Are e-cigs hipster?

[StereoDreamer]

Everyone I've met who vapes are doing it for two reasons:
1) it's WAY healthier than smoking, and
2) it's cheaper than smoking


Every hipster I've ever met is:
1) obsessed with making destructive lifestyle decisions, and
2) proud about how much money they spend to look like bums.

That makes vaping about as un-Hipster as an activity could possibly be...

 

[Worzel]

ECigs are sexier than smoking anyways! James Dean looked hot in his blue jeans, red jacket, and analog, but I am sure his breath smelled like the smoke stack of a dump truck!

 

[Fury83]

My gf said my eVic looked like a space dildo...I told her to stay away from it...Then I told her maybe don't stay from it....wait...what was this thread about?

Yeah, not hipster.

 

[DrApex]

I am a vaper. I enjoy it very much.

That being said, the first time I saw someone else vaping, it just struck me as very odd. It was a clerk in a vape store, vaping an APV with a tank. It just looked weird.

I can only imagine others having a similar reaction. Maybe more so for those not already introduced to the concept.

I currently use a Provari with a textured glass tank on top. It does not look anything like a cig. It either looks illegal, or pipe bomb-ish.

So if I get weird looks, then I go back to how I first felt when I saw someone else vaping.

Most people are suspicious of new things. So I don't worry too much about converting them to the vape-side. I may whip out my vape-stick in front of smokers to possibly generate interest and a conversation, but I'm stealthy around non-smokers. Most non-smokers have no reason to view vaping as positive so why bother.

At my age, I'm not trying to blaze trails and convert the populace, I'm just trying to make healthier choices where I can.


Typed on my mobile. Please excuse typos.

 

[mayamason]

I'm a bearded dude, 6 ft, 220lbs, construction worker. I haul out my e-schlong and suck it proudly anywhere !

This made me spew coffee all over my computer!

 

[KhanSW]

So I got my eGo twist in the mail today and I'm really impressed. I've only smoked one real cigarette since I've got this thing working, and when I was smoking that cigarette, I wished I would have been using my ego twist. Tonight I decided to show a good friend of mine what I had purchased via grimmgreens youtube video on the twist. She started laughing, literally. She had never seen an e-cig like this before (as most of the general public hasn't). She called it a douche stick, and said it looked like something a hipster would carry around.

I explained to her that I know that it's kind of weird. I thought it was weird the first time I saw one. But It's causing me to smoke 80-90% fewer cigarettes, so I'm going to continue to use it. She then started to see the point of it, and slightly changed her attitude. But she still thinks it's weird. How long do you think it'll be before these things become socially acceptable? Or will they ever? And I'm not talking about cig a likes. I'm talking about the stuff that works.

Why care what others think about it. I would rather vape then switch back to analogs any day of the week and would not let others influence me into that lifestyle again regardless of how they perceived it. When others give you strange looks or say negative things to you about it is the perfect time to educate them on what it really is and maybe convert more people into this great community. Keep calm and vape on friend!

 

[brhollifield]

People can call me / it whatever they wish. I personally love vaping, the flavors, the rituals... I still get excited filling a carto/tank with new juice... To hell with em! I feel better and don't stink all the time!

Vape on HIPSTERS!!!

 

[hyperfluous]

if you blew her mind with an ego twist just think what would have happened if you had busted out a dragon epipe

 

[Inside_English]

Hipsters are human. Ecigs are not human. Therefore: Ecigs are not hipsters.

Vapers are human. Hipster are human. IMHO: It is sufficient but not necessary for a vaper to be a hipster.

In short: No, for if they ever were then they wouldn't be.

 

[dlsw]

No matter how e cigs look to others, they look better than an oxygen tank!!! (That's my standard line when someone says something snarky about my APV) Oxygen tanks are totally NOT hipster!

 

[Tiffani]

Our hipster at work has tried an e-cig before and didn't like it but still loves his American Spirits, so I'm going to say e-cigs aren't hipster. LOL

 

[lulu836]

douchewad

Could you please provide a senior citizen (very senior) with a definition of this word that all you psuedo adult people throw around?

Very much appreciated.

 

[patkin]

I don't vape to look "hip." I do it to improve my health vs smoking. Can you imagine a 69 year-old woman trying to look "hip" with what she carries or wears? Think Walmart bare belly or donut bellies.... sheesh... there does come an age. I'm at the age where "hip" means be careful or pain. LOL I guess if one never smoked and wants to vape only for appearance then 0 nic would be the way to go just as it is for dieters. But the "hipsters" might want to think about looking like one of those instead.

 

[Tibby]

I thought American Spirits are hipster.

 

[HyperRealist]

Could you please provide a senior citizen (very senior) with a definition of this word that all you psuedo adult people throw around?

Very much appreciated.

Let me google that for you

 

[jdrewry]

To the OP:
I'm guessing your "friend" needs to see that Stephen Dorff commercial for Blu e-Cigs, then she'll think they're OK.

Among my friends, they're acceptable--not that I was ever looking for their "acceptance" on what I use.

 

[LisaR]

Oxygen tanks are totally NOT hipster!

Unless they're being used "ironically".

 

[Tail11]

I used to smoke American Spirits, but never knew they were hipster!

I think my PV is cool. I look at it as being technology smart and a true cost saver. I certainly would never fit into the category of hipster, so I could care less what anyone thinks when they see me using it. Regardless of what sort of name they want to give it, it's kept me away from cigarettes for over a month now and that is all that matters to me.

 

[Worzel]

Unless they're being used "ironically".

Makes me want to try juice in a nebulizer!

 

[Michael James]

Makes me want to try juice in a nebulizer!