Are e-cigs hipster?

[Scoper50]

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.

 

[Thrasher]

Are e-cigs hipster?

i sure hope not.

 

[Chuckq4yoo]

Use it, and when people tell you crap about it, say what it does to help you stay off analogs. Who cares what people think

 

[Thucydides]

I'm a 43 year-old, clean-cut technology executive who wears a suit to work every day. People who use e-cigs come from every walk of life. Just like people who wear blue jeans.

 

[Michael James]

Mine didn't come with a fedora in the kit so I'm assuming no

 

[HyperRealist]

douche stick

 

[The Ocelot]

I'm 53 and look like a cat lady. I started smoking when I was 13. I'll be 150 days tobacco-free tomorrow and couldn't care less if the thing that got me there looks like a cross between a marital aid and a light saber.

 

[Tiffany Smeggin Peak]

lmao my boyfriend had to explain to me what a hipster is....
wow...
keep on thinking about Red from that 70's show, hip.... am i hip?
i like the word hip....
wow lol

 

[Scoper50]

Like I said, I love this thing. I'm really proud of my purchase. But hearing this kind of thing from a friend makes me hesitant to use it in public. More specifically at work. I have absolutely no problem using it at home, or in the car, but if I pull this thing out in front of my co workers I feel that I'm gonna get slammed with negativity. And it's because these mini flashlight looking devices are largely unknown, and people don't understand what they are. I'm actually afraid to break it out in front of my dad. He thinks the only way to quit smoking is to quit cold turkey. He gave me crap when I was using the patch a few years ago. If I bust this thing out in front of him it'll just start a huge argument. It's just a deflating feeling. I know I'm doing something good for myself. I know the absolute best thing to do would be just to quit smoking/vaping altogether, but that's almost impossible for me. Or that's how I feel at least. I just wish people could have an open mind and be supportive.

 

[Thrasher]

"hipster" is often used by youth from disparate economic backgrounds to jockey for social position.
"Paradoxically, those who used the insult were themselves often said to resemble hipsters — they wore the skinny jeans and big eyeglasses

How to Be a Hipster: 22 steps (with pictures) - wikiHow

 

[ravenlily]

I live in a huge hipster city. Im around them a lot. Ecigs are very popular in the goth clubs. At hipster events they look at us funny.

 

[ClippinWings]

I'm 53 and look like a cat lady. I started smoking when I was 13. I'll be 150 days tobacco-free tomorrow and couldn't care less if the thing that got me there looks like a cross between a marital aid and a light saber.

So true it hurts... LOL

 

[bacc.vap]

Don't sweat it, only stupid hipster doofus' don't vape.

 

[Leal]

Doesn't matter if its hipster or not if it works. Egos got myself and now my 75 year old dad off cigs. Here's a golden nugget of advice from my dad. (FORGET) um if they can't take a joke."

 

[Tiffany Smeggin Peak]

honestly, how i think you can deal with your dads issue, is to tell him you have switched to save $$ and not smell like an ashtray....
and don't let other people get to you, there is always a jerk in the crowd...

 

[PeachieKeen]

I guess it would depend on how you presented it. Really, anything can be labeled as hipster and the the things that can't be, are hipster if liked ironically.

I suppose e-cigs could get the dreaded hipster label if used to condescendingly explain why analogs are so bad and so on so forth about it.

(I've been sometimes labled a hipster and really, I find that most of the time is just describes someone who put care into having a fashionable appearance and finding new and intersting things to do and talk about. Granted, anything can be taken too far.)

 

[HyperRealist]

The hipster traps are baited with a pack of American Spirits.

Hipster Traps Appear Around New York City

 

[Coreypay]

I do run into negativity about it from time to time too. I think there seems to be a bit of a feeling of "you smokers are getting away with something" from those who used to smoke analogs, etc. A slight bit of jealousy really is how i see it.

 

[jammer397]

I hope not because I hate doing the hip thing. lol

 

[DC2]

I just wish people could have an open mind and be supportive.

That and $3.00 will get you a cup of coffee.