hipster hipster (read all about it)

i got to thinking about hipster culture the other day. how we seem to be this subculture that makes its own self commentary. we go to little five, and drink the pbr, and take the blurry holga-polaroids, and then we make fun of the utter ridiculousness of it all. we comment on the vapid irony of ironic conformity that defines a subculture wherein every hipster looks the same. meanwhile, we find ourselves intrigued by the latest pitchfork darling, pride ourselves in liking the weird.

odd future wolf gang. old educational videos. really, REALLY bad music.

the weirdness blends together and congeals into something that other people see as contemptible, but what's new is that we see it too. most of us embrace it, but we're nevertheless self aware.

and so there is this strange divide, where we partake. we embrace lo fi and thrift stores and then see the flaws of being an overprivileged, underexperienced subclass.

what we have to understand is that we will never be able to do hipster as it's defined. it's too entrenched in the past, with its hippie values and emphasis on vintage. take a look at the turntables. and the grainy film photos? it's like modern art. did i mention the (sometimes) TERRIBLE music?

we? are too full of smartphones and macbooks and higher learning. $69 dollar ripped shirts at urban outfitters.

we seem to be the first subculture that can't ever actually be what it is pioneering.

because we can only move forward. and a foray in the past is fine for halloween. but to try and become it is ridiculous.

we use tenses. when we are hipsters, we say 'i'. 'we'. when we make fun of 'them', 'i' say 'they'.

we are indeed a new mixed breed of past and present, retro with technological enhancement. but that's not what hipsters are trying to be, or even defined as, and that's why everyone (else? hmm) thinks we're fucking idiots.





also, guys wearing girl jeans. that's pretty stupid.

ETA: KNOW WHAT ELSE IS STUPID? INSTAGRAM. FUCK DAT SHIT