What do you imagine you would hear at a hipster bar?

[Fulanito de Tal]

There is a small amount of bars that I like in my area. One of them is a bar that has a hipster vibe to it. I am not sure as to what a hipster is, but from what I see on the internet, the people that attend this bar are that. They are typically white, wear black a lot, and usually have lots of money but choose to live "low income".

My girlfriend (who is mostly apolitical) says she hates going there because "the people suck." She said that she can imagine someone there saying, "That's my favorite book. It was soooo good. And the best part was that my professor gave it to me as a gift." That cracked me up. I made my impersonation of someone there, "I think Kanye West's first album was really good. I have it programmed under 'my favorites' in my iPhone and listen to it every afternoon on the way to work. Too bad he sold out. He used to be really good."

What would you imagine you would hear someone at a hipster bar saying?

[KC]

I am not sure as to what a hipster is

Nobody is. It's essentially a meaningless label that people like to generalize other people into. None of what you posted fit into any definition of hipster; sounds like you're talking about yuppies, aside from the black thing, which I have no idea where you got.

[Old Mole]

This might interest you, though Slavoj Zizek is a fucking hipster:
http://www.generationbubble.com/2009/10/21/apoc-ellipsis-slavoj-zizek-on-hipsters-a-translation/

[Pirate Utopian]

"Hey good to see you again"

[kahimikarie]

i misread this as "what would you wear to a hipster bar?" and imagined that you would be asking for fashion advice...

[Hebrew Hammer]

"Omgah, I liked that band first before they sold out to the corporate fat cats and became all 'pop'. Ridiculous, how dare other people enjoy what I like, this is conformist bullshit, ugh, I feel the need to vomit."

[Agent Ducky]

i misread this as "what would you wear to a hipster bar?" and imagined that you would be asking for fashion advice...

I misread it that way too. :lol:

[KC]

"Omgah, I liked that band first before they sold out to the corporate fat cats and became all 'pop'. Ridiculous, how dare other people enjoy what I like, this is conformist bullshit, ugh, I feel the need to vomit."

Is indie the new hipster, then?

[Hebrew Hammer]

Is indie the new hipster, then?

I didn't know there was a difference?

[Fulanito de Tal]

Is indie the new hipster, then?

I may be confusing the two.

[Who?]

It's about time someone posted this.

http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/theory-of-hipster-relativity-20101117-162940.jpg

[Fawkes]

"Imma step outside for a cigarette real quick, you want one?"

or maybe

"Wanna watch my drink? I'm gonna go to the bathroom"

or maybe

"You accept cash?"

or maybe even

"Could you spot me a few bucks? I wanna put a song on"


Take it from someone who lives a few subway stops from "The Hipster Capital of the World", everybody and nobody is a hipster, the word doesn't mean shit.

[Blackburn]

The ding of an iphone sms alert.

[praxis1966]

If you stumble into a bar full of plaid, argyle, skinny jeans, beards, lots of girls with glasses, everyone's drinking PBR and people talking about how much Radiohead and The Arcade Fire are the greatest things EVAR, you might have actually stumbled into a hipster bar. T-shirts of cancelled TV shows and (ironically worn) heavy metal bands are also a good indication. Kanye? Not so much.

EDIT: Now that I think of it, you wouldn't actually have to go inside. If there are a crapton of fixed geared bicycles parked out front, chances are there's hipsters in there.

[REVLEFT'S BIEGGST MATSER TROL]

If you stumble into a bar full of plaid, argyle, skinny jeans, beards, lots of girls with glasses, everyone's drinking PBR and people talking about how much Radiohead and The Arcade Fire are the greatest things EVAR, you might have actually stumbled into a hipster bar. T-shirts of cancelled TV shows and (ironically worn) heavy metal bands are also a good indication. Kanye? Not so much.

EDIT: Now that I think of it, you wouldn't actually have to go inside. If there are a crapton of fixed geared bicycles parked out front, chances are there's hipsters in there.

Whoa whoa, I thought Kanye was loved amoung the hipsters?

[JustMovement]

Go to east london. skinny jeans and glasses with thick black frames. I also have glasses with thick black frames. shit.

[Cleansing Conspiratorial Revolutionary Flame]

A conversation related to the release of a new Radiohead album. :lol:

[Angry Young Man]

The odd decent song in between scratch-poppy arse gravy.

They'd be cool if it weren't for Vice magazine.

[Tomhet]

Probably alot of horrible music..

[praxis1966]

Whoa whoa, I thought Kanye was loved amoung the hipsters?

Maybe the ones near you, but there's a ton of hipsters out near me and as many conversations as I've had with them about music, not one has ever said anything about Kanye. Same for the ones I knew when I was in Austin.

[bcbm]

itt: people mad they aren't cool enough to hang


people talking about how much Radiohead and The Arcade Fire are the greatest things EVAR

uh maybe like eight years ago:rolleyes:


(ironically worn) heavy metal bands

no a lot of hipsters actually like metal, and lots of other kinds of music.

[Bright Banana Beard]

"check out on this picture, this is so deepful thinking there. The red is with the yellow banana while blue are getting out, what does it means!?"

[praxis1966]

itt: people mad they aren't cool enough to hang



uh maybe like eight years ago:rolleyes:



no a lot of hipsters actually like metal, and lots of other kinds of music.

This must mean I'm doing a really good job ignoring them... ;)

[black magick hustla]

no a lot of hipsters actually like metal, and lots of other kinds of music.

yes but a lot of it is not the "nerd metal" people think when talking about metal. a lot of it is thrash, black metal, etc. also a lot of grindcore.

[bcbm]

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