<p>because any “man” who wears skinny jean is no man.</p>
<p>people go after every single clique – it’s hardly unique to the hipsters. there are a LOT of hipsters, though. but there are in every generation…</p>
<p>Haters be hatin.</p>
<p><a href=“https://www.adbusters.org/magazine/79/hipster.html[/url]”>https://www.adbusters.org/magazine/79/hipster.html</a></p>
<p>Thoughts?</p>
<p>@Christian</p>
<p>No, you’re right, they’re not men, they’re cute men, I’m sorry for not making that distinction.</p>
<p>I don’t think cute and men should be in the same sentence.</p>
<p>They act smug, think they’re revolutionaries yet they all are major consumerists and think they’re unique when they all look the same.</p>
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<p>Wow, you should stop viewing things based on social conventions and open your mind alittle</p>
<p>^That might just be his opinion. If I may, skinny jeans appear effeminate on a lot of men. They don’t necessarily look too good on girls either. Just my opinion.</p>
<p>^I’d agree with you there</p>
<p>@cabhax Then you clearly have never read any shonen-ai works or seen absolutely adorable guys, cheers!</p>
<p>hipsters annoy the hell out of me. the flannel shirts, tight jeans, canvas shoes, parliment lights, PBR shutter shade thing is not being indie. I get the vibe that hipsters think they’re cooler than every one else. they’re kind of like the more adult version of emo kids. they think liking obscure stuff makes them cool. I can’t really explain it, they just annoy me because they are so pretentious. some of them are cool, but it’s hipsters don’t exihibit emotion, they just kind of think they are above society because they don’t conform. but yet they all dress alike and like the same music.</p>
<p>What would be a non-mainstream style that you guys would be okay with?</p>
<p>Uniqueness is difficult in a society of millions of people, but that doesn’t mean everyone who strays from the mainstream is evil.</p>
<p>You’re all just style-xenophobic. Not surprising coming from a CC board.</p>
<p>^For me, it is more of the attitude that sometimes accompanies the style.</p>
<p>I actually shop at H&M and urban outfitters, but I don’t find hipster guys stylish. They dress too feminine. I love punk looks- denim jackets with studs, cutoff band shirts, chuck taylors, mohawks etc, and punks in general. I love the style and feel of punk shows like leftover crack and the casualties. Hippies are decent too- I kind of dig the dreads, and hemp ware, flip flops or barefeet. Both styles are people who just wear what they want, hipsters are too fashion conscience. I like people who can just throw on some clothes and not look in the mirror thinking they need to look a certain way. Hipsters care too much.</p>
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<p>Posters have repeatedly commented that it is not their style choice but their pretentious “I’m a unique butterfly–and the world doesn’t get my tortured obscure angst. But I will lookdown at anyone who is ‘mainstream’ in the same breath,” attitude–sort of like
the one you have.</p>
<p>Problem with the hipster “anti-mainstream” concept is that there are so many hipsters nowadays that it’s becoming mainstream. Yet they still try to hold on to the uniqueness.</p>
<p>What is even mainstream nowadays, and what isnt? In my opinion, it’s either mainstream, or downright ridiculous; there is no middle ground.</p>
<p>Oh, if you don’t like their attitude, that’s fine, but this is what I’m talking about.</p>
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<p>Well I’m biased because I go to college in NYC and it’s hipster central. One thing that bothers me is the pretentious attitude, although this doesn’t apply to all of them. It’s kind of amusing when every other person you see is a hipster because it’s very common around here, especially in the fine arts school. </p>
<p>I always thought of hipster as a clothing style, not a personality statement about individuality. Idk, I get told I have a “unique” or “unusual” (not sure if that’s a good word for it) personality a lot but I dress pretty plain - jeans and a simple top most days. I guess I prefer to judge people by their personalities and not clothing choices usually. </p>
<p>And PBR doesn’t even taste good - only redeeming quality is how cheap it is :/</p>
<p>A unique personality is not bad… trying to have one and deriding others for not having a unique personality is. That’s what (some) hipsters do from what people have seen.</p>
<p>People hate hipsters, or at least the stereotypes of hipsters (most people probably won’t actually get to know them) because of their:</p>
<p>1) Unwarranted arrogance</p>
<p>Arrogance is unpleasant, but it can be somewhat admirable if you can back it up. Hipsters though are usually talentless as the rest of the population, with their only special abilities being listening to music and taking pictures (as in the physical act of pushing a button on the camera, as opposed to actually taking good pictures with aesthetic qualities). </p>
<p>2) Classism</p>
<p>Hipsters like to pretend to be slumming it, but chances are that only rich kids from urban prep schools have the time and money to be hipsters. Ennui, bad art, and lack of marketable skills are not free.</p>
<p>3) Lack of originality</p>
<p>Almost every hipster adheres strictly to a dress code. Whereas other subgroups have established dress codes (e.g. Greeks, jocks), the hipster look requires much more assembly. So they’re not only conformist, but also vain.</p>