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>people still call /mu/ a hipster board
Damn it /mu/ I'm tired of this shit. We listen to Kanye West, The Beatles, Mozart, Beethoven, Talking Heads and so much more here. How the fuck are we hipsters?
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>>50429545
well, originally, it was what youd call someone who liked the jazz scene when rock n roll was becoming mainstream back in the 50s, it has since evolved into something else entirely, because people in general are stupid and useless. i could go more into why but.. so many people are now doing the giant beard, flannel, curly mustache, fedora, glasses, chucks/work boots, indie "Im against the mainstream" thing that it is now mainstream to do so. when everyones a hipster, nobody is
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“Hipster” is a term co-opted for use as a meaningless pejorative in order to vaguely call someone else’s authenticity into question and, by extension, claim authenticity for yourself.
It serves no conversational function and imparts no information, save for indicating the opinions and preferences of the speaker.
Meanwhile, a market myth has sprung up around the term, as well as a cultural bogeyman consisting of elusive white 20-somethings who wear certain clothes (but no one will agree on what), listen to certain music (no one can agree on this either), and act a certain way (you’ve probably sensed the pattern on your own).
You can’t define what “that kind of behavior or fashion or lifestyle” actually is, nor will you ever be able to. That’s because you don’t use “hipster” to describe an actual group of people, but to describe a fictional stereotype that is an outlet for literally anything that annoys you.
The twist, of course, is that if it weren’t for your own insecurities, nothing that a “hipster” could do or wear would ever affect you emotionally. But you are insecure about your own authenticity - “Do I wear what I wear because I want to? Do I listen to my music because I truly like it? I’m certainly not like those filthy hipsters!” - so you project those feelings.
Suffice it to say, no one self-identifies as a hipster; the term is always applied to an Other, to separate the authentic Us from the inauthentic, “ironic” Them.
tl;dr: if you believe hipsters exist, you are a plebeian.
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>>50429339
That's wrong though.
Hipster is a pejorative term, and it pretty much means the same as pretentious, people who affect their taste, and say they listen and appreciate things that are high taste, obscure and shun things which a low brow and mainstream. It doesn't really exist, at least I've not noticed it. Since hipster is a pejorative and not an actual demographic it's nonsensical to identify as a hipster, as it means admitting you are pretentious and don't have a self-informed taste. It's about as valid as calling yourself a dickhead.
I think what most people really mean when they say they are a hipster is that they are a muso, which is a term for someone with a deep interest in music, in a more artistic way, being interested in the mechanics of songwriting, recording and marketing as well as it's artistic and cultural value and seriously discussing them.
If anyone here was a real muso they would not be so reactionary to being called hipsters as they would realise that it says a lot less about themselves than it does the person making the accusation, as they are probably insecure about their interests and are projecting their ideas about music and art being a fashion statement and their taste being attached to their personality by thinking more along the lines of:
>I can't let people know I listen to Kanye West because they might call me names
instead of:
>I'm not bothered by what people perceive in my music taste, I am more interested in the art of music instead of seeing artists as brands.
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