic.

 

[genjiZERO]

That's some serious hipster noise

 

[kewlmyc]

I can understand that. Every time I see a hipster talking to their white wife and her friends, I tell them to scram.

 

[BPoole]

She's a fucking idiot. Like most hipsters.

This is why I view the term 'hipster' an insult. People hate hipsters and label them all sorts of things just based on things they like or clothes they wear.

 

[Jawbreaker]

I always wondered, why do hipsters hate the label hipster instead of embracing it?

It's a really ambiguous term. Anything can be "hipster" essentially. You ask a bunch of people what they think a "hipster" is, and you'll likely get a ton of different answers. Just from hearing the way "hipsters" have been described over the years, you'll get a multitude of things like:

Beanies
Beards
"Trendy" Mustaches
Bicycles
Tight jeans
Indie rock
Twee pop
Living in Brooklyn and wearing normal jeans/black t-shirt
Thick rimmed glasses
Cinch belts
Cardigans
Chuck Taylors
Vintage shirts
Thrift shoppers
"Scene" hair
Faux-hawks
Shemagh scarves
Suspenders
Messenger bags
Trucker or "racing" caps
Stretched ears

Combine any of these things and chances are someone out there will define you as a "hipster." Also, "hipster" has negative connotations, which is why I imagine people distance themselves from the term, too. When someone says "hipster," they're basically calling the person a try-hard who thinks they're somehow outside of the mainstream while conforming to some other sub-culture or whatever they perceive "hipster" to be on that particular day. It's saying the person is trying hard to be original and different by conforming to the way other people dress/what they listen to, which is a pretty lazy and broad brushed approach to characterizing individuals.

 

[plasmawave]

Is emo comparable to a racial slur too?

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Is emo comparable to a racial slur too?

Yup..and thirsty.

 

[Epcott]

Hipster lives matter

 

[Crocodile]

black history month starting off right

did you say hipter or hipsta?

I think these justify this thread LOL

Also holy shit is the girl described in the OP stupid. Like she is so stupid that not only does she make herself loo super dumb but she makes anybody who considers themselves her good friend stupider as well :/

 

[adamsappel]

Hipster doesn't even mean anything anymore. It's just a lazy term used to stoke the flames of social tribalism, i.e. "this person doesn't conform to mainstream culture so I'll call them out as different/weird/laughable". Basically no different than how mainstream Americans used "hippie" derogatorily in the '60s.

Think of the word "hippie" and you'll get an image in your mind. Chances are it's the stereotypical picture of a hippie. Same thing with "hipster."

It's a really ambiguous term. Anything can be "hipster" essentially. You ask a bunch of people what they think a "hipster" is, and you'll likely get a ton of different answers. Just from hearing the way "hipsters" have been described over the years, you'll get a multitude of things like:

Beanies
Beards
"Trendy" Mustaches
Bicycles
Tight jeans
Indie rock
Twee pop
Living in Brooklyn and wearing normal jeans/black t-shirt
Thick rimmed glasses
Cinch belts
Cardigans
Chuck Taylors
Vintage shirts
Thrift shoppers
"Scene" hair
Faux-hawks
Shemagh scarves
Suspenders
Messenger bags
Trucker or "racing" caps
Stretched ears

Combine any of these things and chances are someone out there will define you as a "hipster."

Yeah. Combine those things and you probably have a stereotypical image of a hipster. Same with hippie, think of "hipster" and most people get a similar image. I don't see button-down shirt, polo, rolled khakis, boat shoes, knotted sweater, web belt, no socks on that list, but that sounds like how a preppie looks. Is preppie derogatory?

 

[Christopher]

Too liberal for their own good...first the chink in the armor and now this what am I reading today.

 

[AxelFoley]

I asked a guy and his girlfriend if they were from around the area while at a pool hall last night. The girl was offended. She asked why I would pose such a question. I plainly said they looked a little hipstery and I've never seen them before.

The girl got pretty upset. She said that hipster is like saying nigger to a black person. I didn't agree. One is a label used to classify a social occurrence, the other is well, horrible.

Labels are bad, and I probably was a little too glib with them, but what the fuck?

She's a fucking idiot.

 

[MIMIC]

She's a fucking idiot. Like most hipsters.

lol

 

[eyeball_kid]

When someone says "hipster," they're basically calling the person a try-hard who thinks they're somehow outside of the mainstream while conforming to some other sub-culture or whatever they perceive "hipster" to be on that particular day. It's saying the person is trying hard to be original and different by conforming to the way other people dress/what they listen to, which is a pretty lazy and broad brushed approach to characterizing individuals.

Except that most everyone conforms to either mainstream culture or some subculture of fashion and lifestyle choices, so calling someone "hipster" is just an insult used on people who don't conform to your (typically mainstream) brand of conformity. As I said in another message, it's basically social tribalism. People threatened by people that have other viewpoints or cultural identification. Like the guys in southern states who "roll coal" around 'green' cars like the Prius. It's high school out there.

I don't see button-down shirt, polo, rolled khakis, boat shoes, knotted sweater, web belt, no socks on that list, but that sounds like how a preppie looks. Is preppie derogatory?

In '80s teen John Hughes movies it was...

 

[Novoitus]

People love being offended, especially this (20 somethings) generation. No surprise there's people out there that think being called hipster is equivalent to calling someone something truly awful.

 

[dhlt25]

lol what a dumbass

 

[Sobriquet]

I don't see button-down shirt, polo, rolled khakis, boat shoes, knotted sweater, web belt, no socks on that list, but that sounds like how a preppie looks. Is preppie derogatory?

 

[Lazyslob]

are you trying to defend the fact you own wall scrolls?

 

[KingHenrik30]

haha no it's fucking not

 

[Cream]

not as bad as thirsty.

 

[Shy]

I asked a guy and his girlfriend if they were from around the area while at a pool hall last night. The girl was offended. She asked why I would pose such a question. I plainly said they looked a little hipstery and I've never seen them before.

The girl got pretty upset. She said that hipster is like saying nigger to a black person. I didn't agree. One is a label used to classify a social occurrence, the other is well, horrible.

Labels are bad, and I probably was a little too glib with them, but what the fuck?

 

[Sobriquet]

are you trying to defend the fact you own wall scrolls?

I... what?

 

[HappyBivouac]

She's an idiot.

I'm four pages late, but I still have to say: one and done.

 

[Sigmaah]

The day has come where people get offended by someone asking if they're from the area or not.

I just can't.

 

[Fusion Pizza]

She's definately a hipster then.

 

[fengshuifever]

I asked a guy and his girlfriend if they were from around the area while at a pool hall last night. The girl was offended. She asked why I would pose such a question. I plainly said they looked a little hipstery and I've never seen them before.

The girl got pretty upset. She said that hipster is like saying nigger to a black person. I didn't agree. One is a label used to classify a social occurrence, the other is well, horrible.

Labels are bad, and I probably was a little too glib with them, but what the fuck?

Maybe she was ironically offended.

But yeah. That's an incredibly dumb thing to say.
like, really dumb.

 

[epmode]

This thing is killing me.

GOOD NIGHT GAF

 

[Mully]

You must not be Asian.

Though, to be honest, if the person had an accent, I'd probably ask where they were from, since, assuming the accent means they are from not America.

I also ask people with different American accents what state they are from, if their accent is different from California.

Not sure if that's offensive though...

It's a common thing to ask in NY. We like to relate where people are from. A lot of times, getting to know where a person is from is a great way to either find out if they know someone you know from the same place or they're familiar with places you're familiar with from the area.

Essentially it's a great way at opening up conversations.

 

[Strike]

Plenty of people hate hipsters, but I don't recall anyone lynching them or burning crosses on their lawns.

 

[HOMEBOY OVER HERE]

the fuck?

I think you're making this shit up.

 

[NotBacon]

I asked a guy and his girlfriend if they were from around the area while at a pool hall last night. The girl was offended. She asked why I would pose such a question.

I........ what?

 

[WanderingWind]

But the hipsters won. Pabst Blue Ribbon is up in sales 130 percent over the past decade.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...-grace-visualized/?wpisrc=nl-wnkpm&wpmm=1

Either grab yourself some Uniqlo flannels and get with the program or get out the way, gramps.

 

[BKatastrophe]

 

[Mooreberg]

Budweiser had a really racist commercial tonight. Imagine if they did that at the start of hipster history month.

 

[MrToughPants]

500 Days A Slave

Fuck

I lost it at the gif.

 

[WanderingWind]

Budweiser had a really racist commercial tonight. Imagine if they did that at the start of hipster history month.

Which one was the racist one? The one with the horses or the one picking on microbrews?

 

[Mooreberg]

Which one was the racist one? The one with the horses or the one picking on microbrews?

Only one of them had a guy with a 20's style stache smelling his beer!

 

[akira28]

It's a really ambiguous term. Anything can be "hipster" essentially. You ask a bunch of people what they think a "hipster" is, and you'll likely get a ton of different answers. Just from hearing the way "hipsters" have been described over the years, you'll get a multitude of things like:

Beanies
Beards
"Trendy" Mustaches
Bicycles
Tight jeans
Indie rock
Twee pop
Living in Brooklyn and wearing normal jeans/black t-shirt
Thick rimmed glasses
Cinch belts
Cardigans
Chuck Taylors
Vintage shirts
Thrift shoppers
"Scene" hair
Faux-hawks
Shemagh scarves
Suspenders
Messenger bags
Trucker or "racing" caps
Stretched ears

what if you do 75% or more of those things? hipster? I would say hipster

 

[WanderingWind]

Only one of them had a guy with a 20's style stache smelling his beer!

Ah, I see the joke now. This was a funny joke.

 

[MattKeil]

What "hipster" originally meant.

 

[WanderingWind]

I wish I could pull of rockabilly without looking like an enormous dingus. Those cats are swinging, daddy-o

 

[Bold One]

White guy here. A black friend of mine invited me to a party later with predominantly black guests. I'll get to the bottom of this and ask which slur is more offensive and report back.

 

[MattKeil]

I wish I could pull of rockabilly without looking like an enormous dingus. Those cats are swinging, daddy-o

Tool a fast shore, swing with a gassy chick. Turn on to a thousand joys, smile on what happened, or check what’s going to happen, you’ll miss what’s happening. Turn your eyes inside and dig the vacuum. Tomorrow is a dragsville, cats, tomorrow is a king-sized bust.

 

[Sigmaah]

You must not be Asian.

Though, to be honest, if the person had an accent, I'd probably ask where they were from, since, assuming the accent means they are from not America.

I also ask people with different American accents what state they are from, if their accent is different from California.

Not sure if that's offensive though...

I'm Pakistani and I consider myself Asian, dunno if you do or not. (Being serious here, some people do, some don't)

People ask me where I'm from, I just say born in cali and I'm Pakistani. Nothing to cry over.

 

[PassiveObserver]

Two annoying people had a conversation at a bar.

 

[MrCunningham]

Beanies

Toques.

 

[Syriel]

I like asking people too! If NY is anything like a college campus, asking "where are you from" when you meet a new person is normal, since it's assumed that the chance of someone not being from that city is very high.

But I do worry at times it might come off as offensive... like, highlighting that you're different from "us." Maybe this is more pronounced is everyone else is <x> and you're the only <y> in the room. It can be accent, skin color, or socio-economical indicators (clothing, dress, manner of speaking).

Whenever I meet someone new I always ask where they are from. It's a good ice breaker.

Not to mention, it seems like most of SF consists of transplants. Rare is the person who responds "born and raised right here in SF!"

 

[travisbickle]

What "hipster" originally meant.

Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty were cool.

 

[Chinner]

Gaffer is a racist word.