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Hey look! People who live in New York who are fashionable and young. Better call them hipsters.
by benihana 14y ago
Hey look! People who live in New York who are fashionable and young. Better call them hipsters.
- Sumaso 14y agoIs that not the definition of a hipster?!?!
- untog 14y agoI suspect that a real hipster wouldn't be seen dead working for Kickstarter, they're so mainstream these days. Aside: I was watching Austin Powers the other day (it's fun, sue me)- Dr. Evil calls Austin an "aging hipster", using the actual real real definition of the term. Funny how words can change in a relatively short space of time.
- lazerwalker 14y agoDefine "real real definition". My understanding is that "hipster" was original a jazz subculture term from the 40s; as "hip" came to be a more popular term than "hep", people who used to be "hep cats" became "hipsters".
- mistercow 14y agoWikipedia agrees with you. This is a term that has undergone so many transformations in such a short time that it's completely pointless to argue about its "true" meaning anymore.
- bruceboughton 14y agoJust like a hipster.
- untog 14y agoThat, I believe, is the definition intended in the movie. From wikipedia: " The hipster adopted the lifestyle of the jazz musician, including some or all of the following: dress, slang, use of cannabis and other drugs, relaxed attitude, sarcastic humor, self-imposed poverty and relaxed sexual codes." That doesn't describe the Powers character entirely, but it would sort of fit Dr. Evil's own 'un-hip, aged' attitude towards the 60's. And that this point I am going to stop cross-examining comedy movies on HN.
- officemonkey 14y agoFunny, that sounds like the current use of the word hipster.
- 32bitkid 14y agoLenny Bruce would probably agree with you.
- jenius 14y agoAllow me to clear up some confusion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_(contemporary_subculture) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_(contemporary_subcultur...