Comments on: A Great Piece On Hipsters And Why They Must Die http://www.misanthropytoday.com/a-great-piece-on-hipsters-and-why-they-must-die/ Hating Everyone Since 2005 .............(This Could Take Awhile) Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:10:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: voice of reason http://www.misanthropytoday.com/a-great-piece-on-hipsters-and-why-they-must-die/#comment-3215 voice of reason Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:34:18 +0000 http://www.misanthropytoday.com/?p=610#comment-3215 hipsters are so passe. I have a shirt that reads "try a little tenderness" on the front, with two cute piglets snuggling up. "Ontario Pork" on the back. I also have a Cowichan Sweater-coat, a black and white music note scarf, and peach-white dragon Pin-up shades. sometimes I even wear pants. Hipster? maybe. But at least I get the Chicas. hipsters are so passe.

I have a shirt that reads “try a little tenderness” on the front, with two cute piglets snuggling up.

“Ontario Pork” on the back.

I also have a Cowichan Sweater-coat, a black and white music note scarf, and peach-white dragon Pin-up shades.
sometimes I even wear pants.

Hipster?
maybe.

But at least I get the Chicas.

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]]> By: junkyard http://www.misanthropytoday.com/a-great-piece-on-hipsters-and-why-they-must-die/#comment-2683 junkyard Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:02:52 +0000 http://www.misanthropytoday.com/?p=610#comment-2683 I read an interesting article about hipsters by this dude, Douglas Haddow, on AdBusters. Here are a couple of my favorite of his talking points: "An artificial appropriation of different styles from different eras, the hipster represents the end of Western civilization – a culture lost in the superficiality of its past and unable to create any new meaning. Not only is it unsustainable, it is suicidal. While previous youth movements have challenged the dysfunction and decadence of their elders, today we have the “hipster” – a youth subculture that mirrors the doomed shallowness of mainstream society. Hipsterdom is the first “counterculture” to be born under the advertising industry’s microscope, leaving it open to constant manipulation but also forcing its participants to continually shift their interests and affiliations. Less a subculture, the hipster is a consumer group – using their capital to purchase empty authenticity and rebellion. But the moment a trend, band, sound, style or feeling gains too much exposure, it is suddenly looked upon with disdain. Hipsters cannot afford to maintain any cultural loyalties or affiliations for fear they will lose relevance." I think this pretty much sums the whole hipster thing up in exactly two paragraphs. I read an interesting article about hipsters by this dude, Douglas Haddow, on AdBusters. Here are a couple of my favorite of his talking points:

“An artificial appropriation of different styles from different eras, the hipster represents the end of Western civilization – a culture lost in the superficiality of its past and unable to create any new meaning. Not only is it unsustainable, it is suicidal. While previous youth movements have challenged the dysfunction and decadence of their elders, today we have the “hipster” – a youth subculture that mirrors the doomed shallowness of mainstream society.

Hipsterdom is the first “counterculture” to be born under the advertising industry’s microscope, leaving it open to constant manipulation but also forcing its participants to continually shift their interests and affiliations. Less a subculture, the hipster is a consumer group – using their capital to purchase empty authenticity and rebellion. But the moment a trend, band, sound, style or feeling gains too much exposure, it is suddenly looked upon with disdain. Hipsters cannot afford to maintain any cultural loyalties or affiliations for fear they will lose relevance.”

I think this pretty much sums the whole hipster thing up in exactly two paragraphs.

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