I just read a very seething blog post about how much the author hates hipsters. (Here, if you want to read it: The Irony of the Ironic: Hipsters Don't Understand Irony)
I didn't want to post a comment, because then I'd end up in a troll war and ugh, I hate the internet... But I now feel like sharing my opinion.
Which is this:
Hipsters search out media that most people have not heard of.
That's it. They're kind of like dumpster divers, only with music, books, and movies.
A lot of people would go on to say that, once they find this obscure band/author/director they insist that he/she is the greatest at his/her craft, and anyone who thinks otherwise is dumb.
Granted, SOME hipsters take it to that extent:
"You like Green Day? You're such a corporate tool."
"The Beatles didn't re-define music NEARLY as much as the Pixies did."
"Oh 'Fall Out Boy'." (Yes, he made quotation marks with his fingers.)
"Oh 'The Offspring'." (Yes, it was the same guy, and yes, he did the fingers thing again.)
But I've got my own personal hipster who's basically the coolest guy I've ever met.
I juggles, he unicycles, he break-dances, his glasses have one square lens and one circular one, he wears mismatched arm warmers, knee-high socks, and kicks, and he slack-lines (like tightrope walking, only for hipsters).
So, my point, try to avoid hating hipsters—or really anything—categorically, because there's almost always an exception to the rule.
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