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Hipsterdom

23 Jan 2003 by Matthew Linderman

Are you a hipster?

Hipster - One who possesses tastes, social attitudes, and opinions deemed cool by the cool. (Note: it is no longer recommended that one use the term “cool”; a Hipster would instead say “deck.”) The Hipster walks among the masses in daily life but is not a part of them and shuns or reduces to kitsch anything held dear by the mainstream. A Hipster ideally possesses no more than 2% body fat.

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23 Jan 2003 | omar sheika said...

These new batch of hipsters are the vomit of everything cool going back 30 years. Not impressed one bit.

23 Jan 2003 | f5 said...

This reminds me of a chap I met a while back who claimed that smokers are the only people worth hanging out with.

23 Jan 2003 | indi said...

I got a generic page stating the hipster website has exceeded its bandwidth limit ... how uncool.

24 Jan 2003 | Don Schenck said...

That site is a funny slap in the face against all those so-called hipsters. Funny site.

24 Jan 2003 | fajalar said...

I got a generic page stating the hipster website has exceeded its bandwidth limit ... how uncool.

Limited availability is always cool.

24 Jan 2003 | JF said...

I'm 9% away from being a Hipster. Shucks.

24 Jan 2003 | Don Schenck said...

I wasn't even close! I'm too old. Heck, I can't even shop at American Eagle, I'm so old. I own a Buick, fer cryin' out loud!

24 Jan 2003 | fajalar said...

I haven't said "trippendicular" since high school.

24 Jan 2003 | fajalar said...

I got a 57%. Partly because I didn't understand what some of the questions were talking about.

24 Jan 2003 | cheese-eating heretical witch said...

whaa!!! it's hilarious. I got a 60%, cuz I lied! hah!!!

24 Jan 2003 | ~bc said...

What the hell is "deck?" And since when did that replace "cool?" Anyone who considers them-self a "hipster" is by definition not part of the hipperati. They are a poseur.

24 Jan 2003 | dan b said...

Using frames like they do and disabling the browser's back button is certainly not deck.

24 Jan 2003 | SU said...

I also scored a 57%. Gives me something to aspire too, I suppose.

24 Jan 2003 | indi said...

I scored 37% ... coincidence or psychic phenomenon?

24 Jan 2003 | Don Schenck said...

'lax gang ... it's obviously an insult tossed at the "oh, I'm so hip" crowd.

I mean ... they probably never even listen to Haddaway's "What Is Love"!

*grin*

24 Jan 2003 | lucid said...

47%, and damn proud of it.

24 Jan 2003 | Steve said...

I'm afraid. I scored 73 percent, one point over the cutoff.

At least I didn't earn my points by answer yes to the "Do you have a fashion mullet" question. The fact that the quiz thinks a mullet of any form is a cool - sorry, deck - thing just shows that it's a load of crap.

25 Jan 2003 | tina said...

the word is dope, not decks.

26 Jan 2003 | Steven Garrity said...

I've always loved that the word cool was always cool. It has outlasted groovy, dope, and ill. Long live COOL!

01 Feb 2003 | Hip Before You Were Born said...

This poor shmuck doesn't know a damned thing about being a hipster. The answer to every single question in his little quiz is "none of the above."

Attention Gen X and Gen Y. Don't even try to be hip. There isn't enough left to go around. The baby boomers used it all up.

03 Feb 2003 | Don Schenck said...

"Hip" is "weird" with money.

"Eccentric" is "lunatic" with money.

11 Apr 2003 | signal1 said...

Hipster - Hipocrisy

Less than 2% body fat is held dear by the mainstream.

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20 Nov 2003 | auto quotes said...

hipster is soo unhip

07 Dec 2003 | Michel said...

I mean ... they probably never even listen to Haddaway's "What Is Love"!

07 Dec 2003 | Michi said...

Good stuff! Keep it up! See you!:-)

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13 Jan 2004 | nokia said...

Mein Hobby ist es Gästebücher zu besuchen. Das ist immer ganz interessant und widerspiegelt so, was die Leute im Internet wirklich denken. War auch interessant bei Dir ! Bis zum nächsten Mal. All The Best OfNew Year. Sorry for my english i'am from Germany.

14 Jan 2004 | mortgage lender said...

If I wear a throwback jersey (say, a Doctor J ABA Nets Jersey), can i join the "hipster" crowd?

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