The School of the Vaping Hipster

[ElevenEleven]

Hello, everyone! And welcome to class! Today, I am here to rid the common misconception of what a hipster actually is. To best demonstrate, I will be listing and going over real world examples so that YOU may discover the difference between a hipster and an average, every day person.

Exhibit A:
"BrandonR, there's a guy/girl over there with a flat bill cap. Thats totally a hipster."
Nope. Thats just a person who is an enthusiast of hats. A hipster wouldn't wear such a thing because flat bill hats are popular.

Exhibit B:
"Okay, BrandonR, but they have an iPhone. Thats total hipster territory, right?"
Thats true, but you'll need to ask the right question. Its not "Does the hipster have an iPhone?", its "How much did the hipster pay for the iPhone?" If it was a hipster, then the iPhone was purchased outside of a contract and for top dollar.... by their parents.

Exhibit C:
"Fair enough. But, look at those monstrous clouds they are blowing!"
Keep in mind that subohming is gaining popularity. A hipster wouldn't be caught dead doing what's popular. Keep a look out for what the hipster is vaping. There's a good chance that its something from 2008. also paying top dollar.

Exhibit D:
"You're making some strong points here, BrandonR. But, there's a guy/girl wearing thick rimmed glasses, a scarf, is on an iPhone, and is vaping something from 2008 right over there. That is, without question, a hipster."
That is not a hipster. Why, you may ask? Because there is no coffee or alcohol here. A hipster would be more likely to open their own shop and only sell to his/herself. That is what we call irony.


If you have any questions then please feel free to ask.

 

[Libbydude]

I totally didn't see this coming! You were absolutely right though. I had my idea of what I thought a hipster is. Were the people I was associating with dressed outside of their cultural main stream? Absolutely not. I was simply a generation out of place. My bad!

 

[Krashman Von Stinkputin]

I'm enjoying this thread on my Tandy 1000 EX running DOS while listening to LPs.

It's the only way to internet and listen to music.

 

[Libbydude]

I'm enjoying this thread on my Tandy 1000 EX running DOS while listening to LPs.

It's the only way to internet and listen to music.

Fantastic! Now that's what I call trendy!

 

[crxess]

..............

 

[stevegmu]

I call them posers, rather than hipsters; like the fake Bohemians I see in Prague...

 

[HauntedMyst]

Exhibit E: If you see someone using the word "ironic" incorrectly, it's most likely a hipster. Or its Alanis Morissette, who can be forgiven since she's Alanis even if she doesn't realize that rain on your wedding day isn't ironic, it's just bad weather.

 

[MagicJosh]

once the hip hop community gets into vaping its a wrap. The problem is, not many people know how helpful vaping is. Quiting cigs has become so easy and also fun.
We know hip hop artists will come out with diamond blinged out techy mods. Just my opinion.

 

[BigEgo]

Hipster: the 2000's version of Punk (70's), androgyny (80's), grunge (90's), Emo (late 90's, early 2000's). Nothing new about it -- same old stuff kids have been doing since forever. "I am cool because I am different."

 

[stevegmu]

once the hip hop community gets into vaping its a wrap. The problem is, not many people know how helpful vaping is. Quiting cigs has become so easy and also fun.
We know hip hop artists will come out with diamond blinged out techy mods. Just my opinion.

They will be vaping the other stuff...

 

[beckdg]

once the hip hop community gets into vaping its a wrap. The problem is, not many people know how helpful vaping is. Quiting cigs has become so easy and also fun.
We know hip hop artists will come out with diamond blinged out techy mods. Just my opinion.

Maybe one or two that hang their egos (pun intended) on their thick platinum chains.

The rest will need those diamonds for their teeth and 30" rims.

Tapatyped

 

[beckdg]

They will be vaping the other stuff...

Not at all.

Their methods for that are tried, true, traditional and unchanged for over 3 decades.

Tapatyped

 

[ElevenEleven]

Exhibit E: If you see someone using the word "ironic" incorrectly, it's most likely a hipster. Or its Alanis Morissette, who can be forgiven since she's Alanis even if she doesn't realize that rain on your wedding day isn't ironic, it's just bad weather.

I'm almost tempted to add this.

 

[ElevenEleven]

..............

Must be a hipster.

 

[Caffeine7]

Hipster=being different, outside the mainstream, but only in ways approved by the hip crowd that is so hip and so different. That being different in any way other than the hip way of being different is wrong and unhip. Being so hip and retro that you are actually ahead of what will be hip next week. Only capable of drinking coffee hand picked by virgin dwarves on an isolated island somewhere near Borneo. And so defensive of their hipness that they will take up the entire tasting bar at the vape shop to debate who's mod is more retro, more 2011 and who has the finest, most exclusive juice in the known world while those of us who just want to try a new flavor can't even get close. True hipsters were trust fund babies even before it was hip

 

[AndriaD]

I'm enjoying this thread on my Tandy 1000 EX running DOS while listening to LPs.

It's the only way to internet and listen to music.

Man, I had to trade-up my EX for a 1000SL about 6 months after I bought it -- 256k ram just didn't cut it, even without a hard drive.

I certainly never expected to own a 64-bit laptop with 16 gigs of ram, that cost less than the 1000SL.

Andria

 

[Rickajho]

This thread is trying too hard to be un-hipster. (It's not working...)

 

[Libbydude]

Hipster friendly here. Will be a tad more accurate when profiling going forward.

 

[lamarrk]

Moved to the Lounge.